Prediction and Antitrust Invitational Symposium

Overview of Importance of Prediction in Antitrust

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

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

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?

Experimentation and Regulation
Hanno Kaiser, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

Predicting Fines 
John M. Connor, Professor of Industrial Economics, Purdue University

Roundtable Discussion

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