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4th Annual Competition Policy Conference

The Role of Competition and Liberalization in Furthering Competitiveness

Friday 20 June 2008

To enable as open a debate as possible, this conference will be held under the Chatham House Rule.
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Continuing professional developement

Up to seven CPD (continuing professional development) hours are available for delegates attending this event*

* As per the Law Society of England and Wales and the Bar Standards Board

Keynote speakers

Thomas O Barnett
Assistant Attorney General
US Department of Justice
John Fingleton
Chief Executive
Office of Fair Trading, UK
Philip Lowe
Director General for Competition
European Commission

Other speaker highlights

Patrick Baeten
General Counsel
Suez Energy Europe
Sir Gerald Barling
President
Competition Appeal Tribunal, UK
Liam Colley
Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dr Peter Davis
Deputy Chairman
Competition Commission, UK
Rt Hon Lord Freeman
Chairman, Internal Market, Select Committee on EU Affairs
House of Lords
Diana Guy
Deputy Chairman
UK Competition Commission
Thomas Huertas
Director, Banking Sector
Financial Services Authority, UK
Jan Ingwersen
Vice President, Infrastructure & Regulatory Affairs
DONG Energy Markets
William E Kovacic
Chairman
US Federal Trade Commission
Guillaume Loriot
Head of Unit, Merger and Antitrust Case Support
European Commission
Carl Munson
Group Executive and Associate General Counsel
MasterCard Worldwide
R Hewitt Pate
Partner
Hunton and Williams
Michel Petite
Of Counsel, Clifford Chance and Former Head of Legal Service, European Commission (1983-January 2008)
Dan Sjöblom
Head of Mergers Unit
European Commission
Jenny Stainsby
Head of Group Litigation and Regulatory Counsel
HBOS plc
Johan Ysewyn
Partner
Linklaters

Conference overview

Dominant Companies
How can powerful companies be kept reined in as they develop and adjust their competitive strategies?

Criminality
Regulators are getting ever tougher enforcement powers, and competition law violations are turning into criminal offences. Will extradition, jail sentences and personal fines make a difference?

Mergers
What is the impact of the growing move amongst regulators to cooperate in finding pragmatic remedies which involve behavioural commitments rather than simply requiring divestitures?

Sector Regulation
What will be the results of the current extensive inquiries into the financial services and energy sectors?

Research