Market Power: Problem to Police or Resource to Harness? Competition Policy in Digital and Strategic Markets
9:15– 13:30
Thursday, 18 June
Agenda:
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 EconomicsDay
09:55 Market Power, Growth and Innovation
- Martin J. Gylfe, CEO, Insurely
- Rupprecht Podszun, Dean, Faculty of Law, Heinrich Heine University, Member of the German Monopolies Commission
- Rocio Concha, Chief Economist at Which?
- Jörn Eickhoff, Head of Legal Competition & Regulatory, Siemens Energy (invited)
- Vanessa Turner, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers (Chair)
11:00 Break
11:30 The State of the DMA & DSA | 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, VP, Head of Competition and Regulation for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Microsoft
- Cecilia Rikap, Head of Research at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose of the University College London
13:15 Closing Remarks
Speakers:
Alberto Bacchiega
Director, Markets and Cases VI: Digital Platforms, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition
Massimiliano Kadar
Head of Unit, European Competition Network, 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
Martin J. Gylfe
CEO & Co-Founder, Insurely
Rupprecht Podszun
Chair for Civil Law, German and European Competition Law, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Commissioner at the German Monopolkommission
Agustin Reyna
Director General at BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation
Mette Alfter
Executive Director, Frontier Economics






