Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONFERENCES: Antitrust in the Americas conference set for June 11-12 in Rio De Janeiro, (Apr 13, 2015)

The third Antitrust in the Americas conference will be held on June 11-12, 2015, in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil at the JW Marriott Hotel. The two-day event is jointly sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust and IBRAC, the Brazilian Association for Studies on Competition, Consumer Affairs and International Trade. The meeting will provide an opportunity to understand the important developments and priorities of antitrust enforcement agencies throughout the Americas.

The conference will begin Thursday, June 11, with a panel discussion, entitled Hot Topics in Cartel (moderated by Roxann E. Henry and Carlos Ragazzo). The remainder of the first day will include the following panel discussions: Antitrust Issues in Licensing and Distribution (moderated by Bruno Drago and Howard Feller); Competition, Consumers and Big Data (moderated by Pamela Jones Harbour and Mariana Villela); Competitor Collaborations, Minority Acquisitions and Associative Agreements (moderated by Michael E. Egge and Cristianne S. Zarzur); and Antitrust Issues in Energy and Infrastructure (moderated by Marcelo Calliari and Alison L. Smith). A keynote speech by the FTC Commissioner Joshua D. Wright, and a reception, will close out the first day.

The second day of the conference begins with a panel discussion, entitled Tools for Effective Antitrust and Anti-Corruption Compliance: Views from the Americas (moderated by Sergio Bruna and Deborah A. Garza). The remainder of the conference will include the following panel discussions: Hot Antitrust Topics for General Counsel and their Advisors (moderated by Barbara Rosenberg and Fiona A. Schaeffer) and What’s Ahead for Antitrust Enforcement in Latin America: A Conversation with the Enforcers (Vinicius Marques de Carvalho, Chairman, Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Economica, Brasilia, Brazil; Felipe Irarrazabal, National Economic Prosecutor, Fiscalia Nacional Economica, Santiago, Chile; Carlos Mena Labarthe, Investigative Authority Head, Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE), Mexico City, Mexico; and Fabian Pettigrew, Vocal, Comision Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia, Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Further details are available in this online brochure. Online registration is available here through Monday, June 8, 2015. The cut-off date for discounted registration is Thursday, May 21, 2015.

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