EVENT: GMU Spectrum Discussion Featuring Vernon Smith (tomorrow 4:00)

by on May 1, 2006

For those of you in the DC area TOMORROW at 4:00, The George Mason University School of Law’s Information Economy Project is launching its “Big Ideas about Information” series with a discussion on “FCC License Auctions: Lessons from a Tumultuous Twelve Years.” The event will feature a conversation with Vernon Smith, Professor of Economics & Law at George Mason University and 2002 Nobel Laureate in Economics, and David Porter, Professor, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science at George Mason University. Both men are internationally renowned experts on the structure of auctions.

The event will be held at the George Mason University School of Law (Room 120). The GMU law school is located on 3301 Fairfax Drive in Arlington, Virginia and is right next to the Virginia Square-GMU Metro (Orange Line).

You can find more info and register at: http://www.law.gmu.edu/events/upcoming.php?ID=420

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Adam Thierer is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He previously served as President of The Progress & Freedom Foundation, as Director of Telecommunications Studies at the Cato Institute, and as a Fellow in Economic Policy at the Heritage Foundation. He is the author or editor of six books on technology and media policy and also writes a weekly column for Forbes called "Technologies of Freedom." Thierer earned his bachelor's degree in political science and journalism at Indiana University and received his master's degree in international business management and trade theory at the University of Maryland. His passions in life (besides technology and liberty, of course) are fast cars, fine cigars, and good beer.

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