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W@Competition

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Partner specialising in EU and UK competition law 

May  2014 - Present •  Brussels, Belgium

Partner

Slaughter and May

Brussels

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Zwevegem

Zottegem

Zonhoven

Zoersel

Zemst

Zele

Zedelgem

Zaventem

Wuustwezel

Willebroek

Wevelgem

Wetteren

Westerlo

Wervik

Wavre

Waterloo

Waregem

Walcourt

Visé

Vilvoorde

Verviers

Turnhout

Tubize

Tournai

Torhout

Tongeren

Tienen

Tielt

Tessenderlo

Tervuren

Temse

Stekene

Stabroek

Soumagne

Soignies

Sint-Truiden

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw

Sint-Niklaas

Sint-Kruis

Sint-Katelijne-Waver

Sint-Gillis-Waas

Sint-Genesius-Rode

Seraing

Schoten

Schilde

Saint-Nicolas

Saint-Ghislain

Rotselaar

Ronse

Roeselare

Rixensart

Riemst

Ranst

Quaregnon

Puurs

Putte

Poperinge

Pont-à-Celles

Péruwelz

Peer

Overijse

Oupeye

Oudenaarde

Oostkamp

Ostend

Nivelles

Ninove

Nijlen

Neerpelt

Namur

Mouscron

Mortsel

Morlanwelz-Mariemont

Mons

Middelkerke

Merelbeke

Menen

Meise

Mechelen

Marche-en-Famenne

Manage

Maldegem

Maasmechelen

Maaseik

Louvain-la-Neuve

Londerzeel

Lommel

Lokeren

Lochristi

Lille

Lier

Liège

Leuven

Lessines

Lede

Lebbeke

Lanaken

La Louvière

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​9:00 – 9:45 Registration &amp; Morning Coffee / Tea​9:45 – 10:00 Conference Co-Chairs’ Welcome Remarks<ul><li><a href="/user/evelina-kurgonaite">Evelina Kurgonaite</a>, Founder &amp; Chair, W@Competition</li><li><a href="/user/ethel-fonseca">Ethel Fonseca</a>, Partner, RBB Economics</li></ul>&nbsp;10:00 – 10:20 Keynote Address<ul><li><a href="/user/frederic-jenny">Frédéric Jenny</a>, Chairman, Competition Committee, OECD; Professor of Economics, ESSEC Business School</li></ul>&nbsp;10:20 – 11:40 Panel discussion “Focus on non-horizontal effects – the new normal?Chair: <a href="/user/ethel-fonseca">Ethel Fonseca</a>, Partner, RBB Economics<ul><li><a href="/user/maureen-ohlhausen">Maureen Ohlhausen</a>, Former Acting Chair of the US Fair Trade Commission, Partner, Baker Botts</li><li><a href="/user/kelig-bloret-dupuis">Kelig Bloret Dupuis</a>, Head of Competition Legal Department, Essilor International</li><li><a href="/user/anneleen-straetmans">Anneleen Straetemans</a>, Global Legal Director, Competition, Anheuser-Busch InBev</li><li><a href="/user/annemiek-wilpshar">Annemiek Wilpshaar</a>, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission</li><li><a href="/user/nell-lixia-zhou">Nell Zhou</a>, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher of Competition Law Center, University of International Business &amp; Economics</li></ul>&nbsp;11:40 – 12:15 Double-Espresso Talk Demystifying competition enforcement post-BREXIT<ul><li>Moderator: <a href="/user/clara-rosales-rosado">Clara Rosales Rosado</a>, Senior Public Affairs Manager, Fipra</li><li><a href="/user/ann-pope">Ann Pope</a>, Senior Director, UK Competition and Markets Authority</li><li><a href="/user/anna-lyle-smythe">Anna Lyle-Smythe</a>, Partner, Slaughter &amp; May</li></ul>&nbsp;12:15 – 14:00 Lunch​14:00 – 14:35 Double-Espresso Talk Merger control procedure under Luxembourg lens: what to make of recent rulings?<ul><li><a href="/user/lucia-bonova">Lucia Bonova</a>, Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission</li><li><a href="/user/anne-macgregor">Anne MacGregor</a>, Bureau Chief, Capitol Forum</li></ul>&nbsp;14:35 – 15:50 Panel discussion Excessive, exploitative, exclusionary? Paid in cash or data? What is the ‘right price’ anyway?Chair: <a href="/user/pat-treacy">Pat Treacy</a>, Senior Partner, Bristows<ul><li><a href="/user/bitten-thorgaard-sorensen">Bitten Thorgaard Sørensen</a>,Deputy Director General, Danish Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen</li><li><a href="/user/kirsten-edwards-warren">Kirsten Edwards-Warren</a>, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Compass Lexecon EMEA</li><li><a href="/user/catherina-higgs">Catherine Higgs</a>, Global Head of Competition Law, GSK</li><li><a href="/user/annette-schild">Annette Schild</a>, Founding Partner, Antitrust Law Schild</li><li><a href="/user/sibel-yilmaz">Sibel Yilmaz,</a> Counsel, Linklaters</li></ul>&nbsp;15:50 – 16:10 Coffee / Tea break​16:10 – 16:45 Double Espresso Talk: Smart use of digital tools: from refinements to restraints<ul><li><a href="/user/nadiah-rutges-al-ani">Nadiah Rutges</a> – Al-Ani, Director, Senior Legal Counsel – Antitrust, Philips International B.V.</li><li><a href="/user/sabine-zigelski">Sabine Zigelski</a>, Senior Competition Expert, OECD</li></ul>&nbsp;16:45 – 18:00 Panel discussion Discretion and judicial review in competition casesChair: <a href="/user/francesca-miotto">Francesca Miotto</a>, Senior Associate, Allen &amp; Overy<ul><li><a href="/user/ingeborg-simonsson">Ingeborg Simonsson</a>, Judge, Stockholm District Court, Patent and Market Court</li><li><a href="/user/rita-wezenbeek">Rita Wezenbeek</a>, DG Competition, Head of Unit, European Commission</li><li><a href="/user/susan-hinchliffe">Susan Hinchliffe</a>, Global Executive Counsel – Competition Law &amp; Policy, General Electric</li><li><a href="/user/fiona-carlin">Fiona Carlin</a>, Chair of Global Competition Practice, Baker McKenzie</li><li><a href="/user/Ana Patricia Carvalho">Ana Patricia Carvalho</a>, Head of Legal, Nestle Portugal</li></ul>&nbsp;18:00 Closing Remarks &amp; Drinks Reception

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3rd Annual W@Competition Conference

4 November, 2020​14:30 – 16:00 CET Panel discussion: The data quandary: time and tools to de-FANG the giants?Chair: <a href="/user/bettina-bergmann">Dr. Bettina Bergmann</a>, Bergmann Law<ul><li><a href="/user/karin-lunning">Prof. Amelia Fletcher</a>, OBE, Non-Executive Director, UK Competition and Markets Authority</li><li><a href="/user/stephanie-yon-courtin">Stéphanie Yon-Courtin</a>, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for The Annual Competition Policy Report</li><li><a href="/user/vanessa-turner">Vanessa Turne</a>r, Senior Advisor – Competition, BEUC</li><li><a href="/user/renata-hesse">Renata Hesse</a>, Partner, Co-head of the Antitrust Group, Sullivan &amp; Cromwell</li><li><a href="/user/karen-jelgerhuis-swildens">Karen Jelgerhuis Swildens</a>, Senior Legal and Competition Counsel, booking.com</li></ul>&nbsp;6 November, 2020​&nbsp;10:30 – 12:10 CET Panel discussion: Levelling the playing field in the global contextChair: <a href="/user/evelina-kurgonaite">Evelina Kurgonaite-Swoboda</a>, Founder &amp; Chair of W@Competition<ul><li><a href="/user/karin-lunning">Karin Lunning</a>, Deputy Director General, Swedish Konkurrensverket</li><li><a href="/user/monique-van-oers">Monique van Oers</a>, Legal Director, the Netherlands Autoriteit Consument &amp; Markt</li><li><a href="/user/silke-hossenfelder">Silke Hossenfelder,</a> Head of General Policy Division, German Bundeskartellamt</li><li><a href="/user/cristina-caffarra">Dr. Cristina Caffarra</a>, Vice President, Head of European Competition Practice, CRA</li><li><a href="/user/elsa-sependa">Elsa Sependa</a>, Assistant Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel, AT&amp;T</li><li><a href="/user/saar-dierckens">Saar Dierckens</a>, Senior Counsel Competition, Siemens AG</li></ul>&nbsp;12 November, 2020​10:30 – 11:10 CET Double Espresso Talk: Taming strategic SME acquisitions<ul><li><a href="/user/julie-bon">Julie Bon</a>, Deputy Chief Economic Adviser, UK Competition and Markets Authority</li><li><a href="/user/jenny-leahy">Jenny Leahy,</a> Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer</li></ul>&nbsp;11:10 – 11:50 CET Double Espresso Talk: Fitting industrial into competition policy<ul><li><a href="/user/hanna-anttilainen">Hanna Anttilainen</a>, Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission</li><li><a href="/user/bojana-ignjatovic">Bojana Ignjatovic</a>, Partner, RBB Economics</li></ul>​14:00 – 14:30 CET Zoom-in: Interview with Isabelle de Silva, President, French Autorité de la concurrence<ul><li><a href="/user/angelique-de-brousse">Angélique de Brousse</a>, Senior Legal Counsel, Competition EMEA, Johnson &amp; Johnson</li></ul>&nbsp;13 November, 2020​10:30 – 12:00 CET Panel discussion: Tackling climate change and sustainability challenges under [horizontal] rules of the gameChair: <a href="/user/anna-lyle-smythe">Anna Lyle-Smythe</a>, Partner, Slaughter &amp; May<ul><li><a href="/user/kirsi-leivo">Kirsi Leivo</a>, Director General, Finnish Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto</li><li><a href="/user/dina-lurje">Dina Lurje</a>, Deputy Chairwoman, Lithuanian Konkurencijos Taryba</li><li><a href="/user/maria-jaspers">Maria Jaspers</a>, Director, DG Competition, European Commission</li><li><a href="/user/suzanne-kingston">Prof. Suzanne Kingston</a>, University College Dublin, Sutherland School of Law</li><li><a href="/user/anneleen-straetmans">Anneleen Straetemans</a>, Head of Legal &amp; Corporate Affairs, Europe at ZX Ventures</li></ul>​12:00 - 12:05 CET Introducing the <a href="https://www.womenat.com/women-and-antitrust">Women &amp; Antitrust: Voices from the Field</a> book<ul><li>Nicolas Charbit, Founder and Chief Editor, Concurrences</li></ul>​14:00 – 14:45 CET Double Espresso Talk: Preserving innovation incentives in R&amp;D-intense sectors<ul><li><a href="/user/fiona-carlin">Fiona Carlin</a>, Chief Executive, EMEA+, Baker McKenzie</li><li><a href="/user/khushita-vasant">Khushita Vasant</a>, Senior Competition Reporter, Mlex</li></ul>

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