W@Competition Conf 2018 Programme

W@Competition Conference 2.0

8:30 – 9:00 Registration

9:00 Chair’s Welcome Remarks

Evelina Kurgonaite, Founder & Chair, W@Competition

9:15 – 09:40 Keynote Address

Johannes Laitenberger, Director General, DG Competition, European Commission

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

Chair:

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?

Cristina Caffarra, VP, Head of Competition Europe, CRA

11:15 – 11:30 Coffee/tea break

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

Gail Levine, Head of Regulatory Affairs US, Uber

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

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

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

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

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

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

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

Chair:

Raluca Marian, Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright

Panellists:

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

17:40 Closing Remarks & W@CompetitionBlog Launch Drinks