Global Competition Review is pleased to present a major one and a half day international conference to be held in Miami in February 2011 in association with Charles River Associates.

Leading speakers from the US Department of Justice, the US Federal Trade Commission, the UK Office of Fair Trading, the UK Competition Commission, the Canadian Competition Bureau together with leading lawyers and economists from the United States, Canada, Europe, Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan will focus on the areas of greatest current concern in the antitrust field. The conference will offer delegates the choice between two concurrent streams - Mergers or Antitrust.

CONFERENCE TOPICS INCLUDE:

• Roundtable with Agency Heads of Economics

• Applying Unilateral Effects Analysis: Is market definition passé

• Minority Share Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Inter-locking directorates: When – and why – should we be concerned?

• What Weight Is and Should Be Given to Hypothetical Entry/Repositioning Arguments?

• Behavioral Economics and Antitrust Analysis

• Merger Hypothetical

• Practical Issues for Class Certification, Assigning Liability and Assessing Damages

• Detecting Cartel Activities: What is the correct approach?

• Dominance and Standard Setting: Current issues in the high-tech sector

• International Cartels: Investigation and cooperation among authorities and (limits for) assessing effects worldwide

An optional social programme will be arranged for delegates for the Saturday afternoon.

Co-chaired by:

Jason Gudofsky
Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto

Margaret F. Sanderson
Vice President, Charles River Associates, Toronto

Moderators and Speakers include:

George Addy, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto

Melanie Aitken, Commissioner, Canada’s Competition Bureau

Bernard E. Amory, Jones Day, Brussels

Norman Armstrong, Deputy Director, US Federal Trade Commission

William Blumenthal, Clifford Chance LLP, Washington

Rachel Brandenburger, Special Adviser International, US Department of Justice

Beau W. Buffier, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York

Alec Burnside, Linklaters LLP, Brussels

Cristina Caffarra, Charles River Associates, London

Marcelo Calliari, TozziniFreiere Advogados, São Paolo

Susan Creighton, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Washington

Kris Dekeyser, Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission

Miguel de la Mano, Deputy Chief Economist, DG Competition, European Commission

Miguel del Pino, Marval O’Farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires

Joseph Farrell, Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission, US

John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, UK

Katherine B. Forrest, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice

John P. Frantz, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Complex Litigation Verizon

Paul A. Friedman, Dechert LLP, Washington

Deborah A. Garza, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington

Laurent Geelhand, General Counsel Europe, Michelin, Paris

David Gelfand, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington

Mark Gidley, White & Case LLP, Washington

Calvin S. Goldman, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto

Ilene Knable Gotts, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York

Elizabeth Grayer, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York

Mauro Grinberg, Grinberg, Cordovil e Barros Advogados, São Paulo

Scott D. Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Matters, US Department of Justice

Robert G. Harris, Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Michael Hausfeld, Hausfeld LLP, Washington

George A. Hay, Edward Cornell Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca

John Hayes, Charles River Associates, Oakland

Kenneth Heyer, Chief, Competition Policy Section, Economic Analysis Group, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Youngjin Jung, Kim & Chang, Seoul

Katherine L. Kay, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Toronto

James A. Keyte, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, New York

Andrzej Kmiecik, Van Bael & Bellis, Brussels

William E. Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, US

Robert J. Levinson, Charles River Associates, Washington

Michael R. Moiseyev, Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, US

Thomas Mueller, WilmerHale LLP, Washington

Yusuke Nakano, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Tokyo

Alison Oldale, Chief Economist, The Competition Commission, UK

Richard Parker, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington

Marc Pittie, Bredin Prat, Brussels

Simon Pritchard, Allen & Overy LLP, London

Gary Roberts, Charles River Associates, Washington

J. Robert Robertson, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington

Michael Rowe, Slaughter and May, London

Steven C. Salop, Professor of Economics and Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington

Greg Sivinski, Senior Attorney Antitrust Group, Microsoft Corporation

Maurice E. Stucke, University of Tennessee

John Taladay, Howrey LLP, Washington

John W. Treece, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago

Marc Waha, Norton Rose LLP, Hong Kong

Paul Yde, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Washington

Susanne Zuehlke, Latham & Watkins LLP, Brussels

Download the conference programme here

GCR would like to thank the following members of the steering committee for their assistance in developing this programme

David Gelfand

Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Washington

Mark Gidley

Partner, White & Case LLP

Washington

Jason Gudofsky

Partner, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP

Toronto

Thomas Janssens

Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Brussels

Ilene Knable Gotts

Partner, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

New York

Barbara Rosenberg

Partner, Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão

São Paulo

Michael Rowe

Partner, Slaughter and May

London

Margaret Sanderson

Vice President, Charles River Associates

Toronto

Scott Sher

Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Washington

John Taladay

Partner, Howrey LLP

Washington

In association with Charles River Associates