The Pros and Cons of New Tools
Our annual international Pros and Cons conference, where academics and practitioners meet and discuss critical aspects of competition law and policy will take place in Stockholm on Monday 20 May, 2024. Previous conferences, widely attended by enforcers, lawyers and consultants, have been greatly appreciated and we are certain that this year’s event will be no exception.
The Pros and Cons 2024 conference is now open for in person attendance registration.
The theme of the 22nd edition of the Pros and Cons conference in 2024 is Market Investigation Tools. Are competition rules fit to solve the critical competition distortions on modern markets? Is there a regulatory gap that need be filled with new powers for competition authorities to uproot such distortions swifter and more efficiently?
In recent years, many experts have called for complementary competition rules, or “New Tools”. The idea is to empower regulators further and to enable them to take remedial actions faster, which recently has been proposed in Denmark and Norway. Germany adopted such tools in July 2023 and the United Kingdom in 2002.
Others are less enthusiastic: Is there really a serious regulatory gap? Why would current rules, including new digital ones, be insufficient? Why would a New Tool be the only and best solution? What is the optimal design of it and what can we learn from the UK?
The Pros and Cons 2024 conference will invite alternative answers to these questions by prominent scholars, regulators and private practitioners.
A keynote address introduces the theme, which is followed by three panels.
- Panel 1: Is there a Regulatory Gap? Is a New Tool the solution?
- Panel 2: The UK Experience
- Panel 3: The Optimal Design of a New Tool
| Time | Title |
|---|---|
| 8.30 | Registration and Coffee |
| 9.00 | Welcome address by Rikard Jermsten, Director General, Swedish Competition Authority |
| 9.10 |
Keynote address: “75 years of UK experience – old tool, new contexts” Martin Coleman, Non-Executive Director and Panel Chair, Competition and Markets Authority |
| 9.30 | Panel 1: Is there a Regulatory Gap? Is a New Tool the solution?
Martin Peitz, Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim Georg Boettcher, Chief Competition Counsel, Siemens AG Elin Moen, Partner, Advokatfirmaet Bahr Jens Munk Plum, Partner, Kromann Reumert Moderator: Evelin Pärn-Lee, Director General, Estonian Competition Authority |
| 10.45 |
Fruit break |
| 11.15 |
Panel 2: The UK Experience Daniel Turnbull, Senior Director, Competition and Markets Authority
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| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.45 |
Panel 3: The Optimal Design of a New Tool Ronny Gjendemsjø, Professor of Law, University of Bergen
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| 15.00 | Concluding remarks |
| 15.10 | Afternoon Coffee (Swedish fika) |
Venue
The conference venue is World Trade Center (Meeting room: New York), Klarabergsviadukten 70, Stockholm. See map
Questions
If you have any question regarding the conference, please do not hesitate to contact the project manager Alma Hemberg (alma.hemberg@kkv.se) or the content organiser Karl Lundvall (karl.lundvall@kkv.se).
In case of questions regarding your registration or if you need to cancel, please contact Gabriela Broja (gabriela.broja@kkv.se ) administration/logistics.
Registration
The conference is free of charge. Registration for in person participation is open.
Register for the conference Pros and Cons 2024 to attend the event in person
Conference recording
A link to the conference recording will be published on our web site, available at a later date.
The information on this website will continuously be updated.