Michigan Economic Forum
Over the past few years, the United States has witnessed the downturn of Michigan's economy. After hearing about the economic development agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos, MII decided to host the Inaugural Michigan Economic Forum. The Forum was hosted by Michigan Interactive Investments in conjunction with the Michigan Economics Society. It featured several distinguished guest speakers and offered engaging panel discussions which explored potential solutions to Michigan's economic problems. Distinguished speakers included Peter Hooper, chief economist, Deutsche Bank Securities; Charles Evans, President, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank and FOMC member; John McElroy, WWJ News Radio auto analyst and host of Autoline Detroit; John Austin, vice president of the Michigan State Board of Education and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; and Steven Szakaly, economist at the Center for Automotive Research.

BP Trading Simulation
In an exclusive event for MII members, BP Integrated Supply and Trading brought their trading equipment from their Chicago office to host two one-hour long trading simulations. This was a great opportunity for members to get a feel for the fast-pace world of commodities trading. The software and equipment that BP brought to the event is the exact same as that used by BP to train their traders.

Stock Pitch Competition
After a year of debating about the stock market, MII felt that the best way to end 2006 was with Michigan Interactive Investments' Inaugural Stock Pitch Competition. The competition consisted of three person teams pitching a single stock for the chance to take home a grand prize of $2,000. Judges for the event consisted of two top Wall Street analysts and a hedge fund trader named as one of the “30 Best Under 30” in the world. In the end, the winning stock was Taiwan Semiconductor, pitched by V. Zhang, B. Chung, and B. Yiu.