Program Co-Chairs

Charles T. (Chris) Compton is a senior antitrust partner at his firm, focusing on merger, regulatory,

litigation and IP issues. He has overseen over 900 successful antitrust merger reviews by the FTC,

the DOJ, the EC and other international antitrust agencies-none of which has ever been blocked

or abandoned due to antitrust challenge. He has litigated a wide range of antitrust and commercial

cases. He writes extensively, teaches an antitrust and intellectual property course, and is a regular

antitrust speaker in the United States and Europe.

Daniel G. Swanson has co-chaired his firm`s Antitrust Practice Group since 1996. He is an

antitrust litigator with extensive trial court and appellate experience involving virtually every aspect

of antitrust law. His practice includes domestic and foreign review of mergers and acquisitions and joint

venture transactions, IP-antitrust matters, class action defense, and the defense of civil and criminal

governmental investigations (to date, more than 20 international cartel investigations). He holds a

Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and has contributed to many leading antitrust publications.

Keynote Presenter

J. Thomas Rosch was sworn in as a Commissioner of the FTC in January 2006 to a term that expires in

September 2012. He joined the FTC from the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins, where he was

the former managing partner in the firm`s antitrust and trade practices group. A fellow of the American

College of Trial Lawyers for over 20 years, he has been lead counsel in over 100 antitrust cases and

has more than 40 years experience before the Bar. In 2003, he was honored as Antitrust Lawyer of the

Year by the California State Bar Antitrust Section.

Faculty

Tyler A. Baker, Esq.

Fenwick & West, San Francisco

Maxwell M. Blecher, Esq.

Blecher & Collins, Los Angeles

Arthur J. Burke, Esq.

Davis Polk & Wardwell, Menlo Park

Gene Burrus, Esq., Senior Attorney

Law and Corporate Affairs Department

Microsoft, Seattle

Robert E. Cooper, Esq.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles

Susan A. Creighton, Esq.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Washington, DC

Yasir Elbiali, Esq., Senior Counsel

Mitsubishi Electric and Electronics USA, Cypress

Renata B. Hesse, Esq.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Washington, DC

Sean W. Jaquez, Esq., Senior Counsel

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Culver City

Youngjin Jung, Esq.

Kim & Chang, Seoul, Korea

Jeffrey A. LeVee, Esq.

Jones Day, Silicon Valley/Los Angeles

Richard Levick, Esq., President and CEO

Levick Strategic Communications, Washington, DC

Philip Mansfield, Esq.

Allen & Overy, Brussels, Belgium

Thomas M. McCoy, Esq.

Executive Vice President of Legal, Corporate and Public Affairs

AMD, Sunnyvale

Sarretta McDonough, Esq.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles

Gil Ohana, Esq., Director

Antitrust and Competition

Cisco Systems, San Jose

Kenneth R. O`Rourke, Esq.

O`Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles

Richard R. Patch, Esq.

Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, San Francisco

Penelope A. Preovolos, Esq.

Morrison Foerster, San Francisco

Michael Reynolds, Esq.

Allen & Overy, Brussels, Belgium

Michael W. Robinson, Senior Vice President

Levick Strategic Communications, Washington, DC

Karen E. Silverman, Esq.

Latham & Watkins, San Francisco

Joshua H. Soven, Esq., Chief, Litigation I

Antitrust Division

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC

Gary R. Spratling, Esq.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, San Francisco

Henry C. Su, Esq.

Howrey, East Palo Alto

Christof Swaak, Esq., Adjunct Professor of Law

Stibbe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Fordham University School of Law, New York

Phillip H. Warren, Esq.

Antitrust Division

U.S. Department of Justice, San Francisco