ICN 8th Annual Conference

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

The annual conference is this week.  Movers and shakers from around the world will gather in Zurich.

AGENDA

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

09:00 - 16:30

Competition Principles under Threat
Pre-ICN Competition and Development Forum
Co-sponsored by IDRC and the Swiss Competition Commission
Side Entrance, Kongresshaus Zurich

16:30 - 20:30

Registration to the ICN Conference
Main Entrance, Kongresshaus Zurich

19:00 - 21:00

Welcome Reception
Hosted by the Chairman of the Swiss Competition Commission and
co-sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce
At Festsaal, Kaufleuten, Zurich

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

08:00 - 08:30

Registration and Welcome Coffee
Main Entrance, Kongresshaus Zurich

08:30 - 08:35

Opening of the Conference
Walter A. Stoffel, Chairman, Swiss Competition Commision
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

08:35 - 09:30

Welcoming Addresses
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich Doris Leuthard, Head, Federal Department of Economic Affairs / Federal Councilor
Regine Aeppli, President, Government of the Canton of Zurich
David Lewis, Interim Chair, Steering Group, International Competition Network
Walter A. Stoffel, Chairman, Swiss Competition Commision

09:30 - 11:00

Advocacy Working Group, Plenary Session
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:

John Fingleton, CEO, U.K. Office of Fair Trading

09:30 - 10:20

Market Studies Subgroup: Reviewing experience and learning for the future
Market Studies Showcase

Moderators:	René Jansen, Board Member, Netherlands Competition Authority
	David Miller, Executive Director, Jamaica Fair Trading Commission
	Kim Sparlund, Deputy Director General, Danish Competition Authority

Panel Discussion

Panelists:	Melanie L. Aitken, Interim Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau Canada
	Thula Kaira, Executive Director, Zambia Competition Commission
	Dhanendra Kumar, Chairman, Competition Commission of India
	Anne Perrot, Vice-Chair, Autorité de la Concurrence, France

10:20 - 11:00

Competition Advocacy Review and Update Subgroup

Panelists:	Eduardo Pérez Motta, President, Federal Competition Commission, Mexico
	HackHyun Kim, Director General, Korea Fair Trade Commission
	David Anderson, Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, Brussels
	Vladimir Kachalin, Advisor to the Chairman, Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee/Tea Break
Networking, Coffee Break & Lunch, Kongresshaus Zurich

11:30 - 12:15

Advocacy Working Group, Breakout Session (6 sessions)
Session 1: Institutional directions of competition advocacy
Working Group Room 1, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Małgorzata Krasnodębska-Tomkiel, President, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
Resource Persons:	Nancy Olson, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
	Mirna Pavletic Zupic, Member, Croatian Competition Council

Session 2: Sectoral dimension of competition advocacy
Working Group Room 2, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Markus Lange, Head, Bundeskartellamt, Germany
Resource Persons:	Shuichi Sugahisa, Director, Japan Fair Trade Commission
	Nigel Caesar, Competition Law Officer, Competition Bureau Canada
	Clara Guzman, Director, National Competition Commission, Spain

Session 3: Competition advocacy: ICN Members experience and recommendations for further ICN work
Working Group Room 3, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Andrea Appella, Director, U.K. Office of Fair Trading
Resource Persons:	Maria Coppola Tineo, Counsel, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
	Duane Schippers, Deputy Commissioner, Competition Bureau Canada

Session 4: Market Studies: Definition, Purpose and Powers
Working Group Room 4, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	René Jansen, Board Member, Netherlands Competition Authority
Resource Person:	Hannah Priest, Attorney, U.K. Office of Fair Trading

Session 5: Market Studies: Process
Working Group Room 5, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Philip Lowe, Director General, European Commission, DG Competition
Resource Person:	Graham Winton, Director, U.K. Office of Fair Trading

Session 6: Market Studies: Evaluation
Working Group Room 6, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Declan Purcell, Member and Director, Irish Competition Authority
Resource Person:	Gianluca Sepe, Senior Lawyer, Italian Competition Authority

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch
Networking, Coffee Break & Lunch, Kongresshaus Zurich

13:30 - 14:45

Merger Working Group, Plenary Session
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

13:30 - 13:45

Remarks on Recommended Practices for Merger Analysis
J. Robert Kramer II, Director, U.S. Department of Justice

13:45 - 14:45

Panel: Merger Analysis in Troubled Times

Moderator:	Christine A. Varney, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Panelists:	Ali İhsan Çağlayan, Acting Director, Turkish Competition Authority
	Nadia Calviño, Deputy Director General, European Commission, DG Competition
	Yuji Kimura, Chief Investigator, Japan Fair Trade Commission
	Alastair Mordaunt, Director, U.K. Office of Fair Trading
	Stanley Wong, Member and Director, Irish Competition Authority

14:45 - 15:45

Merger Working Group, Breakout Session (6 sessions)
Session 1: Merger Analysis in Troubled Times and new Merger Analysis RPs
Working Group Room 1, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	Michele Pacillo, Economist, Irish Competition Authority
	Adam Fanaki, Acting Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau Canada
	Mateusz Blachucki, Chief Expert, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
Resource Person:	Ted Henneberry, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, USA

Session 2: Merger Analysis in Troubled Times and new Merger Analysis RPs
Working Group Room 2, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	Kai Hooghoff, Lawyer, Bundeskartellamt, Germany
	Nadine Mouy, Deputy General, Autorité de la Concurrence, France
Resource Persons:	Randall Hofley, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Canada
	John Taladay, Howrey LLP, USA

Session 3: Merger Analysis in Troubled Times and new Merger Analysis RPs
Working Group Room 3, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	Peter Freeman, Chairman, U.K. Competition Commission
	Eric Tu, International Affairs Officer, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission
	Nancy Olson, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
Resource Person:	Jérôme Philippe, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, France

Session 4: Merger Analysis in Troubled Times and new Merger Analysis RPs
Working Group Room 4, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	J. Robert Kramer II, Director, U.S. Department of Justice
	Olavo Chinaglia, Commissioner, Administrative Council for Economic Defence, Brazil
Resource Person:	Paul Gorecki, Economic & Social Research Council, Ireland

Session 5: Notification & Procedures
Working Group Room 5, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	Cynthia Lewis Lagdameo, Counsel, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
	Paul O'Brien, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
Resource Persons:	Juergen Schindler, Allen & Overy
	Dave Poddar, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
	Omar Wakil, Torys LLP

Session 6: Notification & Procedures
Working Group Room 6, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	Tim Grimwade, Executive General Manager, Mergers Group, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
	Daniela Trampert-Paparella, Case Handler, Austrian Competition Authority
Resource Persons:	Robert Schlossberg, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
	Hendrik Bourgeois, General Electric

15:45 - 16:15

Coffee/Tea Break
Networking, Coffee Break & Lunch, Kongresshaus Zurich

16:15 - 18:00

Special Project (Competition Law in Small Economies), Plenary Session
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Walter A. Stoffel, Chairman, Swiss Competition Commission
Panelists:	Ronit Kan, Director General, Israel Antitrust Agency
	Charles Webb, Executive Director, Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority
	Philip Marsden, Director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
	Michal Gal, University of Haifa, NYU Center for Law and Business
	Alberto Heimler, Advisor, Italian Competition Authority

18:00 - 20:30

Standing Reception
Hosted by the Swiss Competition Commission and the City of Zurich &
the Canton of Zurich, co-sponsored by the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht
At Lake Side, Zurich

Thursday, June 4, 2009

08:30 - 09:00

Coffee/Tea Break
Networking, Coffee Break & Lunch, Kongresshaus Zurich

09:00 - 10:00

Cartel Working Group, Plenary Session

09:00 - 09:30

Cartel Subgroup 1: Transitioning from an Administrative to a Criminal Regime
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Scott D. Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Panelists:	Ana Paula Martinez, Director, Secretariat of Economic Law of the Ministry of Justice, Brazil
	Graeme Samuel, Chairman, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

09:30 - 10:00

Cartel Subgroup 2: Investigative Techniques
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	John Pecman, Acting Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau Canada
Panelists:	Kirtikumar Mehta, Principal Advisor, European Commission, DG Competition
	Monique van Oers, Director, Netherlands Competition Authority
	Simon Williams, Senior Director, U.K. Office of Fair Trading

10:00 - 11:15

Cartel Working Group, Breakout Session (6 sessions)
Subgroup 1, Session 1: Transitioning to Criminal Sanctions
Working Group Room 1, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	Scott D. Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
	Ana Paula Martinez, Director, Secretariat of Economic Law of the Ministry of Justice, Brazil
	Andrew Christopher, Baker & McKenzie

Subgroup 1, Session 2: Transitioning to Criminal Sanctions
Working Group Room 2, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	Bruno Lasserre, President, Autorité de la Concurrence, France
	Simon Williams, Senior Director, U.K. Office of Fair Trading
	Elizabeth Farina, Law and Economics Consulting Group

Subgroup 1, Session 3: Transitioning to Criminal Sanctions
Working Group Room 3, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	Graeme Samuel, Chairman, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
	Eduardo Pérez Motta, President, Federal Competiton Commission, Mexico
	Mario Siragusa, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb

Subgroup 2, Session 1: Leniency: Maximising Incentives for Reporting and Cooperation
Working Group Room 4, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	Randal T. Hughes, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault
	Toshiyuki Nambu, Director, Japan Fair Trade Commission
	Mark Pearson, Executive General Manager, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
	Gianluca Sepe, Senior Lawyser, Italian Competition Authority

Subgroup 2, Session 2: International Cooperation and the Cooperation of Searches
Working Group Room 5, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	Sabrina Carron-Roth, Senior Legal Advisor, Swiss Competition Commission
	John Pecman, Acting Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau Canada
	Gary Spratling, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
	Peter Szolnoky, Section Head, Hungarian Competition Authority

Subgroup 2, Session 3: Investigative Tool Boxes in Criminal and Civil Regimes: Ways to Optimise Detection
Working Group Room 6, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderators:	Olivier Guersent, Director, European Commission, DC Competition
	Pieter Kalbfleisch, Chairman, Netherlands Competition Authority
	Monique van Oers, Director, Netherlands Competition Authority

11:15 - 11:45

Coffee/Tea Break
Networking, Coffee Break & Lunch, Kongresshaus Zurich

11:45 - 12:45

Unilateral Conduct Working Group, Plenary Session
Distinguishing Pro From Anticompetitive Conduct: The Fine Line Between Aggressive Competition and Anticompetitive Foreclosure in Tying and Discounting Cases
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

11:45 - 11:50

Introductory Remarks
Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

11:50 - 12:45

Panel Discussion

Moderator:	Markus Lange, Section Head, Bundeskartellamt, Germany
Panelists:	Damien Neven, Chief Economist, European Commission, DG Competition
	Shlomi Parizat, Chief Economist, Israel Antitrust Authority
	Simon Roberts, Chief Economist, South Africa Competition Commission
	Renata Hesse, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
	Jorge Padilla, Law and Economics Consulting Group

12:45 - 13:45

Lunch
Networking, Coffee Break & Lunch, Kongresshaus Zurich

13:45 - 15:00

Unilateral Conduct Working Group, Breakout Session (6 sessions)
Session 1:
Working Group Room 1, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Richie Hutton, New Zealand Commerce Commission
Resource Person:	Kai Hooghoff, Legal Adviser, Bundeskartellamt, Germany

Session 2:
Working Group Room 2, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Deborah Platt Majoras, General Counsel, The Procter & Gamble Company
Resource Persons:	Ernst Ferdinandusse, Principal Administrator, European Commission
	Stephanie Yon, International Adviser, Autorité de la Concurrence, France

Session 3:
Working Group Room 3, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Gianluca Sepe, Senior Lawyser, Italian Competition Authority
Resource Persons:	Charles Webb, Executive Director, Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority
	Michael Blechman, Kaye Scholer, LLP

Session 4:
Working Group Room 4, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Anne Purcell White, Assistant Chief, U.S. Department of Justice
Resource Persons:	Frank Montag, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
	Paolo Palmigiano, BT Group plc

Session 5:
Working Group Room 5, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Shuichi Sugahisa, Director, Japan Fair Trade Commission
Resource Persons:	Alden Abbott, Associate Director, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
	Marcel Meinhardt, Lenz & Staehelin

Session 6:
Working Group Room 6, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Justus Haucap, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Resource Persons:	Martine Dagenais, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Competition Bureau Canada
	Eleanor M. Fox, New York University School of Law

15:00 - 16:00

Competition Policy Implementation Working Group, Plenary Session

15:00 - 15:50

CPI Subgroup 1
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Olavo Chinaglia, Commissioner, Administrative Council for Economic Defence, Brazil
Panelists	Philip Lowe, Director General, European Commission, DG Competition
	Maria Coppola Tineo, Counsel, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
	Barış Ekdi, Competition Expert, Turkish Competition Authority

15:50 - 16:00

CPI Subgroup 2
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

Speaker:

Russell Damtoft, Associate Director, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

16:00 - 16:25

Coffee/Tea Break
Networking, Coffee Break & Lunch, Kongresshaus Zurich

16:25 - 17:45

Competition Policy Implementation Working Group, Breakout Session (5 sessions)
CPI Subgroup 1, Session 1: Institutional Setting
Working Group Room 1, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Jungwon Song, Section Head, Korean Fair Trade Commission
Resource Persons:	Fabien Zivy, Head of Staff of the President, Autorité de la Concurrence, France
	Shan Ramburuth, Commissioner, South African Competition Commission

CPI Subgroup 1, Session 2: Compliance with remedies and sanctions – design, monitoring compliance and enforcement of decisions
Working Group Room 2, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	William Kovacic, Commissioner, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Resource Persons:	Carlos Esteva Mosso, Acting Director, European Commission, DC Competition
	Tsutomu Nakato, Hibiya Sogo Law Office, Japan

CPI Subgroup 1, Session 3: Ex-post evaluation – macro evaluation – broad evaluation; impact in consumers; what are the benefits the agencies’ decision give to society (assessment)
Working Group Room 3, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Barış Ekdi, Competition Expert, Turkish Competition Authority
Resource Persons:	Celina Escolan, President, El Salvador Superintendency of Competition
	John Fingleton, CEO, U.K. Office of Fair Trading
	Kazuhiko Takeshima, Chairman, Japan Fair Trade Commission

CPI Subgroup 2, Session 1: The assessment of technical assistance needs of developing agencies
Working Group Room 5, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Joszef Sarai, Section Head, Hungarian Competition Authority
Resource Persons:	Vladimir Kachelin, Assistant to the Head, Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation
	Hilary Jennings, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
	George Lipmile, United Nations Commission on Trade and Development

CPI Subgroup 2, Session 2: ICN experience-sharing in cyberspace: the on-line discussion forum
Working Group Room 6, Kongresshaus Zurich

Moderator:	Mariana Tavares, Section Head, Portuguese Competition Authority
Resource Persons:	Kenneth Smith Ramos, Director General, Federal Competition Commission, Mexico
	Russel Damtoft, Associate Director, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
	Eleanor M. Fox, New York University School of Law

17:45 - 18:00

Confirmation of ICN Steering Group: 2009-2011 (ICN members only)
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

18:00 - 23:00

Dinner on the Mountain (ICN conference attendees and companions)
Hosted by the Swiss Competition Commission
At Uto Kulm, Zurich

Friday, June 5, 2009

08:30 - 09:00

Coffee/Tea Break
Networking, Coffee Break & Lunch, Kongresshaus Zurich

09:00 - 12:15

“Interactive ICN – Maximising Network Effects”
Panel and Plenary Sessions on Vice-Chairs’ present and future work and ideas for assisting and supporting member agencies
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

09:00 - 10:45

“Interactive ICN – Maximising Network Effects”
Panel Discussion

Moderator:	Philip Collins, Chairman, U.K. Office of Fair Trading
Panelists:	William E. Kovacic, ICN Vice-Chair for Outreach; Commissioner, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
	Eduardo Pérez Motta, ICN Vice-Chair of International Coordination; President, Commission on Competition, Mexico
	Kazuhiko Takeshima, ICN Vice-Chair of Advocacy and Implementation; Chairman, Japan Fair Trade Commission
	Eleanor M. Fox, New York University School of Law
	Tommy Deza Sandoval, Legal Adviser, Sala de Defensa de la Competencia, Peru
	Chuan Leong Lam, Chairman, Competition Commission of Singapore
	David Miller, Executive Director, Jamaica Fair Trading Commission

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee/Tea Break
Networking, Coffee Break & Lunch, Kongresshaus Zurich

11:15 - 12:15

“Interactive ICN – Maximising Network Effects”
Plenary Session & Discussion, Continued
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

12:15 - 13:15

Report Back, Adoption of Work and Future Work plans (including presentation from the Egyptian Competition Authority on 2009 Cartel workshop)
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich

13:15 - 13:45

Closing Ceremony
Plenary, Kongresshaus Zurich
Walter A. Stoffel, Chairman, Swiss Competition Commission
David Lewis, Interim Chair, Steering Group, International Competition
Fevzi Özkan, Vice President, Turkish Competition Authority

13:45 - 14:45

Lunch
Networking, Coffee Break & Lunch, Kongresshaus Zurich

15:00 - 18:00

Sightseeing Tour Zurich (ICN conference attendees and companions; limited Registration)
Main Entrance, Kongresshaus Zurich