International League of Competition Law 2014 LIDC Congress September

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1 Sclopis del borgo, veduta di Stupinigi dal lato di Torino, 1783 International League of Competition Law 2014 LIDC Congress September 2014 Hotel Principi di Piemonte via Piero Gobetti n. 15 Torino

2 The Congress Programme SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME: Thursday, 18 September Registration of delegates at the Congress Hotel (Principi di Piemonte, via Piero Gobetti,15, Turin) Meeting of the LIDC Bureau Meeting of the LIDC Council Meeting of the LIDC Scientific Committee Welcome Cocktail, Hotel Principi di Piemonte Friday, 19 September Registration of delegates at the Congress Hotel (Principi di Piemonte, via Piero Gobetti, 15, Turin) Welcome speeches: Prof. Gianmaria Ajani, Rector of the University of Turin; Licia Mattioli, President of the Turin Industrial Union; Dr. Mario Barbuto, President of the Court of Appeal of Turin; Gusztáv Bacher, President of the LIDC; Prof. Giuseppe Sena, President of the Italian Group of the LIDC Panel discussion: Coffee break New practices on-line (most favored nation clause, reverse auctions, etc.): distorting and/or stimulating competition? Moderator: Martine Karsenty-Ricard, Attorney-at-law, Paris (France) Silke Hossenfelder, Head of the 9 th Decision Division, Bundeskartellamt, Bonn (Germany) Pinar Akman, Associate Professor in Law, Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Law and Practice, University of Leeds (UK) Francesco Rosati, Partner, RBB Economics, Brussels (Belgium) Hanne Melin, Policy Strategy Counsel and Head of ebay Inc. Public Policy Lab EMEA, Malmö (Sweden) Working Session Question A: Are settlement processes, leniency, transactions, commitments and other types of transactional resolution of antitrust proceedings, consistent and compatible with due process and the fundamental rights of the parties? Chairman: Enrico Adriano Raffaelli, Attorney-at-law, Milan (Italy)

3 Lunch International Reporter: Pranvera Këllezi, Attorney-at-law, Geneva (Switzerland) Key-note speaker: Eddy de Smijter, Head of the Unit A1, Private enforcement DG Competition, Brussels (Belgique) Directive on antitrust damages actions: finish line or starting block? Working Session Question B: To what extent does the principle of exhaustion of IP rights apply to the on-line industry? Coffee break Chairman: Gregory Sorreaux, Attorney-at-law, Brussels (Belgium) International Reporter: Prof. Vincenzo Franceschelli, Professor at the University Milano-Bicocca (Italy) Panel discussion: Aftermarkets: IP rights vs market protection? Moderator: Fabrizio Jacobacci, Attorney-at-law, Turin (Italy) Paul Nihoul, Professor of Law at the University of Louvain, Belgium Laure Schulz, Case Handler, Economic Service, Autorité de la concurrence, Paris (France) Marco Braida, Lavazza s.p.a. Turin (Italy) Meet in the lobby of the Hotel Principi di Piemonte Cocktail offered by Jacobacci & Partners at Palazzo Cavour, one of the most important historical buildings in Turin and a few minutes walk from the Hotel Principi di Piemonte.

4 Palazzo Cavour

5 Saturday, 20 September Key-note speaker: Tobias Mass, DG Competition, Unit A1: Antitrust Case Support and Policy, Brussels (Belgium) The revised block exemption for technology transfer agreements: more evolution than revolution? Working session - Question A Working session - Question B Coffee break LIDC General Assembly LIDC Council Meeting Lunch Departure from the Hotel Principi di Piemonte Gala dinner at Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, the Savoy Royal Residence located near Turin (professional training credit points to be defined) Palazzina di Caccia Stupinigi

6 PROGRAMME FOR ACCOMPANYING PERSONS Thursday, 18 September Registration at the Hotel Principi di Piemonte Welcome Cocktail Hotel Principi di Piemonte Friday, 19 September Meet in the lobby of the Hotel Principi di Piemonte Visit to Villa della Regina. A magnificent unique XVIIth villa set on a hill that overlooks Turin and the Alps followed by a bus tour of the city of Turin including lunch at the Circolo dei Cannottieri Esperia, a beautiful 1920s club of canoeing Villa della Regina Circolo dei Cannottieri Esperia Giardini Villa della Regina Meet in the lobby of the Hotel Principi di Piemonte Cocktail offered by Jacobacci & Partners at Palazzo Cavour.

7 Saturday, 20 September Meet in the lobby of the Hotel Principi di Piemonte Visit to Museo Egizio. It houses the world s second largest collections of Egyptian antiquities after Cairo followed by visits to some historical cafés Lunch Departure from the Hotel Principi di Piemonte Gala dinner at Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, the Savoy Royal Residence located near Turin

8 Sunday, 21 September (optional and with an additional fee) Excursion to Reggia di Venaria Reale including lunch in a characteristic restaurant nearby. The Palace is one of the most significant examples of baroque art and architecture in existence and is one of the most beautiful royal residences in Europe. N.B. The excursions will take place only if sufficient numbers attend.