After a very successful co-organization of the 7th Competition Law and Policy Conference in memory of prof. Vedran Šoljan, held in 2022, in May 2024, we return to the beautiful city of Opatija to bring you the first “Meet to Compete” competition law and policy conference titled “Tools for New Rules”.
This Conference will provide a unique opportunity for competition law specialists and members of the business community to meet and exchange their views on recent hot topics in EU competition law.
The programme of the conference builds on excellent prior experience and is primarily aimed at discussing the recent antitrust developments, with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and South-East Europe (SEE). This year’s agenda includes two great keynote speakers, and three panels focusing on concentrations and FSR, the “effects-based approach” and recent developments in the CEE and SEE region. Our expert panels will include members of European Commission-DG Comp, competition authorities, OECD, university professors, attorneys, in-house lawyers, and other legal practitioners from all over Europe.
The second day of the conference will bring a set of competition compliance workshops held in Croatian language by recognized Croatian practitioners. Workshops are divided into four slots each covering specific and very important topics which companies deal with on a daily basis, like exclusionary abuses of dominance, horizontal agreements, resale price maintenance and other vertical restraints, etc. These workshops are primarily intended for owners, managers, corporate lawyers, and other employees of businesses acting in the region, to help them understand and avoid anti-competitive practices, with the goal of increasing the overall competition law awareness and compliance.
Topics include:
Day 1:
- Keynote speech 1
- Concentrations and FSR – To notify or not to notify, that is the question!
- The effects of the “Effects-based approach”
- Recent developments in the CEE & SEE Region
- Keynote speech 2
Day 2:
- Workshop 1 – Isključivo o isključujućim zlouporabama vladajućeg položaja / Exclusively on exclusionary abuses of dominance
- Workshop 2 – Horizontalni (ne)sporazumi / Horizontal (dis)agreements
- Workshop 3 – Najčešća vertikalna ograničenja / The Most common vertical restraints (restrictions)
- Workshop 4 – Sat anatomije: RPM / Anatomy lesson: RPM
Language-English
8:00 – 9:00 REGISTRATION
9:00 – 9:20 INTRODUCTORY SPEECHES
- Dunja Šimunić Mehdin, President of the ICC Croatian Competition Commission
- Luka Burilović, President of the Croatian Chamber of Economy, and ICC Croatia
- Mirta Kapural, President of the Competition Council, Croatian Competition Agency
- Ivan Malenica, Minister of Justice and Public Administration of Croatia-TBC
- Francois Brunet, Chair, ICC Global Competition Commission
Moderator: Marijana Liszt, Partner, Law firm Liszt & Partners
9:20 – 10:00 KEYNOTE SPEECH 1
- Richard Whish, Emeritus Professor of Law at King’s College London
PANEL 1
10:00 – 11:30 CONCENTRATIONS AND FSR – To notify or not to notify, that is the question!
Moderator: Vlatka Butorac Malnar, Professor, University of Rijeka
Speakers:
- Assimakis Komninos, Partner, White & Case LLP Brussels
- Jorge Padilla, Head of Compass Lexecon EMEA
- Eddy De Smijter, Head of the International Relations Unit, DG Comp
- Despina Pachnou, Competition Expert, OECD
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break / powered by Law firm CMS
PANEL 2
12:00 – 13:30 THE EFFECTS OF THE “EFFECTS-BASED APPROACH”
Moderator: Siniša Petrović, Professor, University of Zagreb
Speakers:
- Filip Tuytschaever, Partner, Contrast, Professor, University of Brussels
- Giorgio Monti, Professor, University of Tilburg
- Alfonso Lamadrid de Pablo, Partner, Garrigues, Brussels
- Ana Sofia Rodrigues, Board member, Portuguese Competition Authority
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break
PANEL 3
14:30 – 16:30 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CEE & SEE REGION
Moderator: Srđana Petronijević, Partner, Moravčević Vojnović and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr
Speakers:
- Branimira Kovačević, Vice President of the Competition Council, Croatian Competition Agency
- Andrej Matvoz, Director of the Slovenian Competition Protection Agency
- Adisa Begić, President of the Council of Competition, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Dragan Damjanović, President of the Council, Agency for Protection of Competition, Montenegro
- Kamil Nejezchleb, Vice-chair, Czech Competition Authority
- Elisabetta Iossa, Commissioner, Italian Competition Authority
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee break
Moderator: Marijana Liszt, Partner, Law firm Liszt & Partners
16:45 – 17:30 KEYNOTE SPEECH 2
- William Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy; Professor of Law; Director of the Competition Law Center, The George Washington University Law School
19:30 – 20:30 Cocktail
20:30 – 24:00 DINNER & PARTY- HOTEL AMBASADOR 5*
Language-Croatian
Moderator: Martina Prpić, Partner, Law firm KPS
WORKSHOP 1
9:00 – 10:00 Igor Mucalo, Law Office Mucalo
Isključivo o isključujućim zlouporabama vladajućeg položaja / Exclusively on exclusionary abuses of dominance
WORKSHOP 2
10:00 – 11:00 Mario Krka, Partner Law firm DTB & Krka
Horizontalni (ne)sporazumi / Horizontal (dis)agreements
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
WORKSHOP 3
11:30 – 12:30 Marija Zrno Prošić, Law firm Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko and partners in cooperation with CMS
Najčešća vertikalna ograničenja / The Most common vertical restraints (restrictions)
WORKSHOP 4
12:30 – 13:30 Mislav Bradvica, Partner, Law firm BMWC
Sat anatomije: RPM / Anatomy lesson: RPM
13:30 – 14:00 Closing of the Conference
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
END OF CONFERENCE
The speakers’ list and CVs are available here.
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Adisa Begić |
President, Council of Competition Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Mislav Bradvica |
Partner, BRADVICA MARIĆ WAHL CESAREC Law Firm, Croatia |
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François Brunet |
Chair, ICC Global Competition Commission, France |
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Luka Burilović |
President, Croatian Chamber of Economy and ICC Croatia |
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Vlatka Butorac Malnar |
Professor, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law, Croatia |
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Dragan Damjanović |
President of the Council, Agency for Protection of Competition, Montenegro |
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Eddy De Smijter |
Head of the International Relations Unit, DG Comp, Brussels |
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Elisabetta Iossa |
Commissioner, Italian Competition Authority |
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Mirta Kapural |
President of the Competition Council, Croatian Competition Agency |
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Assimakis Komninos |
Partner, White & Case LLP, Brussels |
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William Kovacic |
Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy; Professor of Law; Director of the Competition Law Center, The George Washington University Law School |
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Branimira Kovačević |
Vice President of the Competition Council, Croatian Competition Agency |
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Mario Krka |
Partner, Divjak Topić Bahtijarević & Krka Law Firm, Croatia |
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Alfonso Lamadrid de Pablo |
Partner Garrigues, Brussels; co-editor of the legal blog www.chillingcompetition.com |
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Marijana Liszt |
Founder and Managing Partner, Liszt & Partners Law Firm, Croatia |
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Ivan Malenica |
Minister of Justice and Public Administration of the Republic of Croatia |
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Andrej Matvoz |
Director, Slovenian Competition Protection Agency |
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Giorgio Monti |
Professor, University of Tilburg, Netherlands |
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Igor Mucalo |
Attorney at law and Owner, Law Office Mucalo, Croatia |
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Ana Nikoloska |
President of the Commission, Commission for the Protection of Competition, North Macedonia |
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Kamil Nejezchleb |
Vice-chair, Czech Competition Authority |
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Despina Pachnou |
Competition Expert, OECD, Paris |
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Jorge Padilla |
Head, Compass Lexecon EMEA |
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Srđana Petronijević |
Partner, Moravčević Vojnović and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr, Croatia |
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Siniša Petrović |
Professor, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, Croatia |
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Martina Prpić |
Partner, KPS, Croatia |
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Ana Sofia Rodrigues |
Board member, Portuguese Competition Authority |
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Dunja Šimunić Mehdin |
President, ICC Croatian Competition Commission |
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Filip Tuytschaever |
Partner, Contrast; Professor, University of Brussels |
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Richard Whish |
Emeritus Professor of Law, King’s College London |
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Marija Zrno Prošić |
Partner, Law firm Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko and partners in cooperation with CMS, Croatia |
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Venue: |
Feliksa Peršića 5 51410 Opatija Croatia Find out more about Opatija: https://icc-croatia-clpc.com/opatija/ |
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Travel & accommodation |
Preferential accommodation rates for the participants have been agreed at Hotel Admiral 4*. Registration is possible by filling out the online form at the following link (after sending the completed form, you will receive an offer for payment). The conference hotel package includes all the listed services from the application if the accommodation is reserved and paid for by applying to the official Vivid Original conference agency. If you wish to book other dates of stay, which are not offered on the hotel accommodation registration form, please send a request to the e-mail address: ivana.sabanovic-uzelac@vivid-original.com. |
Registration, accommodation booking, travel information:
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Šabanović-Uzelac, Ivana |
Event Organizer: Vivid original d.o.o. |
+385 98 438 768 |
Programme related topics:
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Šimunić Mehdin, Dunja |
President of the ICC Croatia Competition Commission |
+385 99 313 4518 |
Registration fees include:
- Attendance at all working sessions
- Conference materials, including any available speakers’ papers
- Coffee breaks
- Cocktail
- Dinner
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Standard fee (from 16th March 2024) |
380 EUR (VAT included) |
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ICC Croatia members (https://hgk.hr/icc-hrvatska/clanice-icc-a-hrvatska) |
304 EUR (VAT included) |
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