A conference presented by the Communications Law Committee and the Antitrust Committee of the IBA s Legal Practice Division 18th Annual Communications and Competition Law Conference 14-15 ay 2007 The Westin Paris, Paris, France Working programme
18th Annual Communications and Competition Law Conference Working programme Conference Co-Chairs ichael Bernasconi Bär & Karrer, Zurich; Chair, IBA Communications Law Committee ichael J Reynolds Allen & Overy LLP, Brussels; Council ember, IBA Legal Practice Division Local host committee Olivier Cousi Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris Frédérique Dupuis-Toubol Bird & Bird, Paris Olivier Fréget Allen & Overy LLP, Paris arc Pittie Bredin Prat, Brussels / Paris Exhibitors: Supported by
onday 14 ay All working sessions will take place in the Salon Concorde. All tea and coffee and lunch breaks will take place in the Salon Napoléon. 0800 1745 Registration Chair michael Bernasconi 0900 0915 Introduction from the Conference Co-Chairs 0915 0945 Keynote address Bruno Lasserre President, Conseil de la Concurrence, Paris 0945 1230 The regulatory agenda: 2007/2008 Issues to be discussed by the speakers will include: obile roaming Spectrum harmonisation / management / single market for wireless SP markets and market failure remedies Price squeezing, predatory pricing, relevant cases Effective appeal processes for regulatory decisions A G oderator Colin Long Olswang, London Bernard Amory Jones Day, Brussels alex Blowers International Director, Ofcom, London Friedhelm Dommermuth Head of Department, Economic Aspects of Telecommunications, Federal Network Agency, Bonn gabrielle Gauthey ember, Executive Board, French Telecommunications and Posts Regulator (ARCEP), Paris Stefan Renfer Swiss Federal Competition Commission, Bern ichael Shotter ember of Cabinet, DG Information Society & edia, Brussels 1045 1115 Coffee/Tea Break 1230 1400 Lunch Keynote speaker P pascal Dormal anaging Director, Belgium & Luxembourg, Altice, Luxembourg 1400 1415 Introduction from the Chair michael Bernasconi 1415 1545 Case study: the next generation of networks E A oderator Frédérique Dupuis-Toubol eric Debroeck Senior Vice-President, Regulation, France Telecom, Paris anne Everard General Counsel, Tele2, Wemmel Sergio Fogli Head of Regulatory Affairs, Telecom Italia, Rome maxime Lombardini General anager, Iliad/Free, Paris Frank Schmidt Senior Executive Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations, Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn 1545 1615 Coffee/Tea Break OBILE TELEPHONES
1615 1745 Television Without Frontiers the new challenges O oderator Ton Tujten Liberty Global Europe, Schiphol Rijk; Vice-Chair, IBA Communications Law Committee olivier Fréget Stéphan Le Goueff LG@vocats, Luxembourg Thibault Verbiest Ulys.net, Paris; Senior Lecturer, University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne Justin Wolfe General Counsel, Zonemedia, London 1930 Hosted reception and conference dinner La aison de l Amérique Latine 217 boulevard St-Germain, 75007 Paris Hosted reception kindly sponsored by The aison de l Amérique Latine was founded in 1946 on the instigation of General de Gaulle by the inistry of Foreign Affairs. It occupies two elegant buildings, Hôtel de Varengeville, built in 1704 by the architect Jacques Gabriel, and Hôtel Amelot de Gournay, built in 1712 by the architect Germain Boffrand. Entry to the dinner is by ticket only, for availability please enquire with staff at the registration desk. All registered delegates may attend the reception. Ticket price: 80 Dress code: business suit OBILE TELEPHONES
Tuesday 15 ay 0830 1245 Registration Chair michael J Reynolds 0915 0930 Introduction from the Chair 0930 1030 The IPR/competition law interface andrea Appella Time Warner, London; Website Coordinator, IBA Antitrust Committee nicholas Banasevic Deputy Head of Unit, Information Industries, Internet and Consumer Electronics, DG Competition, Brussels Calvin Goldman Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto, Ontario andrew C Finch Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York 1030 1100 Coffee/Tea Break 1100 1230 Article 82: new developments 1230 Discussion 1245 Close michael Albers Head of Unit, Telecommunications and Post, Information Society Coordination, DG Competition, Brussels mark Opashinov cillan Binch endelsohn LLP, Toronto, Ontario greg ccurdy icrosoft, Redmond, Washington; Vice-Chair, IBA Antitrust Committee marc Pittie polly Weitzman General Counsel, Ofcom, London OBILE TELEPHONES