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9TH IMEDIPA CONFERENCE ON COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY
When and where
Date and time
April 15, 2016 · 9am - April 16, 2016 · 1:30pm EEST
Location
Hotel King George Athens Constitution Square 105 64 Athens Greece
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Description
9th IMEDIPA Conference on Competition Law and Policy
Organized under the auspices of the Hellenic Competition Commission
Day 1: Friday, April 15th, 2016
Registration starts at 8.45 am
9:15 – 9:30 Introduction
Dimitrios Kyritsakis (Chairman, HCC)
Ioannis Lianos (UCL; HSE; IMEDIPA)
9:30 – 11:15 Session 1: Recent developments in Competition Law
Chair: Georgios Triantafillakis (Democritus University of Thrace)
Panellists
Anastasios Antoniou (A.A. Antoniou & Associates (EY Law)
Dimitris Avgitidis (Democritus University of Thrace)
Emmanuel Dryllerakis (Dryllerakis & Associates Law Firm)
Assimakis Komninos (White & Case LLP; UCL)
Gregory Pelecanos (Ballas, Pelecanos & Associates LPC)
11:15 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 13:30 Session 2: Structural Reforms in the Economy and the role of Competition Law
Chair: Dimitris Tzouganatos (University of Athens)
Panellists
Anastasia Dritsa (Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm)
Ioannis Kokkoris (QMUL; IGLEF; IMEDIPA)
Federica Maiorano (OECD)
Nikos Vettas (IOBE; Athens University of Economics and Business)
13:30 – 14:15 Buffet Lunch
14:15– 16:40 Session 3: The “more economic approach” in EU competition law: success or failure?
Chair: Ioannis Lianos (UCL; HSE; IMEDIPA)
Part I: Rebates as a case study: a positive law perspective on the effects-based approach in Article 102 TFEU and national equivalent provisions
Panellists
Victoria Mertikopoulou (Hellenic Competition Commission)
Lia Vitzilaiou (Lambadarios Law Firm)
Part II: Discussion: The rise (and demise?) of the effects-based approach: Article 102 TFEU and beyond
Panellists
Damien Gerard (Cleary Gottlieb; GCLC, College of Europe)
Pablo Ibanez Colomo (London School of Economics)
Yannis Katsoulacos (Athens University of Economics and Business)
Giorgio Monti (European University Institute)
Renato Nazzini (King’s College London)
16:40 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 18:45 Session 4: Roundtable of Competition Authorities: Competition law in an online world and the European Digital Single Market
Chair: Ioannis Lianos (UCL, HSE, IMEDIPA)
Panellists
Bogdan Chirițoiu (Romanian Competition Council)
Šarūnas Keserauskas (Lithuanian Competition Council)
Bruno Lasserre (French Competition Authority)
Dimitris Loukas (Hellenic Competition Commission)
Jacques Steenbergen (Belgian Competition Authority)
Theodor Thanner (Austrian Competition Authority)
Day 2: Saturday, April 16th, 2016
10:00 – 11:30 Session 5: The interaction of competition law and regulation in the utilities sector with a specific focus on energy
Chair: Ioannis Kokkoris (QMUL, IGLEF, IMEDIPA)
Panellists
Vassilis Karagiannis (KLC Law firm)
Nikos Keramidas (Mytilineos Group)
Sotiris Manolkidis (Regulatory Authority for Energy)
Deni Mantzari (University of Reading)
Mihalis Thomadakis (Energy consultant)
11:30 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 13:30 Session 6 Actions for damages and the moving equilibrium of European competition law enforcement
Chair: Assimakis Komninos (White & Case LLP; UCL)
Panellists
Maria Ioannidou (Queen Mary University)
Filip Kubik, (European Commission)
Lefkothea Nteka (Hellenic Competition Commission)
Alexandra Mikroulea (University of Athens)
Iannis Symplis (Council of State)
13:30 Conclusions
Ioannis Kokkoris (QMUL; IGLEF; IMEDIPA)
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About the organizer
IMEDIPA (Institute of Studies in Competition Law and Policy), an independent, non-profit organization, was founded in February 2007. Its objective is to promote legal, policy and economic analysis of competition policy and regulatory reforms in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkan regions, and to provide a research and discussion forum for academics, practitioners, and officials in these jurisdictions.
EPLO is an international organization dedicated to the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the area of Public Law lato sensu and Governance, including but not limited to, inter alia, national, comparative and European public law, human rights law and environmental law and the promotion of European values for a better generation of lawyers and democratic institutions worldwide.
The EPLO was established in 2007 in Athens, Greece. To this date, it has developed, organized, promoted and supported close to 200 educational, research, training, institution building and other activities and has provided assistance to democratic institutions in more than 70 countries. In order to accomplish its purposes, the EPLO promotes the cooperation with other institutions, organizations and bodies, in particular organizations in the United Nations system.