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Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium ruler
For Immediate Release
September 13, 2007

Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:

Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium

WHEN:
Wednesday, September 26, 2007, 8:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
WHERE:

All events except Majoras' speech will be at

Georgetown University Law Center

Hart Auditorium - McDonough Hall

600 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

Majoras' speech will be held at the

Washington Court Hotel

525 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

SCHEDULE:

8:45 - 9:00 a.m.

Welcome

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

Sean F.X. Boland, Partner and Co-Chair, Antitrust Practice, Howrey LLP

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Keynote Address

Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Panel I

"AT/IP Interface/Single Firm Conduct"

Philip Lowe, Director General, European Commission's Directorate General for Competition

Robert Pitofsky, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Meg Guerin-Calvert, President and Managing Director, COMPASS

Trevor Soames, Partner, Howrey LLP

10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

Panel II

"Mergers"

Ilene Knable Gotts, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Nadia Calvino, Deputy Director General with Special Responsibility for Mergers, European Commission's Directorate General for Competition

Janusz A. Ordover, Senior Consultant, COMPASS

Götz Drauz, Partner, Howrey LLP

John Taladay, Partner, Howrey LLP

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Address

Deborah Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission

1:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Panel III

"Enforcers Roundtable"

Markus Wagemann, Chairman of the 11th Decision Division, Bundeskartellamt

J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission

Philip Lowe, Director General, European Commission's Directorate General for Competition

Gerald Masoudi, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Melanie Aitken, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Mergers, Canadian Competition Bureau

Hoil Yoon, Managing Partner, Yoon Yang Kim Shin & Yu

James Rill, Partner, Howrey LLP

3:00 - 3:45 p.m.

Panel IV

"Cartels: Public and Private Enforcement"

Scott D. Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Julian Joshua, Partner, Howrey LLP

Ali Nikpay, Senior Director, Advisory, Policy and International Section, UK Office of Fair Trading

Roxann Henry, Partner, Howrey LLP

3:45 - 4:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Alan Wiseman, Partner and Co-Chair, Antitrust Practice, Howrey LLP

NOTE:

The panelists will address current issues in competition law and policy.

This event is sponsored by Georgetown Law and Howrey LLP. Additional sponsors include Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and COMPASS.

Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.