When
Where
Competitive Enterprise Institute1310 L St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Gary Shapiro, longtime CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, has been an advocate of innovation for nearly 40 years. When he began his career, he helped beat back efforts from the established motion picture industry to ban the VCR. Now, he is fighting for AI innovators against burdensome red tape. In many of these battles, CEI partnered with Shapiro in crafting a winning policy message to champion new technologies.
Please join CEI for a conversation with Gary Shapiro on his new book, Pivot or Die: How Leaders Thrive When Everything Changes. CEI experts Iain Murray, Wayne Crews, Jessica Melugin, and John Berlau will share their “war stories” of fighting alongside Shapiro to liberalize polices and discuss his insights on the future.
When: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Luncheon followed by book forum.
Where: Competitive Enterprise Institute
1310 L St NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20005
Questions: [email protected] or 202.331.2764
Hard copies of Pivot or Die will be distributed at the event and are available for pre-order here.
Register: https://www.tfaforms.com/5145189
Gary Shapiro is an acclaimed author and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Prior to joining CTA in 1982, Gary worked on Capitol Hill and served as an associate at the Squire Sanders law firm. His passion for advancing policies that empower entrepreneurs and unlock technology innovation has earned him recognition as one of the The Hill’s top lobbyists; Washingtonian’s Tech Titans; Washington Life’s most influential people in Washington; and the 2021 Legion of Honor Award, conferred by French President Emmanuel Macron. Shapiro holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center and a BA in economics and psychology from Binghamton University.
John Berlau is a senior fellow and director of finance policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. His work focuses on how public policy affects access to capital, entrepreneurship, and investments made by the public and business community alike. He previously served as the Washington correspondent for Investor’s Business Daily, a staff writer for Insight magazine, and a media fellow at the Hoover Institution. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1994 with degrees in journalism and economics.
Wayne Crews is the Fred L. Smith fellow in regulatory studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. His work explores the impact of government regulation on free enterprise. He studies antitrust and competition policy, safety and environmental issues, and the challenges of the information age like privacy, online security, broadband policy, and intellectual property. Prior to joining CEI, he worked at the Cato Institute, the US Senate, and the Food and Drug Administration. He holds an MBA from William and Mary and a BS from Lander College.
Jessica Melugin is director of the Center for Technology & Innovation at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Her research focuses on technology issues including antitrust, online privacy, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, social media content and net neutrality regulation. She is an Innovators Network Foundation Antitrust and Competition Policy Fellow. Jessica graduated magna cum laude from Claremont McKenna College, with a degree in government and art history. Her honors thesis explored the development of American antitrust law as it pertains to the Microsoft trial.
Iain Murray is vice president for strategy, director of the Center for Economic Freedom, and a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He has written extensively on free markets and the environment, labor policy, finance, the EU, and trade. Before coming to CEI, Iain was director of research at the Statistical Assessment Service. A former civil servant in the United Kingdom, Iain immigrated the US in 1997 and remained a British citizen. He holds an MBA from the University of London and an MA from the University of Oxford.