ICN Barcelona 2023. 18-20, October 2023. Llotja de Mar Isabel II, 1. Barcelona.
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ICN Barcelona 2023. 18-20, October 2023.
Llotja de Mar Isabel II, 1. Barcelona.
https://www.icn.cnmc.es | ICN2023Barcelona@cnmc.es
Afternoon | ||
18:00-20:00 | ICN Registration(CNMC Headquarters (C/ Bolívia 56)) | |
18:00-19:00 | ICN Working Group Chairs Meeting (closed session) | |
Evening Networking | ||
19:00-22:00 | Welcome Reception at CNMC HQ (conference delegates only) |
Morning | ||
08:00-08:45 | ICN Introduction (Salón del Consulado/ Consulate’s Hall)Ms. Christina BurhopInternational Relations Officer BKartA (Germany) Mr. Nigel Caesar Competition Law Officer CBC (Canada) Mr. Paul O’Brien Counsel FTC (USA) |
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08:00-09:00 | ICN Registration (Courtyard) | |
09:00-09:30 | Opening Session (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Mr. Andreas MundtICN Chair Ms. Cani Fernández Chair CNMC (Spain) |
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09:30-09:45 | Keynote 1 (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Mr. Didier ReyndersCommissioner for Justice & Competition (temporarily) European Commission |
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09:45-10:45 | Role of courts in antitrust law and how to develop a mutually beneficial interaction. (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Ms. Cani FernándezChair CNMC (Spain) Ms. Gina Cass – Gottlieb Chair ACCC (Australia) Mr. Gwenaël Muguet-Poullennec Référendaire Court of Justice of the European Union Mr. Rodrigo de la Peza López Figueroa Judge Specialized Economic Competition, Broadcasting and Telecommunications Tribunals Mexico Mr. Justice Roth Judge Chancery Division, High Court of England and Wales Ms. Doris Tshepe Commissioner CCSA (South Africa) |
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10:45-11:15 | Coffee break (Courtyard) |
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11:15-11:30 | Keynote/Interview 2 (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Ms. Lina KhanChair FTC (USA) |
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11:30-12:30 | Merger WG Plenary: Digital Mergers (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Ms. Tina SøreideDirector General KT (Norway) Ms. Sarah Cardell Chief Executive CMA (UK) Mr. Alexandre Cordeiro President CADE (Brazil) Mr. Olivier Guersent Director General DG COMP (EC) Mr. Michael Reynolds NGA (IBA) |
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Lunch | ||
12:30-14:00 | ICN Lunch (Courtyard) | |
Afternoon | ||
14:00-15:15 | Breakout Sessions Round 1 Heads of agency session on Digital (Salón de Consulado/ Consulate's Hall) MWG Non-horizontal mergers (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Mr. Carlos MenaNGA (COFECE Mexico) Ms. Suzie Copley General Manager ACCC (Australia) Mr. Tzu-Shun Hu Director Taiwan Fair Trade Commission Mr. Guillaume Loriot Deputy Director General DG COMP (EC) Mr. Massimo Motta NGA (AGCM Italy) Mr. Josh Sherman Chief Economist ICA (Israel) AEWG: Digitalization: technologies and techniques for collecting and processing information in antitrust cases (Salón Pleno/ Plenary Hall)Mr. Anton DinevNGA (EC DG Comp) Mr. José Manuel Haro Unit Head COFECE (Mexico) Mr. Vasilios Vassalos NGA (HCC Greece) UCWG: How to ensure effectiveness of remedies imposed in UC cases and obstacles encountered in case practice (Salón Dorado/ Golden Hall)Ms. Payal MalikAdviser CCI (India) Mr. Uğur Bilgehan Burhan Competition Expert RK (Turkey) Ms. Maria Coppola Director FTC (USA) Mr. Thomas Guérin Legal Secretary Adlc (France) Mr. Byung Joo Lee NGA (KFTC Korea) Mr. Sergio Sinovas Unit Head CNMC (Spain) AWG: Sustainability and Competition Policy (Salón de Consulado/ Consulate's Hall)Ms. Ninette MwaraniaManager CAK (Kenya) Mr. Karl Lundvall Deputy Head KKV (Sweden) Mr. Martijn Snoep Chairman ACM (Netherlands) Mr. Yusuke Takamiya NGA (JFTC Japan) Ms. Daniela Trampert Case Handler BWB (Austria) Ms. Anne Wachsmann NGA (Adlc France) NGA Liaison: Digital markets and regulatory initiatives (Salón de los Leones/ Hall of Lions)Mr. Alexandre CordeiroPresident CADE (Brazil) Ms. Eleanor Fox NGA (FTC USA) Mr. Amanda Mfuphi NGA (CCSA South Africa) Mr. Harikumar Pillay NGA (CCCS Singapore) Ms. Vanessa Turner NGA (DG COMP EC) |
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15:15-15:45 | Afternoon Coffee (Courtyard) | |
15:45-16:00 | Keynote/Interview 3 (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Ms. Alessandra TonazziOECD Mr. Adano Wario Acting Director General CAK (Kenya) |
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16:00-17:00 | Advocacy WG Plenary: Re-thinking the Advocacy Toolkit (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Ms. Eleanor FoxNGA (FTC USA) Mr. Jin Wook Chung Commissioner KFTC (Korea) Mr. Juan Manuel Contreras Acting Advocacy Director CNMC (Spain) Ms. Andrea Marván Chair & Commissioner COFECE (Mexico) Ms. Anne Riley NGA (DG COMP EC) |
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17:00-17:30 | ICN/WB Advocacy Contest Winners (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Ms. Graciela MirallesWorld Bank Group Mr. Roberto Rustichelli President AGCM (Italy) |
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Evening Networking | 18:00-20:00 | Social Events |
20:00-22:00 | Steering Group Dinner WG Co-Chair Dinner |
Morning | ||
09:00-09:15 | Keynote/Interview 4 (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Ms. Melanie AitkenNGA (CBC Canada) Mr. Benoît Coeuré President Adlc (France) |
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09:15-10:15 | UCWG Plenary: Challenges around unilateral conduct cases (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Mr. Nuno Cunha RodriguesPresident AdC (Portugal) Ms. Reiko Aoki Commissioner JFTC (Japan) Ms. Fang-yi Jen NGA (Taiwan Fair Trade Commission) Mr. Andrea Pezzoli Vice Secretary General AGCM (Italy) Mr. John Small Chair CCNZ (New Zealand) |
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10:15-11:00 | Intersection between Competition & Privacy (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Mr. Maurice StuckeProfessor NGA (USA) Mr. John Fingleton Chair’s NGA Ms. Ravneet Kaur Chairperson CCI (India) Mr. Andreas Mundt President BKartA (Germany) |
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11:00-11:30 | Coffee break (Courtyard) | |
11:30-12:45 | Break Out Sessions Round 2 Heads of agency session on Competition and Sustainability (Salón de Cónsules/ Consuls’ Hall) CWG: Labor market cartel enforcement: latest trends and challenges (Salón Pleno/ Plenary Hall)Mr. Victor MeyerDirector COFECE (Mexico) Mr. Osman Ayar Competition Expert RK (Turkey) Ms. Irina Popovici Director CCR (Romania) Ms. Ana Sofia Rodrigues Board Member AdC (Portugal) Ms. Irma Urmonaitė Council Member & Deputy Chairwoman LKT (Lithuania) MWG: Control of data, market power and potential competition in merger reviews (Salón Dorado/ Golden Hall)Mr. Marcus Vinicius Silveira de SáCoordinator CADE (Brazil) Mr. Ingo Brinker (TBC) NGA (BKartA Germany) Ms Cristina Caffarra NGA (CMA UK) Mr. Jorge Grunberg National Economic Prosecutor FNE (Chile) Mr. Pedro Hinojo Unit Head CNMC (Spain) Ms. Cecilia Maxe-Aglinder Senior Advisor KKV (Sweden) Mr. Raphael Mburu Manager CAK (Kenya) AEWG: Measuring effectiveness: Ex-post and ex-ante impact assessment of competition authorities’ activities (Salón de los Leones/ Hall of Lions)Ms. Nina VasićSenior Advisor CPC (Serbia) Mr. Zombor Berezvai Unit Head GVH (Hungary) Mr. Renato Ferrandi Unit Head AGCM (Italy) Ms. Ann-Marie Grant General Manager JFTC (Jamaica) Mr. Carlos Pascual NGA (CNMC Spain) UCWG: Assessment of Dominance: challenges ahead (Salón de Contrataciones/Contracting Hall)Ms. Jeanne PrattSenior Deputy Commissioner CBC (Canada) Mr. Rusman bin Abu Samah Commissioner MyCC (Malaysia) Ms. Andrea Pomona NGA (EC DG Comp) Mr. José Manuel Haro Unit Head COFECE (Mexico) Mr. Carlos Trujillo Viteri National Director SCE (Ecuador) Younger Agency Session: Challenges for young competition agencies when cooperating internationally (Neptuno)Mr. Rodrigo RíosExecutive Director COFECE (Mexico) Mr. Eduardo Barros Board Member CONACOM (Paraguay) Ms. Viviana Blanco Commissioner COPROCOM (Costa Rica) Mr. Babatunde Irukera Exec. Vice Chairman and CEO FCCPC (Nigeria) Ms. Sarah Livestro Legal Director GCRA (Guernsey) Mr. Bevan Narinesingh Executive Director FTC (Trinidad and Tobago) |
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Lunch | ||
12:45-14:15 | ICN Lunch (Courtyard) | |
Afternoon | ||
14:15-14:30 | Keynote/Interview 5 (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)TBDMr. Rikard Jermsten Director General KKV (Sweden) Ms. Ana Julia Parente National Director CNDC (Argentina) |
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14:30-15:30 | AEWG Plenary: Looking into the Crystal Ball: What do we see and how do we choose our priorities? (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Ms. Sia Aik KorChief Executive & Commissioner CCCS (Singapore) Mr. Samuel Chan Chairman CCHK (Hong Kong) Mr. William Kovacic NGA (FTC USA) Mr. Csaba Balász Rigó President GVH (Hungary) |
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15:30-16:00 | Afternoon Coffee (Courtyard) | |
16:00-17:15 | Breakout Sessions Round 3AWG: Interactions between Sector Regulators and Competition Authorities (Neptuno)Mr. Yasuhiro YoshikawaSenior Investigator JFTC (Japan) Mr. Eduardo Barros Board Member CONACOM (Paraguay) Mr. Lukas Cavada Executive Director BWB (Austria) Ms. Sarah Livestro Director GCRA (Guernsey) CWG: Triggering ex-officio inspections: going beyond leniency (Salón Pleno/ Plenary Hall)Ms. Antonia HorrocksGeneral Manager CCNZ (New Zealand) Ms. Juliette Enser Senior Director CMA (UK) Mr. Alexei Gherțescu President MCC (Moldova) Mr. Gene-Oh Kim NGA (KFTC Korea) Mr. Tobias Maass Deputy Head DG COMP (EC) Mr. Eksteen Maritz Director CCPC (Ireland) Mr. Kamil Nejezchleb Vice Chair UOHS (Czech Republic) Ms. Milena Sabeva Senior Case Handler Adlc (France) Ms. Leah Won General Manager ACCC (Australia) MWG: Investigative techniques in merger control (Salón de los Leones/ Hall of Lions)Mr. Kjell SunnevågDirector KT (Norway) Ms. Eleni Gouliou Director CMA (UK) Ms. Rana Aref Abdelhalim Khoweiled Deputy Head ECA (Egypt) Mr. Bungo Kubo Chief Case Handler JFTC (Japan) Mr. John Kwoka NGA (CCM Mauritius) Ms. Felicity McMahon NGA (ACCC Australia) AEWG: Innovative detection tools and their effective usage (agency-only session) (Salón de Cónsules/ Consuls' Hall)Ms. Eglė MalonytėSenior Advisor LKT (Lithuania) Mr. Alexandre Barreto General Superintendent CADE (Brazil) Ms. Maja Dobrić Senior Advisor CPC (Serbia) Mr. Alfonso García Jimenez Chief Officer CNMC (Spain) Mr. Sailesh Ramyead Unit Head CCM (Mauritius) Intersection Project (Salón Dorado/ Golden Hall)Mr. Andrea CoscelliNGA (CMA UK) Ms. Anna Gerbrandy NGA (ACM Netherlands) Ms. Teresa Moreira UNCTAD Mr. Rupprecht Podszun NGA (BKartA Germany) |
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Evening Networking | ||
19:00-22:00 | ICN Conference Dinner (conference delegates only)(Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Opening speech by the Spanish First Vice-President of the Government and Acting Minister for the Economy and Digital TransformationMs. Nadia Calviño Santamaría |
Morning | ||
09:00-10:15 | Breakout Sessions Round 4UCWG: Interaction between antitrust and regulation in digital markets (Salón Pleno/ Plenary Hall)Mr. Antonio CapobiancoOECD Mr. Alberto Bacchiega Director DG COMP (EC) Mr. Stephen Crosswell NGA (CCHK Hong Kong) Mr. James Hodge Chief Economist/Deputy Commissioner CCSA (South Africa) Mr. Alfonso Lamadrid NGA (CNMC Spain) Ms. Marcella Mattiuzzo NGA (CADE Brazil) AWG: ICN-WBG Competition Advocacy Contest: lessons learnt from the first ten years and future developments (Salón del Consulado / Consulate’s Hall)Mr. Michele PacilloInternational Relations Officer AGMC (Italy) Ms. Graciela Miralles World Bank Group Mr. Zombor Berezvai Chief Economist GVH (Hungary) Mr. Lukas Cavada Executive Coordinator for International Affairs BWB (Austria) Ms. Antonia Horrocks General Manager CCNZ (New Zealand) Mr. Mahmoud Momtaz Chairman ECA (Egypt) Ms. Michelle Ofner Rindone Assistant Chief, International Section, DOJ Antitrust Division (USA) Ms. Irene Pinilla Melgarejo Deputy assistant director of aids and regulatory project reports CNMC (Spain) Mr. Jānis Račko Deputy Chairman KP (Latvia) Mr. José Rodrigo Ríos Dordelly Head of the International Affairs Unit COFECE (Mexico) Mr. Koichi Shimabukuro Senior Planning Officer, International Affairs Division, General Secretariat JFTC (Japan) CWG: Anti-cartel enforcement in the digital era: which tools and what type of teams are needed? (agency-only session) (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Ms. Mirta KapuralPresident AZTN (Croatia) Mr. Haim Arbiv Division Head ICA (Israel) Ms. Isabel López Gálvez Unit Head CNMC (Spain) Mr. Makgale Mohlala Division Manager CCSA (South Africa) Ms. Maggie Phiri Senior Investigator CPC (Zambia) International Enforcement Cooperation/CAP Session (Salón de Cónsules/ Consuls' Hall)Mr. István HantosiUnit Head GVH (Hungary) Ms. Suzie Copley General Manager ACCC (Australia) Mr. Frank Montag NGA (BKartA Germany) Ms. Barbara Schulze Unit Head BKartA (Germany) Mr. Ori Schwartz Unit Head OECD Ms. Adelaide Luke NGA (CCHK Hong Kong) Competition concerns in agriculture and food markets (Salón Dorado/ Golden Hall)Mr. Simon RobertsNGA (CCSA South Africa) Mr. Alexandre Barreto General Superintendent CADE (Brazil) Ms. Eleanor Fox NGA (FTC USA) Mr. James Hodge Chief Economist/Acting Deputy Commissioner CCSA (South Africa) Mr. Willard Mwemba CEO COMESA Mr. Adano W. Roba Acting Director General CAK (Kenya) Nuevas tecnologías y su aplicación en las investigaciones de competencia (Neptuno)Ms. Susana CampuzanoUnit Head CNMC (Spain) Ms. Viviana Blanco Barboza President COPROCOM (Costa Rica) Mr.Nuno Cunha Rodrigues President ADC (Portugal) Ms. Natalie Harsdorf-Borsch Acting Director General BWB (Austria) Mr. Gerardo Henriquez Superintendent SC (El Salvador) Ms. Andrea Marván Chair/Commissioner COFECE (Mexico) Mr. Danilo Sylva Superintendent SCE (Ecuador) |
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10:15-10:45 | Coffee break (Courtyard) | |
10:45-11:00 | Keynote/Interview 6 (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Ms. Teresa MoreiraUNCTAD Mr. Mahmoud Momtaz Chair ECA (Egypt) Ms. Ya-Lun Yen Commissioner Taiwan Fair Trade Commission |
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11:00-12:00 | Cartel WG Plenary: Transforming Cartel Enforcement in ICN’s Third Decade: Current Trends and the Challenges Ahead (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Mr. Matthew BoswellCommissioner CBC (Canada) Ms. Ameera Ashraf NGA (CCCS Singapore) Mr. Jorge Grunberg National Economic Prosecutor FNE (Chile) Mr. Manish Kumar Deputy Assistant Attorney General DOJ Antitrust Division (USA) Ms. Marisa Tierno Director General CNMC (Spain) |
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12:00-12:30 | Plenary: ICN Implementation (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Mr. Paul O’BrienCounsel FTC (USA) Mr. Gunnard Bulinckx Machicado General Secretariat Andean Mr. Amadou Ceesay Executive Secretary CC (Gambia) Mr. Phan Duc Que Unit Head CC (Vietnam) Ms. Ann-Marie Grant General Manager FTC (Jamaica) Mr. Gerardo Henriquez Angulo Competition Superintendent Competition Superintendency (ES) Ms. Rana Khoweiled Unit Head CA (Egypt) Ms. Sheila Wamala Chief Investigations Officer CC (Eswatini) |
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12:30-13:00 | Plenary: Closing Session (Salón de Contrataciones/ Contracting Hall)Ms. Cani FernándezChair CNMC (Spain) Mr. Andreas Mundt ICN Chair Mr. Alexandre Barreto General Superintendent CADE (Brazil) |
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Lunch | ||
13:00-14:30 | ICN Lunch (Courtyard) | |
13:00-14:00 | Steering Group Lunch Meeting (Lucretia Hall) |