Concurrences in partnership with NYU Stern will hold the fourth annual Global Antitrust Economics Conference on Friday, May 31 2019 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at NYU Stern School of Business. The Global Antitrust Economics Conference is organized by Concurrences Review in collaboration with New York University Stern School of Business. So far, the conference has been held for three consecutive sessions. This annual global antitrust economics conference is a one-day conference, which combines the global economic situation and conducts in-depth discussion on the current antitrust hot topics. This conference is composed of four panels, Antitrust in Sports, Telecom Mergers, Pricing Issues in Pharma: Pay-For-Delay, Product Hopping… and In-House Counsel Session: Platforms. This event is for free registration. For information on the agenda, please find details as follows:
Conference Agenda
8:30 am Registration & Breakfast
8:45 am WELCOME REMARKS
Luis CABRAL | Chair, Department of Economics, NYU Stern, New York
Lawrence WHITE | Professor, Department of Economics, NYU Stern, New York
9:00 am OPENING KEYNOTE SPEECH
Noah Joshua PHILLIPS | Commissioner, US Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC
9:30 am 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
Moderator: Lawrence WHITE | Professor, Department of Economics, NYU Stern, New York
10:45 am Break
11:00 am 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
Moderator: Katja SEIM | Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
12:15 pm Lunch
1:45 pm PRICING ISSUES IN PHARMA: PAY-FOR-DELAY, PRODUCT HOPPING…
Paul CSISZÁR | Director, DG COMP, Brussels
David GILO | Professor of Law, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
Damien NEVEN | Professor of Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
George ROZANSKI | Partner, Bates White, Washington, DC
Ingrid VANDENBORRE | Partner, Skadden Arps, Brussels
Mark GIDLEY | Partner, White & Case, Washington DC
Moderator: Robert WILLIG | Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm IN-HOUSE COUNSEL SESSION: PLATFORMS
Samantha KNOX | Associate General Counsel, Facebook, San Francisco
Rosie LIPSCOMB | Senior Competition Counsel, Google, San Francisco
Alvaro RAMOS | Head, Global Antitrust, Qualcomm, San Diego
David HIGBEE | Partner, Shearman & Sterling, Washington, DC
Boris BERSHTEYN | Partner, Skadden Arps, New York
Moderator: Harry FIRST | Professor, NYU School of Law, New York
4:30 pm CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEECH
Hal VARIAN | Chief Economist, Google, San Francisco
5:00 pm Drinks
Speaker to be confirmed
SPONSORS
Axinn
Bates White
Hausfeld
Qualcomm
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden
White & Case
MEDIA SPONSOR
MLex
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