50years 2007

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Conference
Fifty Years of the Treaty: Assessment and Perspectives of Competition Policy in Europe

Barcelona, November 19-20, 2007

Introduction| Coordinators| Monday, 19th November| Tuesday, 20th November|

Introduction

The conference brings together leading scholars and practitioners to take stock and look ahead in the area of competition policy on the occasion of the 50 years of the Treaty of the EU. The conference also celebrates the 50 years of IESE Business School.

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Coordinators

Prof. Xavier Vives
Professor of Economics and Finance
IESE Business School
Academic Director Public-Private Sector Research Center
Abertis Chair of Regulation, Competition and Public Policy

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Monday, 19th November

8:30-9:00	Welcome and Introduction Jordi Canals, Dean, IESE Business School Xavier Vives, Professor of Economics, IESE Business School
9:00-9:45	Keynote Speech Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition, European Commission Read the speech
09:45-10:15	Coffee-Break
10:15-11:30	Restrictions of Competition under Article 81 A. Jorge Padilla, Managing Director, LECG Read paper See presentation Discussants: Mike Waterson, Professor of Economics, University of Warwick See presentation Enrique González Díaz, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb
11:30-12:30	The Design of Competition Policy Institutions Philip Lowe, Director-General for Competition, European Commission Read paper See presentation Discussant: John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, UK
12:30-14:30	Lunch
14:30-15:45	Cartels Massimo Motta, Professor of Economics, European University Institute Read paper See presentation Discussants: Vivek Ghosal, Associate Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology See presentation Wouter Wils, Legal Service, European Commission, and Visiting Professor, King’s College London See presentation
15:45-17:00	Abuse of Dominance John Vickers, Professor of Political Economy, University of Oxford Read paper See presentation Discussants: Patrick Rey, Director of the IDEI and Professor of Economics, Université de Toulouse See presentation Ian Forrester, Partner, White & Case
17:00-17:30	Coffee-Break
17:30-18:45	Mergers Bruce Lyons, Professor of Economics, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich Read paper See presentation Discussants: Kai-Uwe Kuhn, Associate Professor, University of Michigan See presentation Carles Esteva-Mosso, Head of the Merger Control Unit for information, communication and media at the Competition Directorate General of the European Commission
20:00	Conference Dinner

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Tuesday, 20th November

8:30-9:45	Europe and the US: Convergence or Divergence William Kovacic, Commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission Read paper See presentation Discussants: William Kolasky, Partner, Wilmerhale See presentation Mario Monti, President, Università Bocconi
9:45-10:15	Coffee-Break
10:15-11:45	State Aids and R&D Lars-Hendrik Röller, Professor of Economics, Humboldt University, President, European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) See presentation State Aids: Economic Analysis and Practice in the EU David Spector, Professor of Economics at CNRS Read paper See presentation Discussants: Paul Seabright, IDEI Researcher and Professor of Economics, Université de Toulouse Massimo Merola, Professor, College of Europe and Partner, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo See presentation
11:45-13:00	Regulation and Competition Policy Presenter: Martin Hellwig, Professor of Economics, University of Bonn and Director of Max Planck Institute Read paper Discussants: Richard Gilbert, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley See presentation Peter Alexiadis, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
13:00-14:15	Lunch
14:15-16:00	Regulation and Competition Policy Telecommunications Jordi Gual, Professor of Economics, IESE Business School and Director of the Research Department, La Caixa Read paper See presentation Banking Elena Carletti, Senior Researcher, Center for Financial Studies at the University of Frankfurt Read paper See presentation Xavier Vives, Professor of Economics, IESE Business School Energy Richard Green, Director of the Institute for Energy Research and Policy (IERP), University of Birmingham Read paper See presentation Discussants: Arnoud Boot, Professor of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets, University of Amsterdam, and Director of the Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics (ACLE) See presentation Rachel Brandenburger, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer See presentation Nils-Henrik M von der Fehr, Professor of Economics, University of Oslo See presentation
16:00-16:30	Coffee-Break
16:30-18:00	Panel: Law and Economics in EU Antitrust Carles Esteva-Mosso, Head of Merger Policy and Scrutiny Unit, DG Competition, European Commission See presentation John Swift QC, Monckton Chambers, London Martin Hellwig, Professor of Economics, University of Bonn and Director of Max Planck Institute John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, UK See presentation Moderator: Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times
18:00-19:15	Panel: The Challenges of Competition Policy in the EU Karel van Miert, Chairman of Institute of Competition, Nyenrode Business Universiteit Mario Monti, President, Università Bocconi Xavier Vives, Professor of Economics, IESE Business School Moderator: Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times

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Date and location


	November 19-20, 2007 IESE Business School Av. Pearson 21 08034 Barcelona (Spain)