2nd Annual Challenges to Antitrust in a Changing Economy

8:00 - 8:40 am          Registration & Breakfast 

8:40 - 8:45 am 

WELCOME REMARKS

Einer R. ELHAUGE, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

8:45 - 9:00 am 

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Edward J. BLACK, President & CEO, CCIA

9:00 - 9:30 am 

OPENING KEYNOTE

Makan DELRAHIM, Assistant Attorney General, US DOJ

9:30 - 10:45 am 

COMPETITION, CONCENTRATION & COMMON OWNERSHIP: WHAT ARE THE ANTITRUST IMPLICATIONS?

Michael MANDEL, Chief Economic Strategist, Progressive Policy Institute*

Martin GAYNOR, Professor, Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research; International Research Fellow at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Market and Public Organisation* 

Martin C. SCHMALZ, Associate Professor of Finance, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford 

Nancy ROSE, Professor of Applied Economics, MIT *

Moderator: Einer R. ELHAUGE, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

10:45 - 11:00 am         Coffee Break

11:00 am - 12:15 pm 

COMPETITION IN DIGITAL ADVERTISING: IS THERE ONLINE AND OFFLINE CONVERGENCE?

Gregory K. LEONARD, Partner, Edgeworth Economics 

Steve TADELIS, Professor of Economics, Business and Public Policy; Chair in Business, University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business

Lee BERGER, Trial Advisor, Antitrust Division, US DOJ *

Nancy ROSE, Professor of Applied Economics, MIT *

Moderator: David MCLAUGHLIN, Reporter, Bloomberg

12:15 - 1:00 pm         Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 pm 

A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH...

Herbert HOVENKAMP, Professor of Antitrust Law, Penn Law 

Nikhil SHANBHAG, Director, Competition & Telecommunications Law, Facebook

Moderator: William E. KOVACIC, Director, The GWU Competition Law Center, Former Chairman, US FTC 

2:00 - 3:15 pm 

THE ECONOMICS BEHIND DIGITAL SERVICES: HOW DO THEY COMPETE?

Catherine TUCKER, Professor of Management, MIT

Hal VARIAN, Professor of Business, Economics, and Information Management, University of California, Berkeley

Howard SHELANSKI, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law; Partner, Davis Polk

Jonathan B. BAKER, Research Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University

Moderator: Susan A. CREIGHTON, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 

3:15 - 3:30 pm        Coffee Break

3:30 - 4:45 pm  

FTC HEARINGS & OTHER ONGOING CONSULTATIONS

Philip MARSDEN, Professor of Law and Economics, College of Europe; Deputy Chair of Enforcement Decision Making Committee, Bank of England

Reiko AOKI, Commissioner, JFTC

Henri PIFFAUT, Vice-President, Autorité de la Concurrence

Geoffrey A. MANNE, Founder & Executive Director, International Center for Law & Economics

Derek W. MOORE, Attorney Advisor, Policy Planning Office, US FTC

Moderator: D. Daniel SOKOL, Levin College of Law, University of Florida

4:45 – 6:00 pm 

FORMER ENFORCERS' ROUNDTABLE 

Allan FELS, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne; Former Chairman, ACCC 

A. Douglas MELAMED, Professor of the Practice of Law, Stanford Law School; Former Acting Assistant Attorney General, US DOJ

Bill BAER, Partner, Arnold & Porter; Former AAG for Antitrust, US DOJ

Maureen K. OHLHAUSEN, Partner, Baker Botts; Former Acting Chairman, US FTC 

Mario MONTI, Former Commissioner for Competition, EC*

Moderator: Jon LEIBOWITZ, Partner, Davis Polk; Former Chairman, US FTC

6:00 - 6:30 pm         Cocktail Reception

* To be confirmed

Accommodations:

Sheraton Commander Hotel -16 Garden Street, Cambridge

We have arranged a limited room block at the Sheraton Commander for the conference attendees. If you would like to take advantage of our discounted group rate, please book your room by October 11, 2019 at the latest.

Alternative Hotels:

The Charles Hotel, 1 Benner Street, Cambridge, +1-855-213-0582 

Harvard Square Hotel, 110 Mount Auburn Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge +1- 617-864-5200