Pros and Cons 2010
We have a tradition of arranging seminars on major issues, where academics and practitioners meet in the same arena.
The seminars, which is open for competition authority employees, researchers, lawyers and competition consultants, have been appreciated for the open discussion among the participants and we hope that this year’s seminar will be no exception.
Seminar in Stockholm on November 12
This year, the theme for the seminar is "The Pros and Cons of Standard Setting". As in previous years we will arrange a seminar in Stockholm on November 12 where the contributors will present their papers and leading officials from competition authorities around the world will be the discussants.
Programme, Friday 12 November
| 8.30 | Registration and coffee |
| 9.00 | Introduction by Dan Sjöblom, Director General of the Swedish Competition Authority |
| 9.10 | Introduction by the moderator: Svend Albaek |
| 9.20 | Tineke M. Egyedi: On the Implications of Competing Standards. Discussant: Jörg Nothdurft. |
| 10.20 | Coffee |
| 10.50 | Klaus M. Schmidt: Klaus M. Schmidt: Standards, Innovation Incentives and the Formation of Patent Pools. Discussant: Laure Durand-Viel. |
| 11.50 | Anne Layne-Farrar: Anne Layne-Farrar: Business Models and the Standard Setting Process. Discussant: Jan Kees Winters |
| 12.50 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Richard J. Gilbert: FRAND commitments v. ex ante disclosures of licensing terms. Discussant: Juan Delgado |
| 15.00 | Coffee |
| 15.30 | Damien Geradin: Reverse Hold-ups: The (Often Ignored) Risks Faced by Innovators in Standardized Areas. Discussant: Julie Bon |
| 16.30 | Closing of seminar |
Each speaker has 35 minutes for their presentations; the discussants have 15 minutes each, leaving 10 minutes for general discussion.
Venue
The seminar venue is World Trade Center Stockholm, directly adjacent to Arlanda Express, the express rail link with Stockholm Arlanda Airport. The conference venue is marked by red dot.
Contributors
Tineke M. Egyedi, Delft University of Technology
Damien Geradin, Tilburg University
Richard J. Gilbert, UC Berkeley
Anne Layne-Farrar, LECG Consulting Chicago
Klaus M. Schmidt, University of Munich
We have the pleasure of announcing that the following senior officials will comment on the presentations:
Juan Delgado, National Competition Commission, Spain
Julie Bon, Competition Commission, United Kingdom
Jörg Nothdurft, Bundeskartellamt, Germany
Jan Kees Winters, Netherlands Competition
Authority Laure Durand-Viel, French Competition Authority
Moderator of the seminar will be Svend Albaek, DG Competition.
Registration
Registration is closed.
All matters regarding registration and accommodation are handled by Meetagain .
Questions
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our head of the organizing committee Arvid Fredenberg at arvid.fredenberg@kkv.se .
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