The USC Gould School of Law's Center for Transnational Business and Law presents the U.S. Global Technological Leadership, Intellectual Property Rights, and U.S. National Security Conference.
 

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Conference Agenda

8:30 - 9:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
 

9:00 - 9:05 AM
Welcome Remarks
 

9:05 - 9:25 AM
Opening Keynote: "The State of U.S. Global Competitiveness and Innovation Leadership and the Role of Technological Leadership in Ensuring National Security"
Congressman Nathaniel Moran (R-TX)

9:30 - 10:40 AM
Panel 1: Why Technological Leadership is Critical for National Security 
Moderator: Chuck Todd, USC Capital Campus Scholar-in-Residence
Andrei Iancu, Sullivan & Cromwell
David Norquist, National Defense Industrial Association
Alan Estevez, Covington

10:40 - 10:50 AM
Break
 

10:50 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel 2: The Intersection of Antitrust, Innovation & Technological Leadership
Moderator: Khushita Vasant, Chief Correspondent, US Antitrust, MLex
Dina Kallay, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Policy & International Affairs, USDOJ 
Barry Nigro, Fried Frank 
Megan Browdie, Cooley  
 

12:00 - 12:45 PM
Lunch
 

12:50 - 2:00 PM
Panel 3: The Key Role of Reliable IPRs and the Rule of Law in Promoting Global Technological Leadership
Moderator: Adam Mossoff, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University 
Mark Cohen, Senior Tech Fellow, Asia Society 
Peter-Anthony Pappas, Director of IP Policy, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Senator Thom Tillis) 
Jamie Simpson, Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP)
 

2:00 - 2:05 PM
Closing Remarks