W@CompetitionNordic Conference
Competition Law Developments Across the Region
3 October, 2018
Vilnius
PROGRAMME
09:00 – 09:30 Registration and morning coffee
09:30 – 09:40 Welcome remarks
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Dina Lurje, Council Member, Lithuanian Competition Council
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Rasa Zaščiurinskaitė, Head of Competition Practice Group, COBALT Lithuania
09:40 – 10:00 Abuse of dominance: recent EU updates
Maria Jaspers, Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission
10:00 – 11:00 Abuse of dominance: national perspectives
Chair: Pamela Hansson, Partner, Kastell, Sweden
Panellists:
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Kirstine Rødsgaard Madsen, Senior Economist, Copenhagen Economics, Denmark
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Louise Lundberg, Case Officer, Swedish Competition Authority
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Siri Teigum, Partner, Thommessen, Norway
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Liga Merwin, Managing Partner, Ellex Klavins, Latvia
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee/Tea break
11:20 – 12:30 E-commerce and competition law: challenges and opportunities for businesses
Chair: Aleksandra Boutin, Senior Consultant, Compass Lexecon
Panellists:
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Dr. Gintarė Surblytė-Namavičienė, Chief Advisor, Lithuanian Competition Council
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Katri Paas-Mohando, Head of Competition, TGS Baltic, Estonia
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Emma Trogen, Director Legal Affairs, Cosmetics Europe, Brussels
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Marie Östman, Chief Legal Officer, Swedish Competition Authority
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:40 Joint bids and consortia: developments across the region
Chair: Ami Paanajärvi, Partner, Roschier, Finland
Panellists:
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Rasa Zaščiurinskaitė, Head of Competition Practice Group, COBALT Lithuania
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Emily O’Reilly, Deputy Director, EFTA Surveillance Authority, Brussels
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Antonio Capobianco, Senior Competition Law Expert, OECD
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Bitten Thorgaard Sørensen, Deputy Director General, Danish Competition Authority
14:40 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00 Working with the Baltic and Nordic Competition Authorities: Compliance
Chair: Kaarli H. Eichhorn, Partner, Jones Day
Panellists:
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Hanna Danwall, Head of Competition law, Carlsberg Group, Denmark
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Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters, General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs, Telia Lietuva, Lithuania
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Hanna Lekås, Senior Associate, Lindahl, Sweden
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Maria Wasastjerna, Senior Legal Counsel, Nokia, Finland
16:00 – 17:00 Roundtable of Competition Enforcers: Yearly review and trends of the region
Chair: Evelina Kurgonaitė, Founder & Chair, W@Competition, Brussels
Panellists:
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Dina Lurje, Council Member, Lithuanian Competition Council
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Skaidrīte Ābrama, Chairwoman, Latvian Competition Council
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Karin Lunning, Deputy Director General, Swedish Competition Authority
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Bitten Thorgaard Sørensen, Deputy Director General, Danish Competition Authority
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Karin Stakkestad Laastad, Legal Director, Norwegian Competition Authority
17:00 - 17:10 Closing remarks
Helen Nilsson, Director, Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania
17:10 Drinks & informal discussions
The conference is open to all interested professionals in private practice, CEOs and in-house counsel, enforcement officials and academics involved or interested in competition law, irrespective of their gender.
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WHEN: 3 October, 2018
WHERE: Hotel Novotel, Gedimino av. 16, 01103 Vilnius, Lithuania
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