10th IMEDIPA Competition Law and Policy Conference

10th IMEDIPA Conference on Competition Law and Policy

Organised by the UCL Centre for Law, Economics and Society, QMUL Centre for Commercial Law Studies and Institute of Studies in Competition Law and Policy - IMEDIPA

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Programme:

8.45 Registration

9.00 – 9.15 Introduction and keynote speech
Judge Dimitrios Kyritsakis, Chairman of the Hellenic Competition Commission

9.15- 10.45 Panel 1: Recent developments in Greek and EU Competition Law
Chair: Prof. George Triantafillakis, Democritus University of Thrace

Panellists
- Lefkothea Nteka, Hellenic Competition Commission
- Emmanuel Dryllerakis, Dryllerakis & Associates
- Prof. Alexandra Mikroulea, University of Athens Law School
- Marina Androulakakis, Bernitsas Law Firm
- Violetta Panagiotopoulou, KG Law Firm

10.45 – 11.15 Break

11.15 – 12.45 Panel 2: Digital competition law [online vertical restraints, digital platforms and data protection, the Internet of Things and competition law]
Chair: Judge Ian Forrester, General Court of the EU

Panellists
- Nick Banasevic, European Commission, DG Competition
- Prof. William Kovacic, George Washington University, Kings’ College London and UK CMA
- Prof. Bjorn Lundqvist, University of Stockholm
- Prof. Damien Geradin, Tilburg University, UCL & Euclid Law Firm
- Dimitris Loukas, Potamitis Vekris
- Prof. Dimitris Tzouganatos, University of Athens Law School

12.45 – 14.00 Panel 3: Competition law and policy in the food sector
Chair: Dr. Bogdan Chiritoiu, President, Romanian Competition Council

Panellists
- Prof. Ioannis Lianos, UCL Faculty of Laws
- Prof. Nikos Vettas, Athens University of Economics and Business
- Gregory Pelecanos, Ballas, Pelecanos & Associates
- Dr Vassilis Karagiannis, Partner, KLC Law Firm
- Prof. Ioannis Kokkoris, Queen Mary University London

14.00 – 15.00 Lunch

15.00 – 16.30 Panel 4: Article 102 TFEU after Intel and Google Search
Chair: Prof. Ioannis Kokkoris, Queen Mary University of London

Panellists
- Judge Ian Forrester, General Court of the EU
- Prof. Yannis Katsoulacos, Athens University of Economics and Business
- Prof. Nick Economides, NYU Stern Business School
- Dr. Miguel de la Mano, Compass Lexecon
- Dr. Assimakis Komninos, White & Case
- Efthymia Armata, Stavropoulos and Partners / UCL Laws

16.30 – 17.00 Break

17.00 – 18.30 Panel 5: Substantive and Procedural/Enforcement reforms in EU competition law in an era of populism
Chair: Prof. Ioannis Lianos, UCL Faculty of Laws

Panellists
- Judge Ian Forrester, General Court of the EU
- Ms Anna Nakou, Vice-President, Hellenic Competition Commission
- Dr. Bogdan Chiritoiu, President, Romanian Competition Council
- Dr. Sarunas Keserauskas, President, Lithuanian Competition Council
- Prof. William Kovacic, George Washington University, Kings’ College London and UK CMA
- Prof. Jacques Steenbergen, President of the Belgian Competition Authority

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