USC/AG Antitrust and Competition Event
USC Gould School of Law

USC Global Competition Law Thought Leadership Conference

Friday, June 3rd - Saturday, June 4th, 2022

University of Southern California, UPC
665 West Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Please join us for our inaugural two-day USC Global Competition Law Thought Leadership Conference, with a particular focus on issues related to the state of play in Asia-Pacific and the US West Coast antitrust and competition issues.

In collaboration with our friends at Analysis Group, we have developed an impressive agenda, with several notable antitrust experts, including government officials, practitioners and academics.

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Agenda

Friday, June 3, 2022

7:30 - 8:30 AM
	Registration and Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 AM
	Welcome and Opening Remarks by Co-Chairs Marissa Ginn (Analysis Group) D. Daniel Sokol (USC)

8:45 - 9:15 AM
	Morning Keynote Address by Richard A. Powers, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice

9:15 - 10:45 AM
	Global Mergers: Where Do We Go From Here? (Session I) Michele C. Lee (Deputy General Counsel, Pinterest) - Moderator Elizabeth Avery (Gilbert & Tobin) David Emanuelson (Associate General Counsel, Antitrust and Commercial Litigation Group, Intel) Youngjin Jung (Kim & Chang) Rebecca Kirk Fair (Analysis Group) Shweta Shroff Chopra (Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas)

10:45 - 11:15 AM
	Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:45 PM
	Cartels (Session II) Eric P. Enson (Jones Day) - Moderator Joseph Bial (Paul Weiss) Beatriz Mejia (Cooley) Heather S. Nyong'o (Cleary Gottlieb) Aaron Yeater (Analysis Group)

12:45 - 2:00 PM
	Lunch and Afternoon Keynote Address by Andy Chen, Vice Chairperson, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission

2:00 - 3:15 PM
	The Current State and Future of Antitrust IP Issues (Session III) James Kress (Baker Botts) - Moderator Kirti Gupta (Vice President, Economic Strategy | Chief Economist, Qualcomm) Dina Kallay (Head of Antitrust IPR, Americas & Asia-Pacific, Ericsson) Lauren R. Kindler (Analysis Group) Alexander Okuliar (Morrison Foerster)

3:15 - 3:45 PM
	Coffee Break

3:45 - 5:00 PM
	Digital Platforms: Recent Antitrust Cases and Proposed/Enacted Legislation (Session IV) Anu Reddy (Google) - Moderator Kojiro Fujii (Nishimura & Asahi) Belinda S. Lee (Latham & Watkins) Greg McCurdy (Director, Litigation and Global Competition Law, Uber) Steve Tadelis (UC Berkeley) Adam Wolfson (Quinn Emanuel)

5:00 - 5:30 PM
	BREAK

5:30 - 6:00 PM
	Cocktail/Networking Reception

6:00 PM
	Dinner

Saturday, June 4, 2022

7:30 - 8:30 AM
	Registration and Breakfast

8:30 - 9:45 AM

The Intersection of Antitrust Issues and Politics (Session V) Yasir Elbiali (Associate General Counsel, Antitrust Director, Western Digital) - Moderator Julie Carlson (Associate Director for Antitrust and Innovation Policy, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation) Fernando Carreno (Von Wobeser y Sierra) Caio Mario S. Pereira Neto (FGV and Pereira Neto | Macedo Advogados) Rachel S. Brass (Gibson Dunn)

9:45 - 11:00 AM
	Competition in the Media Space (Session VI) Douglas Rathbun (Meta) - Moderator John H. Choi (Shin & Kim) Christopher Knittel (MIT) Randy Long (Senior Director, Competition & Consumer Protection Policy, Microsoft) Kathryn Jordan Mims (White & Case)

11:30 AM
	Optional Group Activity

Speakers

Co-chairs

• Marissa Ginn (Analysis Group)
• D. Daniel Sokol (USC)

Keynote Speakers

• Andy Chen (TFTC)
• Richard A. Powers (DOJ Antitrust)

Panelists

• Elizabeth Avery (Gilbert & Tobin)
• Joseph Bial (Paul Weiss)
• Rachel S. Brass (Gibson Dunn)
• Julie Carlson (Information Technology & Innovation Foundation)
• Fernando Carreño (Von Wobeser y Sierra)
• John Choi (Shin & Kim)
• Yasir Elbiali (Associate General Counsel, Antitrust Director, Western Digital)
• David Emanuelson (Associate General Counsel, Antitrust and Commercial Litigation Group, Intel)
• Eric P. Enson (Jones Day)
• Rebecca Kirk Fair (Analysis Group)
• Kojiro Fujii (Nishimura)
• Kirti Gupta (Vice President, Economic Strategy, Qualcomm)
• Victoria Luxardo Jeffries (Global Head of Competition Policy, Meta)
• Yougjin Jung (Kim & Chang)
• Dina Kallay (Head of Antitrust (IPR, Americas & Asia-Pacific, Ericsson)
• Lauren R. Kindler (Analysis Group)
• Jim Kress (BakerBotts) *
• Christopher Knittel (MIT)
• Belinda S. Lee (Latham)
• Michele C. Lee (Deputy General Counsel, Pinterest)
• Randy Long (Senior Director, Competition & Consumer Protection Policy, Microsoft) *
• Greg McCurdy (Director, Litigation and Global Competition Law, Uber)
• Beatriz Mejia (Cooley)
• Kathryn Jordan Mims (White & Case)
• Heather S. Nyong'o (Cleary Gottlieb)
• Alexander Okuliar (Morrison Foerster)
• Caio Mario S. Pereira Neto (FGV and Pereira Neto | Macedo Advogados)
• Anu Reddy (Google)
• Shweta Shroff (Shardul Amarchand)
• Steve Tadelis (Berkeley)
• Adam B. Wolfson (Quinn Emanuel)
• Aaron Yeater (Analysis Group)

Travel Details

Parking:

Parking will be available at the McCarthy Way Parking Structure (formerly PSX) for $14.00. The McCarthy Way Parking Structure is located at Gate 3, entrance on Figueroa Street at McCarthy Way. If navigating to campus by GPS, use the following addresses for the quickest route for drop-off or parking:

635 USC McCarthy Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089

Accommodations

For your convenience, a block of rooms has been set aside at the JW Marriott L.A. Live Hotel.
These rooms can be reserved by visiting https://book.passkey.com/go/uscgouldjun2022 or by calling (877) 622-3056.

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live Hotel
900 West Olympic Boulevard,
Los Angeles, USA, California 90015

Questions

For questions, please contact the USC Gould Events Office at events@law.usc.edu

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