The Bureau of Economics periodically hosts conferences and roundtable discussions that serve to further the Federal Trade Commission's mission through dialogue with policymakers and other experts.  Transcripts and other materials related to these conferences and roundtables are accessible below.

Materials on this page are offered in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Transcript of the FTC’s Conference on Healthcare Information & Competition
  The Bureau of Economics held a Healthcare Information & Competition on April 16, 2004. The Roundtable agenda, biographies of the panelists, summary of events and some slides & presentations are available on this website.
  
  
• Transcript of the Roundtable on “Understanding Mergers: Strategy & Planning, Implementation and Outcomes”
  The Bureau of Economics held a Merger Efficiencies Roundtable on December 9 and 10, 2002.  The Roundtable agenda and transcript (including the biographies of the panelists and the slides & presentations), as well as a copy of a subject index, bibliography and a review paper of the business consulting literature regarding mergers are available on this website.
  
  
• Economic Perspectives on the Home Mortgage Market Roundtable Transcript
  The Bureau of Economics held a Roundtable on the Economic Perspectives on the Home Mortgage Market on October 16, 2002. The Roundtable agenda and a transcript are available on this website.
  
  
• Empirical Industrial Organization Roundtable Transcript
  The Bureau of Economics held an Empirical Industrial Organization Roundtable on September 11, 2001. The transcript from that Roundtable is available on this Website.

Links to Other FTC Roundtables and Conferences

• Roundtable on Methodologies for Assessing Accuracy and Completeness of Credit Reports
  On June 30, 2004 , the Bureau of Economics hosted a roundtable with researchers, scholars, and practitioners in the credit reporting industry on methodologies for assessing the accuracy and completeness of credit reports. The roundtable was held in conjunction with Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003. Among other things, the Act requires the FTC to study the accuracy and completeness of the information in consumers’ credit reports. An agenda, list of participants, and transcript of the event are available at the linked website.
  
  
• Roundtable with Former Directors of the Bureau of Economics
  On September 4, 2003, the Bureau of Economics hosted a Roundtable with former Bureau Directors entitled "FTC History: Bureau of Economics Contributions to Law Enforcement, Research and Economic Knowledge and Policy." An agenda, edited transcript, and other materials are available on the conference website.
  
  
• Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  Hearings will examine the state of the health care marketplace and the role of competition, antitrust, and consumer protection in satisfying citizens' preferences for high-quality, cost-effective health care.
  
  
• Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy
  Hearings focused on the implications of antitrust and patent law and policy for innovation and other aspects of consumer welfare
  
  
• Possible Anticompetitive Efforts to Restrict Competition on the Internet
  Workshop explored how certain state regulations and private business practices may be having significantly anticompetitive effects on e-commerce.