8 - 8:45 a.m.
Breakfast, Registration & Networking
8:45 - 9 a.m.
Welcome & Introduction
John Mayo, Georgetown University
Roger Blair, University of Florida
Lawrence White, New York University
9 - 9:30 a.m.
Keynote I: Debbie Feinstein
Fireside Chat with Debbie Feinstein (Arnold & Porter)
Moderator: Mark Whitener (Georgetown University)
9:30 - 10 a.m.
"Improving Section 7 Enforcement: The Hart-Scott-Rodino Amendment"
Roger Blair and Sara Rodriguez
University of Florida
Coffee Break 10 - 10:15 a.m.
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
“Antitrust, Federalism, and Premerger Notification in the States”
Bruce Kobayashi
George Mason University
10:45 - 11:15 a.m.
"Shifting the Burden: Analyzing the 2024 HSR Revisions and Transatlantic Merger Control Trend”
Rebecca Kirk-Fair, Olga Kozlova Guglielmi, Laurianne Despheghel
Analysis Group
11:15 - 11:45 a.m.
11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote II: Howard Shelanski
Howard Shelanski, Georgetown University
1 - 1:30 p.m.
“Estimating the Willingness to Pay to Avoid Antitrust Scrutiny”
John Mayo and Robert Press
Georgetown University
1:30 - 2 p.m.
"The 2023 Merger Guidelines and High-Tech Merger Enforcement: A Null Result"
Edward A. Snyder
Yale School of Management
2 - 2:30 p.m.
"The Hart–Scott–Rodino Act at Fifty: Acquisition Patterns and Industry Dynamics"
Ginger Zhe Jin (Boston University), Mario Leccese (Boston University), Daniel Sokol (University of Southern California), Liad Wagman (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Mengyi Zhong (University of Maryland)
2:30 Closing