The purpose of this special program - offered on a tuition-free basis to members of the Section of Antitrust Law - is to take stock of the Commission's activities to date, and to discover whether there are recommendations and proposals that may find general favor in the antitrust community, ultimately leading to Congressional action.

In the last eighteen or so months, the Commission has been very busy. It formulated an agenda of subjects for study and framed particular questions and issues to shape their analysis. A range of views have been aired and debated at a series of hearings and in written comments (including those of the Section of Antirust Law). And while continuing to solicit opinions and views, the Commission has begun drafting its report to Congress.

This program's expert panels will penetrate further the most important subjects under consideration by the Antitrust Modernization Commission. The dialogue will be shaped by the following inquiries:

• What are the most significant law and policy issues that the Commission has considered as possible areas for “modernization”?
  
• What is the range of views that has been offered by members of government, the private bar, industry, academia and others on these questions?
  
• Whatever the differences in viewpoint, is there some room for convergence, compromise and accommodation that could be the basis of recommendations to Congress?

We hope that you will join us in Washington for what will be lively, candid and, we believe, productive dialogue on matters of immense important to competition policy.