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Rome, June 7-8, 2007
 Competition Among Multiproduct Platforms
DAY 1 - Thursday, June 7th
8.30 - 9.00 Registration
9.00 Welcome address: Simona VENTULLO – Lear, Gina NIERI – Mediaset Introduction
9.15 - 9.30 Antonio PILATI – Commissioner, Italian Competition Authority
MORNING SESSION: DEFINING THE MARKETS
Chairman: Paolo BUCCIROSSI - Lear
Multi-sided markets
9.30 – 10.15 Mark IVALDI – Institut D'Economie Industrielle – IDEI of Toulouse
The economics of competition among multi-sided platforms
10.15 – 11.00 David S. EVANS - University College of London
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break 11.30 – 13.30 FIRST PANEL:
Damien GERADIN – TILEC, Tilburg University and Howrey LLP
Alberto PERA – Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners Alberto HEIMLER Italian Competition Authority Franco DEBENEDETTI – Columnist 13.30 – 15.00 Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION: MULTI-SIDED INDUSTRIES
Chairman: Giancarlo SPAGNOLO – Università di Roma Tor Vergata and Lear
Media as multi-sided platforms
15.00 – 15.45 Jean GABSZEWICZ – CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain
Telecoms as two-sided markets
15.45 – 16.30 Tommaso VALLETTI – Imperial College, London and Università di Roma Tor Vergata
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 – 18.30 SECOND PANEL:
Amelia FLETCHER – Office of Fair Trading, London
Vincenzo ZENO ZENCOVICH – Università di Roma Tre 19.00 Welcome cocktail
DAY 2 – Friday, June 8th MORNING SESSION: UNILATERAL CONDUCTS
Chairman: Cristiana VITALE - Lear
Standards and compatibility
9.00 – 9.45 Paul BELLEFLAMME – CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain
Bundling with multiproduct platforms
9.45 – 10.30 Jay Pil CHOI - Michigan State University - East Lansing
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 13.00 THIRD PANEL:
Jean Yves ART – Microsoft
Mats BERGMAN – Swedish Competition Authority Paolo LUPI –Italian Communication Authority |
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