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Agenda-at-a-Glance

Wednesday, October 21
  • 7:00 - 9:00pm
    Welcome Reception & Registration
Thursday, October 22
  • 7:55 - 8:00am
    Welcome & Introductions
  • 8:00 - 9:00am
    Plenary Session I: Goals of Competition Law
  • 9:00 - 10:00am
    Plenary Session II: Design of Legal Rules
  • 10:15am - noon
    Plenary Session III: Legal and Economic Analysis of Horizontal Restraints
  • Noon - 12:45pm
    Lunch with Keynote
  • 12:45 - 1:15pm
    Interview with Gail Slater
  • 1:15 - 2:15pm
    Plenary Session IV: The Trump/Vance FTC
  • 2:15 - 3:45pm
    Concurrent Breakout Sessions
  • 4:00 - 5:30pm
    Concurrent Breakout Sessions
  • 6:00 - 8:30pm
    Reception & Dinner with Keynote (followed by Trivia)
Friday, October 23
  • 7:30am-5:45pm
    ABA Information & CLE Sign-In
  • 8:00 - 9:00am
    Plenary Session V: Origins and Evolution of Merger Analysis
  • 9:00 - 10:00am
    Plenary Session VI: Modern Competitive Effects Analysis and Merger Guidelines
  • 10:15 - 11:45am
    Plenary Session VII: Law and Economics of Exclusion by Dominant Firms
  • 11:45am - 12:45pm
    Plenary Session VIII: Antitrust Division Developments
  • 12:45 - 1:30pm
    Lunch with Keynote Conversation
  • 1:30 - 2:30pm
    Plenary Session IX: Winning and Retaining Antitrust Clients
  • 2:30 - 4:00pm
    Concurrent Breakout Sessions
  • 4:15 - 5:45pm
    Concurrent Breakout Sessions
  • 6:30 - 9:30pm
    Reception & Dinner with Keynote
Saturday, October 24
  • 7:30am-1:30pm
    ABA Information & CLE Sign-In
  • 8:00 - 9:00am
    Plenary Session X: Exclusionary Distribution Strategies
  • 9:00 - 10:00am
    Plenary Session XI: Institutional Design Choice of Competition Policy Tools
  • 10:15 - 11:15am
    Plenary Session XII: New Policy Responses to Developments in the Digital Economy
  • 11:15am - 12:45pm
    Concurrent Breakout Sessions
  • 12:45-1:30pm
    Lunch & Wrap Up