For 48 years, the Fordham Competition Law Institute has presented the annual International Antitrust Law and Policy Conference, which is widely recognized as one of the premier events in the field.

Fordham’s 48th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy, + Antitrust Economics Workshop
to be held LIVE and In-Person at Skadden Arps.

48th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law
and Policy and Antitrust Economics Workshops
Location: Skadden Arps, One Manhattan West, New York, NY

Antitrust Economics Workshops + Networking Session with Heads of Authority
The workshop will feature economic experts, enforcers, and leading antitrust practitioners speaking on key topics.
 

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch provided.
First Panel: The Brattle Group
Second Panel: Charles River Associates
(more details to come)

48th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law & Policy
Join antitrust agency heads and leading academics, practitioners and in-house counsel from around the globe for a live 3-day conference (also to be broadcast live for registered attendees)

Thursday – Friday, September 30 – October 1, 2021
Day 1 | 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., including lunch panel celebrating 20 years of the ICN
Day 2 | 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch provided both days.

Keynote Speakers:
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President, European Commission, Commissioner for Competition
Lina Khan, Chair, Federal Trade Commission (invited)
Andreas Mundt, Chair, ICN; President Bundeskartellant
Richard Powers, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division (invited)

Tentative Panel Topics:
“Will Regulation Take the Antitrust out of Antitrust?”
“Twenty Years of the ICN: We Were There at the Beginning” (lunch panel)
“’I’m Not Dead Yet:’ Policy and Analytical Challenges for Vertical Restraints—Foreclosure, Access and Even ‘Essential Facilities’”
“Navigating Global Mergers in a World of Disparate Policy and Enforcement: What are the Real Guidelines?”
“Merger Efficiencies and the Road Ahead: Where Do Labor, Dynamic Efficiencies and the Public Interest Fit In?”
“In-House Counsel Roundtable: Managing Compliance in a Whirlwind of Antitrust Enforcement and Regulation”
“Class Actions: An Emerging Global Divergence?”

Moderators and Panelists include:
Andrea Coscelli
Andreas Mundt
Isabelle de Silva
Olivier Guersent
Christine Wilson
Noah Philips
Bill Kovacic
Eleanor Fox
Daniel Francis
Scott Hemphill
Frédéric Jenny
Howard Shelanski
Renata Hesse
Alan Ryan (moderator)
Tim Muris
Robert Klotz (moderator)
Koren Wong-Ervin
Gabriella Muscolo
Joshua Soven (moderator)
John Davies
Bruce Hoffman
Peter Mucchetti
Cal Goldman (moderator)
Andrew Finch
Susan Ning
John Oxenham
Kirsten Webb
Karen Lent
John Roberti (moderator)
Ian Simmons
Scott Martin
Jack Pace