INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
April 8-9, 2005
Website: http://www.ios.neu.edu
Atlanta Skyline
The third annual International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC), sponsored by the Industrial Organization Society and its affiliated journal, the Review of Industrial Organization and hosted by the School of Economics at Georgia Tech, will be held April 8-9, 2005, at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Hotel and Conference Center. The formal program will begin at noon, Friday, April 8 with a luncheon and keynote speech, and end at 6 p.m., Saturday, April 9. The conference will include keynote speakers, panel discussions and contributed sessions on all topics and from all perspectives of industrial organization.
Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center
PROGRAM
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROGRAM (updated April 3, 2005).
The program includes two formal luncheons on the 8th and 9th along with keynote speakers David Sappington (University of Florida) and Margaret Slade (University of Warwick) and a reception on the evening of April 8th.
The Program Committee is comprised of Ken Boyer (Chair), Kenneth Corts, Gary Fournier, Vivek Ghosal, Gautam Gowrisankaran, Marc Ivaldi, Francine Lafontaine, Catherine Matraves, Scott Stern, and Catherine Wolfram.
The Local Organization Committee is chaired by Vivek Ghosal.
The registration form below includes details on hotel booking. It is important that you book early as the number of rooms allocated to the conference participants are limited. (If you stay 3 nights – 7th, 8th and 9th – the room rate will average approximately $112 per night plus tax.) Since the hotel and conference center are integrated, it is to your advantage to stay at the conference hotel to have on-site access to the session rooms and the keynote speeches in the luncheon ballroom. While there are other hotels within a 20-25 minute walk, those will be more expensive and there is no public transportation. Adjacent to the hotel and conference center, there is a large Barnes and Noble bookstore, a Starbucks and some shops and restaurants: click here for the list. IMPORTANT: Whether you are participating in the conference or merely attending sessions, you will have to officially register by the deadline. Individuals without the official conference registration name tag will NOT be allowed into the sessions or the luncheons with keynote speakers. Finally, due to seating constraints, we have to cap the number of people who can attend the luncheons with speaker at 300.
REGISTRATION FORM: Click Here The Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center website contains maps and directions and information on how to get there from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. There is a shuttle available. By taxi, it will take about 15-30 minutes depending on the time of day and cost about $25. If you have additional questions, please contact the hotel directly.
If you do not have a travel visa for the U.S., you should go to the U.S. consulate (or embassy) as soon as possible as new visas now require more time to process. Delaying this may mean that you will not get a travel visa in time for the conference.
For general questions, send an email to: iioc2005@econ.gatech.edu.
For questions regarding your hotel reservation, AFTER you have submitted the registration and hotel booking form, contact the hotel directly: http://www.gatechhotel.com.
Please do NOT call the hotel regarding information that is unrelated to your room reservation. For this, use the IIOC contact email above.
Georgia Tech, best known for its renowned engineering and science departments, is located close to Atlanta's midtown area and has an enrollment of about 15,000 students. Unlike most city schools, Georgia Tech has an expansive and attractive campus. We invite you to take a tour of the campus aboard the yellow Tech Trolley which you can catch from the side of the conference hotel (ask at the concierge desk for the “Trolley” going into the campus). This will take you to the other end of the campus and bring you back to the hotel. It runs frequently and the trip is free. This offers a nice exposure to the campus, some of the new and architecturally appealing buildings, tree-lined walkways and the newly constructed Campus Recreation Center (if you click on the central picture, you can see the various parts of the facility). Depending on the weather, taking a walk through the campus is enjoyable.
Atlanta is a city of about 4.2 million inhabitants and offers a wide selection of entertainment, shopping, dining and nearby places to visit. Below we offer a sampling of items and more can be found if you browse through the websites. The Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center is in located in Georgia Tech's Technology Square in Atlanta's Midtown area which has become Atlanta's dynamic intown business district and home to many good restaurants, the Fox theater, the Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Piedmont Park, among other attractions. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
The Program Committee is pleased to announce our two keynote speakers sponsored by the School of Economics and the Ivan Allen College at the Georgia Institute of Technology:
"Exclusive Contracts and Vertical Restraints."
"Regulation in Vertically-Related Industries: Myths, Facts, and Policy."
REGISTRATION
All participants, including paper presenters, discussants and session chairs, must officially register for the conference. The registration fee of $175 entitles you to attend the sessions, the keynote speeches with lunch, and all day coffee and light snacks. Access to the sessions and the keynote speeches (accompanied by lunch) will be restricted to the registered guests only. ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST REGISTER BY THE DEADLINE OF MARCH 4th, ELSE YOU WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE PROGRAM.
To be faxed in by March 4th latest. To ensure that you get a room at the conference hotel, register early. To ensure you can attend the luncheon with keynote, register early.
OVERSEAS PARTICIPANTS
QUESTIONS
TOUR OF GEORGIA TECH
ABOUT ATLANTA
The Technology Square at Georgia Tech
The Woodruff Arts Center – located about one mile from the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center – offers concerts and plays. You can book tickets online.
Atlanta's Fox Theater offers a variety of shows, but they tend to sell out well in advance. So check early if you're interested.
Atlanta's Shakespeare Theatre offers an innovative and interesting program.
Georgia Tech's own Ferst Center for the Arts has the national tour of Crazy for You scheduled for April 9th.
For shopping, the Lenox Square Mall and the adjacent Phipps Plaza offer close to 300 stores plus movie theatres and a selection of restaurants. Adjacent to the Lenox Mall are numerous additional stores. These shopping complexes are located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta which features numerous excellent restaurants and other shopping. These shopping complexes are about 5 miles from the Georgia Tech Hotel and accessible by taxi. Unfortunately, public transportation is not available.
Within a short taxi ride from the Georgia Tech Hotel are:
- The Jimmy Carter Center
- The Martin Luther King Center
- Atlanta History Center
- Atlanta Botanical Gardens and Piedmont Park (these are within a reasonable walking distance)
- The CNN Center
- The World of Coca Cola
There are several websites that will provide you with information about what's happening locally, what to see, and entertainment and dining options:
For tourism in the area, see: Georgia On My Mind
For those staying extra days, some interesting and historical places to visit include:
- Savannah, Georgia (about 3 hours drive from Atlanta)
- Charleston, South Carolina (about 5 hours drive from Atlanta)
- St. Augustine, Florida (about 7 hours drive from Atlanta)
The Georgia Tech Hotel concierge service will be happy to assist you with other options and details.