"Developments and Challenges of Competition Policy and Enforcement in the Current Unilateral Conduct Area"
7-8 March 2023 Tokyo, Japan
DAY 1 Gallery
Opening Session
Speaker:
Pascale Déchamps, Head of Unit in the Investigation Services, Autorité de la concurrence, France
Plenary Session 1:
UCWG Project Report - the Analysis of Theories of Harm and Design of Remedies Concerning Unilateral Conduct with Dominance/Substantial Market Power in Digital Markets
In this plenary, the UCWG project report—"Report on the Results of the ICN Survey on the Analysis of Theories of Harm and Design of Remedies Concerning Unilateral Conduct with Dominance/Substantial Market Power in Digital Markets"— led by the JFTC will be presented. You can access the report on the ICN webpage [to be uploaded]
Moderator:
Speakers:
Chiara Bonassi, Senior Economist, Chief Economist Team, Italian Competition Authority
Alfonso Lamadrid, Partner, Garrigues and Professor, College of Europe, Spain
Dina Kallay, Head of Competition Law, Ericsson, Sweden
Breakout session 1:
How relevant is the prohibition of the abuse of superior bargaining position (regulation focusing on imbalance of power between trading parties, including a state of economic dependence, or relative market power) in digital markets?
Moderator:
Miguel Odriozola, Partner, Clifford Chance, European Union
Speakers:
Kim Minjeong, Deputy Director, Antimonopoly Division-Knowledge Industry, Korea Fair Trade Commission
Breakout session 2:
Assessment of unilateral conduct practices in digital markets
Moderators:
Sonia Jóźwiak-Górny, Head of New Technologies Division,
Speakers:
Farha Mustaffa, Principle Assistant Director, Investigation and Enforcement Division, Malaysia Competition Commission
Artur Szmigielski, Advisor in the New Technologies Division, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
Fang-Yi JEN, Partner, Baker McKenzie Taipei, Taiwan
Breakout session 3:
Recent cases in digital markets: how was dominance assessed?
Moderators:
Vera Pozzato, Case Handler Officer, Antitrust case support and policy, DG Competition, European Commission
Speakers:
Daniel Jensen, Major Case Director and Strategic Policy Advisor, Canadian Competition Bureau
Álvaro Ramos, Head of Global Antitrust & Chief Antitrust Compliance Officer, Qualcomm VP Legal
Chia-Chen WU, Specialist, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission
Plenary Session 2:
Recent competition policy initiatives, legislative developments and challenges ahead in the unilateral conduct area
Moderators:
Daniel S. Guarnera, Acting Chief, Civil Conduct Task Force, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Speakers:
Joseph Mutale, Senior Investigator, Mergers and Monopolies,
Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Zambia
Breakout session 4:
Methods, experience, and challenges of market studies on unilateral conduct
Moderators:
Sergio Sinovas, Head of the Energy and Industry Unit in the Competition Directorate,
ational Markets and Competition Commission, Spain
Speakers:
Satoshi Yoshida, Deputy Director, Office of Policy Planning and Research for Digital Markets,
Japan Fair Trade Commission
Juan Francisco Valerio, General Director of Regulated Markets, Federal Economic Competition Commission, Mexico
Jo-Fan YU, Partner, Baker McKenzie Taipei, Taiwan
Breakout session 5:
Competition advocacy to address unilateral conduct issues
Moderator:
Speakers:
Nor Mazny Binti Abdul Majid, Member of the Commission, Malaysia Competition Commission
Nonkululeko Moeketsi, Principal analyst, Market Conduct Division, Competition Commission South Africa
Breakout session 6:
Sustainability considerations in abuse of dominance proceedings
Moderator:
Susan Jones, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin's Competition and Regulation Group, Australia
Speakers:
Stephanie Guitard, Senior Competition Law Officer, Canadian Competition Bureau
Masayuki Atsumi, Partner, Miura and Partners, Japan
Ellen Thomson, Principal Investigator, New Zealand Commerce Commission
DAY 2 Gallery
Plenary Session 3:
Effective enforcement—The need for swift intervention in unilateral conduct cases: procedural tools and existing challenges for competition agencies—
Moderators:
Speakers:
Ginette Lozano, Chief Economist, Superintendent of Industry and Commerce, Colombia
Marina Iskander, Head of Competition Policy and Competitive Neutrality Department, Egyptian Competition Authority
Lauriane Lépine, Head of Unit in the Investigation Services, Autorité de la concurrence, France
Sally Hubbard, Senior Counsel, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Breakout session 7 [agency only session]:
How competition authorities tackle technical complexity, develop expertise and new detection tools in order to investigate unilateral conducts in digital markets
Moderators:
Susan MacLeod, Director of Competition Enforcement, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Speakers:
Clayton Reinink, Competition Law Officer, Canadian Competition Bureau
Vered Guy, Senior Economist, Chief Economist Team, Israel Competition Authority
Breakout session 8:
The challenges around remedies: designing and monitoring suitable remedies in a global economy
Moderators:
Elizabeth Holzer, Director of Competition Enforcement, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Speakers:
Pascale Déchamps, Head of Unit in the Investigation Services, Autorité de la concurrence, France
Satoshi Ogawa, Partner, Nagashima Ohno and Tsunematsu, Japan
Jonathan Cwikel, Acting Deputy Chief Legal Counsel (Civil/Administrative), Israel Competition Authority
Andrew Heimert, Counsel for Asian Competition Affairs, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Breakout session 9:
Economic analysis in unilateral conduct investigations
Moderator:
Sergio Sinovas, Head of the Energy and Industry Unit in the Competition Directorate,
National Markets and Competition Commission, Spain
Speakers:
Hans Zenger, Head of Unit, Economic Analysis, DG Competition, European Commission
Shintaro Ueda, Deputy Director, Economic Analysis Office, Japan Fair Trade Commission
Jhih-Hong JHANG, Specialist, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission
Plenary Session 4:
Cooperation and coordination with other policy authorities in the unilateral conduct sphere (e.g. Data Protection authorities, Consumer Protection authorities)(collaboration with the ICN Intersection project)
Moderator:
Speakers:
Bettina Forde, Assistant Director, Digital Platforms Branch, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Tsuyoshi (Yoshi) Ikeda, Founding Partner, IKEDA & SOMEYA, Japan
Paul O‘Brien, Counsel for International Affairs, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Plenary Session 5:
Current and future issues for competition enforcers
Moderator:
Speakers:
Bidyadhar Majhi, Adviser (Eco), Competition Commission of India
José Manuel Haro, Head of the Investigative Authority, Federal Economic Competition Commission, Mexico
Maria João Melícias, Board Member, Portugal’s Competition Authority (AdC)
Closing Session
Speakers:
Takashi Yamamoto, Commissioner, Japan Fair Trade Commission
Marisa Tierno Centella, Director General for Competition, National Markets and Competition Commission, Spain
