The University of Notre Dame and Carnegie Mellon University announce a conference to explore the interplay of ethical, market, and regulatory issues arising in the shift from regulated to competitive markets in the electric and gas utility industries. News events involving such energy markets as the California crisis and the Enron corporate disaster have shaken public confidence in deregulated systems. Decisions of questionable ethical basis helped precipitate some of these calamities; adherence to high standards of ethics will be essential in restoring confidence in the markets. The origins of these problems and the best practices to avoid their repetition will be explored by such speakers as the Honorable Pat Wood III, chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Nobel Laureate economist Vernon Smith; Bethany McLean of Fortune magazine, the author of the best-seller The Smartest Guys in the Room; and leaders of the energy industry. Participants will debate the identification and resolution of ethical problems faced by energy industry participants from plant engineers to CFOs and CEOs.