Federal Trade Commission
90th Anniversary Symposium
September 22-23, 2004

SCHEDULE AND AGENDA

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Wednesday, September 22, 2004

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Introduction

  • Judith Bailey
  • Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

"The First 90 Years: Promise and Performance"

  • Ernest Gellhorn (moderator)
  • William E. Kovacic
  • Marc Winerman
  • Edward Cox
  • Jesse Markham

11:15 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

"Kids, Calls, and Cigarettes: Successful - and Not So Successful - Consumer Protection Initiatives"

  • Lydia B. Parnes and C. Lee Peeler (moderators)
  • Teresa Schwartz
  • William MacLeod
  • Sidney Milkis
  • Jodie Bernstein
  • Commissioner Orson Swindle

12:45p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Lunch Program: "A Conversation with Tim Muris and Bob Pitofsky"

  • Calvin J. Collier (moderator)
  • Robert Pitofsky
  • Timothy J. Muris

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

"Price Discrimination, Professions, Joint Ventures, and Exclusionary Conduct: From Protecting Competitors to Protecting Competition"

  • Alden F. Abbott (moderator)
  • John L. Peterman
  • Kathryn M. Fenton
  • John Kwoka
  • Kenneth G. Elzinga
  • Jonathan B. Baker
  • Susan A. Creighton

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

"Under One Umbrella: Integrating the Competition and Consumer Protection Missions"

  • Neil Averitt (moderator)
  • Caswell O. Hobbs
  • Robert H. Lande
  • Robert Skitol
  • Mary Lou Steptoe
  • Commissioner Thomas B. Leary

6:00 p.m.

Reception and Dinner (7:00 p.m.) In Honor of the FTC's 90th Anniversary

Thursday, September 23, 2004

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

"Injunctions, Divestiture, and Disgorgement: The Evolution of FTC Remedies"

  • Judith Bailey (Welcome)
  • John D. Graubert (moderator)
  • David M. FitzGerald
  • Claudia R. Higgins
  • David Balto
  • Ann B. Malester
  • Melvin H. Orlans

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

"Beyond Litigation: Studies, Guidelines, and Policy Statements"

  • Maureen K. Ohlhausen (moderator)
  • Robert Atkinson
  • Howard Beales
  • Hillary Greene
  • William J. Baer
  • Commissioner Jon Leibowitz

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Program: "Economics Comes of Age at the FTC"

  • Paul A. Pautler (moderator)
  • Luke Froeb
  • Jonathan B. Baker
  • David Scheffman

1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

"The FTC and Other Government Agencies: Conflict and Cooperation"

  • Paul A. Pautler (moderator)
  • Todd J. Zywicki
  • John Delacourt
  • Thomas Krattenmaker
  • Pauline M. Ippolito
  • Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour

2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

"Competition and Consumer Protection in the World Economy: Conflict, Cooperation and Convergence"

  • Hugh G. Stevenson and Randolph W. Tritell (moderators)
  • Terry Calvani
  • Allan Fels
  • David Gerber
  • Mozelle W. Thompson

4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Symposium Wrap-Up: "90 Years and Two Days in 45 Minutes: What Did We Learn?"

  • Stephen Calkins

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