10.00 – 10.30 - Opening of the conference
Effective instruments of competition protection in modern economy
Małgorzata Krasnodębska-Tomkiel, President, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
Making markets work for consumers: the challenge in Europe!
Philip Lowe, Director General, DG Competition, European Commission
Chair: Sławomir Dudzik, Law and Administration Department, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland
SESSION 1 - SANCTIONS IN ANTITRUST PROCEEDINGS
10.30– 12.00
Criminalisation of cartels
William Prasifka, Chairperson, The Competition Authority, Ireland
Making the most of anti-cartel enforcement portfolio (leniency, settlements, etc.)
Bruno Lasserre, President, Competition Authority, France
Guidelines on setting fines as an antitrust policy tool
Nikodem Szadkowski, Deputy Director of the Market Analysis Department, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
Q&A session
12.00 – 12.15 - Coffee break
SESSION 2 - MERGER PROCEDURES AND COMPETITION PROTECTION IN THE RETAIL SECTOR
12.15 – 13.45
The influence of consolidation processes on the competition in the retail sector
John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, the UK
What are the threats to effective competition in the retail sector?
Zoltán Nagy, President, Hungarian Competition Authority
Merger control In the sector of daily consumer goods retailers with the focus on relevant market definitions
Wojciech Szymczak, Director of the Market Analysis Department, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
Q&A session
13.45 – 14.45 - Lunch
SESSION 3 - THE CHALLENGES OF COMPETITION LAW
14.45– 16.15
Priority setting by antitrust authorities
Manuel Sebastião, President, Competition Authority, Portugal
Competition advocacy
Peter Freeman, Chairman, Competition Commission, the UK
Elżbieta Anders, Director of the International Relations and Communication Department, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
Q&A session
16.15 - Summing-up of Day One
10.00-10.20 - Introduction of Day Two
Recent development in Canadian competition law
Richard Taylor, Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Civil Matters Branch, Competition Bureau, Canada
Chair:
Elżbieta Witkowska-Grochowalska, Deputy Director of the Competition Protection Department, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
SESSION 4 - NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPETITION PROTECTION
10.20 – 11.50
Telecoms sector protection in the light of ex ante regulation
Iris Henseler-Unger, Vice President, Federal Network Agency for Electricity Gas, Telecommunication, Post and Railway, Germany
Understanding the markets for services offered via electronic networks
Knut Eggum Johansen, Director General, The Norwegian Competition Authority
Essential facilities doctrine from the perspective of the practice and decisions of antitrust authorities
Monika Tomczak-Górlikowska, Miller Canfield, Poland
Q&A session
11.50 – 12.50 Lunch
SESSION 5 - ANTITRUST ISSUES IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
12.50 – 15.00
Unlawful forms of cooperation – case studies
- Bernhard Heitzer, President, Bundeskartelamt, Germany
- Theodor Thanner, Director General, Federal Competition Authority, Austria
Business cycles and prohibited agreements in the light of economic crisis
Bohdan Wyżnikiewicz, The Gdańsk Institute for Market Economics, Poland
Bid rigging - collusive behaviour in the construction sector
René Jansen, Member of the Board, Netherlands
Resale price maintenance within a distribution network
Monika Bychowska, Director of the Competition Protection Department, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
Q&A session
15.00 CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE
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The conference languages will be Polish and English with simultaneous interpretation provided on both conference days.
