33rd Competition Policy Conference
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
PROGRAMME
11.15 Registration 11.45 Opening address Dr. Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte, Vice-Chair, AmCham EU and Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP 12.00 Keynote address (over lunch)
Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition
13.45 Panel I: Big Data and antitrust: emerging challenges
Moderator: Jay Modrall, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Panellists: - Alexandre de Streel, Professor of EU Law, University of Namur and CERRE
- Cyril Ritter, Case Handler, Antitrust Case Support and Policy, Directorate General for Competition (DG COMP)
- Julia Holtz, Director, Competition at Google
- Stephen Lewis, Principal, RBB Economics
15.15 Coffee break
15.45 Panel II: Competition in e-commerce: antitrust and regulatory issues
Moderator: Kristina Nordlander, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Panellists:
- Oliver Prothmann, President, Bundesverband Onlinehandel e.V.
- Thomas Kramler, Head of the Task Force responsible for DG COMP’s e-commerce sector inquiry
- Emma Trogen, Director, Legal Affairs, Cosmetics Europe
- Cristina Caffarra, Vice President, Head of European Competition Practice, Charles River Associates
17.00 Concluding remarks and prospects for Brexit - Sir Philip Lowe, Senior Advisor, FTI Consulting
17.15 Closing drinks |
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