The ABA Section of Antitrust Law, in conjunction with the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, is assembling a first-rate group of leading scholars, current and former enforcement officials, and practitioners to examine the different institutional frameworks for implementing competition law and policy. The institutional frameworks applied by each jurisdiction may be of even greater significance than the substance of the rules they apply, but has received far less attention. The discussion to date of the institutions of antitrust and competition policy has been far less robust than the discussion of the liability rules and other topics in the competition law field. This conference signals a renewed focus on institutional concerns and seeks to approach this critical issue from a comparative perspective, drawing on the wisdom of key enforcers, observers, and participants from the principal competition jurisdictions from around the world including the United States, the European Union, Canada, Japan, Australia, and others.