International Antitrust in a World Without a Center - Conference Registration is Now Open

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On June 18, the American Antitrust Institute will host its 10th annual conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. This year's conference is titled "International Antitrust in a World Without a Center" and will focus on international challenges facing the antitrust community.

The AAI is honored to host Mario Monti, former European commissioner for competition and now president of the Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, and John Fingleton, the chief executive officer of the U.K. Office of Fair Trading, as speakers on the June 18 program.

Registration is available here.

8:30a.m.	Welcome and Introduction – The Ballroom Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute
9:00a.m.	Keynote Address: Antitrust in International Economic Context Mario Monti, President of the Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan; former European Commissioner for Competition
9:30a.m.	The Evolution of Comparative Antitrust as a Discipline Moderator: Howard A. Shelanski, Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, United Kingdom Stephen Martin, Professor of Economics, the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
10:45a.m.	Break
11:00a.m.	Breakout Sessions   Asia—A Progress Report Moderator: Russell Pittman, Director of Economic Research and Director of International Technical Assistance in the Economic Analysis Group, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice.  Wu Hanhong, School of Economics, Renmin University of China, Bejing Hiromitsu Miyakawa, Attorney at Law, Jones Day. Japan   The International Meltdown and Antitrust Moderator: Thomas Greaney, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law Lawrence E. Mitchell, Theodore Rinehart Professor of Business Law, George Washington University Paul Nihoul, Professor of Law, the University of Louvain, Belgium Arthur Wilmarth, Professor of Law, George Washington University   Private Enforcement: Adding to the Complexity? Moderator: Michal Gal, Professor of Law, University of Haifa Law School, Israel Michael Hausfeld, Partner, Hausfeld LLP Franz Jürgen Säcker, Director, Institute for German and European Business, Competition and Regulation Law, Free University Berlin Karl Meessen, Co-editor, Wirtschaft uind Wettbewerb (monthly journal of German and European Competition law)   Bridging the Trade-Competition Gap Moderator: Douglas E. Rosenthal, Partner, Washington Office of Constantine|Cannon Shanker A. Singham, Partner, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP Daniel Sokol, Assistant Professor, Levin College of Law, University of Florida
12:00p.m.	Break
12:15p.m.	Luncheon– The Ballroom    Presentation of the Fifth Annual Jerry S. Cohen Award   Presentation of the AAI Antitrust Achievement Award to Eleanor M. Fox Ilene Gotts, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, United Kingdom
2:15p.m.	Breakout Sessions   International Cartels Moderator: Gary R. Spratling, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher John M. Connor, Professor of Industrial Economics, Purdue University Ewoud Sakkers, DG- Comp., Head of Cartels Unit Charles Wright, Partner, Siskinds, LLP   Can Section 5 and Article 82 Converge? Presentation of Paper: Ryan Marth, Attorney, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Thomas Miller, Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P   Comments by: William Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Rudolph J.R. Peritz, Professor and Director, IProgress Project, New York Law School   Centralizing Merger Controls Moderator: Ilene Gotts, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Ronald A. Stern, Vice President and Senior Competition Counsel, General Electric Company Yoshizumi Tojo, Faculty of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University, Japan   Coordination Between ICN, OECD, UNCTAD, WTO, etc.: Do We Need a Summit? Moderator: Daniel Sokol, Assistant Professor, Levin College of Law, University of Florida Shyam Khemani, Economist, Micra Sheridan Scott, Partner, Bennet Jones LLP, Canada Randy Tritell, Director, Office of International Affairs, Federal Trade Commission
3:30p.m.	Antitrust in a World without a Center – Roundtable Discussion Moderator: Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, United Kingdom William Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Mario Monti, President of the Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan; former European Commissioner for Competition Sheridan Scott, Partner, Bennet Jones LLP, Canada
4:30p.m.	Closing Remarks