8:30 am – 8:45 am
Opening Remarks

8:45 am – 9:45 am
The 2008 Bailout: An Economic Necessity or Government Folly (90 Minutes)
This panel will provide an overview of the 2008 bailout focusing on its benefits and shortcomings. Speakers will explore the causes of the financial crisis that precipitated the bailout, whether the bailout was really a benefit to taxpayers or a burden, and whether bankruptcy provided a viable alternative to the bailout.

Panelists: 
Douglas M. Branson
W. Edward Sell Professor of Business Law
University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Andrew D. Shaffer
Partner
Mayer Brown

9:45 am – 10:00 am (Break)

10:00 am – 11:30 am
Rethinking Lending Regulation after the 2008 Bailout (90 Minutes)
This panel will focus on how failures in lending regulation potentially created the need for the 2008 bailout. Speakers will explore how weaknesses in the mortgage market created the need for the 2008 bailout, if lending regulation can prevent a future economic crisis, and what is the appropriate level of regulation of the lending market.

Panelists:  
Robert M. Hardaway
Professor
University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Steven Ramirez
Professor of Law
Director, Business Law Center
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Alan M. White
Assistant Professor of Law
Valparaiso University School of Law

11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch – Complimentary box lunches provided

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
A Former SEC Chairman’s View of the Current Financial Crisis (60 Minutes)
Harvey Pitt, a former chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, shares his views on the causes of the current economic crisis and whether modifications to the securities laws can help prevent future economic downturns.

Speaker: Harvey Pitt
Chief Executive Officer, Kalorama Partners, LLC
Former Chairman, United States Securities and Exchange Commission

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Securities Regulation as a Means to Avoid a Future Economic Crisis (60 Minutes)
This panel will focus on whether failures in regulating mortgage backed securities brought about the 2008 bailout. Speakers will explore the role of mortgage backed securities in the current financial crisis, if new securities regulation could prevent a future economic crisis, and what is the proper level of regulation in the securities market.

Panelists include:
Barbara Black
Charles Hartsock Professor of Law
Director, Corporate Law Center
University of Cincinnati College of Law

Jeffrey M. Lipshaw
Associate Professor
Suffolk University Law School

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm (Break)

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility after the 2008 Bailout (90 Minutes)
This panel will focus on how notions of business ethics and corporate reasonability have and will evolve as a result of the 2008 bailout and financial crisis that precipitated it. The topics addressed will include whether breaches of ethical duty created an environment necessitating a bailout, what role executive compensation may have played, and what ethical duties corporate boards and managers have on a going forward basis.

Panelists:  
Jon Hoak
Vice President
Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Hewlett-Packard

Robert T. Miller
Associate Professor
Villanova University School of Law
   
Peter J. Sherry, Jr.
Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel,
Corporate and Commercial Matters
Ford Motor Company

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks