5th W@Competition Conference

9:30 Chair's Welcome Remarks

• Evelina Kurgonaite

9:40 Fireside Chat: Competition Enforcement in a Downturn

• Linsey McCallum, Deputy Director-General for Antitrust, European Commission's DG COMP
• Anna Lyle-Smythe, Partner, Slaughter and May

10:10 Double-Espresso Talk: Cracking Cartels

• Maria Jaspers, Director – Cartels, European Commission's DG COMP
• Vanessa Turner, Senior Advisor – Competition, the European Consumer Organisation – BEUC

10:40 Coffee Break

11:00 The Perspective from the Helm: Catching the Tide & Staying Course

• Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive Officer, UK Competition and Markets Authority
• Cani Fernández, President of the Spanish Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia
• Margarida Matos Rosa, President of the Portuguese Autoridade da Concorrência
• Andreas Mundt, President, German Bundeskartellamt
• Evelina Kurgonaite, Founder, W@Competition (Chair)

12:20 Lunch

13:30 Taking on the Digital Challenge

• Prof. Elisabetta Iossa, Commissioner, Italian Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
• Claudia Berg, General Counsel, UK Information Commissioner's Office
• Rita Wezenbeek, Director – Platforms, European Commission's DG CNECT
• Pascale Déchamps, Head of Antitrust Unit, French Autorité de la Concurrence
• Annemarie Sipkes, BEREC Chair, Director, Netherlands Autoriteit Consument & Markt
• Aleksandra Boutin, Founding Partner, Positive Competition (Chair)

14:50 Navigating Global Merger Control

• Patty Brink, Acting Deputy Director, US Federal Trade Commission (on detail from the DOJ)
• Bitten Thorgaard Sørensen, Head of Competition Law & Policy, A.P. Moller – Maersk
• Catherine Johnson, General Counsel, London Stock Exchange
• Marie Claire Strawbridge, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
• Merit Olthoff, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Hazel Yin, Partner, RuiMin
• Ethel Fonseca, Partner, RBB Economics (Chair)

16:15 Coffee Break

16:35 Double-Espresso Talk: Is There an A in ESG? The Relevance (or Not?) of Antitrust in Emerging ESG Frameworks

• Anneleen Straetemans, Global Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs, Direct to Consumer, AB InBev
• Fiona Carlin, Partner, Baker & McKenzie

17:05 The Role of the Judiciary in Competition Enforcement

• Lady Vivien Rose, DBE, Judge at the Supreme Court of the UK
• Prof. Suzanne Kingston, Judge at the General Court of the EU
• Isabelle de Silva, President of the Sixth Chamber, French Conseil d'État
• Mieke Dudok van Heel, Senior Judge at the District Court of Amsterdam
• Cristina Sjödin, Member of the European Commission’s Legal Service
• Claire Simpson, Barrister, Legal Service, EFTA Surveillance Authority (Chair)

18:25 Closing Remarks

18:30 Drinks & Announcement of 5 Star Competition Professionals Awards: UK & Ireland and Iberia