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Which competition policy for regulated industries? Governance and sector-specific perspectives
05 September 2008–06 September 2008, 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Event Information
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Organiser
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Centre for Law, Economics & Society
Location
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Bentham House, Bloomsbury, London
Conference programme
DAY ONE | |
| Roundtable 1: Setting the stage: An optimal competition policy for network industries: issues for small and developing economies Chairman: Ismail Hakki Karakelle (Member of the Board, Turkish Competition Authority) | |
| Speakers: The New Economics of Network Industries with Applications to Competition Policy Prof. David Evans (LECG, UCL) | |
| Setting the Stage: Regulatory Challenges for Small Market Economies in Network Industries Prof. Michal Gal (University of Haifa, NYU) | |
| Regulation and Competition Policy: Issues and Challenges in Developing Countries Dr. Ioannis Kessides (World Bank) | |
| Discussants: Dr. Ioannis Kokkoris (Office of Fair Trading, IMEDIPA) | |
| Network Access: Which Competition Policy for Regulated Industries Dr. Pinar Bagci (Case Associates | |
| Roundtable 2: Regulatory design: the evolution of the institutional framework and regulatory techniques: implications for competition policy Chairman: Prof. Osman Sevaioglu (Middle East Technical University) | |
| Speakers: The Evolution of Regulatory Frameworks & Techniques Dr. Ioannis Lianos (UCL, IMEDIPA) & Javier Tapia (UCL, OFGEM) | |
| Regulatory design and evolution Prof. Stephen Littlechild (Judge Business School, Cambridge) | |
| Regulatory design: the evolution of the institutional framework and regulatory techniques Prof. Alexandre de Streel (University of Namur) | |
| Discussant: Halil Baha Karabudak (Advisor to the Chairman, Turkish Competition Authority) | |
| Roundtable 3: The interaction between regulation and competition law in regulated industries Chairman: Prof. Valentine Korah (UCL) | |
| Speakers: | |
| The interaction between regulation and competition law in network industries(with particular emphasis on energy and telecom markets) Kris Dekeyser (Director, EU Commission) | |
| The Emergence of Regulatory Antitrust? Diana Guy (Deputy Chairman, Competition Commission, UK) | |
| Regulatory reform and competition: How to push the agenda forward Alberto Heimler (Director, Italian Competition Authority) | |
| Interaction between Regulation and Competition Law in Regulated IndustriesA French Perspective Prof. Laurence Idot (Univ. Paris II Pantheon-Assas, Institute of Competition Law) | |
| Discussants: | |
| Alden Abbott (Associate Director, Federal Trade Commission, US) | |
| Ilmutluhan Selcuk (Herguner & Bilgen & Ozeke) | |
| Roundtable 4: Anticompetitive state intervention: the evolution of standards and remedies Chairman: Prof. Laurence Idot (Univ. Paris II Pantheon-Assas, Institute of Competition Law) | |
| Speakers: Regulatory Impact Analysis And Competition Assessment: A Crucial Tool To Deal With Anticompetitive State Intervention Yasar Tekdemir (Expert,Turkish Competition Authority) | |
| Two richly entwined European plants: state action and private coordination Ian Forrester (White & Case) | |
| Telmex: a little (competition) learning is a dang’rous thing Dr. Philip Marsden (BIICL, OFT) | |
| Discussants: Golden Shares: Lawful implementation of special rights in favor of the state or an anticompetitive means of maintaining control over privatized companies? Manolis Kasotakis (Lampadarios Law Offices) | |
| Regulatory remedies imposed by a Competition authority Ioannis Biblis (Shell) | |
DAY TWO | |
| Workshop 1: Competition policy issues in the media and telecom sector Chairman: Alden Abbott (Associate Director, Federal Trade Commission, US) | |
| Speakers: Margin Squeezes in Telecoms Dr Cento Veljanovski (Case Economics) | |
| Competition policy issues in the media and telecom sector Matthijs Visser (RBB Economics) ** speaker change | |
| Price Squeezes: LinkLine V Pacific Bell Alden Abbott (Associate Director, Federal Trade Commission, US) | |
| Discussants: Bostjan Makarovic (Head of Telecommunications Division, APEK, Slovenian Electronic Communications Regulatory Authority) | |
| Tying & Bundling in Telecom Sector in Slovenia Andrej Fatur (Kings College London) | |
| Competition Policy Issues in the media & telecoms sector Ioannis Dryllerakis (Dryllerakis & Associates) | |
| Workshop 2: Competition policy issues in the financial services sector Chairman: Vassela Antonov (Bulgarian Competition Authority) | |
| Speakers: Regulation of the interchange fees in credit card systems Judge Frederic Jenny (OECD, Cour de Cassation, OFT) | |
| Dr. Ridvan Cabukel (Vice-President, Savings Deposit Insurance Fund - TMSF) | |
| Competition policy issues in the financial services sector in Turkey Gonenc Gurkaynak (ELIG) | |
| Discussant: Competition Law, Regulation and the interchange fee: Turkish Experience Dr. Oguzkan Guzel (Guner Hukuk Burosu) | |
| Workshop 3: Competition policy issues in the energy sector Chairman: Dr. Michael Thomadakis (Vice-Chairman, Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy) | |
| Speakers: Dr. Jorge Padilla (LECG) | |
| Competition policy issues in the energy sector Dr. Claes Bengtsson (European Commission, DG Competition) | |
| Competition Through Regulation: The case of Turkey Dr. Fuat Oguz (Baskent University) | |
| Discussants: Competition policy issues in the energy sector: the case of Greece Dr. Xenofon Paparrigopoulos (PI Partners) | |
| Dr. Alan Riley (City University, London) | |
| Restructuring in the Turkish electricity industry: Competition policy and market design Dr. Izak Atiyas (Sabanci University) | |
| Workshop 4: Competition policy issues in the post and transport sectors Chairman: Judge Frederic Jenny (OECD, Cour de Cassation, OFT) | |
| Speakers: Competition Law and Transport Markets Prof. John Kallaugher (Latham & Watkins, UCL) | |
| Self-assessment vs Block exemption: The new competition regime for shipping trades Dr. Nikolaos Farantouris (University of Piraeus) | |
| Postal services and the postal market: Towards full market opening Dr. George Katapodis (Izmir University) | |
| Discussants: Railway Liberalisation in Europe and Privatisation in Germany Dr. Florian Wagner Von Papp (UCL) | |
| Dr. Pinar Artiran (Istanbul Bilgi University) | |