Breakout Session 1

Moderator: Elizabeth Farina, Professor, Sao Paulo University

Rapporteurs: Eve Cinnirella, Officer, U.K. Office of Fair Trading

                   Nancy Olson, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice,

                   Antitrust Division

Breakout Session 2

Moderator: Eleanor Fox, Professor, New York University

Rapporteurs: Elizabeth Kraus, Deputy Director, U.S. Federal Trade

                    Commission

                    Ed Smith, Director of International, U.K. Office of Fair Trading

Breakout Session 3

Moderator: David Lewis, Professor, Gordon Institute of Business Science

Rapporteurs: Sophie Mitchell, ICN Counsel, U.K. Office of Fair Trading

                    Stephanie Yon, French Autorité de la Concurrence

Breakout Session 4

Moderator: Khalid Mirza, Chairman, Pakistan Competition Commission

Rapporteurs: Nigel Caesar, Officer, Canadian Competition Bureau

                    Cynthia Lagdameo, Counsel, U.S. Federal Trade

                    Commission

Breakout Session 5

Moderator: Graeme Samuel, Chairman, Australian Competition and

                  Consumer Commission

Rapporteurs: Ayesha Budd, Advisor, Netherlands Competition Authority

                   Michael Sullivan, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Competition,

                   Canadian Competition Bureau

Breakout Session 6

Moderator: Dan Sjoblom, Director General, Swedish Competition

Rapporteurs: Shiraz Kutar, International Section, German Bundeskartellamt

                   Paul O’Brien, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust

                     Division

Participation of Stakeholders in Agency’s Strategic Planning

Moderator: John Fingleton, Chair of ICN Steering Group

Panelists: Norman Manoim, Chairperson, South African Competition

                Tribunal

                Bruno Lassere, President, French Autorité de la Concurrence

Resource Person: Mariana Boabaid Dalcanale Rosa, Specialist, Brazil

                          Council for Economic Defense

Note: This breakout session room is dedicated only for agency heads

Strategic Planning and Prioritization in Practice

Moderator: András G. Inotai, Strategic Planning and Policy Co-ordinator,

                 European Commission, DG Comp

Panelists: Yaşar Tekdemir, Director of International Relations, Turkish

                 Competition Authority

                 Thomas Barnett, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Resource Person: Patricia Cordovilla Gonzáles, Assistant Director of

                 International Relations, Spanish National Competition

                 Commission

Mission, Vision and Strategy – Challenges for NCAs

Moderator: Malgorzata Krasnodebska-Tomkiel, President, Poland Office of

                 Competition and Consumer Protection

Panelists: David Lewis, Professor, Gordon Institute of Business Science

                Maria Coppola Tineo, Counsel, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

Resource Person: Vicente Bagnoli, Professor, Mackenzie University

Prioritization Criteria

Moderator: Olavo Chinaglia, Commissioner, Brazil Council for Economic

                  Defense

Panelists: William Kovacic, Commissioner, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

                 Manuel Sebastião, President, Portuguese Competition Authority

Resource Person: Paulo Burnier, President, Association of Brazilian

                Researchers and Students in France

Effective Project Delivery – Sections 4 and 5 of the Draft Chapter: Effective Project Management in Competition Agencies

Moderator: Paolo Franco Benedetti Gruñeiro, Director General for

                  Institutional Relations and International Affairs, Mexican Federal

                  Competition Commission

Panelists: Vladimir Kachalin, Assistant to the Head of the Federal

                  Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation

                  Paulo Furquim, Professor, Sao Paulo School of Economics

                  Stanley Wong, Member and Director of Mergers Division and

                  Monopolies Division, Irish Competition Authority

Resource Person: Aytül Tokatlı, Competition Expert, Turkish Competition

                  Authority

                  Nazlı Varol, Competition Expert, Turkish Competition

                  Authority

Effective Project Delivery – Sections 2 and 3 of the Draft Chapter: How does your agency ensure the quality of its outcome?

Moderator: Dennis Hesseling, Head of Unit Networks and Media, 

                    Competition Department, Netherlands Competition Authority              

Panelists: Shan Ramburuth, Commissioner, South African Competition

                    Commission

                    Markus Lange, Head, International Section, German

                    Bundeskartellamt

                    Tan Hi Lin, Deputy Director, Policy and Economic Analysis,

                    Singapore Competition Commission

Resource Person: Ahmed Qadir, Director, Competition Commission of

                    Pakistan  

                    Ali Arıöz, Competition Expert, Turkish Competition

                    Authority                

Assessing a Margin Squeeze

Moderator: Tsutomu Nakato, Partner, Hibiya Sogo

Resource Persons: Andrew Heimert, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

                             Wolfgang Deselaers, Partner, Linklaters

Assessing a Margin Squeeze

Moderator: Anne Perrot, Vice President, French Autorité de la concurrence,

Resource Persons: Terry Calvani, Of Counsel, Freshfields, Bruckhaus,

                              Deringer

                              Adam Fanaki, Partner, Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg

Assessing a Margin Squeeze

Moderator: Alessandra Tonazzi, Officer, International Affairs Unit,

                  Italian Competition Authority

Resource Persons: Renata Hesse, Partner, Wilson, Sonsini,  Goodrich & Rosati

                             James Musgrove, Partner, Lang Michener LLP

Assessing a Refusal to Deal 

Moderator: Charles Webb, Executive Director, Jersey Competition Regulatory

                     Authority

Resource Persons: Eleanor Fox, Professor, New York University

                               Michael Reynolds, Partner, Allen & Overy 

Assessing a Refusal to Deal

Moderator: Anne Purcell White, Assistant Chief, Foreign Commerce Section,

                  U.S. Department of Justice

Resource Persons: Matthew Kellison, Senior Competition Law Officer,  

                            Competition Bureau Canada                                                             

                            Franz Hoffet, Partner, Homburger

Assessing a Refusal to Deal

Moderator: William Kolasky, Partner, WilmerHale

Resource Persons: Ernst Ferdinandusse, Principal Administrator, European

                            Commission, DG Comp

                            Vicente Bagnoli, Professor, Mackenzie Law School  

The Role and Rights of Third Parties in Merger Review

Moderators: Tim Grimwade, Executive General Manager, Mergers and

                         Acquisitions Group, Australia Competition and Consumer

                         Commission

                         Carole Begent, Deputy Chief Legal Adviser and Head of

                         International, U.K. Competition Commission

Resource Persons: Rob van der Laan, Senior Competition Investigator,

                           Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority

                          Dave Poddar, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

The Role and Rights of Third Parties in Merger Review

Moderators: Rachel Brandenburger, Special Advisor, International,

                        U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

                        Giovanni Napolitano, Director, International Affairs, Italian

                        Competition Authority          

Resource Persons:  Shiraz Kutar, International Section, German

                         Bundeskartellamt

                         Eric Tu, International Affairs Officer, Taiwan Fair Trade

                         Commission                       

Market Definition and Failing Firm/Exiting Assets

Moderators: Stanley Wong, Member and Director of Mergers and

                        Monopolies Division, Irish Competition Authority

                        Eve Cinnirella, Officer, U.K. Office of Fair Trading

Resource Persons: Tetsuji Yokote, Director, Fair Competition Inspection

                         Office, Japan Fair Trade Commission

                         Nancy Olson, Attorney, Foreign Commerce Section,

                         U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

Market Definition and Failing Firm/Exiting Assets

Moderators: J. Robert Kramer II, Director of Operations and Civil

                         Enforcement, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

                         António Gomes, Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions

                         Department, Portuguese Competition Authority

Resource Persons: Peter Ohrlander, Policy Analyst, Unit A2 – Policy &

                         Scrutiny Antitrust and Mergers, European Commission,

                         DG-Comp

                         Burak Büyükkuşoğlu, Senior Competition Expert, Turkish

                         Competition Authority

                         Francis O’Toole, Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin

The Design and Use of Merger Guidelines

Moderators: Peter Freeman, Chair, U.K. Competition Commission

                    Sharis A. Pozen, Chief of Staff and Counsel to the Assistant

                    Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

                    Nadine Mouy, Head of Mergers Unit and Deputy General

                    Rapporteur, French Autorité de la Concurrence

Resource Persons:  Amelia Fletcher, Chief Economist and Senior Director of

                          Mergers, U.K. Office of Fair Trading

                          Alden Abbott, Deputy Director,  Office of International

                          Affairs, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

Tools for Change: Implementing the Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures

Moderator: Cynthia Lagdameo, Counsel, Office of International Affairs,

                  U.S. Federal Trade Commission

                  Robert S. Schlossberg, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Resource Persons: Paolo Franco Benedetti Gruñeiro, Director General for

                          Institutional Relations and International Affairs,

                          Mexican Federal Competition Commission

                          Juergen Schindler, Senior Lawyer, Allen & Overy

Trends in Cartel Enforcement 

Moderator: Paul Malric-Smith, Head of Unit and Acting Director for Cartels,

                  European Commission, DG Comp

Resource Persons: Andreas Mundt, President, German Bundeskartellamt

                           Tembinkosi Bonakele, Deputy Commissioner, South

                            African Competition Commission

                            Gary Spratling, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Trends in Cartel Enforcement 

Moderator: Scott D. Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,

                   U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

Resource Persons: Fabien Zivy, Chief of Staff, French Autorité de la

                            Concurrence

                            Daisuke Korenaga, Deputy Director, Japan Fair Trade

                            Commission

                            Christian Steinle, Partner, Gleiss Lutz

Trends in Cartel Enforcement 

Moderator: Ali Haddou Ruiz, Executive Secretary, Mexican Federal

                  Competition Commission

Resource Persons: Ewoud Sakkers, Head of Unit, Cartels Directorate,

                            European Commission, DG Comp

                            Walter Stoffel, President, Swiss Competition Commission

                            Hoil Yoon, Partner, Yoon & Yang LLC

Pro-active Cartel detection

Moderator: John Pecman, Senior Deputy Commissioner of the Criminal

                 Matters Branch and Chair of Enforcement and Policy Committee,

                 Competition Bureau, Canada

Resource Persons: Carolyn Galbreath, Director, Irish Competition

                           Authority

                           Jozsef Sarai, Director, Hungarian Competition Authority

                           Kimitoshi Yabuki, Partner, Yabuki Law Office

                           Kürşat Ünlüsoy, Competition Expert, Turkish Competition Authority

Cooperation/Information Sharing with Foreign Competition Agencies (detection)

Moderator: Marcus Bezzi, Executive General Manager, Australian

                  Competition and Consumer Commission                   

Resource Persons: Clara Guzmán, Director of Investigations Division,

                            Spanish National Competition Commission

                             Khalid Mirza, Chairman, Pakistan Competition

                             Commission                                     

                             Luc Gyselen, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP

Education/Targeted Outreach

Moderator: David Peddie, Manager, New Zealand Commerce Commission      

Resource Persons: Dennis Hesseling, Head of Unit Networks and Media, 

                           Competition Department, Netherlands Competition

                           Authority

                           Mariana Tavares De Araujo, Secretary of Economic Law,

                           Ministry of Justice of Brazil

                           Randal Hughes, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault

Market Studies Selection

Moderator: Amelia Fletcher, Chief Economist and Senior Director of Mergers,

                       U.K. Office of Fair Trading
Resource persons: David Aitman, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

                                     Mirta Kapural, Head, International Cooperation Division,

                                     Croatian Competition Agency
                                     John D. Holmes, Principal Economist, Which?

Market Studies Selection

Moderator: Markus Lange, Head, International Section, German Bundeskartellamt

Resource Persons: Ed Smith, Director of International, U.K. Office of Fair Trading                    

                          Paul O'Brien, Attorney, Foreign Commerce Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

Evaluation of Market Studies

Moderator: Carmen Suarez, Head of the Evaluation Team, U.K. Office of Fair Trading

Resource Rerson: Sam Pieters, Officer, International Relations Unit, European Commission,GComp

Market Studies Good Practice Handbook

Moderator: Hannah Priest , Lawyer, U.K. Office of Fair Trading
Resource Persons: Paolo Franco Benedetti Gruñeiro, Director General for

                          Institutional Relations and International Affairs, Mexican

                          Federal Competition Commission
                          Shiraz Kutar, International Section, German

                          Bundeskartellamt 
                          João E. Gata, Director of the Bureau of Economic Studies

                          and Market Monitoring, Portuguese Competition

                          Authority

Striking balance between the use of powers and competition advocacy by competition authorities in their relationships with other government bodies

Moderator: Hilary Jennings, Head of Competition Outreach, OECD

Resource Persons: Aleksandra Maczynska, Deputy Director of the

                          Department of the International Relations and

                          Communication, Office of Competition and Consumer

                          Protection, (Poland)

                          Olga Vinitchenko, Director, Federal Antimonopoly Service

                          of Russia (Vologda Territorial Office)

Evaluation of competition advocacy efforts by competition authorities

Moderator: Rob van der Laan, Senior Investigator, Jersey Competition

                 Regulatory Authority

Resource Persons: Hiroshi Yamada, Director of International Affairs Division,

                           Japan Fair Trade Commission

                           Burcu Can, Expert, Turkish Competition Authority