Speakers

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  Jay Hawkins Senior Economist, The PNC Financial Services Group
  

  Jay Hawkins

  Senior Economist, The PNC Financial Services Group

  Jay Hawkins is vice president and senior economist for The PNC Financial Services Group. In his role, he is primarily responsible for analyzing U.S. national and regional economic trends.

  Prior to joining PNC in August 2024, he was a senior economist at BMO specializing in U.S. national and regional economic analysis and was previously the principal U.S. Economist at Visa for approximately 10 years.

  Hawkins earned is Master of Arts in applied economics from the University of Central Florida with a concentration in public sector economics, and a Bachelor of Science in finance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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  Kiri Gupta Moderator: Vice President & Chief Economist, Cornerstone Research; Former Chief Economist, Qualcomm
  

  Kiri Gupta

  Moderator: Vice President & Chief Economist, Cornerstone Research; Former Chief Economist, Qualcomm

  Kirti Gupta is an engineer and economist specializing in technology; intellectual property (IP) issues such as standard essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licensing; and antitrust. Dr. Gupta addresses class certification, breach of contract claims, licensing, and damages in IP matters, and liability and damages issues in antitrust matters.

  Dr. Gupta provides economic and statistical consulting, analysis, and expert testimony in complex business litigation. Her expertise in the technology sector spans engineering, supply chain, litigation, and policy issues. She serves as a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington, DC-based think tank, and as a research director at the University of California, Berkeley.

  Before joining Cornerstone Research, Dr. Gupta was the vice president and chief economist at Qualcomm Inc., a global leader in mobile communications and semiconductors.