Regulatory Analysis and Decision-Making

May 10 - 12 and 17 - 19, 2023 | 1:00 – 5:00pm ET
Live Online Format

Each day, executives and professionals working in a wide variety of public- and private-sector and non-profit organizations — across every major sector of the economy — must take actions that have significant regulatory implications. To make smarter decisions, leaders and their organizations need to draw on an arsenal of analytic tools to assess regulatory problems and identify and evaluate solutions.

This six-day program helps professionals from across regulatory domains build the skills and insight needed to better analyze and make regulatory decisions, as well as to operate effectively within an ever-changing regulatory environment. Participants will hone the skills needed for understanding and assessing regulations — and for making smarter management and compliance-related decisions.

Why You Should Attend

Make an Immediate Impact on your Career and Organization

This program is specifically designed to deliver professionals from around the world with a better understanding of current regulatory trends along with the opportunity to refine the core investigative tools essential for making, assessing, and responding to regulatory decisions, helping you to enhance the capabilities needed within your own professional setting to minimize risks, maximize benefits, and develop effective solutions in a complex regulatory environment.

Gain an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Attend sessions that explore the leading issues in regulatory policy and a range of interdiscipnary analytical and evaluative tools, such as behavioral economics and nudges, benefit-cost and statistical analysis, artificial intelligence/machine learning, goal-setting, the design of regulatory instruments, compliance issues, and regulatory excellence.

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Learn from the Foremost Authorities on Regulatory Policy

Drawing on the expertise and scholarship of the Penn Program on Regulation, participants are provided specialized instruction by world-class scholars and regulatory experts, including Shelley Metzenbaum, formerly responsible for the Obama Administration’s approach to improving the performance of federal programs, and Cary Coglianese, Director of the Penn Program on Regulation and Penn Law faculty member specializing in the study of regulatory processes.

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Grow Your Professional Network Across Regulatory Domains

In addition to benefiting from the expertise of renowned faculty and experts, participants have the opportunity to network with, and learn from, the talent and varied leadership experiences of peers from around the globe. Past participants represent a range of institutions, including Samsung Electronics, Petrobras, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, FDA, City of Philadelphia, Department of Justice Canada, and The World Bank.

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What Previous Participants Have to Say About the Program

“Thanks to the University of Pennsylvania for a world-class executive education program on regulation. The professors, content and course organization are truly remarkable!”

“I appreciated the richness of the learning experience afforded by this course. I have taken many substantive lessons away from the course, and it has allowed me to reframe and reassess my own view and approach to regulation, as both a regulator and as a private citizen, and to energize and refresh that approach going forward. Well done!”

“This program was exceptionally done. The presenters and participants were knowledgeable, insightful and engaging and made the program an enjoyable experience.”

“The program was an excellent tour de force through the essentials of regulatory management and emerging trends.”

Academic Director

Cary Coglianese

Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Director, Penn Program on Regulation

Professor Coglianese specializes in the study of regulation and regulatory processes, with a particular emphasis on the empirical evaluation of alternative regulatory strategies and the role of conflict and cooperation in business-government relations.

2022 Faculty and Presenters

Jonathan Klick

Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Professor Klick’s work focuses on identifying the causal effects of laws and regulations on individual behavior using cutting-edge econometric tools. His research has addressed such topics as tort liability and moral hazard, health regulation, and business regulation.

Shelley Metzenbaum

Founder, The BETTER Project; Founding President, Volcker Alliance

Dr. Shelley Metzenbaum has held numerous senior positions in federal and state government, including in the White House Office of Management and Budget, where she was responsible for the Obama Administration’s approach to improving the performance of federal programs.

Tess Wilkinson-Ryan

Professor of Law and Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Professor Wilkinson-Ryan studies the psychology of legal decision-making. Her research uses experimental methods from psychology and behavioral economics to ask how people draw on their moral intuitions to motivate or inform legal choices.

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Dates

May 10 - 12 and May 17 - 19, 2023

Format

Live Online

Fee*

Private Sector Professionals: $3,500
Government Agencies & Non-Profit Entities: $2,900

Save $350! The Early Registration Deadline is December 16, 2022
Participants who apply by this date will receive a savings of $350 off program fee.

*Program fee includes access to all six days of sessions, suggested readings, and course materials. Faculty regularly remain available after each session to continue the dialogue. And, special networking opportunities with fellow participants will be organized as well.

Registration Deadlines

First Early Registration Deadline: December 16, 2022
- Participants who apply by this date will receive a savings of $350 off program fee.
Second Early Registration Deadline: February 17, 2023
- Participants who apply by this date will receive a savings of $250 off program fee.
Final Registration Deadline: April 21, 2023
- Last opportunity to register for the program.

Registrations are accepted on a rolling basis until the final deadline, but we encourage everyone interested to apply as early as possible as there are a limited number of spots available in the program.

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This program offers you the opportunity to learn from some of the foremost authorities on regulatory policy, engage with a diverse group of professionals, and develop skills to make an impact in your career.

Through this interactive program, you will:

Develop your capacity to use core analytical tools essential for making, assessing, and responding to regulatory decisions.
Ground yourself in the major concepts and techniques used to inform and improve decision-making across all areas of economic and social regulation.
Enhance your capabilities within your professional setting to establish, implement, enforce, influence, or comply with regulations.
Strengthen your ability to draw on analytical techniques when providing internal or external input into regulatory development, review, and modification.

*Schedule is subject to change.

The program offers valuable skills for any executive or professional from around the world with responsibility for establishing, implementing, or enforcing regulatory decisions, ensuring organizational compliance with regulations, or providing effective input into the development, review, or modification of regulations.

It is well-suited for executives or professionals who work with regulation at the local, state, provincial, regional, national, or international levels, whether in business or government. Professionals from corporations, independent regulatory organizations, government ministries or departments, law firms, insurance companies, advocacy organizations, and non-profit institutions will gain and refine essential skills.

In addition to benefiting from the expertise of the Penn Carey Law’s renowned faculty and network of experts, participants have the opportunity to network with, and learn from, the talent and varied leadership experiences of peers from around the globe who bring a wealth of experience in regulatory law and policy.

Countries represented include Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, India, Israel, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States of America. Additionally, past participants have worked in a diverse range of public or private institutions, across industry sectors and regulatory domains, including: