Schedule

 

Friday June 10th

TIMES IN EDT

 

8:50: Welcome from Prof. William Keep, Dean Kathryn Jervis, TCNJ School of Business

9:00 – 9:30: Keynote: Bonnie Patten, TINA.org (Truth in Advertising) on

Self-Regulation in the Direct Selling Industry: Can it Ever Be More Than Symbolic?

9:30 – 10:45: Session 1 Regulating Earnings Claims and Clarifying Internal Consumption

Moderator: Peter Vander Nat, PhD (Federal Trade Commission, retired);

Claudia Groß, PhD (Radbound University, The Netherlands)

Stacie Bosley, PhD (Hamline University, USA)

Douglas M. Brooks (Attorney)

Deanna Grant-Smith, PhD (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)

10:45 – 11:00: Break

11:00 – 11:30: Session 1 Q and A (Máire O Sullivan, PhD)

11:30 – 12:45: Session 2 Retention: Keep Trying and Buying

Moderator: Sarah Casteel (Social Media and Law Student);

Jason Jones (Attorney)

Bill Keep, PhD (The College of New Jersey, USA)

Josie Naikoi (Social Media Activist)

Jessica Hickson (Social Media Activist)

12:45 – 1:30: Lunch / Session 3 Liz Day (The New York Times) interviews Blye Pagon Faust, Academy Award winning producer and producer of “LuLaRich”

1:30 – 2:00: Session 2 Q and A (Douglas M. Brooks)

2:00 – 3:30: Session 4 Worrisome MLM Trends

Moderator: Liz Day (The New York Times)

Kati Daffan (Assistant Director, Division of Marketing Practices at Federal Trade Commission, FTC)

Dariusz Łomowski (Director, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection - Branch Bureau in Gdansk, Poland)

Paul Hannah (Deputy Director, Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Ireland)

Máire O Sullivan, PhD (Munster Technological University, Ireland)

Elizabeth Villagomez, PhD (Consultant and Researcher)

3:30 – 3:40: Break

3:40 – 4:10: Session 4 Q and A (William Keep, PhD)

4:10 – 5:00: Facilitated group discussion for attendees

 

Saturday June 11th

TIMES IN EDT

 

8:50: Welcome

9:00 – 10:15: Session 5 Why Are We Where We Are with MLM?

Moderator: Claudia Groß, PhD (Radbound University, The Netherlands)

Robert L. Fitzpatrick (Author and Consumer Advocate)

Stephen Barrett, MD (Consumer Advocate, Quackwatch) on MLM Use of Quack Devices

Jason Jones (Attorney)

D. Anthony Miles, PhD (Startup and Marketing Expert)

10:15 – 10:30: Break (15 min)

10:30 – 11:00: Session 5 Q and A (Douglas M. Brooks)

11:00 – 12:30: Session 6 How Can Content Creators Be Effective Consumer Activists?

Moderator: Alanda Carter (Social Media Content Creator)

Michelle Carpenter (Social Media Activist, MLMchange.org, Spoon Stop)

Savy Leiser (Writer and Social Media Activist, Savy Writes Books)

Taylor Leigh (Social Media Activist, The Antibot)

Monica Hayworth (Social Media Activist)

Elaine Linga MPA (Public Servant, Social Media Activist)

Dave Vaughan (Social Media Activist)

12:30 – 1:15: lunch

1:15 – 1:45: Session 6 Q and A (Steven Hassan, PhD)

1:45 – 3.00: Session 7 How do victims recover?

Moderator: Elizabeth Villagomez, PhD

Hannah Martin (Writer, Talented Ladies Club)

Alanda Carter (Social Media Content Creator)

Roberta Blevins (AntiMLM Advocate and Host of Life After MLM)

Janja Lalich, PhD (Sociologist specializing in cults & coercion)

Steven Hassan, PhD (Licensed Mental Health Professional and Cult Mind Control Expert)

3:00 – 3:15: Break (15 min)

3:15 – 3:45: Session 7 Q and A (D. Anthony Miles, PhD)

3:45 – 3:50: Closing remarks

3:50 – 4:50: Facilitated group discussion for attendees