This Conference is intended to discuss and evalute from a variety of disciplines—medicine, law, and economics—the consequences that would come from the institution of some legalized market that introduces some form of incentives to persons who supply organs either during life or at death. The proposals in question range from the full legalization of organ sales, to more limited schemes including the pair-organ donation programs that have recently be sanctioned under the Norwood Act to other form of tax or inkind benefits that could be supplied. The problem will be approached from both a theoretical and empirical point of view and will contain evaluations of many of the new initiatives that are percolating through this area.

You must register with Marjorie Holme, mholme@uchicago.edu, 773-702-0220 if you wish to attend this event.

Conference on Transplant Policy 

July 6 and 7, 2007

 JULY 6, 2007

9:15am                         Continental Breakfast

10:00–10:10                 Richard Epstein and Sally Satel, opening remarks

10:10–10:30                 Sally Satel, legislative update (Ch. 1)

10:30–10:45                 break

10:45–11:45                 Chapter 8, synthesis of the book

                                    Michelle Goodwin

12:00–1:15                   Lunch, room W717

1:15–2:15                     Chapter 3, possiblities for autonomy and justice within a regulated market system

                                    Mary Simmerling

2:15–3:00                     Chapter 4, risk and safety of nephrectomy

                                    Arthur Matas

3:00–3:30                     break

3:30–4:30                     Chapter 2, “What Is Altruism?”

                                    Richard Epstein

SATURDAY, JULY 7

8:30am                         Continental breakfast, Hospitals H103

9:00–10:30                   Chapter 6, structure and functioning of markets

                                    Julio Elias and Gary Becker     

                                    Chapter 7, how a compensation system for organ dornors will work in practice

                                    Julio Elias and David Cronin

10:30–10:45                 Break

10:45–11:45                 Chapter 5, cost benefit assessment and pricing

                                    Elbert Huang, David Meltzer, and Nidhi Thakur

12 noon                        box lunch