Competition Law and Economics Network Competition Law and Economics Network Melbourne Law School PROGRAM + SPEAKERS’ BIOS Sponsored by: Program 2 Wi-Fi Access User: clenconference1 PW: l!Yw1U Speakers’ Bios Caron BEATON-WELLS to institutional cryptoeconomics (2019) and Cryptodemocracy (2019). He holds a PhD in economics from RMIT University, and a Caron Beaton-Wells is a Professor in bachelor’s degree in history and political science from the Uni- Competition Law at the University of versity of Melbourne. Melbourne Law School. She is Direc- tor of the University’s Competition Morag BOND Law & Economics Network and co-Di- rector of the Global Competition and Morag was previously Deputy General Consumer Law Program. Her research Manager of the Mergers and Adjudi- spans a wide range of areas in com- cation Branch and prior to that was petition policy, law, economics and enforcement with a recent a Director of Merger Investigations focus on competition issues in a digital economy. She is exten- for six years. During this time, Morag sively published by leading international publishing houses, and led the review of a large number of has authored or co-authored six books and over 50 chapters or merger investigations across a wide journal articles in this field. range of industries. Caron teaches subjects relating to competition law and eco- Prior to joining the ACCC, Morag was a Senior Associate in the nomics primarily at postgraduate level. She has been a mem- competition law teams of leading law firms in Australia, London ber of the Melbourne Law Schools’ executive body, as Associate and Brussels. She also worked as a competition lawyer in New Dean (Melbourne Law Masters) and Associate Dean (Undergrad- Zealand. Morag has Bachelor degrees in Law and Commerce uate), and has been appointed to national and international ed- from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and a Masters itorial and advisory boards, including boards of the Academic in Law with first class honours from the University of Cambridge, Society for Competition Law, the Loyola Chicago Consumer An- England. titrust Institute and the Asian Competition Forum. Caron is regularly invited to speak at major conferences organ- Allan FELS AO ised by international and regional bodies and has consulted to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development, Professor Allan Fels AO is currently a Association of South-East Asian Nations, and the New Zealand professorial fellow in the University of Government. She is a non-governmental advisor to the Inter- Melbourne, both in the Melbourne Law national Competition Network and a representative on United School and in the Faculty of Econom- Nations’ Conference on Trade & Development Research Part- ics and Business, an adjunct professor at Monash University in the Faculty of nership Platform. She is also a member of the Law Council of Business and Economics, and visiting Australia’s competition and consumer and small business com- professor at the Division of Social Sci- mittees. ences in the University of Oxford. Caron was formerly a solicitor at (now) King & Wood Mallesons Professor Fels is former Chairman of the Australian Competition and a barrister at the Victorian Bar (2007-2016). She holds a and Consumer Commission (1995-2003) and its predecessor Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws and Doctor of Philosophy from bodies. the University of Melbourne. Morag is currently General Manag- er of the ACCC’s inquiry into digital platforms (job-sharing this Professor Fels is former Dean of the Australia and New Zealand role with Kate Reader). This inquiry looks at the impact of social School of Government (ANZSOG). media platforms, search engines and other digital content ag- gregators on the media and advertising markets. Professor Fels was Chair of the National Mental Health Commis- sion of Australia from 2012-2018. He is now Commissioner on the Victorian Royal Commission into Mental Health. Christopher BERG He is Electricity Price Commissioner, and the Emergency Ser- Chris Berg is an economist and his- vices Levy Insurance Monitor, both for the Government of New torian of technological change and South Wales. institutional choice. He is a Senior Re- search Fellow at the RMIT Blockchain He is a Director of the Chinese Competition Research Centre at Innovation Hub, a Founding Board the University of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) as well Member of the Worldwide Blockchain as an international adviser to the Chinese Academy of Social Innovation Association, a Senior Fel- Sciences (CASS). He is a member of the Global Public Advisory low with the Institute of Public Affairs, Board of Uber. and an Academic Fellow with the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance. He is Chair of the Visy Australasia Governance Board (Australia’s Dr Berg is the author of nine books, including the forthcoming largest private business). How to Understand the Blockchain Economy: an introduction Wi-Fi Access User: clenconference1 Password: l!Yw1U 3 Speakers’ Bios Katharine KEMP Business and Taxation Law). Peter chairs the IoTAA’s Data Ac- cess, Use and Privacy work stream, the Law Society of New South Katharine Kemp is a Lecturer at the Wales’ Privacy and Data Committee and the Australian Computer UNSW Sydney Faculty of Law and the Society’s Artificial Intelligence and Ethics Technical Committee. Co-Leader of the “Data as a Source of He serves on a number of corporate and advisory boards, includ- Market Power” research stream for ing of the NSW Data Analytics Centre. Peter was a founding part- The Allens Hub for Technology, Law ner of Gilbert + Tobin, now a large Australian law firm. Following & Innovation, with Dr Rob Nicholls of his retirement as a partner in 2017 he continues to assist Gilbert the UNSW Business School. She is also + Tobin as a consultant. the convenor of the postgraduate course, ‘Financial Law and Regulation in the Age of Fintech’, and the Contracts course at UNSW Law. Her research focuses on competition law (particularly misuse Geoffrey MANNE of market power), consumer protection and data privacy. She Geoffrey A. Manne is the president has published widely in these fields, including “Misuse of Mar- and founder of the International Cen- ket Power: Rationale and Reform” (Cambridge University Press, ter for Law and Economics (ICLE), a 2018), “Competition Law of South Africa” (LexisNexis) with PJ nonprofit, nonpartisan research cen- Sutherland, and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles. ter based in Portland, Oregon. He is Before joining the faculty, Kemp was a Research Fellow on the also a distinguished fellow at North- UNSW Digital Financial Services Research Team, conducting in- western Law School’s Searle Cen- depth research into the regulation of digital financial services ter on Law, Regulation, & Economic in developing countries in particular, including through field- Growth. In April 2017 he was appointed by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai work in these countries. Katharine has also practised as a com- to the FCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee, and he mercial lawyer in major law firms, as a barrister in Melbourne, recently served for two years on the FCC’s Consumer Advisory and consulted to the Competition Commission of South Africa Committee. during the six years she lived and worked in the country. She completed her PhD on the topic of Misuse of Market Power, for Mr. Manne earned his JD and AB degrees from the University of which she received the UNSW PhD Excellence Award. Chicago and is an expert in the economic analysis of law, special- izing in competition, telecommunications, consumer protection, intellectual property, and technology policy. Stephen KING Prior to founding ICLE, Manne was a law professor at Lewis & Dr Stephen P King joined the Produc- Clark Law School. From 2006-2009, he took a leave from teach- tivity Commission as a Commission- ing to develop Microsoft’s law and economics academic out- er from 1 July 2016. He was recently reach program. Manne has also served as a lecturer in law at the a Professor of Economics at Monash University of Chicago Law School and the University of Virginia University in Melbourne where he also School of Law. He practiced antitrust law and appellate litigation held the position of Dean of the Fac- at Latham & Watkins, clerked for Hon. Morris S. Arnold on the 8th ulty of Business and Economics from Circuit Court of Appeals, and worked as a research assistant for 2009-2011. Judge Richard Posner. He was also once (very briefly) employed by the FTC. Prior to joining Monash, Stephen was a Member of the Austra- lian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), where he chaired the Mergers Review Committee. Previous roles include, Philip MARSDEN Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne and a Professor of Management (Economics) at the Melbourne Busi- Dr Philip Marsden is Deputy Chair of ness School. His main areas of expertise are in microeconomic the Bank of England’s Enforcement theory, competition economics, regulation and industrial orga- Decision Making Committee, and a nization. His research has been published widely, including arti- case decision maker at the Finan- cles in major international economics journals. cial Conduct Authority, the Payment Systems Regulator and OFGEM. In September 2018, the Chancellor ap- Peter LEONARD pointed Philip to the Treasury’s Dig- ital Competition Experts Panel. In November 2018, Philip also Peter Leonard is a data, content and affiliated with Charles River Associates International as a Senior technology business consultant and Advisor