Second Annual Conference
The Modernisation of Article 82
Thursday 16 June 2005
| 8:45 | Registration and Coffee |
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| 9:15 | General Introduction to the Conference and Presentation of the Report prepared by the GCLC on the Modernisation of Article 82 Damien Geradin, Director, GCLC |
| 9:30 | Keynote Speech Philip Lowe, DG Competition |
| I. Morning Session: The Fundamentals of Article 82 EC Chairman: John Pheasant, Lovells |
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| 10:00 | The Concept of Dominance Speakers: Frederic Louis, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Discussant: Mike Walker, Charles River Associates |
| 10:30 | The Concept of Abuse Speaker: Maurits Dolmans, Cleary Gottlieb Discussant: Francis O’Toole, Trinity College, Dublin |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 | Panel Discussion Chairman: Richard Whish, Professor, King's College London Panellists: Nicholas Forwoord, Judge at the Court of First Instance Lars-Hendrik Röller, DG Competition Luc Gyselen, Arnold & Porter Santiago Martinez Lage, Martinez Lage e Asociados Eric Morgan de Rivery, Jones Day |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| II. Afternoon Session: Price related Abuses Chairman: Hugues Calvet, Bredin Prat | |
| 14:00 | Excessive, Predatory Pricing, and Margin squeeze Speaker: Robert O’Donoghue, Cleary Gottlieb Discussant: Jorge Padilla, LECG |
| 14:30 | Rebates Speaker: John Kallaugher, Latham & Watkins Discussant: Derek Ridyard, RBB Economics |
| 15:00 | Price discrimination Speaker: Damien Gerard, Cleary Gottlieb Discussant: Mark Williams, NERA |
| 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 | Panel Discussion Chairman: Bill Allan, Linklaters Panellists: Alberto Heimler, Italian Antitrust Authority Paolo Palmigiano, BT Retail Emil Paulis, DG Competition Erik Pijnacker Hordijk, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Denis Waelbroeck, Ashurst |
| 17:30 | Reception offered by Oxford University Press for the official launch of the Journal of Competition Law and Economics Presentation of the Journal by its editors (Damien Geradin, Greg Sidak and Richard Whish) and remarks by Lars Hendrik Röller on the importance of stimulating research in competition law and economics |
| 19:30 | Dinner Speech: Bruce McDonald, US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division |
Friday 17 June 2005
| Chairman: Peter Freeman, Competition Commission | |
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| 9:00 | Refusal to Supply Speaker: Onno Brouwer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Discussant: Bill Bishop, Lexecon |
| 9:30 | Tying and Bundling Speaker: Christian Ahlborn, Linklaters Discussant: Greg Sidak, Georgetown University Law Center |
| 10:00 | Other forms of Abuses (procedural abuses, unfair trading practices, nonprice related discrimination, idle monopolist, etc.) Speaker: Jean François Bellis, Van Bael & Bellis Discussant: Jean Naslin, Gide Loyrette Nouel |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:45 | Panel Discussion Chairman: Valentine Korah, University College London Panellists: Michael Albers, DG Competition Abbott 'Tad' Lipsky, Latham & Watkins, Washington Damien Neven, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva Christopher Thomas, Lovells Thomas Vinje, Clifford Chance |
| 12:30 | Conference Closing |