DRAFT AGENDA
7th Annual Conference
of the International Competition Network
Sunday, April 13, 20089:00 – 16:30 / Promoting Competitionin Developing EconomiesinAsia
Seminar co-sponsored by IDRC and JFTC
Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto
18:00 – 20:30
18:00 – 20:30 / Registration to the ICN Conference
Main Entrance, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
Welcome Reception
Hosted by Chairman of the Japan Fair Trade Commission
At Banquet Hall Sakura, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
7th Annual Conference of the International Competition Network
Monday, April 14, 2008
8:00– 9:00 / Registration
Main Entrance, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
Coffee/Tea
Main Lounge
9:00 – 9:15 / Opening Address by Kazuhiko Takeshima,
Chairman of the Japan Fair Trade Commission
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
9:15 – 9:30 / Introductory Remarks by Sheridan Scott,
Chair, Steering Group, International Competition Network
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
9:30 – 9:45 / Coffee/Tea Break
Main Lounge
9:45 – 11:35 / Unilateral Conduct Working Group, Plenary Session
9:45 – 9:50
9:50 – 11:05
11:05- 11:35 / Introductory Remarks by BernhardHeitzer
President of Bundeskartellamt
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Panel on the Assessment of Dominance
Moderator: Randolph Tritell, Director, Office ofInternational Affairs,
U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Panelists: Terry Calvani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
David Lewis, Chairperson, Competition Tribunal, South Africa
Philip Lowe, Director General, DG Competition, European Commission
Andreas Mundt, Head, General Policy Division,
German Bundeskartellamt
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U.K. Office of Fair Trading
Akinori Uesugi, Special Advisor, Japan Fair Trade Commission
Main Hall, Kyoto International Conference Center
Reports of the Working Group: State-Created Monopolies Recommended Practices and Conduct Papers (Predatory Pricing and Exclusive Dealing)
Moderator: Bruno Lasserre, President, Conseil de la Concurrence, France
Panelists: Cynthia Lewis Lagdameo, Office of International Affairs,
U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Markus Lange, Head, International Section,Bundeskartellamt
Lerzan Kayihan Ünal, Senior Competition Expert, Turkish
Competition Authority
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
11:35 – 11:50 / Coffee/Tea
11:50 – 13:00 / Unilateral Conduct Working Group Breakout Session – Continue discussion on the assessment of dominance, state-created monopolies and the analysis of predatory pricing and exclusive dealing, Discussion of future work (6 sessions)
Session 1 (Room E):
Moderator: James F. Rill, Howrey LLP
Session 2 (Room F):
Moderator: Emil Paulis, Director, Policy and Strategy, EuropeanCommission, DG Competition
Session 3 (Room G):
Moderator: Stanley Wong, Member, Irish Competition Authority
Session 4 (Room H):
Moderator: Frank Montag, Partner, FreshfieldsBruckhausDeringer
Session 5 (Room C-2):
Moderator: Anne Perrot, Vice President, Conseil de la Concurrence, France
Session 6 (Room D):
Moderator: Anne Purcell White, U.S. Department of Justice
13:00 – 14:15 / Lunch
At Banquet Hall Sakura, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
14:15 – 16:10
(or 16.20) / Cartel Working Group, Plenary Session
14:15-14:30
14:30-15:25
15:25-16:10
(or 16:20) / Introductory Speech by Neelie Kroes
EU Competition Commissioner
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
First Panel:Cartel Settlements(subgroup 1)
Moderator: Scott D. Hammond, Deputy Assistant AttorneyGeneral forCriminal Enforcement, U.S.Department of Justice
Panelists: Marc Hansen, Latham & Watkins
Ana Paula Martinez, Director of the Competition Division,
Brazil Ministry of Justice, SDE
Kirtikumar Mehta, Cartels Director, European Commission,
DG Competition
Gary R. Spratling, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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Second Panel: International Cooperation in Emerging Agencies (subgroup 2)
Moderator: Deborah Battell, Acting GeneralManager, New Zealand Commerce Commission
Panelists: Koichi Hosoda, Director General of Criminal Investigation, Investigation Bureau, Japan Fair Trade Commission
Thulani Kunene, Divisional Manager, Enforcement and Exemptions, South Africa Competition Commission
10.50 - 17.Ali Haddou Ruiz, Executive Secretary, Mexico Federal
Competition Commission
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
16:10 (or 16:20)
- 17:30 / Cartel Working Group, Breakout Session (7 sessions)
Session 1 (Room C-2): Managing Leniency Program
Moderator:Kirtikumar Mehta,Director, Cartel Directorate, European Commission DG Competition
Resource Person: John Pecman, Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Criminal Matters Branch, Canadian Competition Bureau
Session 2 (Room G): Managing Leniency Program
Moderator: Mark Pearson,Executive General Manager, Enforcement and Compliance Division, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Resource Person: Andreas Mundt, Head, General Policy Division, German Bundeskartellamt
Session 3 (Room H): Managing leniency program
Moderator: AnnO'Brien,Senior Counsel for Criminal Enforcement, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Resource Person: MarianaTavares, Adviser to the Board, Autoridade da Concorrência, Portugal
Session 4 (Room D): Settlements
Moderator: Scott D. Hammond, U.S. Department of Justice
Panelists: Marc Hansen, Latham & Watkins
RonitKan, Israeli Antitrust Authority
Barbara Rosenberg, Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão
Session 5 (Room C-1): Settlements
Moderator: Gary Spratling, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Panelists: Elizabeth Farina, President, Brazil's CADE
Flavio Laina, European Commission, DGCompetition
Session 6 (Room E): Fines
Moderator: Paul Csiszar, European Commission, DGCompetition
Panelist: Peter Szolnoky, Hungarian Competition Authority
Session 7 (Room F): Fines
Moderator: Gianluca Sepe, Italian Competition Authority
Panelists: Jim Griffin, King & Spalding
Patrick Krauskopf, Swiss Competition Commission
18:30-20:30 / Reception
Hosted by KyotoPrefecture, KyotoCity and Kyoto Chamber of Commerce & Industry
At Prince Hall, Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto
*Time: 17:30-18:15. IDRC Presentation: Competition Research for Economic Development
Place: Room D. For details, please see page 10.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
8:30 – 9:00 / Coffee/Tea
Main Lounge
9:00 – 10:25 / Merger Working Group, Plenary Session
9:00 – 9:25
9:25 – 10:25 / Presentation of Work Product
- Recommended Practices for Merger Analysis
- Implementation of the Recommended Practices
- Setting Notification Thresholds for Merger Review
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
Plenary Panel: Efficiencies in Merger Analysis
Moderator: Paul K. Gorecki, Director of the Mergers Division, Irish Competition Authority
Panelists: Melanie L. Aitken, Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Mergers,Competition BureauCanada
Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Nadia Calviño, Deputy Director General for Mergers,
nod Dhall: s: ,e March 20ion, echnical Assistance Section, European Commission, DG Competition
Markus Lange, Head of the International Section,
German Bundeskartellamt
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
10:25 – 10:55 / Coffee/Tea Break
10:55 – 12:15 / Merger Working Group, Breakout Session (6 sessions)
Session1 (Room D):Merger Analysis: Efficiencies and theRecommended Practices
Moderator: Robert Kramer, U.S.Department of Justice
Resource Persons: Nadia Calviño, European Commission, DG Competition
Tim Gimwade,Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Yuji Kimura, Chief Investigator, Japan Fair Trade Commission
Session 2 (Room C-1):Merger Analysis: Efficiencies and the Recommended Practices
Moderator: Alberto Heimler, Italian Competition Authority
Resource Persons: Melanie Aitken, Competition BureauCanada
Edward Hand, U.S.Department of Justice
Michele Pacillo, Irish Competition Authority
Session 3 (Room C-2):Merger Analysis: Efficiencies and the Recommended Practices
Moderator: Paul Gorecki, Irish Competition Authority
Resource Persons: Carole Begent, U. K. Competition Commission
Terence Stechysin, Competition BureauCanada
Session 4 (Room E):Merger Analysis: Efficiencies and the Recommended Practices
Moderator: Ted Henneberry, Heller Ehrman LLP
Resource Persons: Markus Lange, Bundeskartellamt
Paul O'Brien, U.S.Department of Justice
Tetsuji Yokote, Deputy Director, Merger &
Acquisitions Division, JapanFair Trade Commission
Session 5 (Room H): Merger Notification & Procedures
Moderators: Robert Neruda, Office for the Protection of Competition, CzechRepublic
John Taladay, Howrey LLP
Resource Persons: Cynthia Lagdameo, Counsel for International Antitrust,
U.S.Federal Trade Commission
Omar Wakil, Torys LLP
Session 6 (Room G): Merger Notification & Procedures
Moderators: Fausta Giasolli, Italian Competition Authority
Robert Schlossberg, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Resource Persons: Rob Kwinter, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Tony Reeves, Clifford Chance LLP
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12:15 – 13:30 / Lunch
At Banquet Hall Sakura, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
13:30 – 15:15 / Special Program (Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position)
Plenary Session
Moderator: Frederic Jenny, Chairman, OECD Competition Committee
Panelists: Francis Amand, Deputy Director General, DGCCRF, France
Deborah Battell, Acting GeneralManager, New Zealand Commerce Commission
Vladimir Kachalin, Advisor to the Head, Federal Antimonopoly Service, Russia
William Kovacic, Chairman, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
SyamsulMaarif, Chairman, KPPU, Indonesia
Tadashi Shiraishi, Professor, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Japan
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
15:15 – 15:30 / Coffee/ Tea Break
Main Lounge
15:30 – 16:50 / Competition Policy Implementation Working Group
Plenary Session
Chair: Elizabeth Farina, President, Brazil’s CADE
Moderator: John Fingleton, CEO, U. K. Office of Fair Trading
Panelists: Allan Fels, Dean, ANZSOG, Australia
William Kovacic, Chairman, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
16:50 – 17:10 / Coffee/Tea Break
17:10 – 18:30 / Competition Policy Implementation Working Group
Breakout Session （3 sessions）
Session 1 (Room D) : Effectiveness
Moderator: Yaşar Tekdemir, Acting Director International Relations, TurkeyCompetition AuthorityResource Persons: Patricia Agra, International Advisor, CADE, Brazil
Renata Dantas, Advisor to the President, CADE, Brazil
Strategic Planning Implementation
Panelists: Miguel Cuerdo, Member of the Council, CNC, Spain
Philip Lowe, Director General, European Commission, DGCompetition
Shan Ramburuth, Commissioner, South Africa Competition Commission
Wrap Up
Panelists: Elizabeth Farina, President, CADE, BrazilAllan Fels, Dean, ANZSOG, Australia
John Fingleton, CEO, U. K. Office of Fair Trading
William Kovacic, Chairman, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Session 2 (Room C-1) : Partnerships
Moderator: Russell Damtoft, Associate Director, International Affairs, U.S.Federal Trade CommissionResource Person: Stéphanie Yon, Adviser for International Affairs in the Staff of the President, Conseil de la Concurrence
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Latin American Bid Rigging Project
Panelists: Ana Paula Martinez, Ministry of Justice, SDE, BrazilBernard Phillips, Head of Competition Division, OECD
The European Union TACIS Program
Panelists: Steve Ryan, International Relation Officer, European Commission, DGCompetitionVladimir Kachalin, Advisor to the Head, Federal Antimonopoly Service, Russia
JFTC-KPPU Partnership
Panelists:Deswin Nur, Head, Inter-institution Cooperation Division, KPPU, Indonesia
Shuichi Sugahisa, Director, International Affairs Division, JapanFair Trade Commission
Session 3 (Room C-2) : Funding and Capacity Building
Moderator:Eduardo Perez Motta, Chairman, Federal Competition Commission, Mexico
Resource Person: Nigel Caesar, Competition Law Officer, Competition Bureau Canada
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - - COMPAL program
Panelists: Pablo Carnevale, President, Comisión para Promover laCompetencia, Costa RicaGraciela Ortiz, President, Competition Chamber, INDECOPI, Peru
Celina Escolan, President, Superintendencia de Competencia, El Salvador
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Panelists: Kenneth Smith Ramos, Director General, Institutional Relationand International Affairs, Federal Competition Commission, Mexico
Mario Umaña, International Trade and Integration Sector
Specialist, IDB
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Panelists: Susan Joekes, Senior Program Specialist,IDRCThula Kaira, Acting Executive Director,Zambia Competition Commission
19:30-21:30 / Reception
Hosted by Fair Trade Institute
At Gyoun-no-Ma, Kyoto Hotel Okura
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
8:00 – 8:30 / Coffee/Tea
Main Lounge
8:30 – 9:00 / Presentation by Vice Chairs on Past and Future Efforts
Kazuhiko Takeshima, Vice-Chair for Advocacy and Implementation
David Lewis, Vice-Chair for Outreach
Eduardo Perez Motta, Vice-Chair for International Coordination
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
9:00 – 10:00 / Joint Implementation/Outreach Panel Followed by Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Philip Collins, Chairman, U. K. Office of Fair Trading
Panelists: Vinod Dhall, Acting Chairman,Competition Commission of India
Graciela Ortiz, President, Competition Chamber, INDECOPI, Peru
Sang Yong Park, Director General, Korea Fair Trade Commission
Jozsef Sarai, Head of the International Section,Hungarian
Competition Authority
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
10:00 – 10:15 / Coffee/ Tea Break
Main Lounge
10:15 – 11:00 / Joint Implementation/Outreach Panel Followed by Plenary Discussion
(cont’d)
Moderator: Philip Collins, Chairman, U. K. Office of Fair Trading
- Discussion of whether and how to increase advocacy efforts –
Panelists: Rene Jansen, Netherlands Competition Authority
Ronald Stern, General Electric Company
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
11:00 -12:00 / Report Back, Adoption of Work, and Future Work Plans
(including, the presentation of 2008 Cartel Workshop by the Portugal Competition Authority)
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
12:00 – 12:30 / Closing Ceremony
KazuhikoTakeshima, Chairman of the Japan Fair TradeCommission
Sheridan Scott, Chair, Steering Group, International CompetitionNetwork
Walter Stoffel, Chairman of the Swiss Competition Commission
Main Hall, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
12:30 – 13:45 / Lunch
At Banquet Hall Sakura, KyotoInternationalConferenceCenter
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