Symposium on Systems Competition: Audio and Materials

6/20/2009

On June 17, the AAI hosted an invitational symposium focusing on recent policy changes surrounding systems competition.  The symposium built on existing economic and legal analysis of systems and offered insights into how antitrust enforcement should address competitive issues that are arising with increasing frequency.  The audio recordings, presentations and materials are available below. 

Listen to the Conference by RIGHT clicking on the links below, selecting "save as target" and saving to your computer.

 Welcome and Introduction - Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute (Right Click Here for Audio)  

Systems Competition and the Antitrust Challenge (Right Click Here for Audio) Presentation by Gregory T. Gundlach, AAI Senior Fellow; Coggin Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida

Panel: Case Illustrations of Systems Issues (Right Click Here for Audio) 

Agricultural Supply Chains Presentation - Diana L. Moss, Vice President and Senior Fellow, American Antitrust Institute

Aftermarkets Presentation- Norman Hawker, Professor, Western Michigan University Haworth College of Business

Internet Platforms Presentation - Edward Black, President, Computer & Communications Industry Association

Panel: Analyzing the Competitive Implications of Open and Closed Systems (Right Click Here for Audio) 

Presentation by Hanno Kaiser, Partner,  Latham and Watkins LLP

Presentation by David Balto, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Paper by Jonathan Rubin, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP

Luncheon: The European Perspective on Systems Competition –John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, United Kingdom (Right Click Here for Audio)

Panel: More than Law and Economics? Integrating Other Academic Disciplines on Systems Competition (Right Click Here for Audio)

Presentation by Gary Gereffi, Professor, Department of Sociology and Markets & Management Studies Program, Duke University

Presentation by Brian Fitzpatrick, Engineering Manager, Google

Roundtable Discussion: Changes to Antitrust Practice (Right Click Here for Audio)

Closing Remarks - Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute (Right Click Here for Audio)

Symposium Materials

Agenda

Overview

Speaker Biographies

Supporters