(Consumer) Choice: An Emerging Standard for Competition Law? (08/06/2012)

Programme
13.30 Registration-Coffee
14.00 Introduction and Presentation of the Conference (Frederic JENNY, Chairman of the OECD Competition Committee,Chairman of "Concurrences" International Committee)
  What Standard for Competition Policy: Fairness, Efficiency,Choice? (Paul NIHOUL, Universite Catholique de Louvain and Wouter DEVROE, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
EU and US Law
Consumer Choice in US Antitrust Laws (Robert LANDE,Baltimore School of Law, USA)
14.30 Consumer Choice in Recent European Commission Decisions (Nicholas BANASEVIC, Deputy Head of Unit, DG COMP)
Member States
14.50 Choice in German Competition Law (Daniel ZIMMER, Bonn University; Member, German Monopolies Commission, Germany)
15.10 Choice in UK Competition Law (Sue ASPINALL, Assistant Director- Services, Infrastructure & Public Markets,Office of Fair Trading, UK)
15.30 Choice in French Competition Law (Anne-Lise S/BONY, Universite de Liege)
15.50 Discussion (Coffee)
Multi-disciplinary Perspectives
16.30 Freedom of Choice: an Economic Perspective (Elisabeth de GHELLINCK, Universite catholique de Louvain; Member, Conseil belge de la Concurrence)
16.50 Choice as the Missing Bridge between Competition and Consumer Law (Neil AVER/IT, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC,USA)
17.10 Consumer Choice as a Possible Vehicle for Trans-Atlantic Convergence (Thomas ROSCH,Commissioner,Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC, USA)
17.30 Discussion, Conclusions
End of the round table
   
Pratical information
 Pratical information
  • Date: 8 June 2012
  • Website Consumer Choice Initiative
  • Venue : lnstitut Libre Marie Haps (rue d'Arlon 14 - 1050 Brussels, Belgium) - Website Institut Libre Marie Haps
  • Registration: Please register by 1 June 2012 (registration form )
  • - Phone : +32 (o)o 47 47 78 - Fax: +32 (o)o 47 30 58
  • The participation to this conference gives right to 4 points for trainee lawyers (Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophones de Belgique)
  • Scientific Coordination: Paul NIHOUL Wouter DEVROE Nicolas CHARBIT