Merger Enforcement Workshop Agenda (02/17-02/19/2004)
MERGER WORKSHOP AGENDA
Day 1 (2/17)
9:00-9:45 | Opening Remarks Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) R. Hewitt Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). |
10:00-12:00 |
Hypothetical Monopolist Test |
1:30-3:30 | Concentration & Market Shares Moderator: David S. Sibley (DOJ) Panel: John E. Kwoka, Jr. (Northeastern University), Janet L. McDavid (Hogan & Hartson), Steven A. Newborn (Weil, Gotshal & Manges), Craig M. Newmark (North Carolina State University), Charles F. "Rick" Rule (Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson), Vincent Verouden (European Commission, DG Comp.). |
3:45-5:00 | Monopsony Moderator: Kenneth Heyer (DOJ) Panel: Peter Carstensen (University of Wisconsin), Marius Schwartz (Georgetown University), C. Robert Taylor (Auburn University). |
Day 2 (2/18)
9:0010:15 | Non-Price Competition/Innovation Moderator: Mark W. Frankena (FTC) Panel: Ann Malester (Weil, Gotshal & Manges), Richard T. Rapp (NERA), Steven C. Sunshine (Shearman & Sterling), Ronald W. Davis. |
10:30-12:30 | Unilateral Effects Moderator: Luke M. Froeb (FTC) Panel: Joseph Kattan (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher), Gregory K. Leonard (NERA), Abbott B. "Tad" Lipsky, Jr. (Latham & Watkins), Ariel Pakes (Harvard University), Gregory J. Werden (Justice Department), Valerie Robassa (EC/DG Comp.). |
1:45-3:45 | Coordinated Effects Moderator: Michael H. Knight (FTC) Panel: Jonathan B. Baker (American Unversity), Andrew R. Dick (Charles River Associates), Deborah A. Garza (Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson), Deborah P. Majoras (Jones Day Reavis & Pogue), Steven C. Salop (Georgetown University), David T. Scheffman (LECG). |
4:00-5:15 | Uncommitted Entry Moderator: Theodore Gebhard (FTC) Panel: Timothy Daniel (NERA), A. Douglas Melamed (Wilmer Cutler Pickering), Frederick R. Warren-Boulton (MiCRA), Mark D. Whitener (General Elec. Co.). |
Day 3 (2/19)
9:00-12:00 | Efficiencies/Dynamic Analysis/Integrated Analysis Moderators: Alden F. Abbott & Mary T. Coleman (FTC) Panel: J. Mark Gidley (White & Case), Ilene Knable Gotts (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz), William J. Kolasky (Wilmer Cutler Pickering), Robert Pitofsky (Georgetown University), David T. Scheffman (LECG), Joseph J. Simons (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison), Vincent Verouden (EC/DG Comp.). |
1:30-4:30 | Economists and Lawyers' Roundtable Moderator: R. Hewitt Pate (DOJ) Panel: William Baer (Arnold & Porter), Jonathan B. Baker (American University), Wayne D. "Dale" Collins (Shearman & Sterling), James Loftis (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher), James F. Rill (Howrey & Simon), Daniel L. Rubinfeld (University of California, Berkeley), Robert D. Willig (Princeton University), Dennis W. Carlton (University of Chicago). |
Call-in Information
Reporters and others unable to attend the workshop may call-in at the following toll-free numbers. Please note, there is a different call-in number and confirmation number for each day of the conference: Tuesday | 800-473- 8493, confirmation number 21829088; Wednesday | 800-473-8492, confirmation number 21829092; Thursday | 800-659-8296, confirmation number 21829097. The lines will open at 7:45 am on each day of the conference. The chairperson of each conference call is Bruce Jennings. |