January 12 afternoon (14.00 – 18.30)
Welcoming Remarks:
François Lévêque (Ecole des Mines)
Howard Shelanski (University of California at Berkeley).
Opening Speech:
William E. Kovacic (Commissioner-nominee, FTC).
Session I. – Comparing the US and EU Approaches
First panel: “Distinguished Panel: Judicial Perspectives”
Hon. Guy Canivet (First President, Cour de Cassation)
Hon. Douglas H. Ginsburg ( Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.)
Second panel: “The View from Practice”
John Temple Lang (Cleary Gottlieb)
“Competition Policy and Regulation: Differences, Overlaps, and Constraints”
William Lake * (Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering)
January 13 morning (9.00 – 13.00)
Opening Speech:
Philip Lowe (Director General, DG Competition)
Session II. Telecommunications
Patrick Rey (Université de Toulouse)
“Competition versus Regulation: An Economic Perspective”
Tomaso Valleti
“Market Definitions and Remedies in Mobile Telephony”
James Speta (Northwestern University Scool of Law)
Philip Weiser ( University of Colorado School of Law )
Pierre Larouche ( Tilburg University )
“The Impact of Constrasting Legal Solutions on the Comparability of EU and US Experiences”
Discussants and chairs:
Nicolas Curien (Commissioner, ARCEP)
Pierre-Yves Larrouturou ( General Counsel , France Telecom)
Arthur Burke (Davis, Polk and Wardwell)
January 13 afternoon (14.30 – 18.00)
Session III. Energy
François Lévêque (Ecole des mines de Paris) and Jean-Michel Glachant (Paris XI University)
Richard Gilbert ( University of California , Berkeley )
William Massey (Covington & Burling, former FERC Commissioner)
Herbert Ungerer (DG Competition)
Round-Table: Should Network Industries Have Sector-Specific Merger Policy?
Moderator: TBD
With the participation of:
James Bird* (Senior Counsel, FCC)
Carles Esteva Mosso (Head of Unit, DG Comp)
William Kovacic (FTC)
Pierre-Yves Larrouturou ( General Counsel , France Telecom)
Howard Shelanski ( University of California , Berkeley )
Antoine Winckler (Cleary Gottlieb, Brussels)
* = Invited