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Schedule

Sunday, June 27 

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

Monday, June 28  

7:30- 8:30 a.m.     Breakfast
8:30-10:00 a.m.     Session One: How Markets Work and Fail (Russ Roberts)
10:00-10:30  a.m.  Break

10:30-12:00 p.m.   Session Two: How the Political Process Responds to Citizen Demands:  How We
                                 Treat Endangered Species and Income
for Policymaking (Don Coursey)
12:00-1:00 p.m.     Lunch 
1:00-2:30 p.m.       Session Three: Globalization:  Winners and Losers (Murray Weidenbaum) 
2:30-3:00 p.m.       Break
3:00-4:30 p.m.       Session Four: Lessons from The Biotech Revolution (Dick Mahoney)
4:30-6:00 p.m.       Free Time 
6:00-9:00 p.m.       Cocktails, Dinner

Tuesday, June 29 

7:30- 8:30 a.m.      Breakfast
8:30-10:00 a.m.     Session Five: The Seen and the Unseen: New Story Ideas Using the Law of
                                  Unintended
Consequences (Russell Roberts)
10:00-10:30 a.m.    Break
10:30-12:00 p.m.    Session Six: The Current State of Corporate Governance (Murray Weidenbaum)
12:00-1:00 p.m.      Box lunches - Free time 
6:00-9:00 p.m.       Cocktails, Dinner  (Special Dinner Speaker)
 
Wednesday, June 30  

7:30- 8:30 a.m.      Breakfast
8:30-10:00 a.m.      Session Seven: Risk and Reality? (Don Coursey) 
10:00-10:30 a.m.    Break
10:30-12:00 p.m.    Session Eight: When a Number Walks in the Door, Should You Tell It to Go
                                  Away?
(Don Cox)
12:00-1:00 p.m.      Lunch 
1:00-2:30 p.m.        Session Nine: When Good Numbers Go Bad (Don Cox)
2:30-3:00 p.m.        Break
3:00-4:30 p.m.        Session Ten:  Australian Convicts and Sunday Liquor Sales:  The Law of
                                   Intended Consequences
(Russell Roberts)
4:30-6:00 p.m.        Free Time 
6:00-9:00 p.m.        Cocktails, Dinner

Thursday, July 1

7:30 a.m.                Breakfast and Departure

 

Weidenbaum Center 
Campus Box 1027 
Washington University 
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 
Phone: (314) 935-5630 
Fax: (314) 935-5688