Market Power: Problem to Police or Resource to Harness? Competition Policy in Digital and Strategic Markets
Hall 400
9:15– 13:30
Thursday, 18 June
Agenda:
8:30 Doors open
9:15 Co-Chair Welcome Remarks
- Mette Alfter, Executive Director, Frontier Economics
- Augustin Reyna, Director General, BEUC
09:25 Double Espresso Talk: The Long-Awaited Art. 102 TFEU Guidelines
- Massimiliano Kadar, Head of Unit, European Competition Network, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition
- Mette Alfter, Executive Director, Frontier Economics
09:55 Market Power, Growth and Innovation
- Rupprecht Podszun, Dean, Faculty of Law, Heinrich Heine University, Member of the German Monopolies Commission
- Jörn Eickhoff, Head of Legal Competition & Regulatory, Siemens Energy
- Matt Ersin, Senior Director, Fastned
- Sarah Mcgourty, Senior Counsel Antitrust, ABB
- Vanessa Turner, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers (Chair)
11:00 Break
11:30 The State of the Digital Markets Act | In Conversation with:
- Alberto Bacchiega, Director, Markets and Cases VI: Digital Platforms, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition
- Rita Wezenbeek, Director CNECT.D – Online Platforms Economy, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
- Agustin Reyna, Director General, BEUC (Chair)
12:00 Going Digital: Growth Lever or Problem to Police?
- Nicholas Banasevic, Corporate Vice President, Global Head of Competition and Market Regulation, Microsoft
- Philip Marsden, Deputy Chair of the Bank of England’s Enforcement Decision Making Committee; College of Europe, Bruges
- Eirini Zafeiratou, Vice President, Global Public Policy and Regulation, Bolt
- Aurélien Mähl, Lead Public Policy, DuckDuckGo
- Cristina Volpin, Competition Policy Expert, OECD (Chair)
13:15 Closing Remarks
Speakers:
Alberto Bacchiega
Director, Markets and Cases VI: Digital Platforms, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition
Rita Wezenbeek
Director CNECT.D - Online Platforms Economy, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
Massimiliano Kadar
Head of Unit, European Competition Network, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition
Rupprecht Podszun
Chair for Civil Law, German and European Competition Law, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Commissioner at the German Monopolkommission
Eirini Zafeiratou
Vice President, Global Public Policy and Regulation, Bolt
Philip Marsden
Deputy Chair, the Bank of England’s Enforcement Decision Making Committee; College of Europe, Bruges
Nicholas Banasevic
Corporate Vice President, Global Head of Competition and Market Regulation, Microsoft
Jörn Eickhoff
Head of Legal Competition & Regulatory, Siemens Energy (invited)
Sarah Mcgourty
Senior Counsel Antitrust, ABB
Vanessa Turner
Partner, O'Melveny & Myers
Agustin Reyna
Director General at BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation
Mette Alfter
Executive Director, Frontier Economics
Aurélien Mähl
Lead Public Policy Manager, DuckDuckGo
Matt Ersin
Senior Director, Fastned
Cristina Volpin
Competition Policy Expert at the OECD














