Asia Competition Association 2013 Annual Conference

Asia Competition Association 2013 Annual Conference

Please register for the conference at http://www.asiacmpetition.org

 Date:                  September 6, 2013

Venue:                Schubert Hall, 31st Floor, Hotel President

                           16, Euljiro, Jung-Gu, Seoul Korea 100-191

http://www.hotelpresident.co.kr/

Co-organizers:   Asia Competition Association

Korea Academic Society of Industrial Organization

Korea Competition Forum

Korea Competition Law Association

Korea Economic Law Association

 

Program

 

09:00
– 09:30  Registration

 

09:30 – 09:45  Opening
Remarks

Ÿ  
Hoil YOON, Chairman, Asia Competition
Association; Chairman, Yoon & Yang LLC

Ÿ   Shiying
XU, Vice-Chairman, Asia Competition Association; Professor, East China
University of Political Science and Law

Ÿ   Kimitoshi
YABUKI, Vice-Chairman, Asia Competition Association; Yabuki Law Offices

 

09:45 – 10:05      Keynote Speech

                       Dae-lae
NOH, Chairman, Korea Fair Trade Commission

Major recent developments and prospects of competition policies and
enforcement in Korea

 

10:10 – 12:10      Session 1:  Enforcers Roundtable

Recent developments and prospects of competition policies and enforcement
in East Asia

 

Co-Moderators:

Ohseung KWON, Professor, Seoul
National University Law School, Korea

Akinori
UESUGI, Consultant, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Xiaoye WANG, Professor of Law, Hunan University and
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

 

Speakers:

Cholsoo HAN, Secretary
General, Korea Fair Trade Commission

Zhicheng CUI, Director of Anti-Monopoly
Bureau, MOFCOM

Jingli LI, Director of Anti-Monopoly and Anti-Unfair
Competition Enforcement Bureau, SAIC (Invited)

Toshiyuki
NAMBU, Deputy Secretary-General for International Affairs, Japan Fair Trade
Commission

 

12:10
– 13:30  Lunch

 

13:30 – 15:00      Session 2:  Trends in Cartel Regulation

Economic evidence for proving cartels; leniency; and
regulation of international cartels

 

Co-Moderators:

Chul-kyu KANG,
President, Woosuk University, Korea

Kimitoshi
YABUKI, Attorney, Yabuki Law Offices

 

Speakers:

Yanbo JIANG,
Dean, Law School of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics

Jae
Young KIM, Attorney, Yoon & Yang LLC

Gary SPRATLING, Attorney, Gibson Dunn
& Crutcher LLP

Toshiaki TADA, Attorney, Hibiya Sogo
Law Office

 

15:00
– 15:10  Break

 

15:10 – 16:20      Session 3:  Recent Developments in Merger Regulation from an
Economic Perspective

Regulation of international mergers
using economic analysis

 

Co-Moderators:

Kei AMEMIYA,
Attorney, Morrison Foerster

Shiying XU, Vice-Chairman, Asia Competition
Association; Professor, East China University of Political Science and Law

 

Speakers:

Keita FUKUNAGA, Chief
Investigator, Merger and Acquisition Division of the Japan Fair Trade
Commission

Yangsoo
JIN, Advisor, Kim & Chang

Jianmin
DAI, Attorney, Dacheng Law firm

 

16:20
– 16:40  Coffee Break

 

16:40 – 18:30      Session 4:  Abuse of Dominance in a Global Context

Global trends
in competition regulation of standard
essential patents,
rebates, and so on

 

Co-Moderators:

Ji-sang CHANG,
Professor, Kyungpook National University, Korea

Shiying XU, Vice-Chairman, Asia Competition
Association; Professor, East China University of Political Science and Law

 

Speakers:

Gee-Hong KIM,
Attorney, Jipyong Jisung

Makoto KURITA,
Professor, Chiba University

Lizhi
NING, Professor, Wuhan University

Greg S.
SLATER, Director of Trade and Competition Policy, Intel Corporation

Seong Un YUN, Attorney, Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

 

18:30
– 18:45  Closing Remarks

Ÿ   Xiaoye
WANG, Professor of Law, Hunan University and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Ÿ  
Kiljun PARK, Professor, Yonsei University

Ÿ   Toshifumi
HIENUKI, Hokkai-Gakuen University

 

19:00               Dinner

Ÿ   Keynote Speech

Justice Inbok LEE, Supreme Court of Korea

The
role of the courts in development of antitrust law in Korea - Judicial
review of KFTC decisions and recent developments in antitrust damages
litigation in Korea [Tentative topic]