July 26-27, 1999
Montreal, Canada

Speaker Biography

Laurie L. Labuda

OECD Committee on Consumer Policy

Laurie Labuda is a Consultant in the Directorate for Science Technology and Industry at the OECD and serves as the principal administrator to the Committee on Consumer Policy. She has worked with the Committee since the Fall of 1997, and participated in the preparation for the OECD Ministerial Conference -- A Borderless World: Realising The Potential Of Global Electronic Commerce held in Ottawa, Canada in October 1998, including the drafting of the Declaration on Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce endorsed by Ministers at the meeting. Following on the Ministerial, the work of the Committee has focused on electronic commerce and the development of draft Guidelines for Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce. Prior to joining the OECD, Ms. Labuda was Special Assistant to Commissioner Christine Varney at the US Federal Trade Commission, where her work focused on consumer protection and privacy issues. Ms. Labuda also served in the Clinton Administration as the Staff Director for the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs.