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Last Year's Main Conference Day One - CET (Central European Time, GMT+1)
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08:30 - 09:00
Networking: Welcome & Registration
09:00 - 09:10
Chair’s Welcome
- James Killick - Partner, White and Case LLP
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Policies, Enforcement & Investigations
09:10 - 09:50
A View from the European Commission
- Alberto Bacchiega - Director “Digital Platforms”, DG Competition, European Commission
09:50 - 11:00
Major Events and Policy Issues in EU Competition Law 2022-2023
- Legislation – adopted and proposed, including:
- Revised EU Horizontal Block Exemptions and Guidelines
- Article 102 TFEU: amendments to the EC’s guidance paper and prospects for Guidelines
- Digital Markets Act implementation
- ECJ/GC cases, including cases on:
- Legal professional privilege (Flemish Bar)
- Article 101 TFEU and RPM (Super Bock Bebidas), and copyright licensing (Valve)
- Evidentiary requirements for onsite inspections (French supermarkets)
- Article 102 TFEU and exclusivity rebates (Unilever Italia), M&A outside merger control thresholds (Towercast), and the
- GDPR (Meta Platforms v. BKA)
- EC Information requests and sensitive personal data (Meta Platforms v. EC)
- Cartel appeals
- Damages actions
- EC Decisions
- Policy initiatives
- John Ratliff - Avocat, Brussels & Barrister, Henderson Chambers, London
11:00 - 11:25
Morning Networking Break
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Horizontals & Sustainability
11:25 - 12:15
Horizontal Restraints: Practical Review of the Guidelines
- Review of horizontal restraints guidelines, including provisions on:
- Information exchange
- Buyer groups and retailer alliances
- Practical implications for corporates
- A look outside EU
- Michael Bauer - Global Head of Competition & EU Group, CMS
- Bitten Thorgaard Sørensen - Head of Competition Law & Policy, A.P. Moller – Maersk
- Gönenç Gürkaynak - Founding Partner, ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
- Niccolo Ciulli - Adviser, Competitiveness and Commercial Relations, EuroCommerce
12:15 - 13:00
Sustainability & Competition Policy
- What can competition law do to ensure a better world and where do we stand today?
- Sustainability guidance in the new horizontal guidelines
- ACM’s approach and lessons based on their experience so far
- When and how can economists help account for externalities in the assessment of sustainability agreements
- Practical approaches by corporates
13:00 - 14:00
Networking Extended Lunch
Focus Stream Sessions
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Sessions A: Conference Theatre
Sessions B: Breakout Room - Versailles
14:00 - 14:45
VBER in Practice
- VBER a year after its implementation
- Review of any enforcement actions
- E-Commerce and online platforms
- Dual distribution including data sharing and information exchange
- Dual pricing, RPM and minimum advertised pricing
- How are businesses working with the new RPM
14:45 - 15:25
Private Enforcement & Follow-on Damages
- Review of developments in key jurisdictions
- Update on collective actions including implementation of European Collective Redress Directive
- Practical strategies for trial management
- Quantification of damages
- Litigation funding: how should it be encouraged?
14:00 - 14:45
Labour Markets: New Horizon for Competition Law?
- Review of issues at stake
- A look to US
- EU developments: France, Portugal and Eastern European cases
- HR benchmarking: what are the concerns?
- Implications for corporate compliance
- Elisée Chazal - Senior Legal Counsel, International Contracts & Antitrust, The Adecco Group
- Jorge Ferreira - Head of the Anti-Cartel Unit, Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC)
- Mari Scimemi - Director, Global Competition Team, Barclays
- Cristina Volpin - Competition Expert, OECD
14:45 - 15:25
Motor Vehicle Block Exemption
- Update on the new guidelines
- Practical implications
15:25 - 15:45
Networking: Afternoon Refreshments
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Article 102
15:45 - 16:35
The Future of Article 102 & Current Developments
- Amendment to guidance on enforcement priorities
- Call for feedback on the adoption of new guidelines
- Review of significant recent cases including Unilever Italia v AGCM
- Defining markets
- Update on exclusionary conduct and rebates
- Excessive pricing in the pharma sector cases
- Economics of Article 102 and showing anti-competitive effects
16:35 - 17:00
Article 102: The Economist's Perspective
- Showing anti-competitive effects
- Defining markets
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Digital Markets
17:00 - 17:50
Digital Markets: Regulation & Competition Law Enforcement
- Update on implementation of the Digital Markets Act
- Who are the designated gatekeepers?
- Review of substantive obligations and their implications for compliance
- DMA’s interaction with national developments
- The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill in the UK
- Where does regulation leave competition law?
- Update on cloud market studies
- AI and Chat GPT: the new frontier of competition law?
- Nelson Jung - Partner, Clifford Chance
- Dina Lurje - Head of Legal, Nord Security
- Anselm Rodenhausen, Lawyer
- Konrad Ost - Vice-President, Bundeskartellamt
- Denis Sparas - Deputy Head of Unit, Digital Markets, DG Connect, European Commission
17:50 - 17:55
Chair’s Closing Commentary and Close of Main Conference Day One
17:55 - 19:30
Networking Drinks Reception
19:30 - 22:00
Dinner at La Fabbrica (for attendees who have pre-booked dinner tickets only)
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