American Antitrust Institute 12th annual national conference "International Economics for Antitrusters: Learning from Two Decades of Deep Globalization" June 23, 2011

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

On June 23, the American Antitrust Institute will host its 12th annual national conference "International Economics for Antitrusters: Learning from Two Decades of Deep Globalization."   The day will begin by discussing the concept of deep globalization (relying on  David Gerber's excellent new book, Global Competition) and will examine how  the economic world has changed since the fall of the USSR.  Later sessions will focus on some of the implications of deep globalization for antitrust.   Panels will feature thought leaders and top practioners from the U.S. and Europe to provide the latest in thinking about subjects ranging from  international cartels to privatization to the role of competition advocacy during financial crisis.  The keynote address will be delivered by former EC  Commissioner for Competition Policy Mario Monti when he is presented AAI's Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement.    Held at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., the annual conference is  attended by leaders of the antitrust community including academics, lawyers, economists and agency and Capitol Hill staff. Tuition for this program is $500 with a discounted rate of $120 for government employees, educators, public interest advocates and students. The full day of presentations and panel discussions are outlined in the agenda below.

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AGENDA   9:00 am Welcome and Overview Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute   9:30 am The Concept of Deep Globalization Frédéric Jenny, Judge, Supreme Court of France; Chairman, OECD Competition Law and Policy Committee; Professor of Economics, ESSEC Business School Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute; Author of The Betrayal of American Prosperity Martha L. Rees, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, DuPont   10:30 am Antitrust Challenges of Deep Globalization Rachel Brandenburger, Special Advisor, International, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice Eleanor Fox, Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law Niels Petersen, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods   11:30 am Breakout Sessions     International Cartels John M. Connor, Professor of Industrial Economics, Purdue University Donald Klawiter, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Robert H. Lande, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law   The Disconnect Between Economic Realities and Global Institutions Thomas McCoy, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP Paul Nihoul, Professor of Law at the University of Louvain (Belgium); Jean Monnet Fulbright Scholar, American University Washington College of Law Eleanor Fox   12:30 pm Luncheon Presentation of Jerry S. Cohen Award for Antitrust Scholarship   Presentation of AAI's Alfred Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement to Mario Monti   Keynote Address: Mario Monti, President, Bocconi University; former European Commissioner for Competition   2:30 pm Breakout Sessions   State-Owned and Recently Privatized Enterprises Russell Pittman, Economist, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice Douglas Rosenthal, Partner, Constantine|Cannon; former head of the U.S.DOJ Foreign Commerce Section Audrey Winter, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, China Affairs   Competition Policy Amidst Financial Crisis Simon Johnson, Professor of Global Economics and Management, MIT; Author of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and The Next Financial Meltdown Ioannis Kokkoris, University of Reading (U.K.), co-author of Antitrust Amidst Financial Crisis   4:00  Networking Reception