Competition and Video Games – The Microsoft/Activision Blizzard Merger

Moderator:
D. Daniel Sokol, Professor, Gould School of Law, Marshall School of Business, USC

Panelists:
Ankur Kapoor, Partner at Constantine Cannon
Terrell McSweeny, Partner at Covington
Diana Moss, President at American Antitrust Institute
Joost Rietveld, Assistant Professor at the UCL School of Management

Digital Transformation in the Supply Chain

Moderator:
D. Daniel Sokol, Professor of Law, USC Gould and Affiliate Professor USC Marshall

Panelists:
Dheera Anand, Principal, Business Consulting – Supply Chain & Operations, Ernst & Young LLP
Tathagata (Das) Dasgupta, Chief Data Officer at Saatchi & Saatchi
Falan Yinug, Director of Economic Strategy at Qualcomm

Fireside Chat with Carl Shapiro on Antitrust Merger Guidelines

Speakers:
D. Daniel Sokol, Professor, Gould School of Law, Marshall School of Business, USC (Moderator)
Carl Shapiro, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley

Description:
The session will explore the drafting of the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines, their use before the antitrust agencies and in court, as well as suggestions for possible reform. 

What a Chief Economist Does in a Platform Company?

Speaker:
John A. List - Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, University of Chicago, Current Chief Economist at Walmart, Former Chief Economist at Lyft and Uber

Description:
Economists have come to play an increasingly central role in tech companies-tackling problems such as platform design, strategy, pricing, and policy. Come learn about their role from the former chief economist of Lyft (and U Chicago Professor) John List.

Digital Transformation In the Media & Entertainment Industry

Panelists:
D. Daniel Sokol, Professor, Gould School of Law, Marshall School of Business, USC (Moderator)
Rowan Conn, CFO, Universal Brand Development
Kelly Hamilton, EVP & CIO, Sony Pictures Entertainment
John Nendick, Founder, Malaga Consulting, Advisor, Investor and Board of Directors in Media and Technology

Fintech for Inclusion

Panelists:
D. Daniel Sokol, Professor, Gould School of Law, Marshall School of Business, USC (Moderator)
Christopher Brummer, Professor of Law, Georgetown and Founder, DC Fintech Week (Moderator)
Kimberly Johnson, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Fannie Mae (Keynote)
Carmelle Cadet, Founder & CEO, EMTECH Dante Disparte, CSO & Head of Global Policy, Circle
Theodore "Teddy" Flo, CLO, Zest AI

What Does Proposed Antitrust Legislation Mean in the Courtroom?

Panelists:
D. Daniel Sokol, Professor, Gould School of Law, Marshall School of Business, USC (Moderator)
Eric Grannon, Partner, White & Case LLP
Bruce Hoffman, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Amanda Reeves, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Competition Issues in Supermarkets

Panelists:
D. Daniel Sokol, Professor, Gould School of Law, Marshall School of Business, USC (Moderator)
Alicia Batts, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Stephanie Greco, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Ayelet Israeli, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School

The Role of Technology Platforms in Enabling Entry of Startups

Panelists:
Daniel Sokol, Professor of Law USC Gould and Affiliate Professor USC Marshall
Shantanu Dutta, Dave and Jeanne Tapan Chair Professor in Marketing, USC Marshall
Viswanath Pingali, Associate Professor of Economics, IIM AhmedabadModerator -Nishant Chadha, Head of Research Centre for The Digital Future

How Do Business, Law, and Regulation Impact AI Engineering Researchers: Possible Collaboration and Complementarities

Panelists:
Anthony Dukes, Chair & Professor of Marketing, University of Southern California
Daniel Sokol, Professor of Law, USC Gould & Affiliate Professor USC Marshall
Dina Mayzlin, Associate Dean for the Ph.D. Program & Professor of Marketing
Mohammed Alyakoob, Assistant Professor of Data Sciences & Operation

What I Learned From My Stint In Government

Moderator:
Daniel Sokol, Professor of Law, University of Southern California

Panelists:
Leemore Dafney, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Guofu Tan, Professor of Economics, University of Southern California
Nancy Rose, Professor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Future of Retailing and E-Commerce

Moderator:
Anthony Dukes, Chair & Professor of Marketing, University of Southern California

Panelists:
Tim Steiner, CEO, Ocado
Rong Yan, Sr. Engineering Director, Product Engineering Snap, Inc.
Shweta Khajuria, Director, Evercore ISI, Research Division

Platform Acquisitions

Moderator:
D. Daniel Sokol, Professor of Law, USC Gould and Affiliate Professor USC Marshall

Panelists:
Tanisha James, Partner at Cooley
Erik Rannala, Mucker Capital
Milan Miric, Assistant Professor of Data Sciences and Operations

Digital Competition and Regulation - What Does the Future Hold?

Moderator:
D. Daniel Sokol, Professor of Law, USC Gould and Affiliate Professor USC Marshall

Panelists:
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto
Ginger Jin, University of Maryland
Oke Odudu University of Cambridge

The Future of Antitrust Enforcement in the Biden Administration

Panelists:
Jamillia P. Ferris, Partner, Antitrust and Competition, Wilson Sonsini
Margaret T. Segall, Partner, Antitrust, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Alexander Paul Okuliar, Co-Chair, Global Antitrust Law Practice Group, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Peter Mucchetti, Partner, Antitrust and Litigation, Clifford Chance