Provisional Agenda and Main Themes of the Conference on Current Trends in Competition Law
Provisional Agenda
09:00 – 09:15 | Opening of the Conference
Juraj Beňa, Chairman of AMO
09:15 – 10:15 | Challenges Faced by Competition Authorities in Slovakia and the Czech Republic
- Peter Demčák, Vice-Chairman of AMO
- Kamil Nejezchleb, Vice-Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition of the Czech Republic
- moderated by Robert Neruda, Havel & Partners
10:15 – 10:30 | Morning Refreshment Break
10:30 – 12:00 | The Need for Reform of Mandatory Merger Notification
- Terézia Kianičková, Case Handler of the European Commission
- Ibrahim Bah, Director of Competition Enforcement and Mergers of Competition and Consumer Protection Commission of Ireland
- Vladímír Peciar, Chief Economist of AMO
- moderated by Erika Lovásová, Director of Concentrations Division of AMO
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:30 | Labour Markets and Cartel Agreements
- Satoshi Araki, Economist of OECD
- Zombor Berezvai, Head of Economics and Market Research of Hungarian Competition Authority
- Martin Nedelka, Nedelka Kubáč advokáti
- moderated by Juraj Sýrny, Director of Cartels Division of AMO
14:30 – 14:45 | Afternoon Refreshment Break
14:45 – 16:15 | Standard of Proof in Competition Law
- Claire Simpson, Senior Counsel of Competition and Internal Market Division of EFTA Surveillance Authority
- Igor Pospíšil, Director of Cartels Division of the Office for the Protection of Competition of the Czech Republic
- Kateřina Schenková, Senior Associate of Baker McKenzie
- moderated by Michaela Nosa, Director of Legislative, Legal and Foreign Relations Division of AMO
16:15 – 16:30 | Closing Remarks
18:00 – 22:00 | Reception at Hotel Devín
Details of Main Themes
The Need for the Reform of Mandatory Merger Notification
- How do notification criteria work and how have other mechanisms to capture potentially problematic mergers proven themselves (the approach of the EU and other EU member states)?
- Do we need to reform the notification criteria in the context of Slovak realities (the evaluation of their effectiveness and what are we missing)?
- How to set up an adequate and effective merger notification mechanism?
Labour Markets and Cartel Agreements
- Competition law as a suitable tool for solving collusion between employers
- An economic perspective on (anti)competitive practices between employers
- Application pitfalls in practice