W@Competition and GCLC Event

W@Competition and GCLC invite you to the first of its kind joint event featuring speakers from the College of Europe (CoE) community. The event is open to everyone interested, regardless of gender, seniority or affiliation. Advance registration is required. Places are limited. First come, first served.

15:00 Registration

15:30 Welcome Remarks

Evelina Kurgonaite, Founder of W@Competition
Vanessa Turner, Member of the GCLC Executive Committee

15:40 Limits of Merger Control for the Quest of Contemporary Political Discourse

The panel will explore the role, boundaries and opportunities of merger control in the context of recent developments: the New Commission, Draghi Report, Competition Policy Shifts in the UK etc.

Prof. Beatrice Dumont, University Sorbonne Paris Nord, Director of Studies at the CoE
Claire Simpson, Barrister, Legal Service, EFTA Survaillance Authority, CoE alumna
Marie-Claire Strawbridge, Partner, Morrison Foerster, CoE alumna, W@CompetitionUK
Grania Holzwarth, Head of EU Competition Policy, Deutsche Telekom, W@CompetitionDE
Adina Claici, Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group, Visiting Professor at the CoE, Director at the GCLC (moderator)

16:55 Break

17:15 EU Merger Control Tools for Competitive Europe

The panel will explore how to make the most of the EU merger control tools to contribute to Europe’s strategic objective to boost competitiveness. In other words, can we do more and/or better with the current framework?

Marion Bailly, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission’s DG COMP, W@CompetitionFR
Giuditta Caldini, Partner, Latham & Watkins, CoE alumna
Esther Kelly, Executive Director, EU Regulatory and Competition, Boeing, CoE alumna
Louise Lundberg, Associate General Counsel - Competition Law, Schneider Electric, CoE alumna
Aleksandra Boutin, Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group, Founder of the CoE Alumni in Competition Network (moderator)

18:30 Reflections by Krystyna Kowalik-Bańczyk, Judge at the General Court of the EU

19:00 Drinks