Brux Conference 2024
Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order
Speakers

Didier Reynders
Commissioner for Justice
European Commission

Katherine Tai
US Trade Representative

Lina Khan
Chairwoman
US Federal Trade Commission

Jonathan Kanter
Assistant Attorney General
US Department of Justice Antitrust Division

Olivier Guersent
Director General, DG for Competition
European Commission

Andreas Mundt
President BKA

Benoît Coeuré
President Adlc

Nuno Cunha Rodrigues
President AdC

Marc Van Der Woude
President
General Court of the EU

Rohit Chopra
Director CFPB

Laurence Boone
Secretary of State for European Affairs, France

Franziska Brantner
State Secretary
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs

Heather Boushey
White House Council of Economic Advisers

Gina Cass-Gottlieb
Chair
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
Member of the European Parliament
European Parliament

Rebecca Slaughter
US Federal Trade Commission

Sarah Cardell
Chief Executive
Competition and Markets Authority

Doha Mekki
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
US Department of Justice Antitrust Division

René Repasi
Member European Parliament

Rana Faroohar
Financial Times

Brando Benifei
Member European Parliament
AI Act Rapporteur

Alberto Bacchiega
Director, Platforms DG Competition
European Commission

John Newman
Deputy Director
US Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition

Daron Acemoglu
Institute Professor
MIT Department of Economics

Aviv Nevo
University of Pennsylvania

Luigi Zingales
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Isabella Weber
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Erik Brynjolfsson
Professor
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Gabriel Zucman
Associate Professor
University of California

Tommaso Valletti
Professor of Economics
Imperial College Business School, London

Jan Eeckhout
Barcelona School of Economics

Ufuk Akcigit
Arnold C. Harberger Professor of Economics
University of Chicago

Florian Ederer
Boston University

Amba Kak
Executive Director
AI Now Institute

Nathan Lane
Associate Professor
Oxford University

Joanna Bryson
Professor of Ethics and Technology
Hertie School of Governance

Barry Lynn
Open Markets Institute

Johnny Ryan
Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Filomena Chirico
Head of Unit, DG Connect
DMA Task Force

Francesca Bria
Stiftung Mercator

Andreas Schwab
Member of European Parliament

Roberto Viola
Director General
DG Connect

Sir Marcus Smith
President
UK Competition Appeals Tribunal

James Hodge
Chief Economist
South African Competition Commission
Agenda
08:15CET
Chair Scene Setting
08:20CET
Rebooting the Next Commission
Conversation with Olivier Guersent, Director General, DG Competition and Andreas Schwab, Member of the European Parliament
09:00CET
“From Price to Power”? Reorienting Antitrust for the New Political Economy
Andreas Mundt, President, Bundeskartellamt
Luigi Zingales, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Tommaso Valletti, Professor of Economics, Imperial College Business School, London
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner, US Federal Trade Commission
Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
10:00CET
Are the Courts Likely to Listen?
Comments from Marc Van Der Woude, President, General Court of the EU
10:10CET
Market Power Dysfunctions: Seller Inflation, Inequality and AI Acceleration
Isabella Weber, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jan Eeckout, ICREA Research Professor of Economics, UPF Barcelona
Gabriel Zucman, Associate Professor, Paris School of Economics and UC Berkeley
Florian Ederer, Professor, Boston University
Doha Mekki, Principal Deputy AAG, US Department of Justice Antitrust Division
11:00CET
Coffee
11:10CET
Industrial Policy Revisited: Sovereignty, Resilience, Competitiveness & Innovation
Nathan Lane, Associate Professor, Oxford University
Ufuk Akgicit, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
Heather Boushey, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President
René Repasi, Member of the European Parliament
11:50CET
Connecting Trade, Competition and Industrial Policy in the Next World Order
Katherine Tai, US Trade Ambassador, Executive Office of the President
Laurence Boone, Secretary of State for European Affairs, France
Franziska Brantner, State Secretary, German Ministry for Economic Affairs
James Hodge, Chief Economist, South African Competition Commission
12:40CET
“The Great Reordering”- What comes after the Washington Consensus, and why Antitrust is at the heart of it
Rana Foroohar, The Financial Times, in conversation with Rohit Chopra, Director, US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Comments: Barry Lynn, Executive Director, Open Markets Institute
Stéphanie Yon Courtin, Member of the European Parliament
13:20CET
Lunch
14:00CET
Commissioner Reynders address
Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice, European Commission
14:25CET
Fireside with AAG Jonathan Kanter
Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice Antitrust Division
14:50CET
Antitrust as Agent for Change
Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive, UK Competition and Markets Authority
Benoît Coeuré, President, Autorité de la Concurrence
Nuno Rodrigues, President, Portuguese Competition Authority
John Newman, Professor of Law, University of Miami, former Director US FTC
Aviv Nevo, Director of the Bureau of Economics, US Federal Trade Commission
15:40CET
Coffee
16:00CET
Conversation with Chair Lina Khan
Lina Khan, Chair, US Federal Trade Commission
16:25CET
Concluding Fireside – AI Awakening: Making it Pro-Human Despite the Tech Industry?
Daron Acemoglu, Institute Professor, MIT Department of Economics
Erik Brynjolfsson, Professor, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
17:00CET
The European Giant Digital Regulation Project: What is our Theory of Change?
Alberto Bacchiega, Director, Platforms, DG Competition European Commission
Filomena Chirico, DG Connect, DMA Task Force, European Commission
Brando Benifei, Member of the European Parliament, AI Act Repporteur
Amba Kak, Executive Director, AI Now Institute
Francesca Bria, President, Italian National Innovation Fund
Johnny Ryan, Director of Enforce, Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Joanna Bryson, Professor of Ethics and Technology, Hertie School of Governance