Competition Law and the State, 18 & 19 March 2011, Hong Kong (New and Larger Venue)

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

Competition Law and the State, 18 & 19 March 2011, Hong Kong (New and Larger Venue)

NEW CONFERENCE VENUE: We have outgrown our room at the University of Hong Kong but have managed to secure space at the premier HK conference venue, The Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). We will be in room S221 on the 2nd level.

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: 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, infrastructure / energy) Chair: Gert-Jan Koopman (Deputy Director General (State Aids), European Commission) Panelists: Nick Economides (Professor of Economics, Stern Business School, NYU) Geoff Edwards (Vice-President, Charles River Associates) Leigh Hancher (University of Tilburg & Allen & Overy LLP) Clara Ingen-Housz (Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP (Hong Kong)) Franz Jürgen Säcker (Professor of Law, Freien Universität Berlin)
13:20	LUNCH
14:30	SESSION 7: The interaction between competition law and regulatory alternatives II (credence goods: healthcare and financial services) Chair: Willard Tom (General Counsel, US Federal Trade Commission) Panelists: Alberto Heimler (Professor of Economics, Advanced School of Public Administration, Government of the Italian Republic) Ioannis Kokkoris (University of Reading Law School) William Kovacic (Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission) David Stallibrass (Director, Markets and Projects: Services, UK Office of Fair Trading)
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