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Global Competition Law Conference: Competition Law and the State

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

Global Competition Law Conference: Competition Law and the State 18 & 19 March 2011, Hong KongRegister here

 

Conference Schedule
Friday 18 March 2011
08:30	Registration
09.00	Welcome and Introduction Professor Dame Hazel Genn DBE QC (Dean, UCL Faculty of Laws) Professor Johannes Chan (Dean, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law) Dr Ioannis Lianos (UCL, Co-Director, Global Competition Law and Economics Series) Professor Daniel Sokol (University of Florida, Co-Director, Global Competition Law and Economics Series)
09:15	Official Address:
	Mr Gregory So (Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)
09:30	KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Government in Markets Keynote Speaker: John Fingleton (Chairman, UK Office of Fair Trading) Chair: Judge Frederic Jenny (Cour de Cassation and Chairman, OECD Competition Committee) Respondents: Allan Fels (Dean, Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)) William Kovacic (Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission) Eduardo Pérez Motta (President, Federal Competition Committee, Mexico) Followed by discussion
10:45	COFFEE BREAK
11:00	SESSION 1: Controlling anticompetitive action by the State: ex ante approaches (competition advocacy, competitive neutrality, competition law assessment of projected legislation) Chair: William Kovacic (Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission) Panelists: Michal Gal (Professor of Law, University of Haifa) Michiyo Hamada (Commissioner, Japanese Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)) Gert-Jan.Koopman (Deputy Director General (State Aids) European Commission - OECD) Simon Milnes (Infrastructure, Competition and Consumer Division, the Australian Treasury) Eduardo Pérez Motta (President, Federal Competition Committee, Mexico) Shiying Xu (Institute of Competition Law, East China University of Political Science and Law)
13:00	The Baker & McKenzie Speakers' Lunch Light Lunch for other attendees
14:00	SESSION 2: Competition law and state regulation: Setting the stage and focus on state-owned companies Chair: Gert-Jan.Koopman (Deputy Director General (State Aids) European Commission - OECD) Panelists: Gregory Leonard (Senior Vice-President, NERA) Yena Lim Hua Yen (Chief executive, Competition Commission of Singapore) Tony Prosser (Professor of Law, University of Bristol, Law School) Huang Yong (Professor of Law, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) School of Law, Beijing) Representative (Baker & McKenzie LLP)
15:45	COFFEE BREAK
16:00	SESSION 3: Controlling anticompetitive action by the State: ex post approaches (state aids, state action doctrine, state sponsored cartels and anticompetitive practices) Chair: Dhanendra Kumar (Chairman, Competition Commission of India) Panelists: Joseph P Bauer (Professor of Law, The University of Notre Dame Law School) Thomas Cheng (Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law) Damien Geradin (University of Tilburg & Covington & Burling LLP) Gavin Robert (Partner, Linklaters LLP) Willard Tom (General Counsel, US Federal Trade Commission )
17:30	COFFEE BREAK
17:45	SESSION 4: Authorities Roundtable Exemptions from the application of competition law / the challenge of applying competition law to foreign state activities: comparative and international perspectives Chair: Allan Fels (Dean, Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)) Panelists: Gert-Jan.Koopman (Deputy Director General (State Aids) European Commission - OECD) Dhanedra Kumar (Chairman, Competition Commission of India) Zhu Zhong Liang (Anti-Monopoly Bureau, MOFCOM) Yena Lim Hua Yen, (Chief Executive, Competition Commission of Singapore)
19:30	Close of Day one
Saturday 19 March - Competition law and the challenge of the evolving definition and structure of State activities
09:30	Registration and refreshments
10:00	SESSION 5: Competition law, regulation and the challenge of private interests: Self-regulation by professional associations and legitimate lobbying Chair: Eduardo Pérez Motta (President, Federal Competition Committee, Mexico) Panelists: Assimakis Komninos (Commissioner, Hellenic Competition Commission) Paul Lugard (TBC) (former Head of Antitrust, Philips; Vice-Chair, Competition Commission BIAC; Lecturer Tilburg University) D. Daniel Sokol, (Professor of Law, Levin College of Law, University of Florida) Mark Williams (Professor of Law, The Hong Kong Polytechnic)
11:30	Coffee Break
11:45	SESSION 6 The interaction between competition law and regulatory alternatives (case studies: broadcasting, energy, digital media) Chair: Gert-Jan Koopman (Deputy Director General (State Aids), European Commission) Panelists: Nick Economides (Professor of Law, Stern Business School, NYU) Geoff Edwards (Charles River Associates) Leigh Hancher (University of Tilburg & Allen & Overy LLP) Ioannis Lianos (UCL Faculty of Laws) Franz Jürgen Säcker (Professor of Law, Freien Universität Berlin) Mark Whitener (Senior Counsel, General Electric)
13:15	LUNCH
14:15	SESSION 7: The interaction between competition law and regulatory alternatives II (case studies: healthcase, environmental regulation, financial services and crisis regulation) Chair: Yena Lim Hua Yen, (Chief Executive, Competition Commission of Singapore) Panelists: Alberto Heimler (Professor of Economics, Advanced School of Public Administration, Government of the Italian Republic) Judge Frederic Jenny (Cour de Cassation and Chairman, OECD Competition Committee) Ioannis Kokkoris (University of Reading Law School ) William Kovacic (Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission)
16:15	Break
16:30	DISCUSSION: Extensions - The evolving role of the State and the impact of competition law in a globalized world: institutional solutions for dealing with tragic choices Chair: Emeritus Professor Valentine Korah (UCL Faculty of Laws) Moderator: Judge Frederic Jenny (Cour de Cassation and Chairman, OECD Competition Committee) Open discussion to the floor
17:30	Concluding remarks: Thomas Cheng (HKU), Ioannis Lianos (UCL) & Daniel Sokol (Florida)
17:45	End of conference