6th Edition Trento Antitrust Conference

6 April 2017

7 April 2017

8 April 2017

6, 7 e 8 aprile 2017

Contatti:

Segreteria organizzativa Eventi - Facoltà di Giurisprudenza

Tel.

+39 0461 281844

Fax

+39 0461 281874

eventi.giurisprudenza@unitn.it

giorgia.sartori@unitn.it

Venue: Faculty of Law, Via Rosmini 27, Trento (Italy) - Room 1

The Conference is organized by the Trento Faculty of Law and the Osservatorio Permanente sull’Applicazione delle Regole di Concorrenza (“Antitrust Observatory”) founded and directed by Michele Carpagnano and Gian Antonio Benacchio.

The event is supported by the Italian Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, the French Autoritè de la Concurrence, the Spanish Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia and the Luxembourg Conseil de la Concurrence.

The conference is addressed to National Judges, Academics, In-house Legal Counsels, Attorneys, Economists, students and to everyone is interested in EU Competition Law and its enforcement.

The main topics of the Conference are:

The new institutional framework of the private antitrust enforcement in Italy and in the European Union;
A comparative analysis of the private antitrust enforcement's implementation and recent experiences from the Member States;
The point of view of the business community and consumers on private antitrust enforcement;
Toward a new institutional framework of Competition Authorities in Europe?

On Saturday, April 8, it will take place the workshop of the Antitrust Observatory’s team. The event is also open to non-members who are interested in finding out more about the Observatory’s actual and future activities.

Registration are closed. For information please contact giorgia.sartori [at] unitn.it

Scientific committee:

Gian Antonio Benacchio, University of Trento
Michele Carpagnano, University of Trento
Aldo Frignani, University of Turin
Roberto Pardolesi, LUISS, Rome

Scientific Direction of the Antitrust Case Law Database:

Massimo Scuffi, Magistrate of the Court of Cassation, President of the Court of Aosta
Marina Tavassi, First President of the Court of Appeal, Milan

Program

Thursday 6 April 2017

	Official greetings
14.30	Welcome speech Giuseppe Nesi, Dean, Faculty of Law, Trento University, Trento
14.45	Opening speech Gian Antonio Benacchio, University of Trento, Trento
15.00	First panel – Round Table The new institutional framework of private antitrust enforcement in Italy and in the European Union Chair: Filippo Patroni Griffi, Council of State, Rome
	Gabriella Muscolo, Member of the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Rome
	Marina Tavassi, First President of the Court of Appeal, Milan
	Rosa Perna, Magistrate of TAR Lazio, I section, Rome
	Roberto Chieppa, General Secretary, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Rome
	Mario Libertini, Sapienza University, Rome
	Question time and talks
16.30	Coffee break
18.30	End of the session
20.15	Dinner *

* The participation to the organized dinners is optional and provides an additional fee of 50 euros for each dinner

Friday 7 April 2017

9.30	Second panel A comparative analysis of the private antitrust enforcement’s implementation and recent experiences from the Member States Presiede: Roberto Pardolesi, LUISS University, Rome
	Massimo Scuffi, President of the Court of Aosta, Aosta
	Lionel Lesur, Avocat à la Cour, Paris
	Miguel Sousa Ferro, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon
	Carmen Herrero, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid
	Barry Rodger, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
	Juan Ignacio Ruiz-Peris, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia
	Question time and talks
13.30	Buffet

15.00	Third panel The point of view of the business community and consumers on private antitrust enforcement Chair: Filippo Arena, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Rome, Michele Carpagnano, University of Trento, Trento
	Jacques Moscianese, Intesa Sanpaolo, Milan
	Carlo Biasior, Centro di ricerca e tutela dei consumatori e degli utenti, Trento
	Ciro Favia, Enel, Rome
	Aurora Saija, Assonime, Rome
	Question time and talks
17.00	Coffee break

17.30	Fourth panel Toward a new institutional framework of the Competition Authorities in Europe? Chair: Michele Ainis, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Rome
	Antonio Matonti, Confindustria, Rome
	Beniamino Caravita Di Toritto, Sapienza University, Rome
	Fabio Cintioli, Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma, UNINT
	Francisco Marcos, Instituto de Empresa, Madrid
	Mattia Melloni, Conseil de la Concurrence, Luxembourg
	Question time and talks
19.30	Closing of the Conference
20.15	Dinner**

** The participation to the organized dinners is optional and provides an additional fee of 50 euros for each dinner

Saturday 8 April

9.30	Conference room (optional attendance) Workshop of the Antitrust Observatory The session will be chaired by: Gian Antonio Benacchio e Michele Carpagano
	Speeches by:
	Gian Antonio Benacchio
	Lionel Lesur
	Julia Suderow
	Marianna Meriani
	Paola Rubiano
	Roberto Cervone
	Edoardo Cazzato
	Francesca Ienca
	Letitia Bourgeix
	Andrea Piffer
	Alessia Chilese
	Michele Carpagnano
13.30	Buffet

Venue

The Congress will be held in Room 1 of the Faculty of Law, which is located at via Rosmini, 27, Trento. The Faculty of Law is in the city center, a few steps away from the main square, Piazza Duomo, and 10 minutes by foot from the railway station. Follow via Pozzo to Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore, then turn left onto via Rosmini. Lecture Room 1 can be reached from via Rosmini, 27.
For more information on Trento: www.apt.trento.it

Registration

Application form Registration are closed. For information please contact Giorgia.sartori [at] untin.it

Registration Fee

Academic Program: € 250,00 per participant

Academic Program + 2 Conference dinners: € 350,00 per participant

For the payment of the registration fee please follow specific instructions directly on the application on line.
Free admission to the congress is granted to: students, university professors, researchers, Ph.D. students, magistrates, public administration officials and Antitrust Observatory staff.
Registration is required also in case of free admission
The participation to the 2 Conference dinners is optional and subject to an additional fee of € 100.

ECTS credits
The Bar Association of Trento is establishing that the congress corresponds 12 ECTS credits.
The Organizational Secretariat will issue a certificate of participation.