The Sixth Annual Trans-Atlantic Antitrust Dialogue

Thursday 6 July 2006 09:30 to
Friday 7 July 2006 16:30

Location

Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG

Participants

Keynote Speakers:

Bill Kovacic, Federal Trade Commission
Philip Lowe, DG-Competition, European Commission
Bruce McDonald, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice

Chairs:

Lesley Ainsworth, Lovells
Margaret Bloom, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Oliver Bretz, Clifford Chance LLP
Cristina Caffarra, CRA
Mark Clough QC, Addleshaw Goddard
Phil Evans, Consumer Policy Team, FIPRA International
Michael Hutchings OBE, Competition Law Forum
Anne Riley, Shell
Professor Richard Whish, Kings College London

Speakers:

Alan Ainsworth, Barclaycard
Pinar Bagci, CRA
Colin Brown, OFT
Ricardo Cardoso de Andrade, European Commission
Diana Chan, Citigroup
Liam Colley, PricewaterhouseCoopers Economics
Stuart Davis, BG Group PLC
John Davies, Competition Commission
Carles Esteva Mosso, European Commission
Allan Fels, Australia-New Zealand School of Government
John Fingleton, OFT
James Flynn, Brick Court Chambers
Andrés Font-Galarza, European Commission
Luis Gomez, Baker & McKenzie
Sean Greenaway, European Commission
Judge Nicholas Forwood, Court of First Instance
John Hardy, Three Raymond Buildings
Judge Frédéric Jenny, Cour de Cassation
Robert Madelin, European Commission
Adrian Majumdar, RBB Economics
Todd Miller, Baker & Miller PLLC
Elizabeth Morony, Clifford Chance LLP
Damien Neven, Graduate Institute of International Studies
Brad Ockene, Lovells
Michael O'Kane, Peters and Peters
Johanne Peyre, Michelin
William Prasifka, Irish Competition Authority
Alan Riley, City Law School
William Robinson, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Duncan Sinclair, OFGEM
Rimantas Stanikunas, Lithuanian Competition Council

Keynote addresses will be given by Philip Lowe, DG-Competition, European Commission; Bruce McDonald, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; and Bill Kovacic, Federal Trade Commission.

Click here to download the profiles of each of the keynote speakers.

This year's conference has sessions on mergers, consumer welfare, extradition, Article 82 cases, and private actions. This year we are also introducing smaller break-out sessions on retailing, financial services and energy. Our conference will close with our annual Roundtable with the Authorities: a discussion led by Professor Richard Whish, with senior officials from the US, UK, European Commission, Lithuania and Ireland.

Click here to download the full programme for the conference.

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