IMEDIPA presents its 5th international conference in Athens
under the auspices of the Hellenic Competition Commission and the Competition Authority of Cyprus
Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens
Friday May 27 and Saturday May 28, 2011
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
DAY 1 : MAY 27, 2011
8:00-9:00 Registration
Welcome session
09:00 Introduction: Ioannis Lianos, UCL, IMEDIPA
Salutations: Dimitrios Kyritsakis, President, Hellenic Competition Commission
Eleni Karaoli, Member of the Board, Cypriot Competition Authority
9:30 – 11:00 Session 1: Horizontal Cooperation Agreements: information exchange, trade associations, standard setting in a horizontal context
Chair: Yannis Katsoulacos, Athens University of Economics and Business
Panelists
Panayotis Bernitsas, M & P Bernitsas Law Offices
Simon Bishop, RBB Economics
Emmanuel Dryllerakis, Dryllerakis & Associates
Eliza Petritsi, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
Ewoud Sakkers, Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission
11:00 -11:15 Coffee break
11:15- 12:45 Session 2: Vertical strategies and competition law
Chair: Ioannis Lianos, UCL
Panelists
Jean-François Bellis, Van Bael & Bellis
Ian Forrester, White & Case LLP
Christos Genakos, Athens University of Economics and Business
Okeoghene Odudu, University of Cambridge
Gregory Pelecanos, Ballas, Pelecanos & Associates
12:45-13:45 Debate: Static versus dynamic approaches in competition law: an institutional perspective from the United States and Europe
Key note Speaker: Judge Douglas Ginsburg, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Discussant: Judge Nicholas Forwood, General Court of the EU
Debate chaired by Judge Frederic Jenny, Cour de Cassation, OECD
13:45-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-16:30 Session 3: Merger Enforcement
Chair: Richard Whish, Kings College London
Panelists
Sheldon Mills, UK Office of Fair Trading
Konstantinos Adamantopoulos, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Herbert Smith LLP
Ioannis Kokkoris, University of Reading, IMEDIPA
Panagiotis Fotis, Directorate-General, Hellenic Competition Commission
16:30-16:45 Coffee break
16:45- 18:30 Session 4: Roundtable of authorities
Chair: Frederic Jenny, Cour de Cassation, OECD
Panelists
Šarūnas Keserauskas, Chairman, Competition Council of the Republic of Lithuania
Assimakis Komninos, Commissioner, Hellenic Competition Commission
William Kovacic, Commissioner, US Federal Trade Commission
Bruno Lasserre, Chairman, French Competition Authority
Ewoud Sakkers, Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission
Jacques Steenbergern, Director General, Belgian Competition Authority
DAY 2: MAY 28, 2011
9:45-11:15 Session 5: Government restrictions to competition: a law and policy perspective
Chair: Tasos Telloglou, Kathimerini Daily
Panelists
Allan Fels, Dean of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)
Assimakis Komninos, Commissioner, Hellenic Competition Commission
William Kovacic, Commissioner, US Federal Trade Commission
Bruno Lasserre, Chairman, French Competition Authority
Ioannis Lianos, UCL, IMEDIPA
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Session 6: Crisis and Competition Enforcement
Chair: Ioannis Kokkoris, University of Reading, IMEDIPA
Panelists
Dimitris Loukas, Hellenic Competition Commission
Phedon Nicolaides, European Institute of Public Administration, Maastrich
Šarūnas Keserauskas, Chairman, Competition Council of the Republic of Lithuania
13:00-13:45: Buffet lunch break
13:45- 15:15 Session 7: Cartels and Collusive practices in Greece & Cyprus: recent developments
Chair: George Triantafillakis, Democritus Thrace University
Panelists
Anastasios Antoniou, Anastasios Antoniou LLC
Dimitris Loukas, Hellenic Competition Commission
Anastasia Dritsa, KGDI Law Firm
Efi Kinini, Athens Law School
Nikos Vettas, Athens University of Economics and Business and EAGCP, DG-Competition, European Commission
15:15-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:30 : Session 8: Abuse of dominance in Greece & Cyprus: recent developments
Chair: Dimitris Tzouganatos, Athens Law School
Panelists
Yannis Katsoulacos, Athens University of Economics and Business
Constantinos Lambadarios, Lambadarios Law Firm
Xenophon Paparrigopoulos, Potamitis Vekris Law Firm
Emmanuela Truli, Hellenic Competition Commission
17:30: Conclusion: Ioannis Kokkoris, University of Reading, IMEDIPA
CONFERENCE FEES
STANDARD CONFERENCE FEE: 90 Euros
EARLY BIRD & SPECIAL BOOKINGS (for more than 5 persons and for any booking before May 13th): 80 Euros
STUDENTS, ACADEMICS, TRAINEES: 70 Euros
The conference fees cover the following:
- access to the conference and conference materials
- access to the conference lunch buffet (for May 27 and May 28)
- access to all coffee breaks (for May 27 and May 28)
For more information : info.imedipa@gmail.com
