Rome 25-26 June 2009
WHAT MAKES COMPETITION POLICY WORK?



  DAY 1 - Thursday, June 25th  

8:30 - 9:00 - Registration
9:00 - 9:30 - Welcome address: Paolo SABA - Italian Competition Authority William E. KOVACIC - Federal Trade Commission

1. A study on the effectiveness of competition policy


Chair: Fabienne ILZKOVITZ - DG EcFin, European Commission

9:30 The Lear Study - Paolo BUCCIROSSILear

Discussants:
10:00 Robert CRANDALLBrooking Institute
10:20 Jonathan BAKERAmerican University

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break

2. Institutions and procedures


Chair: Cristiana VITALE - Lear

11:00 - The Adversary Way to the Truth and Its Adversaries - Albert A. FOER - American Antitrust Institute
11:30 - A Critical Review of the European Commission's Decisional and Enforcement Structure in Competition Cases - Damien GERADIN,TILEC, Tilburg University and Howrey LLP
12.00 - 13.30 FIRST PANEL:
Valentine KORAH - University College of London, Alfonso PAPA MALATESTAUniversity of Calabria , Claude RAKOVSKY - DG Competition, European Commission

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

3. Substantive rules and standard of proofs


Chair: Mario SIRAGUSA - Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP

14:30 – Rules Versus Standards in Antitrust Adjudication - Daniel CRANE - Cardozo School of Law
15:00 – How Much Certainty? - Margaret BLOOM - King's College, London

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16.00 – 18.00 SECOND PANEL:
Ginevra BRUZZONE - Assonime, Damien NEVEN - DG Competition, European Commission, Daniel L. RUBINFELDUniversity of California, Berkeley

18:00 – 19:30 Welcome Cocktail

20:30 – Dinner on invitation

  DAY 2 - Friday, June 26th  

4. Sanctions, leniency and settlements

Chair: Tomaso DUSO - Humboldt University and WZB

9:30 – Deterrence Power of Penalties on International Cartels - John CONNOR - Purdue University

10:00 – Sanction policy for unilateral conducts in high tech industries - Michele POLO - Bocconi University Milan

10.30  – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00  – 13:00 THIRD PANEL:
Matthew BENNET - UK Office of Fair Trading Stefano MACCHI DI CELLERE - Jones Day Michael WISE - OCSE

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

5. Public and private enforcement

Chair: Lorenzo CIARI - Lear

14:30 – Public and Private Enforcement: Complements or Subsitutes? - Frédéric JENNY - French Supreme Court

15:00 – Comparative Deterrence From Private Enforcement and Criminal Enforcement of the U.S. Antitrust Laws - Robert H. LANDE - University of Baltimore

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break

16:00 – 18:00 FOURTH PANEL:
Giovanni CALABRO' - Italian Competition Authority, Enrico GRANATA - Associazione Bancaria Italiana, Andrea RENDA - CEPS, Wouter P.J. WILS - European Commission Legal Service




LAW FIRM PARTNERS
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton LLP
Jones Day
Rucellai & Raffaelli

SPONSORS
Associazione Bancaria Italiana
Assonime Servizi
Mediaset