Issue No. 09-47
For the week of November 16, 2009
COMMISSION MEETINGS
(Meetings and agendas are subject
to change)
Nothing Scheduled
HEARINGS/TESTIMONY
BEFORE CONGRESS
(Dates and times are subject to change
by Congress)
Nothing Scheduled
WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
Thur. Nov. 19 - Fri. Nov. 20
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Second Annual Federal Trade Commission & Northwestern University Microeconomics Conference. The two-day conference will bring together scholars working in industrial organization, information economics, game theory, quantitative marketing, consumer behavior, and other areas related to the FTC’s antitrust and consumer policy missions. Examples of topics include discrimination, innovation, privacy, advertising, consumer choice, loyalty and other discounts, information disclosure, horizontal and vertical mergers, and behavioral and experimental economics. More information can be found at http://www.ftc.gov/be/workshops/microeconomics/2009/index.shtm.
FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
SPEECHES
Tues. Nov. 17
4:55 p.m.
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Federal Trade Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch will deliver the keynote address at the GCR 2009 Global Competition Law Review on, “Enforcement, Monopolization and Article 2.” Brussels, Belgium |
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FTC Commissioner William E. Kovacic will participate in a panel discussion of the Competition Commission of India's Session on, “Competition and the Common Man.” New Delhi, India |
CANCELLED
Wed. Nov. 18
12:00 p.m. |
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz will speak at the Trade Regulation Brown Bag Lunch. New York University-School of Law, New York, NY |
Thur. Nov. 19
9:00 a.m. |
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz will give opening remarks at the 2nd Annual FTC/NU Microeconomics Conference. FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
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FTC Commissioner William E. Kovacic will speak at the 50th Anniversary of the Columbian Competition Law. Cartagena, Colombia |
HEARINGS BEFORE
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES
Nothing Scheduled |