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Schedule

Monday, June 16 - Arrival

  • 4:00 - 6:00 p.m Arrival and registration
  • 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Dinner and Program Overview

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    Tuesday, June 17 - Day One Program

  • 7:30- 8:30 Breakfast
  • 8:30-10:00 Session One: How Markets Work and Fail (Russ Roberts)
  • 10:00-10:30 Break
  • 10:30-12:00 Session Two: The Demand for Environmental Protection: Implications of Growth and Income for Policymaking (Don Coursey)
  • 12:00-1:00 Lunch 
  • 1:00-2:30 Session Three: Medical Journalism: Some Observations from the Front (Ellen Ruppel Shell) 
  • 2:30-3:00 Break
  • 3:00-4:30 Session Four: Lessons from The BioTech Revolution (Dick Mahoney)
  • 4:30-6:00 Free Time 
  • 6:00-9:00 Cocktails, Dinner

  • Speaker, Ellen Ruppel Shell, "Obesity: A New Perspective"

    Wednesday, June 18 - Day Two Program
     

  • 7:30- 8:30 Breakfast
  • 8:30-10:00 Session One: The Seen and the Unseen: New Story Ideas Using the Law of Unintended Consequences (Russell Roberts)
  • 10:00-10:30 Break
  • 10:30-12:00 Session Two: The Current State of Corporate Governance (Murray Weidenbaum) 
  • 12:00-6:00 Free time 
  • 6:00-9:00 Cocktails, Dinner

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    Thursday, June 19 - Day Three Program
     

  • 7:30- 8:30 Breakfast
  • 8:30-10:00 Session One: How the Political Process Responds to Citizen Demands (Don Coursey) 
  • 10:00-10:30 Break
  • 10:30-12:00 Session Two: What's a Big Number 
  • 12:00-1:00 Lunch 
  • 1:00-2:30 Session Three: Risk and Reality 
  • 2:30-3:00 Break
  • 3:00-4:30 Session Four: Evaluating regulations (Dick Mahoney)
  • 4:30-6:00 Free Time 
  • 6:00-9:00 Cocktails, Clambake on the beach

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    Friday, June 20 - Day Four Program

  • 7:30- 8:30 Breakfast
  • 8:30-10:00 When Your Actions Affect Others: The Role of Externalities in Public Policy (Russell Roberts)
  • 10:00-10:30 Break
  • 10:30-12:00 Globalization: Winners and Losers (Murray Weidenbaum)
  • Noon Lunch and Departure
  • Weidenbaum Center 
    Campus Box 1027 
    Washington University 
    St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 
    Phone: (314) 935-5630 
    Fax: (314) 935-5688