Prediction and Antitrust Invitational Symposium

The American Antitrust Institute hosted an invitational symposium on June 23 in Washington, D.C. to discuss the role of prediction in antitrust and the possible relevance to antitrust of various forecasting methodologies used in the corporate world.
 
Download the conference materials and audio files below.
 
AGENDA
Overview of Importance of Prediction in Antitrust (Audio)
Planning, Investigation, Litigation, Remediation
Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute
The Predictive Power of Merger Analysis
John B. Kirkwood, Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law
The Merger Guidelines and Uncertainty
Howard Shelanski, Deputy Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission
 
The Tools of Prediction Used by Corporation (Audio)
Beyond Forecasting: Scenario Planning as a Tool for Managing Uncertainty
Scott A. Snyder, Senior Partner, Decision Strategies International and Senior Fellow, The Wharton School
The Business of Futures Research
Joseph Coates, Consulting Futurist, Inc.
 Prediction Markets and Other Tools
Michael Abramowicz, Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University; Author of Predictocracy
What Services are Supplied to Large Corporations by Prediction Consultants
Justin Miller, Corporate Counsel, E.I. DuPont de Nemours
 
Luncheon (Audio)
Welcome
Warren Grimes, Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School
Introduction
Robert Taylor-Manning, Class Action Settlement Consultant, Rust Consulting
Predicting the Present with Google Trends
Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google; Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley
 
How Can Prediction Be Enhanced in the Context of Antitrust?  (Audio)
Experimentation and Regulation 
Hanno Kaiser, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Predicting Fines  (Supporting Materials
John M. Connor, Professor of Industrial Economics, Purdue University
 
Roundtable Discussion (Audio)
Moderators:
Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute
Gregory T. Gundlach, Professor, University of North Florida Coggin College of Business
Diana Moss, Vice President and Senior Fellow, American Antitrust Institute