Events
The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy – the leading research center of its kind in the nation’s capital – is uniquely positioned to convene scholars, business leaders, industry experts, and public policy practitioners. Center events disseminate knowledge, foster understanding of complex and nuanced economic policy issues, and provide opportunities for open dialogue. Center scholars serve as experts in these discussions and highlight the important role of empirical research for economic and business policymaking. These convenings – held on the Georgetown campus, throughout Washington, across the nation, and around the world – inform business leaders, inspire policymakers, and bring focus to scholars. Through information sharing and debate, participants gain valuable perspective on developing policies, pending legislation, and regulatory changes on the horizon.
Upcoming Events
Tariffs and Tempranillo
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Join us on October 1 in Hariri Room 450 for an engaging evening of wine, bites, and discussion on the intersection of global trade, tariffs, and cultural exchange. Professor Michael O’Leary of Georgetown University will share his insights on international economic policy, with a special focus on the wine industry and its role in shaping trade dynamics.
MBA Lunch and Learn: Firm Analysis and Strategy for Real Estate
Monday, October 6, 2025
Join Jeff Kottmeier on October 6 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. for an inside look at firm-level analysis and strategic decision-making in the real estate sector, with insights on market trends, investment outlooks, and the forces shaping the industry today.
Georgetown on the Hill: U.S. Antitrust Policy: Economics, Populism, or Politics?
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
111 Massachusetts Ave NW
Georgetown on the Hill
For the last half-century, the United States enjoyed a large degree of consensus about antitrust policy – its goals, analytical tools and enforcement methods. This consensus focused on using the principles of economics to identify conduct that harms the competitive process and consumers. Biden antitrust enforcers led by FTC Chair Lina Khan attempted a progressive overhaul of U.S. antitrust policy, with mixed results. Early statements and actions by the Trump administration’s antitrust leaders have sharply criticized some elements of their predecessors’ agenda, while also, to the surprise of some observers, adopting others, such as the 2023 Merger Guidelines.
What are the challenges, and opportunities, facing the Trump antitrust agencies? Are they maintaining the Biden administration’s approach to high-profile enforcement actions against large technology firms? How are they approaching merger enforcement? Will the economics-based antitrust approach that has long driven U.S. antitrust policy be supplanted by a more caselaw-focused, populist, or political approach?
Little Nuggets of Tech & Telecom
The Spectrum Pipeline and Related Policy Reset — What’s Next?
Wednesday,
October 22, 202512 – 12:45 p.m. ET
We invite you to join Carolyn Brandon and Jennifer Fritzsche on October 22nd for an in-depth discussion featuring Professor Tom Hazlett, H.H. Macaulay Endowed Professor of Economics at Clemson University and the author of “The Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone.”
This month, we will address the question “what’s next” when it comes to spectrum allocations,
auctions and the path to 6G in the U.S. We will unpack the competing interests driving demand
for access to spectrum and ways in which some of these dueling forces may play out for the U.S.
mobile wireless industry, the U.S. economy and the digital innovation ecosystem.
Recent Events
Takeaways from Georgetown on the Hill: Broadband Subsidy Programs
Monday, September 15, 2025
Georgetown on the Hill
Over the years, numerous universal programs have aimed to encourage the adoption of communication technologies, yielding mixed results. Of these, the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), stands out as the largest universal broadband initiative in history, with its successes and challenges presenting valuable opportunities to reflect on lessons learned in order to design smarter, more effective policies for the future. This Georgetown on the Hill event will offer a platform to shape the future of broadband policies in an ever-increasing digitized world.
June 9, 2025
Georgetown on the Hill: Discussions on AI – Open vs. Closed AI Development
Read about the discussion.
March 27, 2025
Georgetown on the Hill: Discussions on AI
Read about it here.
March 26, 2025
MBA Lunch & Learn: How Tapestry Uses AI to Drive Growth in the Fashion Industry
March 26, 2025
Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom: Broadband Subsidy Programs Under a Trump Administration: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
January 25, 2025
Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom: Charting the Course: The 2025 Regulatory and Policy Landscape
Read about it here.
November 19, 2024
MBA Lunch and Learn with Josie Brocca
From Digital Adoption to the Digital Divide: a Policy Journey
Read about it here.
October 30, 2024
MBA Lunch and Learn with Sarah Box
The Center for Business and Public Policy welcomed Sarah Box, the 2024 New Zealand Harkness.
Read about it here.
October 23, 2024
Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom: Anticipating the Tech and Telecom Policy Environment post-November 5th: a Conversation with Nathan Leamer, Founder, Fixed Gear Strategies
Read about it here.
October 16, 2024
Georgetown on the Hill: “Regime Change: U.S. Antitrust Policy in Transition”
Read about it here.
September 26, 2024
Georgetown on the Hill: “Current Trade Policy Challenges and Opportunities: the Path(s) Forward”
Read about it here.
September 20-21, 2024
18th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
Read about it here.
September 19, 2024
MBA Lunch and Learn: Hall Wang MPP ‘19, MBA ‘19
“Your Job After Graduation and the Regulatory Environment”
Takeaways from the Georgetown Nonmarket Strategy Certificate
Read about it here.
You may review our past events here.
Academic Conferences
Leading scholars join industry experts, and policy practitioners from across the nation and around the world on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C., and on the campuses of our partner universities abroad.
Georgetown on the Hill
Georgetown on the Hill takes the center’s work to Capitol Hill. This signature series of presentations and panel discussions of issues on current legislative agendas fosters collaboration and exchange among prominent academics, industry experts, business leaders, and policy makers.
Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom — A Lunch Series with Jen and Carolyn
Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom — A Lunch Series with Jen and Carolyn is a new monthly lunch time discussion series featuring national, international, and local experts from business, law, policy, and economics. For 30 minutes each month over Zoom, Jen and Carolyn will pose a “What If?” question to analyze different scenarios and factors impacting our sector as they and their guests challenge the status quo on hot topics like how to close the digital divide, the myths of spectrum sharing, and the emerging use cases for 5G that might drive a new wave of growth and innovation in the U.S.
MBA Lunch and Learn
The CBPP brings great speakers to campus to discuss interesting and relevant issues at the intersection of business and public life. And of course, lunch is provided!
CBPP Scholar Presentations
Center faculty, scholars, and fellows are invited to present their research at events hosted by leading organizations and associations around the world.
Academic Research Seminars
The Center’s academic research seminar series showcases the scholarship of faculty from leading universities across the nation and around the world.
The research presentations attract Georgetown University faculty and students, as well as industry and policy professionals. The seminars are held in the McDonough School of Business on the main campus of Georgetown University.