8:30 – 9:00 Registration

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​9:00 Chair’s Welcome Remarks

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Evelina Kurgonaite, Founder & Chair, W@Competition

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9:15 – 09:40 Keynote Address

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Johannes Laitenberger, Director General, DG Competition, European Commission

 

09:40 – 11:00 The true reach: exploring the outer orbit of competition law

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Chair:

• Aoife White, Competition Correspondent, Bloomberg

 

Panellists:

• Céline Gauer, Director, DG Competition, European Commission

• Renata Hesse, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell

• Annemieke Tuinstra, Senior Economist, Dutch Autoriteit Consument & Markt

• Anneleen Straetemans, Global Legal Director, Competition, ‎Anheuser-Busch InBev

• Prof. Dr. Anna Gerbrandy, Chair of Competition Law, Europa Institute Utrecht University School of Law

 

11:00 – 11:15 Protecting disruptive innovation – from blind spots to overenforcement?

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Cristina Caffarra, VP, Head of Competition Europe, CRA

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11:15 – 11:30 Coffee/tea break

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11:30 – 11:45 Fitting the [regulatory] box

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Gail Levine, Head of Regulatory Affairs US, Uber

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​11:45 – 13:00 Innovative merger control: in tune or ahead of the times?

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Chair:

Francesca Micheletti, Head of Merger Control Coverage, PaRR

 

Panellists:

• Birthe Pahnans, Deputy HoU, DG Competition, European Commission

• Natalie Harsdorf, Deputy Managing Director, Austrian Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

• Catriona Hatton, Partner, Baker Botts

• Ethel Fonseca, Partner, RBB Economics

• Egle Gudelyte Harvey, VP, Acting Head of Group Regulatory and Privacy, Telia Company

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13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

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​14:00 – 14:15 Disruptive concepts and misconceptions – an enforcer’s take

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Bitten Thorgaard Sorensen, Deputy Director General, Danish Competition and Consumer Authority

 

14:15 – 15:35 Big, unique, private, connected… data and competition

 

Chair:

Pola Karolczyk, Senior Associate, Sidley Austin

 

Panellists:

• Birgit Krueger, Head of the General Policy Division, German Bundeskartellamt

• Beatriz de Guindos, Senior Advisor to the Chairman, Spanish Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia

• Dr Romina Polley, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

• Grania Holzwarth, Legal Counsel, Deutsche Telekom

• Adina Claici, Director, Copenhagen Economics

 

15:35  – 15:55 Coffee/tea break

 

15:55 – 16:10 Come innovation – disruptive and not: switching gears and pressing on

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Maria João Melícias, Member of the Board, Portuguese Autoridade da Concorrência

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16:10  – 17:25 Enforcing competition law today: rules of the game

 

Chair:

Raluca Marian, Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright

 

Panellists:

• Sarah Cardell, General Counsel, UK Competition and Markets Authority

• Maria Jaspers, HoU, DG Competition, European Commission

• Teresa Vecchi, Legal Service, European Commission

• Fiona Carlin, Partner, Global Head of Competition Practice, Baker McKenzie

 

17:25 – 17:50 Meet W@Competition Drivers

 

17:40  Closing Remarks & W@CompetitionBlog Launch Drinks