The Institute of Studies in Competition Law and Policy (IMEDIPA) is
organising the 9th IMEDIPA international Conference on Competition Law and
Policy under the auspices of the Hellenic Competition Commission.
Event Details:
Day
1: Friday, April 15th, 2016
Registration
starts at 8.45 am
9:15 –
9:30 Introduction
Dimitrios
Kyritsakis (Chairman, HCC)
Ioannis Lianos
(UCL; HSE; IMEDIPA)
9:30 –
11:15 Session 1: Recent developments in Competition Law
Chair: Georgios
Triantafillakis (Democritus University of Thrace)
Panellists
Anastasios
Antoniou (A.A. Antoniou & Associates (EY Law)
Dimitris
Avgitidis (Democritus University of Thrace)
Emmanuel
Dryllerakis (Dryllerakis & Associates Law Firm)
Assimakis
Komninos (White & Case LLP; UCL)
Gregory
Pelecanos (Ballas, Pelecanos & Associates LPC)
11:15 –
11:45 Break
11:45 –
13:30 Session 2: Structural Reforms in the Economy and the role of Competition
Law
Chair: Dimitris
Tzouganatos (University of Athens)
Panellists
Anastasia
Dritsa (Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm)
Ioannis
Kokkoris (QMUL; IGLEF; IMEDIPA)
Federica
Maiorano (OECD)
Nikos Vettas
(IOBE; Athens University of Economics and Business)
13:30 –
14:15 Buffet Lunch
14:15–
16:40 Session 3: The “more economic approach” in EU competition law:
success or failure?
Chair: Ioannis
Lianos (UCL; HSE; IMEDIPA)
Part
I: Rebates as a case study: a positive law perspective on the effects-based
approach in Article 102 TFEU and national equivalent provisions
Panellists
Victoria
Mertikopoulou (Hellenic Competition Commission)
Lia Vitzilaiou
(Lambadarios Law Firm)
Part
II: Discussion: The rise (and demise?) of the effects-based approach: Article
102 TFEU and beyond
Panellists
Damien Gerard
(Cleary Gottlieb; GCLC, College of Europe)
Pablo Ibanez
Colomo (London School of Economics)
Yannis
Katsoulacos (Athens University of Economics and Business)
Giorgio Monti
(European University Institute)
Renato Nazzini
(King’s College London)
16:40 –
17:00 Break
17:00 –
18:45 Session 4: Roundtable of Competition Authorities: Competition law in an
online world and the European Digital Single Market
Chair: Ioannis
Lianos (UCL, HSE, IMEDIPA)
Panellists
Bogdan
Chirițoiu (Romanian Competition Council)
Šarūnas
Keserauskas (Lithuanian Competition Council)
Bruno Lasserre
(French Competition Authority)
Dimitris Loukas
(Hellenic Competition Commission)
Jacques
Steenbergen (Belgian Competition Authority)
Theodor Thanner
(Austrian Competition Authority)
Day
2: Saturday, April 16th, 2016
10:00 –
11:30 Session 5: The interaction of competition law and regulation in the
utilities sector with a specific focus on energy
Chair: Ioannis
Kokkoris (QMUL, IGLEF, IMEDIPA)
Panellists
Vassilis
Karagiannis (KLC Law firm)
Nikos Keramidas
(Mytilineos Group)
Sotiris
Manolkidis (Regulatory Authority for Energy)
Deni Mantzari
(University of Reading)
Mihalis Thomadakis (Energy consultant)
11:30 – 12:00 Break
12:00 –
13:30 Session 6 Actions for damages and the moving equilibrium of European
competition law enforcement
Chair:
Assimakis Komninos (White & Case LLP; UCL)
Panellists
Maria Ioannidou
(Queen Mary University)
Filip Kubik,
(European Commission)
Lefkothea Nteka
(Hellenic Competition Commission)
Alexandra
Mikroulea (University of Athens)
Iannis Symplis
(Council of State)
13:30
Conclusions
Ioannis
Kokkoris (QMUL; IGLEF; IMEDIPA)
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