24 March 2026
9:00 am-9:30 am
Welcome coffee and registration
9:30 am-9:35 am
GCR opening remarks
9:35 am-9:45 am
Chairs' opening remarks
Rachel Brass
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
John Newman
Professor of Law, University of Memphis School of Law
9:45 am-10:45 am
Regulation & AI: global frameworks-alignment or fragmentation?
- How do the EU’s DMA, DMCC and AI Act reshape digital markets and AI governance?
- US enforcement priorities: FTC and DOJ’s stance on algorithmic collusion and deceptive AI practices.
- Global outlook: are Brazil, Japan, and other jurisdictions converging on risk-based AI regulation or charting divergent paths?
- What does this regulatory patchwork mean for innovation and competition in the age of GenAI?
Frances Waldmann
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Julie Carlson
Director, Government Affairs, Qualcomm
Ginger Jin
Senior Consultant, Compass Lexecon
Louise Klamka
Partner, Gilbert + Tobin
Joseph Vardner
Director of Risk Integrity Management, Meta
10:45 am-11:45 am
Lessons learned from enforcement cases: what does this mean for the industry?
- What practical lessons do early enforcement cases teach us about market dominance and AI ecosystems?
- How do rulings like Apple influence platform behaviour in AI markets?
- Which companies are being targeted and what enforcement trends and compliance strategies are emerging?
- How should businesses and regulators adapt in light of the Apple and Google cases?
Milena Robotham
Partner, Clifford Chance
Andrea Asoni
Vice President, Charles River Associates
David Lawrence
Policy Director, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice
Mitchell London
Senior Competition Counsel, NVIDIA
Jennifer Redmond
Senior Partner, Keystone
Alicia Burns-Wright
Competition Policy Counsel, TikTok
11:45 am-12:15 pm
Networking break
12:15 pm-1:15 pm
Merger control & AI partnerships: what comes next?
- Are current merger rules fit for AI investment strategies?
- Do these deals risk entrenching dominance or foster innovation?
- Should regulators assess minority stakes and strategic partnerships in AI start-ups and if so how?
- What global enforcement trends signal for AI-related mergers and acquisitions?
Gail Levine
Partner, Paul Hastings
John Elias
Partner, Head of Antitrust and Competition, Washington DC, HSF Kramer
Thomas Ensign
Partner, Fenwick & West
Nathaniel Hipsman
Principal, Cornerstone Research
Kajetan Rozga
Senior Antitrust Counsel, ABB
Ingrid Vandenborre
Partner, Skadden
1:15 pm-2:30 pm
Networking lunch
2:30 pm-3:00 pm
Fireside chat
Jasmine Rosner
Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Dina Kallay
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice
3:00 pm-3:45 pm
Algorithmic collusion: emerging enforcement and litigation trends in the US
- What does the DOJ’s RealPage case signal for algorithmic pricing enforcement?
- How should global businesses operating in the US rethink compliance and governance around pricing and decision-making algorithms in light of emerging enforcement theories?
- Impact of new California and New York algorithmic pricing laws: what do they mean for businesses and compliance?
- How has the revocation of information-sharing guidelines influenced legal counsel and product development in algorithmic tools?
Salil Mehra
Professor of Law, Temple Law School
Elena Ponte
Attorney, Federal Trade Commission
Anita Magraner Oliver
Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Heather Lamberg
Partner, Freshfields
Benjamin Holt
Partner, Hogan Lovells
3:45 pm-3:50 pm
Chairs’ closing remarks
Rachel Brass
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
John Newman
Professor of Law, University of Memphis School of Law
