The Global Antitrust Economics Conference 2019

PROGRAM

8:30am Registration & Breakfast

8:45am WELCOME REMARKS

Luis CABRAL | Chair, Department of Economics, NYU Stern, New York

Lawrence WHITE | Professor, Department of Economics, NYU Stern, New York

9:00am OPENING KEYNOTE SPEECH

Noah Joshua PHILLIPS | Commissioner, US Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC

9:30am ANTITRUST IN SPORTS

Roger NOLL | Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Stanford University, Stanford

Andrew ZIMBALIST | Professor of Economics, Smith College, Northampton

Brad HUMPHREYS | Professor of Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown

Rodney FORT | Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Michael HAUSFELD | Partner, Hausfeld, Washington, DC

James KEYTE | Director, Competition Law Institute Fordham Law School, New York

Moderator: Lawrence WHITE | Professor, Department of Economics, NYU Stern, New York

10:45am Break

11:00am TELECOM MERGERS

Gail LEVINE | Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition, US Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC

Tim BRENNAN | Professor of Public Policy & Economics, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Gregory ROSSTON | Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University

Dennis CARLTON | Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

John HARKRIDER | Partner, Axinn, New York

Cristina CAFFARRA | Vice President, Head of European Competition Practice, CRA, Brussels/London

Moderator: Katja SEIM | Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

12:15pm Lunch

1:45pm PRICING ISSUES IN PHARMA: PAY-FOR-DELAY, PRODUCT HOPPING...

Paul CSISZÁR | Director, European Commission - DG COMP, Brussels

David GILO | Professor of Law, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

George ROZANSKI | Partner, Bates White, Washington, DC

Ingrid VANDENBORRE | Partner, Skadden Arps, Brussels

Jack PACE | Partner, White & Case, New York

Moderator: Robert WILLIG | Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

3:00pm Break

3:15pm IN-HOUSE COUNSEL SESSION: PLATFORMS

Samantha KNOX | Associate General Counsel, Facebook, San Francisco

Martin D'HALLUIN | VP, Associate General Counsel, News Corp, New York

David HIGBEE | Partner, Shearman & Sterling, Washington, DC

Boris BERSHTEYN | Partner, Skadden Arps, New York

Moderator: Harry FIRST | Professor, NYU School of Law, New York

4:30pm CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEECH

Hal VARIAN | Chief Economist, Google, San Francisco

5:00pm Drinks

CONFERENCE INTERVIEWS

1. Interview with Brad Humphreys (West Virginia University) by Roger Noll (Stanford University)
2. Interview with Gail Levine (US Federal Trade Commission) by Greg Rosston (Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University)

SPONSORS

Axinn

Bates White

CRA

Hausfeld

Qualcomm

Shearman & Sterling

Skadden

White & Case

MEDIA SPONSOR

MLex