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I'm currently covering for a boss parent on parental leave and lucky enough to be backed by a lean mean team of creative & innovative ZX Ventures lawyers and comms gurus around the world.

January  2021 - Present •  Brussels, Belgium

Global VP, Legal & Corporate Affairs

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Exchange Program - Part of the LLM Class of 2008

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8:30 – 9:00 Registration​​9:00 Chair’s Welcome Remarks<ul><li><a href="/user/evelina-kurgonaite">Evelina Kurgonaite</a>, Founder &amp; Chair, W@Competition</li></ul>​9:15 – 09:40 Keynote Address<ul><li><a href="/user/johannes-laitenberger">Johannes Laitenberger,</a> Director General, DG Competition, European Commission</li></ul>&nbsp;09:40 – 11:00 The true reach: exploring the outer orbit of competition lawChair:<ul><li><a href="/user/aoife-white">Aoife White</a>, Competition Correspondent, Bloomberg</li></ul>&nbsp;Panellists:<ul><li><a href="/user/celine-gauer">Céline Gauer</a>, Director, DG Competition, European Commission</li><li><a href="/user/renata-hesse">Renata Hesse</a>, Partner, Sullivan &amp; Cromwell</li><li><a href="/user/annemieke-tuinstra-karel">Annemieke Tuinstra</a>, Senior Economist, Dutch Autoriteit Consument &amp; Markt</li><li><a href="/user/anneleen-straetmans">Anneleen Straetemans</a>, Global Legal Director, Competition, ‎Anheuser-Busch InBev</li><li><a href="/user/anna-gerbrandy">Prof. Dr. Anna Gerbrandy</a>, Chair of Competition Law, Europa Institute Utrecht University School of Law</li></ul>&nbsp;11:00 – 11:15 Protecting disruptive innovation – from blind spots to overenforcement?<ul><li><a href="/user/cristina-caffarra">Cristina Caffarra</a>, VP, Head of Competition Europe, CRA</li></ul>​11:15 – 11:30 Coffee/tea break​11:30 – 11:45 Fitting the [regulatory] box<ul><li><a href="/user/gail-levine">Gail Levine</a>, Head of Regulatory Affairs US, Uber</li></ul>​​11:45 – 13:00 Innovative merger control: in tune or ahead of the times?Chair:<ul><li><a href="/user/francesca-micheletti">Francesca Micheletti</a>, Head of Merger Control Coverage, PaRR</li></ul>&nbsp;Panellists:<ul><li><a href="/user/birthe-panhans">Birthe Pahnans</a>, Deputy HoU, DG Competition, European Commission</li><li><a href="/user/natalie-harsdorf">Natalie Harsdorf</a>, Deputy Managing Director, Austrian Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde</li><li><a href="/user/catriona-hatton">Catriona Hatton</a>, Partner, Baker Botts</li><li><a href="/user/ethel-fonseca">Ethel Fonseca</a>, Partner, RBB Economics</li><li><a href="/user/egle-gudelyte-harvey">Egle Gudelyte</a> Harvey, VP, Acting Head of Group Regulatory and Privacy, Telia Company</li></ul>​13:00 – 14:00 Lunch​​14:00 – 14:15 Disruptive concepts and misconceptions – an enforcer’s take<ul><li><a href="/user/bitten-thorgaard-sorensen">Bitten Thorgaard Sorensen</a>, Deputy Director General, Danish Competition and Consumer Authority</li></ul>&nbsp;14:15 – 15:35 Big, unique, private, connected… data and competitionChair:<ul><li><a href="/user/pola-karolczyk">Pola Karolczyk</a>, Senior Associate, Sidley Austin</li></ul>&nbsp;Panellists:<ul><li><a href="/user/birgit-krueger">Birgit Krueger</a>, Head of the&nbsp;General Policy Division, German Bundeskartellamt</li><li><a href="/user/beatriz-de-guindos-talavera">Beatriz de Guindos</a>, Senior Advisor to the Chairman, Spanish Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia</li><li><a href="/user/romina-polley">Dr Romina Polley</a>, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen &amp; Hamilton</li><li><a href="/user/grania-holzwarth">Grania Holzwarth</a>, Legal Counsel, Deutsche Telekom</li><li><a href="/user/adina-claici">Adina Claici</a>, Director, Copenhagen Economics</li></ul>&nbsp;15:35 &nbsp;– 15:55 Coffee/tea break&nbsp;15:55&nbsp;– 16:10 Come innovation&nbsp;– disruptive and not: switching gears and pressing on<ul><li><a href="/user/maria-joao-melicias">Maria João Melícias</a>, Member of the Board, Portuguese Autoridade da Concorrência</li></ul>​16:10&nbsp; – 17:25 Enforcing competition law today: rules of the gameChair:<ul><li><a href="/user/raluca-marian">Raluca Marian</a>, Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright</li></ul>&nbsp;Panellists:<ul><li><a href="/user/sarah-cardell">Sarah Cardell</a>,&nbsp;General Counsel, UK Competition and Markets Authority</li><li><a href="/user/maria-jaspers">Maria Jaspers</a>, HoU, DG Competition, European Commission</li><li><a href="/user/teresa-vecchi">Teresa Vecchi</a>, Legal Service, European Commission</li><li><a href="/user/fiona-carlin">Fiona Carlin</a>, Partner, Global Head of Competition Practice, Baker McKenzie</li></ul>&nbsp;17:25 – 17:50 Meet W@Competition Drivers&nbsp;17:40 &nbsp;Closing Remarks &amp; W@CompetitionBlog Launch Drinks

Join W@Competition Conference 2.0 Is Disruptive Competition Disrupting Competition Enforcement?

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W@Competition Conference 2.0: Is Disruptive Competition Disrupting Competition Enforcement?

​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

Join 3rd Annual W@Competition Conference

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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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4th Annual W@Competition Conference

Keynote: Brechje van der Velden, Managing Partner A&amp;O Amsterdam office&nbsp;Followed by a panel with:<ul><li>Anneleen Straetemans, Global Legal Director, Growth &amp; Ethics, ZX Ventures, AB InBev's venture fund</li><li>Annemarie Sipkes, ACM, BEREC Chair 2022 (the Netherlands)</li><li>Aster Kamp, Director Risk &amp; Legal/General Counsel, Catawiki</li><li>Prof Gera van Duijvenvoorde, General Counsel, KPN</li></ul>Moderated by Bernadette van der Blij, Associate, A&amp;O&nbsp;Doors open at 15:30Drinks &amp; Bites at 18:00&nbsp;The event is open to everyone interested. Advance registration is required.&nbsp;Parking available below the building of A&amp;O offices.