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This week, Sr. Engagement Manager Sean Durkin will be speaking on a panel at The 2023 Copyright Symposium, presented by The McCarthy Institute at ASU Law and the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy.

The day will focus on the theme, "Transform: A New Horizon for Copyright" and the issues and implications for copyright law that come from present-day technologies like Generative AI.

For more information, visit the event's website: https://events.asucollegeoflaw.com/copyrightsymposium/

McCarthy LA Copyright Symposium – Just another ASU Law Events and Conferences Sites site Through the Copyright Symposium, The McCarthy Institute at ASU Law and the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy will bring together the foremost copyright scholars, practitioners, and industry leaders to engage with cutting-edge issues within copyright law.

Today is International Women's Day! Keystone supports this year's theme, which encourages everyone to come together and .

For more information on the day and how you can support this year's theme to , visit the campaign's website here: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

The conference on Antitrust, Regulation & the Political Economy, chaired by Cristina Caffarra, is underway.

You can watch the event's livestream at the following link: https://duvall.clevercast.com/webcast/w-pz7J5W

Follow on Twitter for updates from the discussion.

The conference on Antitrust, Regulation & the Political Economy, chaired by Cristina Caffarra, is happening this week at the Steigenberger Wiltcher’s in Brussels. Join us for a gathering of top regulators, judges, legislators and academics to discuss challenges and goals.

Register to attend in person or online at the conference website: https://www.brusselsconference.com/registration

Today we announced Dr Matteo Foschi and Gianmarco Calanchi will join our London Office this month.

Both Dr Foschi and Calanchi will bring their experience as professional economists to Keystone, including their work advising clients in high profile and cases.

Read more about the news here:https://www.keystone.ai/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Dr-Matteo-Foschi-and-Gianmarco-Calanchi-Join-Keystone-Europe.pdf

Keystone recently welcomed Filip Lazaric, Senior Economist, to the London Office last month!

Filip is an economist whose research focused on game theory and political economics, with a passion for data science.

He spent the last years in industry, gaining experience in a small start-up, a private equity fund and a tech scale-up in various strategy and M&A roles

In January, we welcomed seven new faces to our London office and one to our New York office. Today, we're extending a warm welcome to Andrea, Emily, Aman, Lorenz, Filip, Stefan, Liam and Alex from all of us at Keystone!

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is held on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest N**i death camp. This year's theme is "Home and Belonging"

Be sure to watch the UN's memorial ceremony to remember, honor, learn, and reflect: https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1j/k1jjl8fwc5

Happy Lunar New Year from Keystone to all those who celebrate 🎉 🧧

As we enter the year of the rabbit, we wish everyone good fortune, good health, and a great year!

On this day, Keystone would like to recognize the invaluable work and service of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We encourage folks to honor this holiday through acts of service in their own communities and in the world beyond.

For background on the Holiday and how it officially became recognized federally, explore the story here: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/15-year-battle-martin-luther-king-jr-day

Now that we’re back and ramping up to Do Great Things 2023, Keystoners took some time to share the ways in which they celebrated the recent Holiday season. Today, we have a few pictures of over the past month!

Happy New Year from Keystone Strategy! We're looking forward to 2023 🎉

Dr. Hunt is joining Keystone's London office from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority where he has served as Chief Data and Technology Insight Officer since 2018.

"Working with Andrea Coscelli, Cristina Caffarra and the rest of the Keystone Strategy team, we aim to provide informed advice on antitrust and strategy questions grounded in technological expertise,” notes Dr. Hunt.

Read more about Stefan Hunt and Keystone’s European expansion:https://www.keystone.ai/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Stefan-Hunt-Joins-Keystone-to-Build-the-European-Data-and-Technology-Capability.pdf

Today, we’re happy to be featuring the recent promotion of Keystoner Sean Durkin to Senior Engagement Manager!

Sean has been a key member of the leadership team of the firm’s Keystone Advanced Technology Services (K.ATS) group, leading efforts at the intersection of technology and competition policy, strategic innovation, platform strategy, and digital transformation.

Read more on Sean’s work at Keystone: https://www.keystone.ai/our-people/sean-durkin/

Sean Durkin | Keystone Sean works as a Senior Engagement Manager in Keystone’s San Francisco office. Sean has been a key member of the leadership team of the firm’s Keystone Advanced Technology Services (K.ATS) group, leading efforts at the intersection of technology and competition policy, strategic innovation, platf...

In October, Cristina Caffarra (Partner and co-Head of ) chaired a panel discussion on “ecosystem” theories and digital platform mergers with the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). Our latest KS-Comp Update covers the virtual event and key takeaways.

Read a summary of the discussion on our website: https://www.keystone.ai/news-publications/ecosystem-theories-and-digital-platform-mergers

"Ecosystem" Theories and Digital Platform Mergers | Keystone On October 25, 2022, Cristina Caffara (Partner, co-Head of Keystone Europe) chaired a panel discussion titled A “Whack-a-mole monopolization machine”? “Ecosystem” theories in digital platform mergers. The panel included speakers from academia and from antitrust enforcers. Several key insight...

This International Human Rights Day at Keystone, we support the UN’s 2022 mission statement: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All. Today, the UN is launching a year-long campaign to showcase the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) before it turns 75 next year. The campaign will focus on the UDHR’s legacy, relevance and activism.

We encourage you to check out the campaign and learn more about the UDHR here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/get-involved/campaign/human-rights-day/udhr-75

Dr. Coscelli, a leading European expert in antitrust and competition economics and former CEO of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), will co-lead Keystone’s European expansion with Cristina Caffarra, who set up Keystone’s operations in Europe earlier this year.

Read more about Andrea and Keystone’s European expansion: https://hubs.ly/Q01trlNF0

This week is and Keystone is recognizing it by amplifying Transgender voices and sharing resources to support and donate to organizations that protect human rights.

Last week, Keystone had a blast at NABE TEC22! Our highlight includes hosting a concert with NABE and the Benevolent Dictators, an econ rock band featuring Keystone's own Fraser Thompson on piano and Nancy Rosenberg on bass guitar.

Check out some photos from the event, we hope folks had a blast rocking out with us!

Today, we’re happy to feature the recent promotion of Keystoner Mary Scarpulla to Sr. Engagement Manager! Mary leads Keystone’s health tech practice, which tackles challenges across the health ecosystem, from industries such as biotech and pharma, to broad challenges such as intellectual property, competition, and data protection. Her experience also spans projects from digital platform competition to marketing strategy.

Prior to Keystone, Mary led Wayfair’s North American digital video marketing channel and brings expertise from strategy consulting, general management, and venture capital. Mary holds an MBA from the The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University.

Read her bio on our website: https://www.keystone.ai/our-people/mary-scarpulla/

Mary Scarpulla | Keystone Mary joined Keystone in 2020 and is a Sr. Engagement Manager in the Boston office. Prior to joining the firm, Mary led Wayfair’s digital video marketing channel and launched over-the-top (OTT) advertising capabilities.

Next Monday, the #1 band on the econ rock charts will be playing for one night only at The Timbre Room as part of NABE TEC2022—you don’t want to miss this!

Join us after-hours during NABE TEC2022 for the reunion tour of The Benevolent Dictators, the original Econ Rock band whose album “Silent Revolution” pays respect to economist Adam Smith. Featuring Keystone’s own Fraser Thompson, we are looking forward to a packed hours so don’t forget to reserve your complementary ticket today!

Register today (tickets are limited): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keystone-presents-benevolent-dictators-reunion-tour-nabe-tec2022-tickets-432922351407

Keystone Presents: Benevolent Dictators Reunion Tour @ NABE TEC2022 Keystone Presents: The Benevolent Dictators Reunion Tour at NABE TEC2022 Conference in Seattle

Congratulations to Keystone’s Junsu Choi on his recent promotion to Senior Engagement Manager! While at Keystone Strategy, Junsu’s work has spanned across business strategy, intellectual property, and transfer pricing for global technology companies. Junsu co-leads the Information Strategy, Risk, and Regulation (ISRR) practice, including work related to Responsible Machine Learning and issues around fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in AI.

Learn more about Junsu’s background: https://www.keystone.ai/our-people/junsu-choi/

Junsu Choi | Keystone Junsu joined Keystone in 2017 and is a Sr. Engagement Manager in the Boston office. Prior to joining Keystone, Junsu was a Research Assistant in the Pen & Touch Computing Center at Brown University, where he worked on a team developing a collaboration software and document recommender system using m...

Today, Nitya Dixit, an Engagament Manager, shares details of her experience at Keystone.

"I chose Keystone for the chance to deliver insights to our clients by working alongside world renowned experts across a variety of industries. I’ve worked on interdisciplinary and cutting-edge challenges at the intersection of technology and economics on a variety of competition, health tech, intellectual property and securities matters."

To hear more about Keystone, visit our website at keystone.ai/careers/job-openings/

You’ve heard of soft rock, hard rock, and yacht rock, but have you ever heard of econ rock?

The Benevolent Dictators, featuring Keystone Strategy’s own Fraser Thompson, will be LIVE and in-person for one night only at The Timbre Room in Seattle as part of NABE TEC2022’s conference programming. Join fellow conference attendees and some local economists and econ aficionados on Monday, 11/7, to enjoy some classic econ rock, light refreshments, and good company.

Save your spot today (tickets are limited): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keystone-presents-benevolent-dictators-reunion-tour-nabe-tec2022-tickets-432922351407

Keystone Presents: Benevolent Dictators Reunion Tour @ NABE TEC2022 Keystone Presents: The Benevolent Dictators Reunion Tour at NABE TEC2022 Conference in Seattle

Keystone’s Anna Lischke was recently promoted to Engagement Manager at Keystone. Anna co-leads our FATE practice (Fairness, Auditing, Transparency, and Externalities of AI), collaborating with clients on projects related to responsible AI, ML fairness and interpretability, algorithmic auditing, and ML design and implementation.

Anna’s passion for STEM extends beyond her work at Keystone Strategy, as she also spends time supporting the advancement of underrepresented groups in the field. Anna holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University, where she formulated and analyzed computational methods for solving differential equations that model fluids and electromagnetism.

You can read more in her bio at https://www.keystone.ai/our-people/anna-lischke/

Anna Lischke, PhD | Keystone Anna Lischke joined Keystone in 2021 and is an Engagement Manager in the San Francisco office. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University, where she formulated and analyzed computational methods for solving differential equations that model fluids and electromagnetism. She is pas...

Today at University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Women in Business is hosting their annual conference and associated career fair 💼

Keystoners and Booth alumni Erum and Sam will be attending this year's conference to share their experience working at the intersection of and .

Check out more details about Keystone Strategy and our career opportunities at keystone.ai/careers

To finish our series highlighting our epic in-person offsite, we're sharing the group photo we took at the end of our second and final day of programming. It's great to see so many Keystoners in one place!

This photo, with the spectacular view, was captured by photographer Michael Simon. We appreciate his help documenting some great memories from the event 📸

Over the last week, we were all made to witness the latest examples of the world’s “oldest hatred.” Keystone stands in support of Jewish community. We are adamantly opposed to antisemitism in all forms and will continue to advocate for an inclusive and equitable world for all.

You can visit the Anti-Defamation League for more information and to support their work: https://www.adl.org/what-we-do/fight-antisemitism

Fight Antisemitism | ADL Fight Antisemitism Content Antisemitism impacts millions of Jews and people of all backgrounds in the U.S. and around the globe, tearing the fabric of societies wherever it spreads. ADL is the world’s leading expert on antisemitism and is on the front lines, shining a light on all forms of antisem...

This evening, Keystone will be attending a virtual information session hosted by both Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Join in to hear from our team about career opportunities in consulting.

To find out more about life at Keystone Strategy, visit keystone.ai/careers