The Law and Economics of Innovation: Online Markets vs. Traditional Markets

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

The Law and Economics of Innovation: Online Markets vs. Traditional Markets
Thursday, May 7, 2009

8:00 am - 8:45 am	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:00 am	Introductions
9:00 am - 9:30 am	Opening Keynote featuring William E. Kovacic, Federal Trade Commissioner
9:30 am - 10:30 am	Panel I: Economic Forces at Work in Online and Traditional Markets Moderator: Michael R. Baye Presenters: Peter Klein – Does the New Economy Need a New Economics? Thomas W. Hazlett – The Role of Exclusive Spectrum Rights in Wireless Network Innovations: Of Newtons, Blackberries, iPhones & G-Phones Eric Goldman – The Economics of Reputational Information
10:30 am - 10:50 am	Q&A
10:50 am - 11:00 am	Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Panel II: The Regulation of Online Commerce Moderator: Joshua Wright Presenters: Florencia Marotta-Wurgler – Does Anyone Read Fine Print? A Test of the Informed Minority Hypothesis Howard Beales – Public Goods, Private Information, and Anonymous Transactions: Providing a Safe and Interesting Internet Peter Swire – Privacy and Antitrust
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm	Q&A
12:20 pm	Break for lunch
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch featuring Keynote Speaker Susan Athey, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Panel III: Online Exceptionalism?: Law and Economics in Cyberspace Moderator: Geoffrey Manne Presenters: Philip J. Weiser — Re-evaluating the Theory and Realities of Online Contracts Randal C. Picker — The Mediated Book F. Scott Kieff — Commerce in the Shadow of the Commons: Business Models in Cyberspace
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm	Q&A
2:50 pm - 3:00 pm	Break
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Industry/Regulator Roundtable Moderator: Christopher Wolf, Partner and Co-Chair, Privacy and Data Security Practice Group, Hogan & Hartson Participants: Susan DeSanti, Director of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission Emmett O'Keefe, Director, Federal Public Policy, Amazon.com, Inc. Mary Snapp, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft Corp.
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm	Q&A
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm	Closing remarks
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Reception