4th Annual W@Competition Conference
Speakers
Join 4th Annual W@Competition Conference The Competiti[ve] Edge
4 November, 2020
14:30 – 16:00 CET Panel discussion: The data quandary: time and tools to de-FANG the giants?
Chair: Dr. Bettina Bergmann, Bergmann Law
- Prof. Amelia Fletcher, OBE, Non-Executive Director, UK Competition and Markets Authority
- Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for The Annual Competition Policy Report
- Vanessa Turner, Senior Advisor – Competition, BEUC
- Renata Hesse, Partner, Co-head of the Antitrust Group, Sullivan & Cromwell
- Karen Jelgerhuis Swildens, Senior Legal and Competition Counsel, booking.com
6 November, 2020
10:30 – 12:10 CET Panel discussion: Levelling the playing field in the global context
Chair: Evelina Kurgonaite-Swoboda, Founder & Chair of W@Competition
- Karin Lunning, Deputy Director General, Swedish Konkurrensverket
- Monique van Oers, Legal Director, the Netherlands Autoriteit Consument & Markt
- Silke Hossenfelder, Head of General Policy Division, German Bundeskartellamt
- Dr. Cristina Caffarra, Vice President, Head of European Competition Practice, CRA
- Elsa Sependa, Assistant Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel, AT&T
- Saar Dierckens, Senior Counsel Competition, Siemens AG
12 November, 2020
10:30 – 11:10 CET Double Espresso Talk: Taming strategic SME acquisitions
- Julie Bon, Deputy Chief Economic Adviser, UK Competition and Markets Authority
- Jenny Leahy, Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
11:10 – 11:50 CET Double Espresso Talk: Fitting industrial into competition policy
- Hanna Anttilainen, Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission
- Bojana Ignjatovic, Partner, RBB Economics
14:00 – 14:30 CET Zoom-in: Interview with Isabelle de Silva, President, French Autorité de la concurrence
- Angélique de Brousse, Senior Legal Counsel, Competition EMEA, Johnson & Johnson
13 November, 2020
10:30 – 12:00 CET Panel discussion: Tackling climate change and sustainability challenges under [horizontal] rules of the game
Chair: Anna Lyle-Smythe, Partner, Slaughter & May
- Kirsi Leivo, Director General, Finnish Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto
- Dina Lurje, Deputy Chairwoman, Lithuanian Konkurencijos Taryba
- Maria Jaspers, Director, DG Competition, European Commission
- Prof. Suzanne Kingston, University College Dublin, Sutherland School of Law
- Anneleen Straetemans, Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs, Europe at ZX Ventures
12:00 - 12:05 CET Introducing the Women & Antitrust: Voices from the Field book
- Nicolas Charbit, Founder and Chief Editor, Concurrences
14:00 – 14:45 CET Double Espresso Talk: Preserving innovation incentives in R&D-intense sectors
- Fiona Carlin, Chief Executive, EMEA+, Baker McKenzie
- Khushita Vasant, Senior Competition Reporter, Mlex
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