The Future of Health Law and Policy: The Petrie-Flom Center’s 10th Anniversary Conference Celebration

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The Petrie-Flom Center celebrated its first decade and kicked off the next by looking at the future of health law and policy!

The Center brought together Petrie-Flom and other prominent Harvard Law School alumni to discuss major trends, developments, and open questions in the fields of health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics. We heard about the founder’s vision for the Center and the Dean’s perspective on the Center’s influence within the Harvard Law School community and beyond. Center Leadership discussed what we have accomplished in the first ten years, and more important, our plans for the future. Alan Weil JD ’89, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs, delivered the keynote address.

Agenda

8:00 – 8:30am, Registration and Breakfast

8:30 – 8:35am, Introduction and Welcome

  • I. Glenn Cohen, Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School – PFC Academic Fellow, 2006-2008
  • Holly Fernandez Lynch, Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School – PFC Academic Fellow, 2006-2007, 2011-2012

8:35 – 8:40am, Founding the Center

  • Einer Elhauge, Harvard Law School – PFC Founding Faculty Director, 2005-2008

8:40 – 8:50am, Joseph Flom’s Vision

  • Judi Sorenson Flom, Philanthropist and widow of the late Joseph H. Flom; Founding Member of the Advisory Board, MGH Center For Law, Brain & Behavior; Founding Member of the National Cabinet, The Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars; Former Trustee, The Juilliard School

8:50 – 9:00am, 10 Years of the Petrie-Flom Center

  • Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor, Harvard Law School

9:00 – 9:10am, Petrie-Flom Center Alumni Reflections – Video Presentation

9:10 – 9:25am, The Future of the Petrie-Flom Center

9:25 – 10:45am, Panel 1: Health Care Coverage, Costs, and Fragmentation

  • Einer Elhauge, Harvard Law School – PFC Founding Faculty Director, 2005-2008
  • Robert Greenwald, Harvard Law School – PFC Affiliated Faculty; Director, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation
  • Allison Hoffman, UCLA School of Law – PFC Academic Fellow, 2008-2010
  • Abigail Moncrieff, Boston University School of Law – PFC Academic Fellow, 2007-2009
  • Moderator: Andrew Klaber MBA ’09, JD ’10, Even Ground

10:45 – 11:00am, Break

11:00am – 12:20pm, Panel 2: Bioethics and Law

12:20 – 12:50pm, Lunch Break

12:50 – 1:45pm, Keynote: Closing the Gap Between Health Law and Health Policy

1:45 – 2:00pm, Break

2:00 – 3:20pm, Panel 3: Health Innovation Policy and Regulating Novel Technology

  • Timo Minssen, Centre for Information and Innovation Law, University of Copenhagen – PFC Visiting Scholar, 2014
  • W. Nicholson Price II, University of New Hampshire School of Law – PFC Academic Fellow, 2012-2014
  • Benjamin N. Roin, MIT Sloan School of Management – PFC Academic Fellow, 2006-2008
  • Rachel E. Sachs, Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School – PFC Academic Fellow, 2014-2016
  • Melissa Wasserman, University of Illinois College of Law – PFC Academic Fellow, 2009-2011
  • Moderator: Neil Flanzraich ’65, JD ’68, Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

3:20 – 3:35pm, Break

3:35 – 4:55pm, Panel 4: Empirical Health Law

  • Michael Frakes, Northwestern University School of Law – PFC Academic Fellow, 2009-2011
  • Rebecca Haffajee, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute – PFC Student Fellow, 2010-2011
  • Christopher T. Robertson, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law – PFC Academic Fellow, 2008-2010
  • Kathryn Zeiler, Boston University School of Law – PFC Senior Fellow, 2010
  • Moderator: Dennis Langer JD ’83, Georgetown University School of Medicine

4:55 – 5:00pm, Closing Remarks

Recording

Sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, with support from the Harvard Law School Dean’s Office.