AEI-Brookings Joint Center Conference on The Role of Competition Analysis in Regulatory Decisions

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

The AEI-Brookings Joint Center has what looks to be a very interesting event (details here) on the role of competition in government regulation on Tuesday, May 15, 2007.

8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00
Welcome: Robert Hahn, Joint Center

9:10
Introduction: Deborah Platt Majoras, FTC

9:45
Panel I: How Can Agencies Foster Competition in Their Industries?
Panelists:
Paul Atkins, SEC
Sean Ennis, OECD
Daniel Meron, Department of Health & Human Services
Charles Nottingham, Surface Transportation Board

11:15
Panel II: Identifying Abuses of the Regulatory Process by Firms That Wish to Harm Their Competitors
Panelists:
Marc Kesselman, USDA
Brian Mannix, EPA
Jeffrey Rosen, OMB
Todd Zywicki, GMU

12:30 p.m.
Luncheon:
Thomas O. Barnett, DOJ

1:45
Panel III: Where Should We Go from Here?
Panelists:
Dennis Carlton, DOJ
William Kovacic, FTC
Timothy Muris, GMU
Robert Pitofsky, Arnold & Porter LLP

3:00
Adjournment