Conference Program
8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast in the faculty lounge
8:25 a.m. Welcoming Remarks by Professor Jacqueline Ross
8:30-9 a.m. Keynote lecture: Mary Inman, Constantine Cannon
9:00-10:45 a.m. Panel One: The Significance of Whistleblowers and Internal Investigations for Compliance Design in the US and Germany
Martin Petrasch, Global Head of Compliance Investigations, Siemens
Christian Miege, Forensic and Integrity Services, Ernst and Young, Germany
Michael Osnato, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett
Commentator: Carsten Momsen, Free University of Berlin
10:45-11:00 a.m. Coffee break
11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Panel Two: The Significance of Whistleblower Protections and Incentives for Internal Investigations in the US and Germany
Soren Schomburg, Knauer Law, Berlin
Felix Ruhmannseder, WKK Law, Vienna, Austria
David Simon, Foley and Lardner
Commentator: Andrew Leipold, University of Illinois College of Law
12:45-1:45 p.m. Lunch will be Served in the Faculty Lounge
1:45-3:30 p.m. Panel Three: Whistleblowers, the Criminal Law, and Administrative Investigations in the United States and Germany
Katrin Roesen, Bundeskartellamt (German Competition Authority)
Sarah North, United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois
David Wiseman, United States Department of Justice
Commentator: Jacqueline Ross, University of Illinois College of Law
3:30-3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:45 to 5:30 p.m. Panel Four: Whistleblowers: Incentives or Protections?
German and American Approaches in Comparative Perspective
Carsten Momsen, Free University of Berlin
Christian Schmitz, Verte Law
Paula Benedict, Free University of Berlin
Commentators: Verity Winship, University of Illinois College of Law and Jason Mazzone, University of Illinois College of Law
5:30-5:35 p.m. Concluding Remarks by Jacqueline Ross