22 nd St.Gallen International Competiton Law Forum

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1 St.Gallen, April 23 rd and 24 th nd St.Gallen International Competiton Law Forum

2 Programme 23 April :45-09:00 Welcome Carl Baudenbacher 09:00-10:00 Keynote by Advocate General Nils Wahl Jürg Borer Nils Wahl 10:00-10:30 Coffee break 10:30-12:30 Abuse of Dominance in Technology-Enabled Markets Petra Pohlmann Simon Bishop Theofanis Christoforou Maurits Dolmans 12:30-14:00 Lunch (Pfalzkeller) 14:00-15:45 China: The Third Leg in Global Antitrust Peter Freeman Sébastien J. Evrard Angela Zhang 15:45-16:15 Coffee break 16:15-18:00 Recent Developments and the Status of the Merger Control Reform Susanne Zuehlke Thomas Deisenhofer Juhani Kostka Thomas Wessely 19:00-23:00 Dinner with special event (Hotel Einstein)

3 Programme 24 April :45-10:15 Presidents Breakfast Wolfgang Bosch Vanessa Turner Agnete Gersing Bruno Lasserre Vincent Martenet Konrad Ost Giovanni Pitruzzella 10:15-10:45 Coffee break 10:45-11:45 20 Years EFTA Court: The Contributions to European Competition Law Lewis Crofts David Lawsky Carl Baudenbacher 11:45-12:30 Changes in the Structure of the Antitrust Bar Christopher Rother Ian S. Forrester 12:30-14:00 Lunch (Pfalzkeller) 14:00-15:45 Public Interest as an Argument in Antitrust and Merger Cases Peter Freeman Nelson Jung Rupprecht Podszun 15:45-16:15 Coffee break 16:15-17:15 Switzerland as a Player in Global Competition Law Thomas Hoehn Gerald Brei Anton K. Schnyder Paolo Palmigiano 17:15-17:30 Farewell Carl Baudenbacher

4 Speakers & Moderators Carl Baudenbacher Simon Bishop Jürg Borer President, EFTA Court; Director, Executive M.B.L.- HSG, University of St.Gallen; Chairman, St.Gallen ICF Co-Founder and Partner, RBB Economics Schellenberg Wittmer Luxembourg/ St.Gallen Zurich Wolfgang Bosch Gerald Brei Theofanis Christoforou Gleiss Lutz Homburger Director Competition and Mergers, Legal Service, European Commission Frankfurt Zurich Lewis Crofts Thomas Deisenhofer Maurits Dolmans Chief Correspondent Europe, MLex Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

5 Speakers & Moderators Sébastien J. Evrard Jones Day Ian S. Forrester White & Case; Honorary Professor, University of Glasgow Peter Freeman Chairman, Competition Appeal Tribunal; Former Chairman, UK Competition Commission Hong Kong Agnete Gersing Director General, Danish Competition and Consumer Authority Thomas Hoehn Director, Competition RX; Visiting Professor, Imperial College; Panel Member, UK Competition Commission Nelson Jung Director of Mergers, UK Competition and Markets Authority Valby Juhani Kostka Bruno Lasserre David Lawsky Legal Counsel, Holcim Group Services President, French Competition Authority Consultant, Fipra International Zurich Paris

6 Speakers & Moderators Vincent Martenet Konrad Ost Paolo Palmigiano President, Swiss Competition Commission Head of General Policy Division, German Cartel Office General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer EMEA, Sumitomo Electric Industries Berne Bonn Giovanni Pitruzzella Chairman, Italian Competition Authority Rupprecht Podszun Professor, University of Bayreuth Petra Pohlmann Professor, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Rome Bayreuth Münster Christopher David Rea Rother Anton K. Schnyder Vanessa Turner Head of Regulatory, Counsel, Competition and Antitrust GlaxoSmithKline Law, Deutsche Bahn Professor, University of Zurich UZH Allen & Overy Philadelphia, Berlin PA Zurich

7 Speakers & Moderators Nils Wahl Thomas Wessely Angela Zhang Advocate General, Court of Justice of the European Union Freshfields Professor, King s College Luxembourg Susanne Zuehlke Founder and Attorney at Law, E&Z Lawyers (i.g)

8 Advisory Board Romina Polley Advisory Board Chair Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Cologne Joachim Bornkamm Former President of Chamber, German Federal Supreme Court; Honorary Professor, University of Freiburg Karlsruhe/ Freiburg Carles Esteva Mosso Deputy Director-General Mergers, DG Competition, EU Commission Peter Freeman Vincent Martenet Eric Morgan de Rivery Chairman, Competition Appeal Tribunal; Former Chairman, UK Competition Commission President, Swiss Competition Commission Jones Day Berne Paris Sven Norberg Senior Adviser, Kreab & Gavin Anderson Strategic Communications Counsellors; Former Director, DG Competition, EU Commission Patrick Sommer CMS von Erlach Poncet Zurich

9 Chair & Organization Carl Baudenbacher Chair President, EFTA Court; Director, Executive M.B.L.- HSG, University of St.Gallen Luxembourg/ St.Gallen Alexander Göbel Executive Director ICF Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School; Research and Teaching Fellow, CC EIL, University of St.Gallen HSG Cambridge, MA/ St.Gallen Franziska Moll Academic Coordinator, E.M.B.L.-HSG, University of St.Gallen HSG; Research Fellow, CC EIL, University of St.Gallen HSG Lisa Schwarz Research Fellow, CC EIL, University of St.Gallen HSG Tirza Zürn Administrative Coordinator, E.M.B.L.-HSG, University of St.Gallen HSG St.Gallen Vienna/ St.Gallen St.Gallen

10 Information Participation Fees The participation fee is EUR (EUR 800 for one day) per person including electronic documentation, refreshments during conference breaks, lunches on Thursday and Friday as well as the conference dinner on Thursday. Please note that the registration is binding and that the participation fee is payable within ten days upon confirmation of registration. However, the participation fee is refunded in full (minus a processing fee of EUR 150), if a written cancellation is received till up to three weeks before the conference date (at the latest by April 1st 2015). For cancellations received after this date, no refund can be made, however, a replacement participant can be named. Early registration is recommended, as the conference sold out in recent years. Companies sending several participants (three and more) can benefit from a discount of ten percent on the participation fees. This discount cannot be combined with other offers. Special discounts are also available for PhD students, academics and members of the media. Please inquire with us. Hotel Reservations The conference team will gladly assist with hotel reservations and several hotel options are available during the online registration. Venue The St.Gallen ICF will take place in the St.Gallen Kantonsratssaal (Parliament of the Canton of St.Gallen). For more information, visit the conference webpage at

11 Impressions

12 We would like to thank our strategic and knowledge partners: Do not hesitate to contact us for further information. Registration is available online at University of St.Gallen HSG Competence Center for European and International Law CC-EIL Tigerbergstrasse 9 CH-9000 St.Gallen Phone: +41 / 71 / contact@sg-icf.ch