Cato Upcoming Events http://www.cato.org/events/calendar.html events@cato.org The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace. Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government. en-us Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:30:00 EDT 7th Annual Constitution Day (Conference) http://www.cato.org/events/ccs2008/index.html F.A. Hayek Auditorium, Cato Institute

To celebrate Constitution Day and the publication of the seventh volume of the annual Cato Supreme Court Review.


Five (5) Virginia CLE credits will be available. For credit in other states, please contact your state accrediting board.

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Symposium Program

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Registration — F. A. Hayek Auditorium Foyer
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks — F. A. Hayek Auditorium

Roger Pilon
Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

Introduction

Ilya Shapiro
Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Panel 1: The Constitution Restored?  Revisiting the First, Second, and Fourth Amendments

Moderator: Ilya Shapiro
Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

Clark Neily
Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice

Erik Jaffe
Principal, Law Office of Erik S. Jaffe P.C.

Edward J. Loya Jr.
Department of Justice (Criminal Division)
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch — Wintergarden
1:00 - 2:15 p.m. Panel 2: Challenges at Home and Abroad: International Law and The War on Terror

Moderator: Roger Pilon
Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute

Marty Lederman
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Jeremy Rabkin
Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law

Ilya Shapiro
Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
2:15 - 3:30 p.m. Panel 3: The Business of the Court: Securities, Energy, Regulation

Moderator: Ilya Shapiro
Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

Adam C. Pritchard
Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Richard P. Bress
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

Rebecca K. Wood
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 - 5:00 p.m. Panel 4: Looking Ahead: October Term 2008

Moderator: Roger Pilon
B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

Tom Goldstein
Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP

Eugene Scalia
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Bradford Berenson
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture: Is the Constitution Libertarian?

Randy Barnett
Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University Law Center
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Reception — Wintergarden

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]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:30:00 EDT http://www.cato.org/events/ccs2008/index.html 26th Annual Monetary Conference: Lessons from the Sub-Prime Crisis (Conference) http://www.cato.org/events/monconf2008/index.html F.A. Hayek Auditorium, Cato Institute

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Conference Schedule

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Registration — F. A. Hayek Auditorium Foyer
9:00 - 9:10 a.m. Welcoming Remarks — F. A. Hayek Auditorium
James A. Dorn
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cato Institute
9:10 - 10:00 a.m. Keynote Address
Donald L. Kohn
Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Panel 1: Asset Market Bubbles and Fed Policy

Moderator: Clive Crook
Washington Columnist, Financial Times

Anna J. Schwartz
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

John H. Makin
Principal, Caxton Associates, LLC, and
Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

Otmar Issing
Former Member, Executive Board
European Central Bank

Lawrence H. White
F. A. Hayek Professor of Economic History
University of Missouri-St. Louis

11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Panel 2: Financial Innovation and Monetary Policy

Moderator: Alan Reynolds
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

Brian S. Wesbury
Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios, L.P

Charles W. Calomiris
Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions
Columbia University

Roger Garrison
Professor of Economics, Auburn University
12:45 - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon — Wintergarden
1:30 - 2:15 p.m.

Luncheon Address — F. A. Hayek Auditorium
Jeffrey M. Lacker
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

2:15 - 3:30 p.m. Panel 3: Moral Hazard and the Limits of Monetary Policy

Moderator: Mickey D. Levy
Chief Economist, Bank of America

Wolfgang Münchau
Associate Editor, Financial Times

Andrew Samwick
Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College

Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr.
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

Kevin Dowd
Professor of Financial Risk Management
Nottingham University

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Closing Address
William Poole
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, and Former President
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Reception

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