On 9 December, the GW Competition and Innovation Lab and NERA will host the first-ever NextGen Antitrust Forum, a new platform for early-career economists and lawyers interested in antitrust to exchange ideas, make connections, and take part in discussions on current issues in competition policy.  
 
The inaugural event will feature NERA Senior Consultant Elena Ramirez Pierce, Latham & Watkins Counsel Francesca Pisano, and RTX Director, Senior Counsel Elyssa Wenzel, and AT&T Senior Legal Counsel Amanda Norton, in a discussion titled “Vertical Integration Revisited: Evidence, Theory, and Antitrust Policy.” NERA Director Emily Walden will moderate the presentation. 

The group is open to non-partner level economists and lawyers, junior and mid-level regulators, and faculty who are focused on antitrust and competition