Opening of the conference
Effective instruments of competition protection in modern economy
Małgorzata Krasnodębska-Tomkiel, President, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
SESSION 1 - SANCTIONS IN ANTITRUST PROCEEDINGS
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
SESSION 2 - MERGER PROCEDURES AND COMPETITION PROTECTION IN THE RETAIL SECTOR
What are the threats to effective competition in the retail sector?
Gergely Csorba (substituting for Zoltán Nagy), Chief Economist of the 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
SESSION 3 - THE CHALLENGES OF COMPETITION LAW
Competition advocacy - presentation
Competition advocacy - full text of the speech
Peter Freeman, Chairman, Competition Commission, the UK
Competition advocacy in Poland
Elżbieta Anders, Director of the International Relations and Communication Department, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
Introduction of Day Two
Recent development in Canadian competition law
Richard Taylor, Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Civil Matters Branch, Competition Bureau, Canada
SESSION 4 - NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPETITION PROTECTION
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
SESSION 5 - ANTITRUST ISSUES IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
Unlawful forms of cooperation – case studies
Bernhard Heitzer, President, Bundeskartelamt, Germany
Unlawful forms of cooperation – case studies
Theodor Thanner, Director General, Federal Competition Authority, Austria
Business cycles and anlawful agreements in the context of economic crisis
Bohdan Wyżnikiewicz, 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
