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 BUCCIROSSI – Lear Discussants: 10:00 Robert CRANDALL – Brooking Institute 10:20 Jonathan BAKER – American 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 MALATESTA – University 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. RUBINFELD – University 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 |