The Competition Law Scholars Forum (CLaSF) and UCD Sutherland School of Law (BLREG)
At UCD Sutherland School of Law (Belfield, Dublin 4) on Friday, 16 September 2016
PROGRAMME
09:30 – 10.00: Registration
10.00: Introduction – Prof Barry Rodger (CLaSF), Mary Catherine Lucey (UCD BLREG)
10.10-10.45
Keynote Speaker – Professor William E. Kovacic, George Washington University Law School
‘Prioritization, Project Selection and Agency Effectiveness’
10.45-11.15 Coffee
11.15-12.15
Prioritisation and Article 102 – Chair: Patrick Kenny, Member CCPC
‘Enforcement priorities Paper on Article 102 TFEU: Is a Title Enough to Overtake Constitutional Rules and Fundamental Rule-Of-Law Principles?’,
Konstantinos Sidiropoulos, DPhil Candidate, Oxford University;
‘Far Beyond Meaningless: the non-enforcement of exploitative excessive prices’,
Carmen Rodilla Marti, PhD Candidate, University of Valencia
12.15-13:15
Prioritising Enforcement: Commitments and State aid complaints – Chair: Professor Barry Rodger
‘Commitments: Guidance for a New Enforcement Style’,
Stavros Makis, PhD Candidate, Department of Law, EUI, Florence;
‘Prioritisation in state aid control: Filtering out “unwanted” complaints’
Oskar Van Maren, The Asser Institute, the Hague
13:15-14:30 LUNCH
14:30- 15.45
Priorities in Enforcement: A Global and EU Perspective – Chair: Judge John Cooke
‘Goals, Values and Priorities of Competition Agencies: A View from Practice Around the World’
Dr Julian Nowag, Lund University, Sweden, and CCLP, & Dr Maria Ioannidou, QMU London and CCLP.
‘The Actual Role of Boosting the EU Competition Law Enforcement powers of NCAs: In Need of a Reframed Formula’
Catalin S. Rusu, Associate Professor of European law, Radboud University, Nijmegen
‘Implications Of Competition Law Enforcement In The Electricity Sector: Comparative Analysis Of The UK And US’
Francisca Kusi-Appiah, PhD Candidate – CEPMLP University of Dundee
15.45-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:10
Enforcement priorities in Scotland and Ireland – Chair: Angus MacCulloch,
‘Is There a case for a Scottish Competition Authority? Contrasting Old, New and Regional Competition Enforcement Priorities in large, small and regional EU Economies’
Aiste Slezeviciute, PhD candidate, Edinburgh Law School, and Solicitor, S and W, Edinburgh and Zeno Frediani, Solicitor, S and W
‘An Analytical Review of the Choices/priorities made by Ireland’s Competition Authority/Competition and Consumer Protection Commission 1991-2016’
Dr Vincent Power, Partner, A & L Goodbody, Dublin
17:10-17:30 Closing Address: Dr John Temple Lang
17:30 Closing remarks
Professor Imelda Maher MRIA, Sutherland Professor of European Law UCD Sutherland School of Law, & Prof Barry Rodger (ClaSF)
17.45Taxis to Central Dublin for bar/restaurant for speakers and participants
