Global and Innovation-Based Competition
- Opening (Oct 12 | Oct 17)
- Market Definition, Market Power and Entry in Light of Global Competition ( Oct 18 | Oct 19)
- Market Definition, Market Power and Entry and Collaboration in Innovation Markets (Oct 23 | Oct 24 | Oct 25)
- Innovation or Dynamic Efficiencies Obtained Through Collaboration (Oct 26)
- Efficiencies (General) (Nov 02)
- Efficiences in Light of Global Competition and Innovation (Nov 07)
- Small Business' Ability to Compete in a Changing Global, Innovation-Based Economy (Nov 08)
- Failing Firms in Light of Global Competition (Nov 14 | Nov 15)
- Networks, Standards, Foreclosure, Strategic Conduct (Nov 29)
- How Should Antitrust Enforcers Assess Foreclosure, Access and Efficacy Issues Related to Networks and Standards? ( Nov 30)
- Horizontal and Vertical Issues Related to Networks and Standards ( Dec 01)
- Whether Antitrust Enforcers Should Adjust Current Enforcement Policy Regarding Efficiences Dec 05
- What Institutional Processes Will Help the FTC to Attain Its Goals? (Dec 12 | Dec 13)
FTC's Consumer Protection Role in the Emerging High-Tech Global Marketplace
- Welcome and Opening Statements (Nov 16)
- Panel Discussions:
- Panel 1: The Changing Marketplace: An Historical Perspective
Panel 2: The Changing Role of Television in Marketing
Panel 3: The Changing Role of the Telephone in Marketing (Nov 17)
Panel 4: Telephone and Payment Technologies: Emerging Issues
Panel 5: The Newest Medium for Marketing: Cyberspace (Nov 20)
Panel 6: Privacy in Cyberspace
Panel 7: Globalization of the Marketplace: Cross Border Fraud (Nov 21)
Panel 8: International Trade and Consumer Protection Issues
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Day 1 (Oct. 12) (Thurs.) OPENING
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
The Importance of Competition to U.S. Competitiveness in a Global Economy
The Honorable Robert Pitofsky, Chairman of the FTC (Prepared Remarks)
The Honorable Joseph E. Stiglitz, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
How Firms Are Adapting to Changing Competitive Conditions; Whether Antitrust Law Impedes the Ability of U.S. Firms to Compete Vigorously and to Innovate
Lewis E. Platt, Chairman, President and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Sanford M. Litvack, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief of Corporate Operations, The Walt Disney Co.
Ryal R. Poppa, Chairman, President and CEO, StorageTek
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Should Antitrust Enforcers Adjust Their Enforcement Policy In Light of Changes Stemming From Global and Innovation-Based Competition?
Professor Kenneth W. Dam, Univ. of Chicago Law School
James F. Rill, Collier, Shannon, Rill, & Scott; former Ass't Att'y General Antitrust, DOJ
Day 2 (Oct. 17) (Tues.)
PM: How Firms Are Adapting -- And Whether Antitrust Needs to Adapt -- to Changing Industry Conditions of Competition (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, General Electric Co.
Dr. William Coyne, Vice President, Research and Development, 3M Corp., Novell Corp.
Thomas B. Leary, Hogan & Hartson
Day 3 (Oct. 18) (Wed.)
Market Definition, Market Power and Entry in Light of Global Competition
AM: How Businesses View Their Markets; The Extent to Which Geographic Location is Significant to Competition (9:30 am - 12:00 pm)
Professor David Weil (Boston Univ.) Sloan Foundation Textile Study
Professor Daniel Roos (MIT) Sloan Foundation Auto Study
Abbott B. Lipsky, Jr. (The Coca-Cola Company)
Richard Rogers (Nat'l. Ass'n of Manufacturers; Ford Motor Company)
PM: How Do Difficulties in Obtaining Evidence From Abroad Affect Market Definition Issues? Who Should Bear the Consequences of Failure to Obtain Relevant Evidence? (1:30 pm - 3:30 pm)
James R. Atwood (Covington & Burling)
John D. Briggs, III (Howrey & Simon)
Michael L. Weiner (Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom)
Joseph Winterscheid (Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue)
Day 4 (Oct. 19) (Thurs.) Market Definition, Market Power and Entry in Light of Global Competition (cont'd)
AM: How Businesses Compete in a Global, Innovation-Based Economy; The Role of Imports and When Location Matters for Businesses, Customers or Suppliers (9:30 am - Noon)
Professor Richard Fruehan (Carnegie-Mellon)
Sloan Foundation Steel Study Terence W. Faulkner (Kodak)
Professor Anthony M. Santomero (Univ. of Penn.) Sloan Foundation Financial Services Study
Thomas R. Howell (Dewey Ballantine; Coalition for Open Trade)
PM: How Should Antitrust Assess the Role of Imports in Markets? Does Current FTC Practice Capture the Dynamics of Global Markets, or Should Modifications to Current Practice Be Considered? Which Modifications and Why? (1:30 pm - 4:30 pm)
Donald I. Baker (Baker & Miller)
Robert B. Bell (Wiley, Rein & Fielding; counsel for Kodak)
Lloyd Constantine (Constantine & Partners)
Mark Leddy (Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton)
Philip B. Nelson (Economists Inc.)
Day 5 (Oct. 23) (Mon.) Market Definition, Market Power, Entry and Collaboration in Innovation Markets
2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
How Innovation Occurs in Biotechnology Firms; Lessons for Antitrust in Preserving Competition in Innovation
Professor Charles Cooney (MIT) Sloan Foundation Pharmaceutical Study
William G. Green (Chiron Corp.)
Derek Schafer (Shafer Int'l Inc.)
Stephen A. Stack, Jr./Dr. Allen Bloom (Dechert, Price & Rhoads)
Day 6 (Oct. 24) (Tues.) Market Definition, Market Power, Entry and Collaboration in Innovation Markets
AM: How Innovation Occurs, How Businesses Compete with New Products, How Businesses and Consumers View Competitive Substitutes in Fast-Changing Industries (9:30 am - 11:30 am)
Professor David Mowery (UCal, Berkeley) Sloan Foundation Semiconductor Study
Richard Donaldson (Texas Instruments)
PM: How Should Antitrust Define Current Generation Markets When Firms Compete on Innovation (or Product Attributes) as Much as Price? Should the Timeliness Standard for Entry be Adjusted? Are Other Adjustments Desirable? (1:15 pm - 3:00 pm)
Professor David J. Teece (UCal, Berkeley)
Judy Whalley (Howrey & Simon)
Professor Lawrence White (NYU)
Day 7 (Oct. 25) (Wed.)
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Should Antitrust Enforcers Rely on Potential Competition Analysis or the Concept of Innovation Markets?
Sumanth Addanki (NERA)
Professor Dennis Carlton (Univ. of Chicago)
Professor Richard J. Gilbert (UCal, Berkeley)
Richard T. Rapp (NERA)
Professor Dennis Yao (Univ. of Penn.)
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
How Should Antitrust Assess the Likelihood of Unilateral or Coordinated Anticompetitive Conduct in R & D and Future Generation Markets? How Should Antitrust Assess the Likelihood of Entry in R & D and Future Generation Markets?
Professor Richard J. Gilbert (UCal, Berkeley)
Michael Sohn (Arnold & Porter)
Judy Whalley (Howrey & Simon)
Professor Dennis Yao (Univ. of Penn.)
Day 8 (Oct. 26) (Thurs.) Innovation or Dynamic Efficiencies Obtained Through Collaboration
AM: How Do Businesses Capture Innovation or Other Efficiencies Through Collaboration in Markets Undergoing Change? Does Antitrust Ever Impede Firm or Industry Efforts to Collaborate to Achieve Innovation-Based Efficiencies? (9:30 am - 12:00 pm)
Professor Diran Apelian (Worcester Polytechnic) Sloan Foundation Aluminium -Casting Study
Professor Ernest Gellhorn (George Mason Univ.)
Bennett Katz, VISA
Samuel R. Miller (Folger & Levin)
PM: How Should Antitrust Treat Dynamic/Innovation Efficiencies in Mergers and Joint Ventures? Are Such Efficiencies Peculiarly Valuable (or More Subject to Imitation by Others)? (1:30 pm - 4:00 pm)
Professor Thomas M. Jorde (UCal, Berkeley)
Samuel R. Miller (Folger & Levin)
Professor Roger Noll (Stanford Univ.)
Professor Janusz Ordover (NYU)
Robert A. Skitol (Drinker, Biddle & Reath)
Day 9 (Nov. 2) (Thurs.) Efficiencies (General)
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
What Efficiencies Matter Most to Various Industries? Up to What Point Can Firms Benefit From Economies of Scale or Scope?
Norman R. Augustine (President, Lockheed/Martin Corp.)
Donald Hudler (President, Saturn Corp.; Vice-President, General Motors Corp.)
David Pitts (Pitts Management Associates)
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Should Antitrust Enforcers View Certain Efficiencies as More Important Than Others in Promoting Market Competition? Are Some Efficiencies Too Difficult to Measure or Subject to Manipulation by Private Parties? Should Enforcers Seek to Ensure That Efficiencies From a Merger Are Passed On to Consumers?
W. Dale Collins (Shearman & Sterling)
James Egan (Rogers & Wells)
Ann Jones (Blecher & Collins)
Professor Steven Salop (Georgetown Univ.)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
What Can We Learn From Foreign Competition Regimes About the Extent To Which Enforcers Should Weigh -- or Can Measure -- Efficiencies or Other Public Benefits, Particularly in Mergers?
Commissioner Pascual Garcia Alva Iduñate (Federal Competition Commission, Mexico)
Francine Matte (Senior Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition Policy, Canada)
Margaret Sanderson (Bureau of Competition Policy, Canada)
Day 10 (Nov. 7) (Tues.) Efficiencies in Light of Global Competition and Innovation
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
How Businesses Value and Achieve Efficiencies? Whether Antitrust Law Impedes Businesses' Efforts to Obtain Efficiencies
Richard Scott (President, HCA Healthcare Corp.)
James Cubbin (Executive Director, General Motors Health Care Initiatives)
William C. MacLeod (Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, representing Grocery Manufacturers Association
Phillp Proger (Jones, Day, Reavis & Rogue, representing Alliance for Managed Care)
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Whether Antitrust Enforcers Should Adjust Current Enforcement Policy Regarding Efficiencies; Whether a More Skeptical Approach is Warranted if Claimed Efficiencies Are Difficult to Measure; What is Required to Show That Comparable Savings Can Reasonably Be Achieved Through Other Means?
Professor Joseph Brodley (Boston Univ.)
Terry Calvani (Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro)
Professor Timothy Muris (George Mason Univ.)
Kevin O'Connor (Ass't Att'y General, Wisconsin, Chair, NAAG Multistate Task Force)
Day 11 (Nov. 8) (Wed.) Small Businesses' Ability to Compete in a Changing Global, Innovation-Based Economy
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Does Antitrust Impair the Ability of Small Businesses to Compete in a Global Environment? Do Small Firms Have Advantages in Terms of Flexibility or Their Ability to Innovate? Does Antitrust Create Barriers to Strategic Alliances or Joint Ventures for Small Businesses?
Professor Chickery J. Kasouf (Worcester Polytechnic) Sloan Foundation Powder Metal Study
Boyd Berends (CEO, Cryogenic Product Recovery)
Professor Carey Heckmann (Stanford Law School)
Dr. Calvin Knowlton (President, American Pharmaceutical Association)
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
How Should Antitrust Evaluate the Effects of Changing Distribution Systems (e.g., Slotting Fees) on Small Firms?
Robert Skitol (Drinker, Biddle & Reath)
Professor Gregory Shaffer (Univ. Michigan)
Nicholas Pyle (Independent Bakers Association)
Day 12 (Nov. 14) (Tues.) Failing Firms in Light of Global Competition
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
When is Merging the Best Use of a Failing Firm's Assets? Does Antitrust Impede Options for the Rational and Productive Use of a Failing Firm or a Distressed Industry's Resources?
Professor Richard J. Gilbert (UCal, Berkeley)
Joseph Kattan (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius)
Robert H. Lande (Univ. of Baltimore)
Joseph Sims (Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue)
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Should Antitrust Law Make Adjustments in the Failing Firm Defense to Enable the Rationalization of Overcapacity in Industries Affected by Global Competition or Other Change? Should the Failing Firm Defense Remain the Same or Even Be Made More Stringent?
Lisabeth Leeds (Ass't Att'ys General, Florida)
Professor Edward Corriea (Northeastern Univ.)
Professor Jerry Hausman (MIT; for Kodak)
Phillip Proger (Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue)
Professor Spencer Waller (Brooklyn Law School)
Day 13 (Nov. 15) (Wed.)
AM: Which, if Any, Proposals for Failing Firm/Distressed Industry Defenses Are Superior to Current Enforcement Policy? Should Antitrust or Some Other Policy Deal with Capacity Reduction in a Distressed Industry? (9:30 am - 12:00 pm)
Donald I. Baker (Baker & Miller)
Molly Boast (LeBoeuf, Lamb, & McKay)
Professor Edward Correia (Northeastern Univ.)
Steven A. Newborn (Rogers & Wells)
Day 14 (Nov. 16) (Thurs.) FTC'S Consumer Protection Role
in the Emerging High-Tech, Global Marketplace
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Statements
9:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Panel 1: The Changing Marketplace: An Historical Perspective
- The Changing Face of Marketing
David Bell, Chairman, Bozell, Inc.
- Evolution of Payment Systems
Robert Pollen, President, AutoScribe
- The Year 2000: Technologies and the Consumer
Arthur White, Vice Chairman, Yanelovich Partners, Inc.
- Consumer Protection Issues in the High-Tech, Global Marketplace
Charles Burson, Attorney General of Tennessee
Kathryn Brown, Associate Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce
Gene Kimmelman, Co-Director, Consumers Union (Washington Office)
1:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Panel 2: The Changing Role of Television in Marketing
- The Evolution of Television Adverstising
Michael Moore, D'Arcy, Masius, Benton & Bowles
- Consumer Protection Issues for Television Advertising & the FTC
Mark Sibergeld, Co-Director, Consumers Union (Washington Office)
Barry Cutler, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen
- Self-Regulation and the Future of Television Advertising
Debra Goldstein, Director, National Advertising Division, Council of Better Business Bureaus
Herbert Rotfeld, Professor, Auburn University College of Business
Robert Alter, Vice-Chairman, Cable Television Advertising Bureau
3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Round Table Discussion
Harvey Dzodin, Vice President, Commercial Standards, Capital Cities/ABC
Helene D. Jaffe, Chair, Consumer Protection Committee, ABA Antitrust Section; Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Mary Ponder, Senior Projects Director, Consumer Federation of America
William Wilkie, Professor of Marketing, University of Notre Dame
Day 15 (Nov 17) (Fri.)
9:00 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.
Panel 3: The Changing Role of the Telephone in Marketing
- Overview of Telephone and Payment Technologies
Ralph Andreotta, Director, Technology and Infrastructure, AT&T
- Marketing by Telephone: An Overview and Demonstration
Wayne Huyard, President, MCI Mass Market, Sales & Service
- Case Study #1: Telephone Fraud
James Doyle, Attorney General of Wisconsin
James Steel, VIce President, Security & Risk Management, MasterCard
Katie S. Sloan, Manager, Consumer Affairs, American Association of Retired Persons
- Case Study #2: Pay Per Call Services
William Burrington, Assistant General Counsel & Director of Policy, America Online
Scott Cooper, Manager, Government Affairs, Intel Corportation
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Round Table Discussion
Julia Craig, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California
Linda Goldstein, Hall, Dickler, Kent, Friedman & Wood
Olan Mills, II, Chairman, Olan Mills, Inc.
1:45 - 3:15 p.m.
Panel 4: Telephone Technologies: Emerging Issues
- The Next Generation of Consumer Protection Issues
Brian O'Conner, Chief, Policy and Facilities Branch, International Bureau, Telecommunications Division, Federal Communications Commission
John Baker, Director, National Fraud Information Center; Vice President, National Consumers League
Jorge Verena Schement, Dean, Graduate Studies & Research, College of Communications, Pennsylvania State University
- Consumer Education & Self-Regulation
Arthur B. Sackler, Vice President for Law and Policy Time Warner, Inc.
James Gallant, Director of Marketing, NYNEX
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Round Table Discussion
George Braasch, Corporate Credit Counsel, Spiegel, Inc.
Eric Brown, Assistant Attorney General of Ohio
Nora Dowd, Deputy Attorney General, Officeof the Pennsylvania Attorney General (on leave with AARP Telemarketing Fraud Project)
Barbara Gregg, Director, Montgomery County (MD), Office of Consumer Affairs
Day 16 (Nov. 20) (Mon.)
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Panel 5: The Newest Medium for Marketing: Cyberspace
- Demonstration and Overview of the Technology
Phill Gross, Director, Internet Marketing, MCI Telecommunications Division
- Marketing in Cyberspace
Martin Nisenholtz, President, New York Times Electronic Media Company
Carla Michelotti, Senior Vice President, Leo Burnett Co.
Robert Gertner, Professor of Economics & Strategy, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
- Consumer Protection Issues in Cyberspace
Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General of Minnesota
- Alternative Approaches to Protecting Consumers in Cyberspace
Steve Cole, Senior Vice President, Council of Better Business Bureaus
William Burrington, Assistant General Counsel & Director of Policy, America Online
Daniel Weitzner, Co-Chair, Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS)
David Post, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Cyberspace Law Institute
11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Round Table Discussion
Jerry Berman, Executive Director, Center for Democracy & Technology
Larry Gilbert, General Counsel, Cybercash, Inc.
Mary Gardiner Jones, President, Consumer Interest Research Institute
Robert Sherman, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Panel 6: Privacy in Cyberspace
- Overview of the Issues
Jerry Kang, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Jonah Gitlitz, President, Direct Marketing Association
Janlori Goldman, Deputy Director, Center for Democracy & Technology
Jay M. Tenenbaum, CEO, Electronic Integration Technologies
3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Round Table Discussion
Robert R. Belair, Editor, Privacy and American Business
D. Douglas Blanke, Director for Consumer Policy, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General
Evan Hendricks, Publisher/Editor, Privacy Times
Ronald Plesser, Piper & Marbury
Andrew J. Strenio, Hunton & Williams
Day 17 (Nov 21.) (Tues.)
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Convergence of Technologies & Globalization: Interactive TV
Gerald Levin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Timer Warner, Inc.
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Panel 7: Globalization and Cross Border Fraud
- Overview of International Trade Developments
Richard G. Meier, Deputy Associate Trade Representative, Office of U.S. Trade Representative
Robert P. Hall III, Vice President, Government Affairs Counsel, National Retail Federation
- Cross Border Consumer Fraud
Scott Blake Harris, Chief, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Richard D. Held, Senior Vice President, Risk Management and Security, VISA Internaltional
Rachel Larable-LeSieur, Director, Marketing Practices, Industry Canada
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Round Table Discussion with Panelists
Richard Ress, Supervisory Special Agent, National Computer Crime Squad, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gordon Zubrod, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvnia
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Panel 8: International Trade and Consumer Protection Issues
- Overview of International Trade Developments
Richard G. Meier, Deputy Associate Trade Representative, Office of U.S. Trade Representative
Robert P. Hall III, Vice President, Government Affairs Counsel, National Retail Federation
- Differing National Laws and Implications for the FTC
William MacLeod, Collier, Shannon & Scott
Mari Ann Blatch, Vice President, Government Affairs, Readers Digest
Zane Brown, Director General, Consumer Products Directorate, Industry Canada
Joseph Hoffman, Director of Policy, Ontario Ministry of Consumer & Commercial Relations
Steven Spivak, Professor, University of Maryland, Chairman, Consumer Policy Committee, International Organization for Standardization
Susan Lord, Chairman, Export Subcommittee, American Textitle Manufacturers Institute
Bruce Silverglade, Director, Legal Affairs, Center for Science in the Public Interest
3:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Round Table Discussion
E. Toni Guarino, Buc, Levitt & Beardsley, International Bar Association Council
Carl Priestland, Chief Economist, American Apparel Manufacturers Association
Michael Thompson, Director, Government Relations, Whirlpool Corporation
Day 18 (Nov. 29) (Wed.) Networks, Standards, Foreclosure, Strategic Conduct
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
What Roles Do Antitrust and Intellectual Property Protection Play in Promoting Innovation and Competition? How Do Licensing Practices Affect Competition in Various Industries?
Max Blecher (Blecher & Collins)
Esther Dyson (Pres. EDventure Holdings)
Kenneth M. Frankel (American Intellectual Property Law Association)
Robert H. Kohn (Borland International, Inc.)
Professor F.M. Scherer (Harvard Univ.)
Gayle Parker (Licensing Executives Society)
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
What is the Appropriate Relationship Between Antitrust and Intellectual Property Policy?
Professor John Barton (Stanford Univ.)
Max Blecher (Blecher & Collins)
Kenneth Nunnenkamp (Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner)
Douglas Rosenthal (Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal)
Professor F.M. Scherer (Harvard Univ.)
Day 19 (Nov. 30) (Thurs.) How Should Antitrust Enforcers Assess Foreclosure, Access and Efficiency Issues Related to Networks and Standards?
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Introductory Overview
Professor William F. Baxter (Stanford Univ.)
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
How Do Computer Companies Compete? How Do the Network and Interoperability Aspects of the Industry Affect Competition? What Can We Learn From Computer Networks (in Terms of Efficiencies and Competitive Behavior)?
Professor Timothy Bresnahan (Stanford Univ.) Sloan Foundation Computer Study
Michael Morris (Sun)
Marshall Phelps (IBM)
Russell Wayman (StorageTek)
Edward J. Black President, Computer & Communications Indus. Assn.
Emory Simon (Alliance to Promote Software Innovation)
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
What Can We Learn From the Telecommunications Industry About Possible Ways to Assess Pro and Anticompetitive Behavior in Other Network Industries?
Stanley Besen (Charles River Associates)
L. Norton Cutler (US WEST)
Duncan MacDonald (Citicorp)
Joseph Opper (Asst. Attorney General, New York; Chair, NAAG Payment Systems Working Group)
Mark Rosenbaum (AT&T)
Day 20 (Dec. 1) (Fri.) Horizontal and Vertical Issues Related to Networks and Standards
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Horizontal Issues: To What Extent, if Any, Do Networks Offer New Opportunities for Strategic Anticompetitive Conduct? How Should Antitrust Assess Whether Strategic Conduct is Procompetitive or Anticompetitive? How Should Antitrust Assess the Possible Procompetitive and Anticompetitive Effects of Industry Standards?
Christine A. Edwards (Exec. VP, Dean Witter Discover & Co.)
Amy Marasco (VP and GC, American National Standards Institute)
Professor Janusz Ordover (NYU)
Roel Piper (CEO of UB Networks; Sr. VP, Tandem Computers)
Thomas Rosch (Latham & Watkins)
Professor Richard Schmalensee (MIT)
Professor David J. Teece (UCal, Berkeley)
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Vertical Issues: How Might Antitrust Distinguish Between Procompetitive and Anticompetitive Conduct That, to Some Extent, Forecloses Competitors? How Do Foreclosure Issues Arise in the Context of Networks and Industry Standards?
Thomas Rosch (Latham & Watkins)
Professor Steven Salop (Georgetown Univ.)
Professor Robert Willig (Princeton Univ.)
Day 21 (Dec. 5) (Tues.)
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Should Antitrust Enforcers Adjust Current Enforcement Policy Regarding Efficiencies? Which, if any, Proposals for Failing Firm/Distressed Industry Defenses Are Superior to Current Enforcement Policy?
Kevin Arquit (Rogers & Wells)
Professor Harvey Goldschmid (Columbia Univ.)
Janet L. McDavid (Hogan & Hartson)
Joseph Griffin (Morgen, Lewis & Bockius)
Days 22- 23 (Dec. 12 - Dec. 13) (Tues. - Wed.) What Institutional Processes Will Help the FTC to Attain Its Goals?
(Panels Will Address Institutional Implementational Aspects of Issues Raised During the Hearings)
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon;
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Dec. 12
John D. Briggs, III (Howrey & Simon)
Professor Ernest Gellhorn (George Mason Univ.)
Professor Thomas M. Jorde (UCal, Berkeley)
Robert Katzmann (The Brookings Institution/Georgetown Univ.)
Professor William Kovacic (George Mason Univ.)
Thomas B. Leary (Hogan & Hartson)
James F. Rill (Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott)
Judy Whalley (Howrey & Simon)
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Dec. 13
George Addy (Director of Investigation and Research, Canada)
Professor Joseph Brodley (Boston Univ.)
Roxane C. Busey (Gardner, Carton & Douglas)
Calvin Goldman (Davies, Ward & Beck, Canada)
Professor Eleanor Fox (NYU)
Professor William Kovacic (George Mason Univ.)