Presentations from the ECD
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Opening Session
Martin Pecina, Chairman of the Czech NCA
Michal Hašek, Governor of the South Moravia Region
Roman Onderka, Mayor of the city of Brno
Aleš Musil, Head of Unit A/4, European Competition Network, Competition Directorate General, European Commission
Radek Pokorný, President of the Czech association for competition law
Panel I: Private enforcement of competition law
Dan Sjöblom, Director General of Swedish competition authortiy
Jacques Steenbergen, Director General of Belgian competition authority
Eddy de Smijter, Unit A1, Private Enforcement, Competition Directorate General, European Commission: 
Damages Actions for Breach of Article 81 or 82 EC (107.5 kB, MS PowerPoint)
Pavel Dejl, Partner of law firm Kocián Šolc Balaštík
Michal Petr, Czech Compet. authority, Section of Legislation and International Affairs: Private Enforcement - What Shall the Commission Do Next (1.1 MB, MS PowerPoint)
Panel II: Dominance
William Prasifka, Chairman of Irish competition authority
Damien Neven, Chief Competition Economist of European Commission
Manuel Sebastião, President of Portugese competition authority
Bernhard Heitzer, President of German competition authority: 
Abuse of dominance in the focus (104.8 kB, PPTX)
Jakub Chytil, Telefónica O2, Member of the board of directors and General counsel
Panel III: Interface between Leniency, Direct Settlement and Criminal sanctions
David Anderson, Partner of Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (Brussels): The Interface Between Leniency, Direct Settlement and Criminal Sanctions (64 kB, MS PowerPoint)
Sari Suurnakki, Unit G/4, Cartels, Competition Directorate General, European Commission: Interface Between Leniency and Settlements in European Commission proceedings (129 kB, MS PowerPoint)
Philip Collins, Chairman of the Office of Fair Trading, UK: Interface between Leniency, Direct Settlement and Criminal Sanctions – A UK perspective (572.9 kB, MS PowerPoint)
Martin Nedelka, Partner of law firm Schönherr Praha: Criminal Sanctions for Anticompetitive Conduct in the Czech Republic (942.1 kB, MS PowerPoint)
Robert Neruda, Vice-chairman of Czech competition authority: Leniency, Settlements and their Interplay with Criminalization - The Czech Perspective (429.6 kB, MS PowerPoint)
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Opening Session
Robert Neruda, Vice-chairman of Czech competition authority: 
Principles of competition policy in challenging times (61.4 kB, MS Word document)
Philip Lowe, Director General, Competition Directorate General, European Commission: Keeping Markets working effectively: Europe's challenge in recessionary times (306.2 kB, MS PowerPoint)
Panel IV: Cooperation within the ECN, Celebration of the fifth anniversary of the ECN
Part 1: History and present of the ECN
Małgorzata Krasnodębska-Tomkiel, President of Polish competition authority
Monica Widegren, Swedish competition authority, Head of
Communication and International Affairs Department: Horizontal ECN cooperation (148.5 kB, MS PowerPoint)
Ondrej Dostal, Permanent representation of the Czech Republic to the EU: History and present of the ECN (121.9 kB, MS PowerPoint)
Dorothe Dalheimer, Unit A/4, European Competition Network, Competition Directorate General, European Commission
Part 2: Future of the ECN
Philip Lowe, Director General, Competition Directorate General, European Commission
Theodor Thanner, Director General of Austrian competition authority: Regulation 1/2003 - 5 years on (120.8 kB, PPS)
József Sárai, Hungarian competition authority, Head of International Section: Future of the ECN – as it can be seen from a „new” MS (97.3 kB, MS PowerPoint)
Ombretta Main, Italian competition authority, Head of the Directorate for Community Affairs: Celebration of the Fifth Anniversary of the ECN - Challenges for the Future (333.3 kB, MS PowerPoint)
Panel V: Global Economic Crisis and Competition
Walter Stoffel, President of Swiss competition authority
Philip Lowe, Director General, Competition Directorate General, European Commission
William Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, USA
John Fingleton, Chief Executive of the Office of Fair Trading, UK
Vladimír Šiška, International Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic
Closing Session
Wrap-up
Invitation to Sweden
Closing words
Conclusion of the conference