I am very pleased to announce the “Merger Analysis in High Technology Markets” on behalf of my colleague Tom Hazlett, myself, and the Information Economy Project of the National Center for Technology and Law. The conference will be held at George Mason University School of Law on February 1, 2008 from 8:15 am-2:30 pm. Below is the conference agenda and information about attending. We hope to see you there!
INFORMATION ECONOMY PROJECT
THOMAS W. HAZLETT, DIRECTOR
DREW CLARK, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
JOSHUA D. WRIGHT, CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
MERGER ANALYSIS IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY MARKETS
HAZEL HALL * GMU SCHOOL OF LAW * ROOM 121
8:15 WELCOME * THOMAS HAZLETT (GMU)
8:20 MORNING KEYNOTE
8:45 PANEL 1 * MODERATOR: KEN HEYER (DOJ)
HOWARD SHELANSKI (UC BERKELEY)
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND MERGER POLICY’S THIRD ERA
MICHAEL BAYE (FTC)
MARKET DEFINITION IN ONLINE MARKETS
RICHARD GILBERT (UC BERKELEY)
SKY WARS: THE ATTEMPTED MERGER OF DISH/ DIRECTV
10:00 BREAK
10:15 PANEL 2 * MODERATOR: MICHAEL VITA (FTC)
HAL SINGER (CRITERION) & ROBERT HAHN (AEI)
AN ANTITRUST ANALYSIS OF GOOGLE’S PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF DOUBLECLICK
MARY COLEMAN (LECG)
NICE THEORY BUT WHERE’S THE EVIDENCE?: THE USE OF ECONOMIC EVIDENCE TO EVALUATE VERTICAL AND CONGLOMERATE MERGERS IN THE US AND EU
LUKE FROEB (VANDERBILT)
MERGERS AMONG FIRMS THAT LICENSE COMMON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
11:30 BREAK
11:45 PANEL 3*MODERATOR: JONATHAN BAKER (AMERICAN)
BRUCE ABRAMSON (CRAI)
ARE “ONLINE MARKETS†REAL AND RELEVANT?
THOMAS HAZLETT (GMU)
ANTITRUST IN ORBIT: SOME DYNAMICS OF HORIZONTAL MERGER ANALYSIS IN THE CASE OF XM-SIRIUS
J. GREG SIDAK (GEORGETOWN)
EVALUATING MARKET POWER WITH TWO-SIDED DEMAND AND PREEMPTIVE OFFERS TO DISSIPATE MONOPOLY RENT: LESSONS FOR HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES FROM THE PROPOSED MERGER OF XM AND SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO MERGER
1:00 LUNCH
LUNCH KEYNOTE
2:30 ADJOURN
VENUE: The George Mason University School of Law, Hazel Hall, 3301 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201 (near the Virginia Square-GMU Metro — Orange Line). Admission is free, but seating is limited. To reserve your spot, please email Drew Clark: iep.gmu@gmail.com. Parking (at market rates) is available in the GMU Foundation Bldg., 3434 Washington Boulevard. An Arlington campus map is found here: http://www.gmu.edu/departments/infoservices/ArlingtonMap07.pdf.
