Programme
Thursday June 6
8.30 Registration and welcome coffee
9.00 Welcome Address
Enrico Adriano Raffaelli
President - UAE Competition Law CommissionLuigi Garofalo
President - Fondazione Cassamarca9.30 Opening Speech
Roberto Rustichelli
President - Italian Antitrust Authority10.00 Round table exchange of views among authorities: enforcement priorities
Chair: Elisabetta Iossa
Commissioner - Italian Antitrust Authority
Irène Luc
Vice-President - French Competition AuthorityNatalie Harsdorf-Borsch
Director General - Austrian Federal Competition AuthorityBogdan Chiritoiu
President - Romanian Competition CouncilLaura Melusine Baudenbacher
President - Swiss Competition CommissionDamien Gerard
Prosecutor General and Member of the Board - Belgian Competition Authority11.30 - 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 I Session - Antitrust developments and reforms: a change of perspective?
Chair: Saverio Valentino
Commissioner - Italian Antitrust Authority
Recent developments in EU antitrust policy
Michele Piergiovanni
Deputy Head of Cabinet - Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager - European CommissionCompetition or regulation? The Antitrust Authority's new powers in sector inquiries
Guido Stazi
Secretary General - Italian Antitrust AuthorityMerger control: back to the future
Iacopo Berti
Director of Competition Department 2 - Italian Antitrust AuthorityBelow-threshold mergers: potential adjustments in the light of the first implementation experiences
Francesco Anglani
BonelliEredeThe Trucks' case: a long challenge among legal uncertainty, interpretative "variability" and business risks
Gabriella Porcelli
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer - Iveco GroupAbuse of dominant position and abuse of economic dependence, between 'loss of wealth' and exercise of market power
Sabrina Borocci
Hogan Lovells13.30 - 14.30 Lunch
14.30 II Session - Competition and sustainability
Chair: Irène Luc
Vice-President - French Competition Authority
Friends or foes: the interplay between competition and sustainability from the enforcers' perspective
Gianluca Sepe
Head of legal affairs, procedural guarantees and litigation Directorate - Italian Antitrust AuthoritySustainability and antitrust limits
Alberto Pera
President AAINET ZERO ALLIANCES: "the way forward" or an uphill path?
Jacques Moscianese
Executive Director - Group Head of Institutional Affairs - Intesa SanpaoloSustainability as a tool for media competitiveness: Rai's experience and the evolution of the Public Service
Micol Rigo
Vice-Director for ESG Sustainability - RAICompetition and sustainability in Europe: a multi-jurisdictional view
Lucio D'Amario
Linklaters16.00 - 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 III Session - Antitrust in the digital era
Chair: Alberto Bacchiega
Director of the Digital Platforms Directorate – DG Comp - European Commission
Digital platforms, ecosystems and antitrust: the Italian Antitrust Authority's experience
Andrea Venanzetti
Director of digital platforms and communications Directorate – Competition 1 Department - Italian Antitrust AuthorityData privacy and Competition: what's going on after the Meta Case?
Gabriella Muscolo
Franzosi Dal Negro Setti with MuscoloIBM's experience on the main tools for promoting digitalisation in the interaction with Antitrust Authorities
Alessandra Bini
Senior Counsel and Trust & Compliance Officer – IBM EuropeScale Up companies: protecting competition and supporting innovative enterprises
Federico Finzi
General Counsel - SatispayAntitrust and artificial intelligence: foreseeing future competition issues and the possible evolution of enforcement tools
Mario Todino
Jones Day17.45 Closing of the Conference
Friday June 7
9.30 IV Session - Antitrust: procedural aspects, complementarities and interferences
Chair: Francesco Rossi Dal Pozzo
University of Milan
Procedural fairness in the General Court's recent antitrust case law
Roberto Mastroianni
Judge - General Court of the European UnionCan the effectiveness of EU law endure the times (of proceedings before the Italian Competition Authority)?
Massimo Condinanzi
University of MilanThe principle of loyal cooperation between Competition Authorities and Regulatory Authorities
Anna Argentati
Director, Legal research and legislation Analysis Directorate - Italian Antitrust AuthorityGuarantees and cross-examination in proceedings: values and cross-cutting aspects
Fabio Cintioli
Cintioli & Associati AvvocatiInterferences and possible conflicts among Merger Control, Golden Power and Foreign Subsidies regimes: from policy objectives to implications for M&A transactions in the European Union
Alessandro Greco
Eversheds SutherlandRights of defence and to good administration in the EU Court of Justice's recent competition case-law
Gabriele Donà
Donà ViscardiniThe role of the Unified Patent Court in the context of European competition
Massimo Scuffi
Italian Representative Committee UPC11.30 - 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 V Session - Evolution of consumer protection
Chair: Antonino Savo Amodio
President Regional Administrative Court of Latium
Enforcement of EU consumer law by CPC authorities and the role of the European Commission
Ana Gallego Torres
Director General DG Justice and Consumers – European CommissionGreen Claims and Greenwashing in the perspective of the new European directives
Giovanni Calabrò
Head of Cabinet - Italian Antitrust AuthorityConsumer protection in the digital age and influencer's regulation
Laura Aria
Commissioner - Italian Communications Regulatory AuthorityThe world of green claims today and in the near future from a business perspective
Rosa Arras
Head of Antitrust & Energy Market Regulation, Consumers & Communication Compliance - EniThe concept of average consumer in the case-law of the EU Court of Justice concerning unfair commercial practices
Fausto Caronna
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton13.15 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 VI Session - The economic approach in antitrust: a discussion among economists
Chair: Antonio Buttà
Chief economist - Italian Antitrust Authority
Competition in labour markets: recent developments and economic perspective
Michele Avagliano
Compass LexeconEconomic evidence and standard of proof in a world of presumptions: from Art 102 to DMA
Mario Denni
Berkeley Research GroupNew horizons for merger control? An economic perspective
Barbara Veronese
OxeraPrice customisation: new perspectives for consumer welfare
Ines Tomasi
Officina EconomicaEconomic analysis of passing-on in cartel cases: theory, practice and recent developments
Lucrezio Figurelli
The Brattle Group15.45 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 VII Session - Private enforcement antitrust
Chair: Silvia Giani
President of the Enterprise Specialized Section - Court of Milan
Understanding U.S. Private Antitrust Litigation: a balance of structural incentives and judicial limitations
James Keyte
Fordham Competition Law Institute – New YorkLeniency and settlement: impact on private enforcement from the enforcer's point of view
Vito Meli
Director Competition Department 1- Italian Antitrust AuthorityPractical problems in private enforcement: disclosure, expert evidence and quantification of damage
Peter Roth
Judge of the High Court of Justice of England and WalesPrivate enforcement relating to the DMA: open issues and perspectives
Piero Fattori
Gianni & OrigoniThe arbitrability of antitrust matters
Giorgio Afferni
University of Genoa17.30 Closing of the Conference
Social Programme
Thursday June 6
20.00 - Gala Dinner at Chiostri del Museo di Santa Caterina, Piazzetta Botter Mario 1, Treviso.
The Bar of Treviso has assigned 12 credits to the Conference.
The programme might be subject to change. Simultaneous Italian-English translation will be provided.
