Last-minute chance to talk antitrust and emergent order
Join an event TONIGHT hosted by Stand Together at the CTA Innovation House
Tonight, former FTC Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen and I will talk about “Top-Down Rulemaking v. Emergent Order: Competing Mental Models on Antitrust and More in the Age of Complexity” at the Consumer Technology Association’s Innovation House on Capitol Hill. This is an intimate gathering but we have about five spots left and I wanted to extend an invitation to this group.
More information below, but please email me (nchilson@standtogether.org) ASAP if you would like to attend. First-come first-served!
Top-Down Rulemaking v. Emergent Order: Competing Mental Models on Antitrust and More in the Age of Complexity - Hosted by Stand Together
Tuesday, November 16
Schedule
5:30pm: reception with hors d’oeuvres and cocktails
6:15pm: program
7:15pm: closing reception, cocktails, and networking
8:00pm: end
Location
Innovation House | Consumer Technology Association
21 D Street, SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
The Innovation House is located on D Street, SE between South Capitol Street, SE and New Jersey Avenue, SE.
Proof of Vaccination required
All attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend. Proof of vaccination will be requested in advance or may be requested upon arrival.
About the book: Most leadership books promise to help you get control of your business, your career, and your life. In Getting Out of Control: Emergent Leadership in a Complex World, Neil Chilson flips this formula on its head. Emergent order—order with no single individual or entity in control—surrounds us. From ant colonies to our brains, cities, and economies, emergent order sustains powerful and complex systems that no one designed and no one controls. Awash in this complexity, we have less control than we imagine or wish. Chilson explains how this emergent order confounds managers who grasp for control but holds great promise for leaders willing to adopt an emergent mindset. Getting Out of Control explains why effective leaders seek to influence rather than to control. Chilson offers real-world examples of successful and failed leadership from Washington, D.C.‘s halls to Silicon Valley’s workstations. He distills six principles of the emergent mindset to help leaders in public, corporate, or private life maximize their influence and avoid the pointless pursuit of control in this complex, out-of-control world.
About Neil Chilson: Neil Chilson is the senior research fellow for technology and innovation at Stand Together and the former chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission. In his current role, he spearheads Stand Together’s efforts to encourage a culture that embraces innovation as well as a regulatory environment that enables it. He holds a law degree from the George Washington University Law School and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Harding University. Chilson is a regular contributor to multiple news outlets, including the Washington Post, USA Today, and Newsweek. Getting Out of Control was released on September 23, 2021 and is available for purchase on Amazon.
About Maureen Ohlhausen: Maureen K. Ohlhausen was sworn in as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission on April 4, 2012. She served as Acting FTC Chairman from January 2017 until April 2018. Prior to her most recent tenure with the Commission, Ohlhausen was a partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, where she focused on FTC issues, including privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity. Ohlhausen previously served at the Commission for 11 years. From 2004 to 2008, she served as Director of the Office of Policy Planning, where she led the FTC's Internet Access Task Force, and earlier as Deputy Director of that office. From 1998 to 2001, Ohlhausen was an attorney advisor for former FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle, advising him on competition and consumer protection matters. She started at the FTC General Counsel’s Office in 1997. Before coming to the FTC, Ohlhausen spent five years at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, serving as a law clerk for Judge David B. Sentelle and as a staff attorney. Ohlhausen also clerked for Judge Robert Yock of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims from 1991 to 1992. Ohlhausen graduated with distinction from Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University in 1991 and graduated with honors from the University of Virginia in 1984. Ohlhausen was on the adjunct faculty at the Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, where she taught privacy law and unfair trade practices. She served as a Senior Editor of the Antitrust Law Journal and a member of the American Bar Association Task Force on Competition and Public Policy. She has authored a variety of articles on competition law, privacy, and technology matters. Ohlhausen lives in Virginia with her husband, Peter. They have four children.
About Stand Together: Stand Together is a community of business and philanthropic leaders that empowers people dedicated to helping others improve their lives. Together we tackle some of the biggest challenges of our times, including reforming the nation’s criminal justice system, strengthening K-12 education, helping neighbors beat poverty and addiction, empowering everyone to find fulfilling work, and more. We drive transformation by seeing people not as the problem, but the source of solutions. We identify, vet, partner with, and create organizations that discover innovative ways to transform society and expand individual opportunity so that every person can achieve their American dream. We offer tools and resources — from financial capital, to business management consulting, to leverage through collaboration — to dramatically increase their effectiveness and scale. Learn more at www.StandTogether.org.