Registration & Breakfast
8:30amWelcome Remarks
8:45amLuis CABRAL | Chair, Department of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business, New York
Lawrence WHITE | Professor, Department of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business, New York
Opening Keynote Discussion
9:00amLoretta PRESKA | Senior Judge, US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Moderator : Daniel RUBINFELD | Professor, NYU School of Law, New York
Panel 1 : Global Class Action
9:30amStephen CANNON | Chairman, Constantine Cannon, Washington, DC*
Michael HAUSFELD | Partner, Hausfeld, Washington, DC*
Jay HIMES | Partner, Labaton Sucharow, New York
Martha SAMUELSON | CEO, Analysis Group, Boston
Pinar BAGCI | Principal, The Brattle Group, London
Moderator : Lawrence WHITE | Professor, Department of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business, New York
Break
10:45amPanel 2 : Consumer Protection & Antitrust
11:00amAndrew SMITH | Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, US Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC
Thomas PHILIPPON | Professor, NYU Stern School of Business, New York
Mark GIDLEY | Partner, White & Case, Washington, DC*
Rahul GUHA | Chief Executive Officer, Cornerstone Research, New York
Joseph FARRELL | Partner, Bates White, Berkeley
Moderator : Scott HEMPHILL | Professor, NYU School of Law, New York
Lunch
12:15pmPanel 3 : AI in Antitrust
1:15pmDaniel FRANCIS | Associate Director for Digital Markets, Bureau of Competition, US Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC
Michal GAL | Professor, University of Haifa
Rob MAHINI | Senior Competition Counsel, Google, Washington, DC
Katherine FORREST | Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York
John HARKRIDER | Partner, Axinn, New York
Moderator : Chris CONLON | Assistant Professor, NYU Stern School of Business, New York
Break
2:30pmPanel 4 : In-House Counsel Session : Is the Price Right ?
2:45pmAlvaro RAMOS | Senior Legal Director - Head of Global Antitrust, Qualcomm, San Diego*
Rima ALAILY | Assistant General Counsel, Competition Law Group, Microsoft, Seattle*
Arthur BURKE | Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York*
Lawrence WU | President, NERA Economic Consulting, San Francisco*
Cristina CAFFARRA | Vice President & Head of European Competition Practice, Charles River Associates, London/Brussels
Moderators : Michael KATZ | Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Closing Keynote : Fireside Chat
4:00pmHal VARIAN | Chief Economist, Google, San Francisco
Michael KADES | Director of Markets and Competition Policy, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Washington, DC
Drinks
4:30pm* To Be Confirmed
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