Thursday, January 29, 2009
3rd Lear Conference on the Economics of Competition Law - Rome
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol
3rd Lear Conference on the Economics of Competition Law - Rome, June 25-26, 2009
WHAT MAKES COMPETITION POLICY WORK? Complesso Monumentale di San Michele a Ripa Grande Sala dello Stenditoio Via di San Michele 22, Rome
DAY 1 - Thursday, June 25th
8:30 - 9:00 - Registration
9:00 - 9:30 - Welcome address: Antonio CATRICALA' - Italian Competition Authority
William E. KOVACIC - Federal Trade Commission
1. A study on the effectiveness of competition policy
Chair: Fabienne ILZKOVITZ - DG EcFin, European Commission
9:30 The Lear study, Paolo BUCCIROSSI
Discussants:
10:00 Robert CRANDALL – Brooking Institute
10:20 Jonathan BAKER – American University
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break
2. Institutions and procedures
Chair: TBA
11:00 – Title: TBA, Albert A. FOER - American Antitrust Institute
11:30 – Title: TBA, Damien GERADIN - TILEC, Tilburg University and Howrey LLP
11.30 – 13.30 FIRST PANEL:
Philip LOWE – DG Competition, European Commission
Gregory J. WERDEN – Antitrust Division, U.S. DoJ
Valentine KORAH – University College of London
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
3. Substantive rules and standard of proofs
Chair: TBA
14:30 – Title: TBA, Daniel CRANE - Cardozo School of Law
15:00 – Title: TBA, Margaret BLOOM - King's College, London
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16.00 – 18.00 SECOND PANEL:
Eleanor FOX – New York University
Daniel L. RUBINFELD – University of California, Berkeley
Ginevra BRUZZONE – Assonime
18:00 – 19:30 Welcome Cocktail
20:30 – Dinner on invitation
DAY 2 - Friday, June 26th
4. Sanctions, leniency and settlements
Chair: Giancarlo SPAGNOLO - University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
9:30 – Title: TBA, John CONNOR - Purdue University
10:00 – Title: TBA, TBA
10.30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00 THIRD PANEL:
Damien NEVEN – DG Competition, European Commission
Amelia FLETCHER – UK Office of Fair Trading
Michael WISE – OCSE
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
5. Public and private enforcement
Chair: TBA
14:30 – Title: TBA, Frédéric JENNY - French Supreme Court
15:00 – Title: TBA, Robert H. LANDE - University of Baltimore
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16:00 – 18:00 FOURTH PANEL:
Wouter P.J. WILS – European Commission Legal Service
Andrea RENDA* – CEPS
* to be confirmed
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/2009/01/3rd-lear-confer.html