8:15 AM

Welcome

Stephen Brobeck, Executive Director
Consumer Federation of America

8:30 AM

Congressional Legislative Priorities

Introduction
Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director
U.S. PIRG

Speaker
The Honorable Richard Blumenthal
United States Senate

9:00 AM

Consumer Concerns and Priorities

Introduction
George Gaberlavage, Policy Integration Director, Consumer & Livable Communities, Office of Policy Integration
AARP

Speaker
Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research
Pew Research Center

9:40 AM

The Regulatory Reform Debate

Moderator
Mozelle Thompson, CEO
Thompson Strategic Consulting

Panelists
Richard Williams, Director of Policy Research
Mercatus Center, George Mason University

Sally Katzen, Senior Advisor
The Podesta Group

10:45 AM

Consumer Privacy in the Age of Social Media

Moderator
Susan Grant, Director of Consumer Protection
Consumer Federation of America

Roundtable Participants
David Jacobs, Consumer Protection Fellow
Electronic Privacy Information Center

Cora Tung Han, Attorney, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection
Federal Trade Commission

Jules Polonetsky, Director and Co-Chair
Future of Privacy Forum

Christopher Calabrese, Legislative Counsel
American Civil Liberties Union

Morgan Reed, Executive Director
Association for Competitive Technology

10:45 AM

The Growing Student Debt Crisis

Moderator
Travis Plunkett, Legislative Director
Consumer Federation of America

Roundtable Participants
Pauline Abernathy, Vice President
The Institute for College Access and Success

Herman De Jesus, Senior Program Associate
Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project

Rohit Chopra, Student Loan Ombudsman
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Winfield P. Crigler, Executive Director
Student Loan Servicing Alliance

Jason Delisle, Director, Federal Education Budget Project
New America Foundation

10:45 AM

Can Voluntary Safety Standards Protect Consumers Adequately?

Moderator
Rachel Weintraub, Director of Product Safety and Senior Counsel
Consumer Federation of America

Roundtable Participants
Nancy Cowles, Executive Director
Kids in Danger

David Arkush, Director
Public Citizen’s Congress Watch

Len Morrisey, Director, TCO Division
ASTM International

Mike Dwyer, Executive Director
Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association

Daniel Kaufman, Acting Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission

12:15 PM

Luncheon Keynote – The Age of Austerity

Introduction
Stephen Brobeck, Executive Director
Consumer Federation of America

Speaker
Thomas B. Edsall, Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

2:00 PM

Deceptive and Unfair Auto Sales Practices

Moderator
Irene Leech, President
Virginia Citizens Consumer Council

Roundtable Participants
Robin Thurston, Staff Attorney
Federal Trade Commission

Rosemary Shahan, President
Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety

Rebecca Bowman, Administrator
Howard County Office of Consumer Affairs

George Rose, Vice President, Customer Relations
Fitzgerald Auto Malls

Vivienne Cameron, Senior Director
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators

2:00 PM

Mobile Payments Opportunities and Challenges

Moderator
Jean Ann Fox, Director of Financial Services
Consumer Federation of America

Roundtable Participants
Marianne Crowe, Vice President, Payment Strategies
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Suzanne Martindale, Staff Attorney
Consumers Union

Javier Martell, General Counsel
Boku

Randy Vanderhoof, Executive Director
Smart Card Alliance

Mike Altschul, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
CTIA

2:00 PM

How the Safety of Low-Income Children is Being Jeopardized and Ignored

Moderator
Christopher Waldrop, Director of Food Policy Institute
Consumer Federation of America

Roundtable Participants
Andrea Gielen Professor, Director, Center for Injury Research and Policy
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Jennifer Quinlan, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences and Department of Biology
Drexel University

Meri-K Appy, President
Appy and Associates

Toussaint Morgan, Director of Family and Community Partnership and Health
The Edward C. Mazique Parent Child Center

Karen Gay, District Department of Transportation, Transportation Safety Branch
Frank D. Reeves Center

3:30 PM

50th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s Declaration of Consumer Rights

Introduction
Willard P. Ogburn, Executive Director
National Consumer Law Center

Speaker
Jim Guest, President and CEO
Consumer Reports

4:00 PM

The Impact of a 54 MPG Fuel Economy Standard

Introduction
Jack Gillis, Public Affairs Director
Consumer Federation of America

Speaker
Gary Guzy, Deputy Director and General Counsel
White House Council on Environmental Quality

Jack Fitzgerald, President
Fitzgerald Auto Malls

David Champion, Deputy Technical Director – Auto Test Center
Consumers Union

Brad Markell, International Representative, UAW Research Department
United Auto Workers Union