Hot off the press-forthcoming Competition Law workshop in Edinburgh, Programme published!
The Competition Law Scholars Forum (CLaSF) is delighted to announce that the programme for the XXth workshop is now public. The theme of the workshop will be "Competition Law and the Economic Crisis".
We are very honoured to have Prof Luis Morais, currently at the helm of the Portuguese Competition Authority, as the keynote speaker for the day. The line up of contributors is truly impressive and the papers will cover a range of hot topics and issues-this day is sure to inform discussion on a raft of important and topical questions.
Anyone interested in attending (you must be a member of CLaSF- see www.clasf.org re membership) should contact Dr Arianna Andreangeli in the first instance-places for the audience are limited.
The programme will be shortly live at www.clasf.org, but for a taster…
Draft Programme
9-9:30am: registration and coffee
9:30-9:45am: Welcome and Introduction—Prof. Barry Rodger (University of Strathclyde, Vice-Chair, CLaSF) and Dr Arianna Andreangeli (University of Edinburgh)
9:45am-10:30am: Keynote speaker—Prof. Luis Morais, Universidade de Lisboa and Portuguese Competition Authority.
10:30am-10:50am: Questions and discussion
10:50am-11:10am: coffee break
11:10am-11:50am—Panel I: Competition law and the economic crisis—general themes.
Chair: Prof. Alan Riley, City Law School, Chair, CLaSF
Mr Pat Massey and Mr Moore McDowell (COMPECON, Dublin, Ireland): “Competition Law: an unaffordable luxury in times of crisis?”
Ms Beata Slominska (College of Europe): “Should crisis justify the functioning of crisis cartels? Lessons from the history in the context of the current financial crisis”
11:50am-12:30pm—Panel II: the goals of competition law in the current economic turmoil
Chair: Dr Arianna Andreangeli, University of Edinburgh
Ms Gul Sirin Gok (University of Strathclyde): “The Interplay between the ‘Welfare of Consumers’ and ‘Economic Growth’ as Objectives of Competition Law: Overrated?”
Dr Anne-Christine Witt (University of Leicester): “Can the more economic approach survive the economic crisis?”
12:30pm-1pm: Q&A for all speakers
1pm-2pm: Lunch break
2pm-3:20pm—Panel III: State aid and the crisis of the banking and automotive industries.
Chair: Mr James Killick, White & Case, Brussels
Mr Gianni Lo Schiavo (College of Europe): “Towards a reshaping of the rules for State aids in the aftermath of the financial crisis?”
Dr Michele Giannino (Desogus, Cagliari, Italy):“Too big to fail banks: what can merger control do? An European perspective”
Dr Jonathan Galloway and Prof Joanna Gray (University of Newcastle): “Reforming the UK banking sector: Weighting Financial Stability and Competitiveness”
Mr Conor Talbot (European University Institute): “Competition Law and Policy in times of Economic Crisis: A Case study of the application of EU competition rules to consolidation in the automobile manufacturing sector”
3:20pm-3:45pm: Q&A
3:45pm-4pm: coffee break.
4pm-4:40pm—Panel IV: the crisis and the EU economic and social model
Chair: Mr Angus MacCulloch, University of Lancaster
Prof Erica Szyzsczak (University of Leicester): “Putting the ‘market’ into the ‘social’”
Prof Johan Van Den Gronden (Radboud University, Nijmegen): “The Transformation of EU Competition and Internal market law by the Stability and Growth Pact: competence creep into the national welfare states?”
4:40pm-5:10pm: Q&A
5:10pm-5:20pm: closing remarks