PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT IN COMPETITION LAW: LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES March 2, 2007, 08.45am CEPS, Place du Congr?s 1, Bruxelles

PROGRAMME:

08.45 Registration and coffee

09.15 WELCOME Dr. Erhard BUSEK - Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South East Europe, former Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of the Republic of Austria, Chairman of the Academic Advisory Board of the ECAEF, Vienna

Andrea RENDA - Senior Research Fellow and Head of Regulatory Affairs, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels

Chair: Dr. Frank MONTAG, LL. M. - Partner, Global Practice Leader of the Group Antitrust, Competition and Trade, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Brussels

09.45 PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT: A LEGAL TRANSPLANT? - Prof. Dr. Carl BAUDENBACHER President of the EFTA-Court, Professor at the University of St. Gallen HSG, Luxembourg/St.Gallen

10.15 THE COMMISSION?S AGENDA ON ANTITRUST DAMAGES - Emil PAULIS Acting Deputy Director General with special responsibility for Antitrust, DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels

10.45 DISCUSSION

11.00 COFFEE BREAK

Chair: Dr. Sven NORBERG - Former Director in DG Competition of the European Commission, former Judge of the EFTA-Court, Brussels

11.20 PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF ANTITRUST LAW: LESSONS FROM THE US EXPERIENCE - Prof. Clifford A. JONES, Ph.D. Professor at University of Florida, Levin College of Law, Gainesville

12.00 PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF COMPETITION LAW TROUGH ARBITRATION - Prof. Dr. Hans VAN HOUTTE, LL.M. Institute for International Trade Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven

12.30 DISCUSSION

12.45 LUNCH

Chair: Prof. Kurt R. LEUBE - Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the ECAEF, Stanford

14.00 PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF COMPETITION LAW: A LIBERAL PERSPECTIVE - Anthony DE JASAY Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the ECAEF, Paluel

14.40 PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT: INSIGHTS FROM INSTITUTIONAL-ECONOMICS Dr. Oliver BUDZINSKI - Visiting Professor for Economic Policy at the University Duisburg-Essen, Essen

15.10 THE COMMISSION?S UPCOMING WHITE PAPER: AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE Dr. Frank MAIER-RIGAUD - Economist, Policy Directorate of DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels

15.40 COFFEE BREAK

16.00 DISCUSSION

16.30 FAREWELL H.S.H PRINCE NIKOLAUS OF LIECHTENSTEIN - Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Liechtenstein in Belgium and non-resident Ambassador to the Holy See, Brussels

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