Advisory Committee Hearings Programs

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE HEARINGS PROGRAMS

NOVEMBER HEARINGS
DAY 1 - NOVEMBER 2, 1998

DISCUSSION WITH FOREIGN COMPETITION OFFICIALS

Welcoming Remarks by Co-Chairs James F. Rill and Paula Stern and
Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Joel I. Klein

Session One:

Opening Remarks

Australia

Allan Fels, Chairman, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

Brazil

Gesner José Oliveira Filho, President, Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica

Canada

Konrad von Finckenstein, Director of Investigation and Research, Competition Bureau

Karel Van Miert, Competition Commissioner, European Commission

France

Jérôme Gallot, Director General, Direction Général de la Concurrence, Consommation et Répression des Fraudes

France

Frédéric Jenny, Vice President, Conseil de la Concurrence

Germany

Dieter Wolf, President, Federal Cartel Office

Japan

Shogo Itoda, Commissioner, Japan Fair Trade Commission

Japan

Takaaki Kojima, Deputy Secretary General, Japan Fair Trade Commission

Mexico

Fernando Sanchez Ugarte, President, Federal Competition Commission

Spain

Luis de Guindos Jurado, Director General de Politica Económica y Defensa de la Competencia

Venezuela

Ignacio de Leon, Superintendent, ProCompetencia

Session Two:

Panel Discussion on Current U.S. Bilateral Agreements

Panelists:	Australia	Allan Fels
	Canada	Konrad von Finckenstein
	EU	Karel Van Miert
	Germany	Dieter Wolf

Session Three:

Roundtable Discussion among all Foreign Officials on Enforcement Cooperation, Multijurisdictional Mergers, and Trade and Competition Policy Interface

ADVISORY COMMITTEE HEARINGS PROGRAMS

NOVEMBER HEARINGS
DAY 2 - NOVEMBER 3, 1998

MULTIJURISDICTIONAL MERGER REVIEW ISSUES

Welcoming Remarks by Co-Chairs James F. Rill and Paula Stern and

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY

Session One:	Commercial and Economic Perspectives on the Current Merger Wave

Panelists:	James A. Langenfeld, Principal, Law and Economics Consulting Group
	Ali E. Wambold, Managing Director, Lazard, Frères & Co., LLC
	Steven B. Wolitzer, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers

SOURCES OF CONFLICT AND SOLUTIONS

Session Two:	Panel on Information Sharing and Procedural Harmonization

Panelists:	Michael D. Blechman, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler
	Gabriel Castañeda Gallardo, Castañeda y Asociados, Mexico
	Calvin S. Goldman, Davies, Ward & Beck, Canada
	Barry E. Hawk, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
	Masahiro Murakami, Professor, Yokohama National University, Japan, and Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School
	Phillip A. Proger, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
	Michael J. Reynolds, Allen & Overy, Belgium
	Spencer Weber Waller, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
	Steven B. Wolitzer, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers

Session Three:	Panel on Conflicts and Remedies

Panelists:	James R. Atwood, Covington & Burling
	Ilene Knable Gotts, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
	William J. Kolasky, Jr., Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
	J. William Rowley, McMillan Binch, Canada
	Clive Stanbrook, Stanbrook & Hooper, Belgium

ADVISORY COMMITTEE HEARINGS PROGRAMS

NOVEMBER HEARINGS
DAY 3 - NOVEMBER 4, 1998

ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION; TRADE AND COMPETITION POLICY INTERFACE

Welcoming Remarks by Co-Chairs James F. Rill and Paula Stern and

ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION

Session One:	Panel on International Cartels in a Global Economy

Panelists:	Donald C. Klawiter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
	Mark Leddy, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
	James R. Loftis, III, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, PLLC
	Mark C. Schechter, Howrey & Simon
	Valerie Y. Suslow, Associate Professor, University of Michigan School of Business Administration
	A. Paul Victor, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
	Leonard Waverman, Principal, Law and Economics Consulting Group; Visiting Professor, London Business School; Professor, University of Toronto

TRADE AND COMPETITION POLICY INTERFACE

Session Two:	Panel on International Antitrust Cooperation: Bilateral and Plurilateral Efforts (Part I)

Panelists:	Richard O. Cunningham, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
	Anna Fornalczyk, President, Competition Development Center, Poland
	Ana Julia Jatar, Senior Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue
	Mitsuo Matsushita, Professor, Seikei University, Japan
	J. David Richardson, Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Economics; Professor, Syracuse University
	Diane P. Wood, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Session Three:	Panel on International Competition Policy, Multilateral Institutions, and Foreign Economic Policy

Panelists:	Harvey M. Applebaum, Covington & Burling
	Donald I. Baker, Baker & Miller PLLC
	Thomas R. Howell, Dewey Ballantine LLP
	John H. Jackson, University Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
	William E. Kovacic, Professor, George Mason University School of Law
	Petros C. Mavroidis, Professor, University de Neuchatel; Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School

ADVISORY COMMITTEE HEARINGS PROGRAMS

SPRING HEARINGS
DAY 1 - APRIL 22, 1999

Welcoming Remarks by Co-Chairs James F. Rill and Paula Stern and

Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Joel I. Klein

Session One:	Presentations on Confidential Information Sharing

IBA Panel:	A. Neil Campbell, McMillan Binch

ICC Panel:	Klaus F. Becher, Senior Counsel, DaimlerChrysler AG

ABA Antitrust
Leadership Panel:	Phillip A. Proger, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
	Janet L. McDavid, Hogan & Hartson LLP

Session Two:	Presentations by Representatives of Trade Associations

Panelists:	American Forest & Paper Association - Maureen R. Smith, Vice President, International
	The Business Roundtable - Robert C. Weinbaum, Assistant General Counsel, General Motors Corporation and Thomas Leary, Hogan & Hartson LLP
	National Association of Manufacturers - Stephen Bolerjack, Counsel, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Ford Motor Company
	U.S. Chamber of Commerce - William Blumenthal, King & Spalding
	U.S. Council for International Business - Thomas M.T. Niles, President

Session Three:	Presentations on the Role of International Institutions in Competition Policy

Panelists:	Joe Phillips, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
	Mark A.A. Warner, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Session Four:	Presentations by the International Antitrust Law Committee of the ABA Section of International Law and Practice

Panelists:	Donald I. Baker, Baker & Miller PLLC
	Michael H. Byowitz, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
	Paul S. Crampton, Davies, Ward & Beck
	Daryl A. Libow, Sullivan & Cromwell

ADVISORY COMMITTEE HEARINGS PROGRAMS

SPRING HEARINGS
DAY 2 - MAY 17, 1999

Welcoming Remarks by Co-Chairs James F. Rill and Paula Stern and

Attorney General Janet Reno and Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein

Session One:	Presentations by Members of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law ICPAC Task Force

Topics:	Multijurisdictional Mergers and Joint Ventures and The Effectiveness of Private Litigation As An Enforcement Tool in International Antitrust Cases

Introduction:	Phillip A. Proger, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue; Chair, ABA Section of Antitrust Law
	Janet L. McDavid, Hogan & Hartson LLP

Panelists:	Harvey M. Applebaum, Covington & Burling; Co-chair, ABA Section of Antitrust Law ICPAC Task Force
	A. Paul Victor, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; Co-chair, ABA Section of Antitrust Law ICPAC Task Force
	Margaret E. Guerin-Calvert, Economists Incorporated
	Joseph F. Winterscheid, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue

Session Two:	Presentations by Economists

Panelists:	Simon J. Evenett, The Brookings Institution; Department of Economics, Rutgers University
	David J. Salant, Law and Economics Consulting Group
	Leonard Waverman, Law and Economics Consulting Group
	Andrew R. Wechsler, Analytic Studies International, Inc.

Session Three:	Presentations from Representatives of U.S. Businesses

Panelists:	Eastman Kodak Company - Christopher A. Padilla, Director, International Trade Relations
	Guardian Industries Corp. -Stephen P. Farrar, Director, International Business
	United Parcel Service - Larry Stevenson, Vice President, International Industrial Engineering; Andrew R. Wechsler, Director of International Economic Strategy and Analysis, Analytic Studies International, Inc.; Raymond Calamaro, Hogan & Hartson LLP

Session Four:	Presentations on Institution Building and Competition Law Advocacy

Panelists:	Richard Gordon, International Monetary Fund
	R. Shyam Khemani, The World Bank
	Emmy Simmons, U.S. Agency for International Development

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