Computer & Communication Industry Association
PublishedOctober 7, 2009

Upcoming Event: “Competition Policy as Innovation Policy”

COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Presents

“Competition Policy as Innovation Policy”

CCIA hosted an exciting competition policy program on Tuesday, October 27 from 12 – 2 pm at the Newseum in Washington, DC.

The Obama Administration has placed a high priority on innovation as a key component to driving economic recovery.  Rarely discussed in the realm of competition policy is the role that antitrust enforcement can play as a tool to enhance innovation and national competitiveness in areas like technology and telecommunications over the short and long term.  As the Administration executes on its agenda for economic recovery, should competition policy be used as a tool to enhance those efforts?  If so, how?

Date:    Tuesday, October 27 from 12 pm – 2 pm

Agenda:

12 pm        Registration and Lunch Buffet
12:15         Welcome and Intro
                   Ed Black, President & CEO, CCIA
12:20        Keynote Speech

                  Joseph Farrell, Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission
12:40       Panel discussion
  • Joseph Farrell, Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission
  • Jonathan Orszag, Senior Managing Director, Compass Lexecon; former Economic Policy Advisor on President Clinton’s National Economic Council
  • David Turetsky, Co-Chair of the Antitrust Practice Group and Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf; former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil and Regulatory Affairs in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
  • Ed Black, President & CEO, CCIA (moderator)
1:40       Audience Q&A

 

CCIA is an international, nonprofit association of computer and communications industry firms, representing a broad cross section of the industry. This is an educational briefing designed to be widely attended in compliance with House and Senate ethics rules.

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