Abstract: Just as developing countries are integrating into the world economic system, the world has taken a nationalistic turn.  Will antitrust become politicized, and if so how will this impact the progress of developing countries?  This program will feature a wide range of developing, emerging, and newly developed countries, from Argentina, Brazil and Chile to China, Turkey, South Africa, Kenya and Israel.  Panels will consider the new nationalism and the special problems it poses for competition systems in developing countries; pharmaceuticals and the recent spate of excessive pricing of essential drugs; mergers, innovation and new technology issues; and an enforcers’ roundtable.  The emphasis will be on developing countries’ perspectives on competition law suited to their needs.

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Agenda

8:00 am REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST

8:30 am WELCOME REMARKS
Trevor W. MORRISON | Dean, NYU School of Law, New York

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Eleanor M. FOX | Professor, NYU School of Law, New York

8:40 am OPENING KEYNOTE
Makan DELRAHIM | Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, US DOJ, Washington, DC

9:20 am IMPACT OF THE NEW NATIONALISM ON COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Tembinkosi BONAKELE | Commissioner, South Africa Competition Commission, Pretoria
Adriana GIANNINI | Partner, Trench Rossi Watanabe – Baker McKenzie, São Paulo
Frédéric JENNY | Professor of Economics, ESSEC Business School | Chairman, OECD Competition Committee, Paris
Ioannis LIANOS | Professor, University College London
Susan NING | Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Beijing
Moderator: Eleanor M. FOX | Professor, NYU School of Law, New York

10:50 am Coffee Break

11:05 am PHARMACEUTICALS: PRICING AND ACCESS
Paul CSISZAR | Director of Pharma and Health Services Antitrust Unit, DG COMP, Brussels
Felipe IRARRÁZABAL PHILIPPI | National Economic Prosecutor, FNE, Santiago
Susan JONES | Head of Corporate Legal Antitrust, Novartis, Basel
James KILLICK | Partner, White & Case, Brussels
Moderator: Harry FIRST | Professor, NYU School of Law, New York

12:35 am LUNCH KEYNOTE
Martha Martinez LICETTI | Competition Policy Team Leader, World Bank Group, Washington, DC

1:45 pm MERGERS: IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT
Rosie LIPSCOMB | Senior Competition Counsel, Google, San Francisco
Simon ROBERTS | Professor, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg
Anthony WOOLICH | Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan, London
Jason WU | Vice President, Compass Lexecon, Princeton
Moderator: Daniel RUBINFELD | Professor, NYU School of Law, New York

3:15 pm Coffee Break

3:30 pm INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY: THE NEXT FRONTIER ON ANTITRUST FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES?
Kirti GUPTA | Senior Director of Economic Strategy, Qualcomm, San Diego
Gönenç GÜRKAYNAK | Managing Partner, ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law, Istanbul
Elizabeth KRAUS | Deputy Director for International Antitrust, US FTC, Washington, DC
Joanna TSAI | Vice President, Charles River Associates, Washington, DC
Moderator: Frédéric JENNY | Professor of Economics, ESSEC Business School | Chairman, OECD Competition Committee, Paris

5:00 pm ENFORCERS’ ROUNDTABLE: WHAT’S UNDER THE RADAR?
Roger ALFORD | Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US DOJ, Washington, DC
Tembinkosi BONAKELE | Commissioner, South African Competition Commission, Pretoria
Felipe IRARRÁZABAL PHILIPPI | National Economic Prosecutor, FNE, Santiago
Cristiane SCHMIDT | Commissioner, CADE, Brasilia
Moderator: C. Scott HEMPHILL | Professor, NYU School of Law, New York

6:30pm: CLOSING WRAP-UP: NEW YORK MINUTE
Eleanor M. FOX | Professor, NYU School of Law, New York
Harry FIRST | Professor, NYU School of Law, New York

6.40 pm: COCKTAIL RECEPTION IN HONOR OF PROF. FOX: AALS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
C. Scott HEMPHILL | Chairperson, Association of American Law School, Section on Antitrust & Economic Regulation; Professor, NYU School of Law

Panel Sponsors: Baker McKenzie; Charles River Associates; Compass Lexecon; ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law; Holman Fenwick Willan; King & Wood Mallesons; White & Case

Media Sponsors: MLex; PaRR