New Frontiers of Antitrust 2017
Event Information
Description
08.30
Registration & Continental breakfast
08.45
Introductory remarks
Frédéric Jenny | Chairman, OECD Competition Committee, Paris | President, International Committee Concurrences Review | Professor, Director of International Relations at ESSEC, Co-Director of the European Center for Law and Economics
09:00
Opening Keynote Speech
Marc van der Woude | Judge, Vice-President, General Court of the European Union, Luxembourg
09.45 - 11.15
Competition authorities: Towards more independence and prioritisation?
José María Marín Quemada | Chairman, National Commission for Markets and Competition, Madrid
Wouter Wils | Hearing Officer, European Commission, Brussels | Visiting Professor, King's College London
Eric Barbier de La Serre | Partner, Jones Day, Paris
Frank Maier-Rigaud | Managing Director and Head of European Competition Economics Group, NERA, Berlin | Professor, IÉSEG School of Management, Paris
Chairperson: Laurence Idot | Professor, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas | Member, Autorité de la concurrence, Paris | President, Scientific Committee Concurrences Review, Paris
Coffee-Break
11.30 - 13.00
Mergers and innovation: Do mergers foster innovation?
Andrea Coscelli | Acting Chief Executive, Competition & Markets Authority, London
Carles Esteva Mosso | Deputy Director-General Mergers, DG COMP, Brussels
Justus Haucap | Director, Institute for Competition Economics, Düsseldorf
Cristina Caffarra | Vice President, Head of European Competition Practice, CRA, Brussels/London
Hugues Calvet | Partner, Bredin Prat, Paris
Chairperson: Isabelle de Silva | Chairperson, Autorité de la concurrence, Paris
13.00
Lunch
14.30 - 16.00
State aid and tax ruling: Is there really a competition issue?
Gert-Jan Koopman | Deputy Director-General State Aid, DG COMP, Brussels
Damien Neven | Professor, The Graduate Institute, Geneva | Senior Consultant, Compass Lexecon, Brussels
Jacques Derenne | Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Brussels
Chairperson: Frédéric Jenny | Chairman, OECD Competition Committee, Paris
Coffee-Break
16.30 - 18.00
Exploring the politics of competition regulation: How political is competition law?
Cecilio Madero | Deputy Director-General Antitrust, DG COMP, Brussels
Dominique Speekenbrink | Senior Vice President – Head Antitrust Practice Group responsible for Antitrust matters, ABB, Zürich
Mathew Heim | Vice President and Counsel, Qualcomm, London
David Spector | Professor, Paris School of Economics, Paris
Mélanie Thill-Tayara | Partner, Dechert, Paris
Chairperson: Robert McLeod | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, MLex, Brussels
18.00
Concurrences PhD Awards 2017
18.30
Réception
Conference materials
Interview with C. Esteva Mosso, by C. Caffarra, click here
Interview with J. M. Marín Quemada, by E. Barbier de la Serre, click here
Interview with D. Neven, by F. Jenny, click here
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