
Program

Welcome & Lunch
12:00#1 ABUSE: ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES & GUIDELINES
13:15Aleksandra BOUTIN | Founding Partner, Positive Competition, Brussels (bio)
Damien GERARD | Prosecutor General, Belgium Competition Authority, Brussels (bio)
Chris IDERMARK-BOYD | Senior Counsel, Competition, Aramco, Dhahran (bio)
Miguel PEREZ GUERRA | Director Antitrust, IP & Commercial, AB InBev, London (bio)
Moderator: Paul LUGARD | Partner, Baker Botts, Brussels (bio)
Coffee break
14:30#2 DIGITAL: REGULATION OF PLATFORMS
15:00Mette ALFTER | Director, Head of Brussels office, Frontier Economics, Brussels (bio)
Will HAYTER | Senior Director, Digital Markets Unit, UK Competition and Markets Authority, London (bio)
Tero LOUKO | Senior Competition Counsel, Google, Stockholm (bio)
Elodie VANDENHENDE | Deputy Head of the Digital Economy Unit, French Competition Authority, Paris (bio)
Moderator: Matthew LEVITT | Partner, Baker Botts, Brussels/London (bio)
#3 MERGERS: EU, UK & US PERSPECTIVES
16:15Joan DE SOLÀ-MORALES | Partner, RBB Economics, Brussels (bio)
Birthe PANHANS | Head of Unit, Mergers, DG COMP, Brussels (bio)
John TALADAY | Partner, Baker Botts, Washington D.C. (bio)
Ricardo ZIMBRON | Director, UK Competition and Markets Authority, London (bio)
Moderator: David CARDWELL | Partner, Baker Botts, Brussels/London (bio)
Reception
17:30Previous edition attendees
Agencies: Autorité de la concurrence, Bangladesh Competition Commission, Bmdw, CAK, CCPC, CNMC, Comesa Competition Commission, Competition Protection Agency, Council of State, Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, DGCCRF European Banking Authority, Fiscalia Nacional Economica, FNE, FTC, Lithuanian Competition Council, Luxembourg Conseil de la concurrence, Malaysia Competition Commission, Monopolkommission, OFGEM, Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU, Philippine Competition Commission, Socoma, The Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court of Thailand, UK Competition and Markets Authority, UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, US DOJ, World Trade Organization...
Corporations: 3M Company, A.P Moller-Maersk, ABB, Abbott Laboratories, ABF, AB-Inbev, ADNOC, ADP, Air Liquide, Airbus, Allianz, Alstom, Amazon, American Express Services, Amgen, AP, Apple, Ascend Technology, Atlantic Methanol Companies, AWS, Bertelsmann, BMO Financial Group, Booking.com, British Telecommunications, Broadcom, CACIB, Centrica, Cisco, Colgate Palmolive, Conocophillips Company, CPCHEM, Credit Agricole CIB, Croatian Telecom, CTFN, Dassault Systemes, Dell Technologies, Deutsche Post / Dhl, Deutsche Telekom, Disney, Engie, Epex Spot, Ericsson, European Payments Council, Exxonmobil, Facebook, Farfetch, Google, Groupe Dubreuil, Gs1, Gsma, Heineken, Hitachi, Energy, Hitachi Power Grids, Iag, Imerys, Infobip, Inter Cars, Intesa Sanpaolo, Jet Capital, Just Eat Takeaway, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Koch Companies Public Sector, L’Oreal, Liberty Global, Lyondellbasell, Maersk, Mars, Massmart Holdings, Mastercard, Merck, Mondelez, Mosaid Technologies, News Corp, Novartis, Olin Corporation, Orlen, Ørsted, Outokumpu Oyj, Rolls-Royce, Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs, Samsung Electronics, Sasol, Sd Worx Group, Servier, Shell Oil, Siemens, Stone Point Capital, Technipfmc, Telefonica, Telekom Srbija, Tetra Pak, Texas Instruments, Thales, United First Partners, Vaunet, VKR Holding, Zalando...
Economic Consultancies: Apoyo Consultoria, Arcep, Assegaf Hamzah & Partners, BT, Brattle Group, Cap Economics, Cirque Analytics, Compass Lexecon, Copenhagen Economics, Cornerstone Research, Deloitte, Dentons, Frontier Economics, FTI Consulting, Kim & Chang, Mazars, Nera Economic Consulting, Omnicles Competition Law Economic Services, Publico, RBB Economics, Sai Derecho y Economia, Sutic, Tim, Van Bael & Bellis, Wipo, World Bank...
DOCUMENTATION
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Panel 1 - Abuse: Enforcement Priorities & Guidelines
Panel 2 - Digital: Regulation of Platforms
4. Thomas Courbe, DSA / DMA: Now it’s time for a successful implementation !, May 2023
8. Wolfgang Kerber, Data Act and competition: An ambivalent relationship, February 2023
Panel 3 - Mergers: EU, UK & US Perspectives
Organizers
This 11th edition of the Global Antitrust Hot Topics half-day conference is organised by Concurrences Review in partnership with Baker Botts, Meta, Positive Competition and RBB Economics. Free registration, no on-site registration. Limited seating. In case of over-subscription, registration will be limited to 1 person by the institution. The attendees’ list will be communicated to the speakers. By registering you consent to us sharing your personal contact information with our event Partner Baker Botts L.L.P. You can check the news of this event on Concurrences Twitter, Linkedin Company page, Linkedin Group or Instagram.
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