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Description
Preliminary rulings in EU Antitrust Law
Agenda
13.30-14.00: Registration and Welcome Coffee
14.00-14.05: Welcome Words, Presentation of the Conference
Jörg Monar, Rector of the College of Europe
14.05-14.25: Keynote Speech by Vice-President Joaquin Almunia, introduced by Professor Paul Demaret, Former Rector of the College of Europe
14.25-14.30: Chair and Presentation of the Conference
Jacques Bourgeois, WilmerHale, Professor, College of Europe
14.25-14.50: INTRODUCTORY SESSION – SETTING THE SCENE
Quantitative and Qualitative Overview of Preliminary Rulings since the Entry into force of Regulation 1/2003
Barry J. Rodger, Professor, University of Strathclyde
14.50-15.50: SESSION 1 – PRELIMINARY RULINGS IN EU COMPETITION LAW: SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
Roundtable Discussion
Main Speaker: Allan Rosas, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union
Comments by:
Sir Francis Jacobs, Former Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union; Professor, King's College London
Damien Geradin, Covington & Burling; Professor, George Mason University
Eric Gippini-Fournier, Legal Service, European Commission
Q&A Session
15.50-16.10: Coffee break
16.10-17.10: SESSION 2 –PRELIMINARY RULINGS IN EU COMPETITION LAW: INSTITUTIONAL AND PROCEDURAL LAW ISSUES
Roundtable Discussion
Main Speaker:
Sir David Edward, Former Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union
Comments by:
Denis Waelbroeck, Ashurst; Professor, College of Europe
Philip Marsden, BIICL; Professor, College of Europe
Jochen Burrichter, Hengeler Mueller [TBC]
Q&A Session
17.10-18.10: SESSION 3 – THE CONSEQUENCES OF PRELIMINARY RULINGS – REVIEW OF NATIONAL JUDGES
Roundtable Discussion
Main Speaker: Mercedes Pedraz Calvo, Audiencia Nacional
Comments by:
Michal Bobek, Professor, College of Europe
Luis Ortiz Blanco, Garrigues; Professor, College of Europe
Berend-Jan Drijber, Pelsrijcken
18.10-18.20: Concluding Remarks
Masimo Merola, Professor, College of Europe
18.20: End of Conference