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Competition Law and the State: 18 & 19 March 2011, Hong Kong

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

A Global Competition Law and Economics Series Conference: Competition Law and the State18 & 19 March 2011, Hong Kong

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:

• Joseph P Bauer (Professor of Law, The University of Notre Dame Law
  School)


• Michiyo Hamada (Commissioner, Japan 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)

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)


• Georgina Foster (Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP
  (Sydney))
  

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:

• Thomas Cheng (Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Hong Kong
  Faculty of Law)


• Michal Gal (Professor of Law, University of Haifa)


• 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)


• Jianhui Yang (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 and
private regulation: Self-regulation by professional associations, regulation by
trade associations or voluntary agreements promoting public
interest

Chair: Eduardo Pérez Motta (President, Federal
Competition Committee, Mexico)
Panelists:

• Assimakis Komninos (Commissioner, Hellenic Competition Commission)


• Ioannis Lianos (UCL Faculty of Laws)


• 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)


• Shiying Xu (Institute of Competition Law, East China University of Political
  Science and Law)

11:30
Coffee Break

11:45
SESSION 6
The interaction between
competition law and regulatory alternatives (networks: broadcasting, 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)


• Mark Whitener (Senior Counsel, General Electric)

13:15
LUNCH

14:15
SESSION 7:
The interaction between
competition law and regulatory alternatives II
networks / infrastructure:
energy
credence goods: healthcare and financial services


Chair: Jianhui Yang (Anti-Monopoly Bureau,
MOFCOM)
Panelists:

• Alberto Heimler (Professor of Economics, Advanced School of Public
  Administration, Government of the Italian Republic)


• Clara Ingen-Housz (Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP (Hong Kong))


• Ioannis Kokkoris (University of Reading Law School)


• William Kovacic (Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission)


• Franz Jürgen Säcker (Professor of Law, Freien Universität
  Berlin)

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