Schedule

Thursday 17, January 2002


14.30 – 15.10

Opening Address: ‘Issues in merger remedies’
by Commissoner Thomas Leary (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)

The Design and Implementation of Merger Remedies: Legal Framework and Economic Performance

15.10 – 16.10
A Comparison of Merger Review and Remedy Procedures in the U.S. and E.U.
Chairman: Arthur Burke (Davis Polk)

Panelists: Antoine Winckler (Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Paris) and Hon. Diane Wood (United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit)

16.10 – 16.30
Coffee Break

16.30 – 17.30
Economic Analysis and the Choice of Remedy
Chairman: Howard Shelanski (University of California, School of Law (Boalt Hall))

Panelists: Patrick Rey (IDEI, University of Toulouse) and Joseph Farrell (Department of Economics,
University of California at Berkeley)

17.30 – 18.30
Assessing the Comparative Effectiveness and Efficiency of Alternative Remedies
Chairman: François Lévêque (Ecole des mines de Paris)

Panelists: Massimo Motta (European Institute at Florence) and William Kovacic (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)

Cocktail reception at the Ecole des Mines


 

Friday, January 18th

9.00 – 9.40
Opening Address: ‘The Commission Notice on Merger Remedies: One Year After’
by Mario Monti (Commissioner, European Commission) 

New Remedies

9.40 – 10.40
Merger Remedies Involving Access to Intellectual Property and Proprietary Networks
Chairman: Francisco Gonzales Diaz (Competition Commission, European Commission)
Panelists: Jean Tirole (IDEI, University of Toulouse) and Dan Rubinfeld (University of California, School of Law (Boalt Hall))

10.40 – 11.00
Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.00
The Design and Implementation of Merger remedies in High-Technology Industries
Chairman: David Encaoua (University of La Sorbonne)

Panelists: Frederic Jenny (Conseil de la Concurrence, Paris) and Robert Pitofsky (Arnold & Porter)

12.00 – 13.00
Means of Monitoring and Enforcing Compliance with Merger Remedies
Chairman: Goro Sato (Okayama University School of Law)

Panelists: Wolfgang Mederer (DG Competition, European Commission) and William Baer (Arnold & Porter) 

Merger Remedies Under Deregulation and in Regulated Industries

14.30 – 16.00
Electricity sector
Chairman: Jean Syrota (Commission de Régulation de l’Electricité)
Panelists: Paul Joskow (MIT), François Lévêque (Ecole nationale supérieure des mines de Paris)
Commentator: Jean-Pierre Hansen (Suez)

14.00 – 16.00
Telecommunications and Media
Chairman: Jordi Gual (IESE, Barcelona)
Panelists: Gilles Leblanc (Ecole nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) & Howard Shelanski (University of California,
School of Law (Boalt Hall)) and Laurent Cohen-Tanugi (Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Paris)
Commentator: TBA 

Round-Table What are the Prospects for U.S/E.U Guidelines for Merger Remedies?

Moderator: François Lévêque (Ecole nationale supérieure des mines de Paris)
Participants: Francisco Gonzales Diaz, Jérome Gallot, Frederic Jenny, Robert Pitofsky, Michael Sohn

Concluding Remarks by Thomas Leary (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)

Cocktail Reception at The Ecole des Mines