Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONFERENCES: American Antitrust Institute to hold 2014 annual conference in June, (Apr 14, 2014)
Organizations Mentioned:American Antitrust Institute | American University | Boston University | New York University
The American Antitrust Institute will hold its 2014 Annual Conference: The Inefficiencies of Efficiency on June 19, 2014, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The conference will commerce with a networking breakfast, followed by a Welcome and Overview provided by American Antitrust Institute Chairman Robert Skitol. The conference will then proceed with a panel discussion of “Opening Plenary: Efficiency and its Critics,” moderated by Irwin Stelzer. The discussion will include an “Overview,” with American Antitrust Institute President Bert Foer; “View from the Middle of the Road,” with Economists Incorporated Principal Phillip Nelson; “Dynamic and Static Efficiencies,” with American University Professor Jonathan Baker; and “What Does Not Get Counted, “ with Federal Trade Commissioner Joshua Wright.
After this plenary program, the morning will continue with concurrent breakout sessions on “Are Mergers Inefficient?,” “The Economics Theory of Efficiency and How Efficiency is Used in Fact,” and “Systems and Innovation Concerns of Management.”
The conference will continue with a luncheon featuring the presentation of the AAI’s Alfred Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement to Purdue University Professor Emeritus John M. Connor. The luncheon will also feature a Keynote Address by Howard Shelanski, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
After a break, the afternoon will proceed with concurrent breakout sessions on “Excluded Concerns: Evolutionary Economics and Behavioral Economics,” “Supply Chain Inefficiencies,” and “Concentration and X-Inefficiency Considerations in Antitrust.”
The afternoon will continue with a panel discussion of “Closing Plenary: The U.S. and the Rest of the World,” moderated by Bert Foer and with panelists Boston University School of Management Professor C.B. Bhattacharya, New York University School of Law Professor of Trade Regulation Eleanor Fox, University of Haifa Law School Professor of Law Michal Gal, Studies University of Louvain (Belgium) Professor of Law Paul Nihoul, and T.M.C. Asser Institute Professor of Competition Policy and Media Regulation Ben Van Rompuy. The conference will close with a networking reception.
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