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Sheila Millar to Participate in the FTC's Public Forum on Consumer Protection in the Global Economy
Sheila Millar to Participate in the FTC's Public Forum on Consumer Protection in the Global Economy
Sheila Millar will participate in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) public forum on consumer protection in the global economy, titled Enforceable Codes of Conduct: Protecting Consumers Across Borders. The forum will be at the FTC's Satellite Building Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. The forum will begin at 8:30 a.m. and run until approximately 5:30 p.m. on November 29. Additional information may be found here.
Agenda
Enforceable Codes of Conduct: Protecting Consumers Across Borders
| 8:30 | Registration |
| 9:00 | Introductory Remarks Commissioner Edith Ramirez Federal Trade Commission |
| 9:10 | Panel The Rise of Cross-Border Codes of Conduct Moderator: Stacy Feuer, Assistant Director for International Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission Panelists: Sungjoon Cho, Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law Joseph N. Mariano, President, Direct Selling Association Robin Simpson, Senior Policy Adviser, Consumers International David C. Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission David Zaring, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania |
| 10:25 | Speaker Antitrust Implications of Cross-Border Codes William E. Kovacic, Professor, George Washington University Law School; Former Chairman, Federal Trade Commission |
| 10:45 | Break |
| 11:00 | Case Study APEC's Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System Moderator: Markus Heyder, Counsel for International Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission Panelists: Paula J. Bruening, Vice President, Global Policy Centre for Information Policy Leadership, Hunton & Williams LLP Daniele Chatelois, Chair, APEC Data Privacy Subgroup; Senior Policy Advisor, Digital Policy Branch, Industry Canada Joshua Harris, Vice Chair, APEC Data Privacy Subgroup; Chair, APEC's CBPR Joint Oversight Panel; Associate Director, Office of Technology and E-Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce Frances J. Henderson, National Director, Privacy Initiatives, Council of Better Business Bureaus Melissa Higuera Pérez, Director for Privacy Policies and Agreements, Federal Institute of Access to Public Information and Data Protection of Mexico Saira Nayak, Director of Policy, TRUSTe Scott Taylor, Chief Privacy Officer, Hewlett-Packard Co. |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Case Study OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (MNE) Moderator: Peter Avery, Secretariat, OECD Committee on Consumer Policy Panelists: Clifford Henry, Member, Stakeholder Advisory Board to the U.S. NCP; Associate Director, Corporate Sustainable Development, Proctor & Gamble Jonathan Kaufman, Member, Stakeholder Advisory Board to the U.S. NCP; Staff Attorney, EarthRights International Thea Mei Lee, Vice Chairwoman, U.S. State Department Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy; Deputy Chief of Staff, AFL-CIO Gwenann Manseau, Senior Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel for International Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce Alan K. Yu, U.S. NCP for the OECD Guidelines, Office of Economic Policy Analysis and Public Diplomacy: Corporate Social Responsibility Unit, U.S. Department of State |
| 2: 45 | Case Study Toy Safety and Food Safety Moderator: Scott Cooper, Vice President Government Relations and Public Policy, American National Standards Institute Panelists: Charlotte Christin, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Policy, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Caroline Smith DeWaal, Food Safety Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest Alan P. Kaufman, Senior Vice President Technical Affairs , Toy Industry Association, Inc. Richard W. O'Brien, Director, Office of International Programs and Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission Joseph A. Scimeca PhD, Vice President, Global Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Corporate Food Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Cargill, Inc. |
| 4:00 | Break |
| 4:15 | Panel Best Practices and Metrics Moderator: Keith Fentonmiller, Senior Attorney, Division of Advertising Practices, Federal Trade Commission Panelists: Anne Meuwese, Professor, Tilburg University Law School Sheila A. Millar, Vice-Chair, Commission on Marketing and Advertising, International Chamber of Commerce; Partner, Keller and Heckman C. Lee Peeler, President and CEO, National Advertising Review Council; Executive Vice President, National Advertising Self-Regulation, Council of Better Business Bureaus Robin Simpson, Senior Policy Adviser, Consumers International Norma Tregurtha, Senior Policy Manager, ISEAL Alliance |
| 5:30 | Closing Remarks |