PROGRAMME
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
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9:00 Chair’s Welcome Remarks
Evelina Kurgonaite, Founder & Chair W@Competition
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9:15 – 10:35 Crystal ball gazing: merger control of the future
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‘Refinement, improvement & simplification’ – trimming or mounting the red tape?
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Tailoring thresholds for data-rich targets in particular?
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Fine-tuning the referral mechanism?
Chair:
Dr Ethel Fonseca, Principal, RBB Economics
Panellists:
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Birgit Krüger, Head of General Policy Division, German Bundeskartellamt
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Annemiek Wilpshaar, Deputy Head of Unit, DG COMP, European Commission
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Fiona Carlin, Head of Global Competition Practice, Baker McKenzie
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Julia Holtz, Legal Director, Google
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Susan Jones, Head Corporate Legal Antitrust, Novartis
10:35 – 10:55 Coffee/tea break
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10:55 – 12:15 The E-Commerce riddle: same, same yet different digital world?
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Key lessons learned from the sector enquiry so far
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How selective can selective distribution be today?
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Online free-riding economics
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What does the post-enquiry future hold?
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Chair:
Dr Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber, Partner, bpv Hügel
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Panellists:
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Siún O'Keeffe, Senior Strategy Advisor, Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets
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Dr Cristina Caffarra, VP, Head of European Competition Practice, CRA
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Szilvia Szekely, Task Force Digital Single Market, DG COMP, European Commission
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Kjersti Bjerkebo, General Manager Legal, Panasonic Europe
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12:15 – 13:20 Lunch
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13:20 – 14:40 Private competition enforcement: reality check past the Dec ‘16 deadline
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EU private enforcement landscape – before & after the directive
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Notable improvements & remaining obstacles
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Access to documents – disclosure & its impact on leniency
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Is Brussels I fit for purpose?
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Chair:
Ana Rita Rego, London Managing Editor, Mlex
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Panellists:
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Michaela Nosa, Director of Legal and International Relations Division, Slovak Protimonopolný úrad
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Mercedes Pedraz, Judge, Spanish Audiencia Nacional
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Dr Kathrin Westermann, Partner, Noerr
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Dr Barbara Veronese, Partner, CEG Global
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14:40 – 15:00 Address by Andreas Mundt, President, German Bundeskartellamt
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15:00 – 15:20 Coffee/tea break
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15:20 – 16:40 In search of the right box: rebates by dominant firms
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What’s next in the tale on ‘by object’ 102 TFEU infringements?
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Economics of exclusivity rebates – who benefits?
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Where does current case law leave competition authorities, courts & businesses?
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Chair:
Angélique de Brousse, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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Panellists:
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Prof. Alison Jones, King’s College London
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Kate Collyer, Deputy Chief Economic Adviser, UK Competition and Markets Authority
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Aleksandra Boutin, Vice President, Compass Lexecon
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Miriam Ezrachi, Group Counsel, EMEA IoT, Labs, Software and Services, Intel
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Martina Maier, VP, General Counsel, Competition, Unilever
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16:40 – 18:00 Enforcers’ Roundtable: Shaping Contemporary Competition Policy
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Chair:
Evelina Kurgonaite, Founder & Chair W@Competition
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Panellists:
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Gabriella Muscolo, Commissioner, Italian Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
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Isolde Goggin, Chairperson, Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
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Ann Pope, Senior Director Antitrust, UK Competition and Markets Authority
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Natalie Harsdorf, Deputy Managing Director, Austrian Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde
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Maria João MelÃcias, Member of the Board, Portuguese Autoridade da Concorrência
18:00 Closing Remarks
Raluca Marian, Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright
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18:30 30 in their 30s Notable Women Competition Professionals: Announcement & Celebration
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Venue: The Hotel, 1st Floor, Boulevard de Waterloo 38, 1000 Brussels
