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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
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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)
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10:45 - 11:15 AM | |
Coffee Break |
11:15 - 12:45 PM | |
Cartels (Session II)
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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)
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3:15 - 3:45 PM | |
Coffee Break |
3:45 - 5:00 PM | |
Digital Platforms: Recent Antitrust Cases and Proposed/Enacted Legislation (Session IV)
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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)
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9:45 - 11:00 AM | |
Competition in the Media Space (Session VI)
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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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