New Frontiers of Antitrust Conference 11 February 2011

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

New Frontiers of Antitrust

2^nd Annual international Concurrences conference

House of Parliament, Paris

11 February 2011

 

 

08.30	Welcome by Frédéric JENNY
08.45	Antitrust enforcement in the EU in 2011
	JOAQUIN ALMUNIA EU Commissioner responsible for Competition Policy
09.30	Patent ambush in the US and the EU: How wide is the gap?
	Cecilio MADERO Deputy Director General, DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels Dennis CARLTON* Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Jean-Yves ART Associate General Counsel, Microsoft, Brussels Jacques-Philippe GUNTHER Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Paris
	Coffee break
11.30	Quantifying damages in civil proceedings: Can economist and should competition authorities help?
	Frédéric JENNY Judge, French Cour de Cassation - Professor of economics, ESSEC, Paris Damien NEVEN Chief Economist, DG COMP, Brussels Jorge PADILLA Economist, LECG, Madrid/Brussels Olivier d’ORMESSON Partner, Linklaters, Paris
	Lunch
14.30	Consumers associations in competition proceedings: Why so little engagement?
	Bill KOVACIC Member, Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC Laurence IDOT Professor, University Panthéon-Assas, Paris - President of the Scientific Committee of Concurrences Review Phil EVANS Member, UK Competition Commission - FIPRA, London David ORTEGA Member, OCU-BEUC, Madrid
	Coffee break
16.45	Procedural fairness: How much remains to be done?
	Nils WAHL Judge, General Court of the European Union, Luxembourg Bruno LASSERRE President, Autorité de la concurrence, Paris Wouter WILS Hearing Officer, European Commission, Brussels - Visiting Professor, KCL London Jean-Paul TRAN THIET Partner, White & Case, Paris
18.30	Reception & Concurrences Thesis Award