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Nineteenth Annual Microeconomic Banner
Thursday, November 5, 2026 - Friday, November 6, 2026

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Event Description

The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics, the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale University, and Georgetown University will host the 19th Annual FTC Microeconomics Conference on November 5 and 6, 2026 in Washington, D.C. This event will bring together scholars working in areas related to the FTC’s antitrust, consumer protection, and public policy missions. This will be an in-person event with a live stream for those who want to view remotely.

The scientific committee for the conference is:

  • Joseph Harrington (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Daniel Martin (University of California, Santa Barbara)
  • Amanda Starc (Northwestern University)

Organizers: Samuel Kleiner and Eric Spurlino (FTC)

Lead Organizer: Stephanie Aaron (FTC) BE-Micro@ftc.gov

Sponsors

This conference is sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics, the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale University, and Georgetown University.

Registration

To register, please fill out the registration form with your name, email, and affiliation. You will receive a confirmation email when your registration is complete. We will use your email address to contact you with information about the conference and will share your name and email address with the conference co-sponsors. The FTC Act and other laws we administer permit the collection of your pre-registration contact information and the comments you file to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the Commission’s system for mailing lists. For more details, please see the FTC Privacy Policy.

Attending the Workshop

The conference is free and open to the public. You must have a valid government issued photo ID (government badge, license, passport, etc.). The conference will follow the AEA’s code of professional conduct, and requires presenters to adhere to AEA disclosure policies. These disclosures will be included in the presenters’ bios.

FTC Privacy Policy

Under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) or other laws, we may be required to disclose to outside organizations the information you provide when you pre-register for events that require registration. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments, whether filed in paper or electronic form, and as a matter of discretion, we make every effort to remove home contact information for individuals from the public comments before posting them on the FTC website.

The FTC Act and other laws we administer permit the collection of your pre-registration contact information and the comments you file to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the Commission’s Privacy Act system for public records and comprehensive privacy policy.

This event will be open to the public and may be photographed, videotaped, webcast, or otherwise recorded.  By participating in this event, you are agreeing that your image — and anything you say or submit — may be posted indefinitely at ftc.gov or on one of the Commission's publicly available social media sites.

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