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CRA's 6th Annual Competition Conference held in Brussels

CRA held its 6th annual conference on Economic Developments in European Competition Policy in Brussels on 3 December. Nearly 400 participants attended the event, which was opened by Philip Lowe, Director General of DG Competition.

The conference covered a range of topics in European competition policy, including on-going state aid procedures in the banking sector, recent non-horizontal mergers, cartel deterrence, and a review of the vertical restraints guidelines. Damien Neven, Chief Economist at DG Competition, also gave his views on the Article 82 Guidance Paper that was adopted by the Commission the same morning. Bill Kovacic, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in the US, provided his views on the possible future of US antitrust enforcement under the new administration.

A full list of topics and links to speaker presentations is provided here :

Keynote speech: A European competition policy for all weathers - Philip Lowe (DG Competition)

Hot Topics in Antitrust Part I: Competition policy in troubled times - John Fingleton (OFT), with comments by Xavier Vives (IESE, Barcelona) and John Van Reenen (LSE)

The new Article 82 guidelines - Damien Neven (DG Competition)

Hot Topics in Antitrust Part II: Dominant firm conduct, evolving rules on vertical restraints, and update on cartels - Massimo Motta (University of Bologna), Aaron Edlin (UC Berkeley), Nils Wahl (Court of First Instance), Margaret Slade (University of British Columbia), with comments by Damien Neven (DG Competition)

Keynote speech: US antitrust - what lies ahead? Bill Kovacic (FTC)

Economic assessment in competition enforcement: developments in France and Germany - Bruno Lasserre (Conseil de la Concurrence), Bernhard Heitzer (Bundeskartellamt)

Developments in merger analysis - Johannes Lübking (DG Competition), Christian Ewald (Bundeskartellamt), Bill Kovacic (FTC), Amelia Fletcher (OFT), Bruce Lyons (University of East Anglia)

See the full programme.

For more information contact: ewetherall@crai.com

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