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10th Annual Conference
June 18, 2009 - June 18, 2009

On June 18, the American Antitrust Institute will host its 10^th annual conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.  This year’s conference is titled "International Antitrust in a World without a Center" and will focus on international challenges facing the antitrust community.  

The AAI is honored to host Mario Monti, former European commissioner for competition and now president of the Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, and John Fingleton, the chief executive officer of the U.K. Office of Fair Trading, as speakers on the June 18 program.

8:30 a.m.	Welcome and Introduction – The Ballroom Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute
9:00 a.m.	Keynote Address: Antitrust in International Economic Context Mario Monti, President of the Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan; former European Commissioner for Competition
9:30 a.m.	The Evolution of Comparative Antitrust as a Discipline Moderator: Howard A. Shelanski, Deputy Director for Antitrust, FTC Bureau of Economics John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, United Kingdom Stephen Martin, Professor of Economics, the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
10:45 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	Breakout Sessions Asia—A Progress Report (Murrow Room) Moderator: Russell Pittman, Director of Economic Research and Director of International Technical Assistance in the Economic Analysis Group, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice.  Wu Hanhong, School of Economics, Renmin University of China, Bejing Chiegul Kim, Minister-Counsellor, Korean Embassy Hiromitsu Miyakawa, Attorney at Law, Jones Day, Japan   The International Meltdown and Antitrust (White Room) Moderator: Thomas Greaney, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law Lawrence E. Mitchell, Theodore Rinehart Professor of Business Law, George Washington University Paul Nihoul, Professor of Law, University of Louvain, Belgium Arthur Wilmarth, Professor of Law, George Washington University   Private Enforcement: Adding to the Complexity? (Lisagor Room) Moderator: Michal Gal, Professor of Law, University of Haifa Law School, Israel Michael Hausfeld, Partner, Hausfeld LLP Franz Jürgen Säcker, Director, Institute for German and European Business, Competition and Regulation Law, Free University Berlin Bojana Vrcek, Research Fellow, American Antitrust Institute   Bridging the Trade-Competition Gap (Zenger Room) Moderator: Douglas E. Rosenthal, Partner, Washington Office of Constantine|Cannon Shanker A. Singham, Partner, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP Daniel Sokol, Assistant Professor, Levin College of Law, University of Florida
12:00 p.m.	Break
12:15 p.m.	Luncheon– The Ballroom    Presentation of the Fifth Annual Jerry S. Cohen Award to Lawrence M. Frankel Warren Grimes, Professor of Law, Southwestern   Presentation of the AAI Antitrust Achievement Award to Eleanor M. Fox Ilene Gotts, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, United Kingdom
2:15 p.m.	Breakout Sessions International Cartels (Murrow Room) Moderator: Gary R. Spratling, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher John M. Connor, Professor of Industrial Economics, Purdue University Ewoud Sakkers, European Commission, Competition Directorate, Head of Cartel Unit Charles Wright, Partner, Siskinds, LLP   Can Section 5 and Article 82 Converge? (White Room) Moderator: Robert Lande, Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore; AAI Director Presentation of Paper: Ryan Marth, Attorney, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Thomas Miller, Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P Comments by: William Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Rudolph J.R. Peritz, Professor and Director, IProgress Project, New York Law School   Centralizing Merger Controls (Lisagor Room) Moderator: Ilene Gotts, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Donald I. Baker, Partner, Baker & Miller PLLC Kenneth Davidson, Senior Fellow, American Antitrust Institute Ronald A. Stern, Vice President and Senior Competition Counsel, General Electric Company Yoshizumi Tojo, Faculty of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University, Japan   Coordination Between ICN, OECD, UNCTAD, WTO, etc.: Do We Need a Summit? (Zenger Room) Moderator: Daniel Sokol, Assistant Professor, Levin College of Law, University of Florida Shyam Khemani, Economist, Micra Sheridan Scott, Partner, Bennett Jones LLP, Canada Randy Tritell, Director, Office of International Affairs, Federal Trade Commission
3:15 p.m.	Ice Cream Break Sponsored by FIPRA
3:30 p.m.	Antitrust in a World without a Center – Roundtable Discussion Moderator: Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, United Kingdom William Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Mario Monti, President of the Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan; former European Commissioner for Competition Sheridan Scott, Partner, Bennet Jones LLP, Canada
4:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks

Registration Date: March 11, 2009  -  June 15, 2009

Pricing:

Individual:	$500.00
Government:	$95.00
Education:	$95.00
Media:	$0.00
Employee:	$0.00
Advisory Board and other invited guests:	$0.00

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