13th International Conference on Competition
14th European Competition Day
Hotel "Bayerischer Hof"
Munich
Conference Agenda
Sunday, 25 March 2007
from 12.30 h
Registration at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich
Social and cultural programme
14.00 h
Sightseeing tour including visit to Schloss Nymphenburg
18.30 h
Dinner at the Hackerhaus, Munich
Monday, 26 March 2007
from 08.30 h
Registration at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich
09.30 h
Opening of the 13th International Conference on Competition and the 14th European Competition Day
Competition as a Cornerstone of a Free Economic and Social Order
Opening address
Dr Ulf Böge;
President of the Bundeskartellamt
09.45 h
Welcoming address
Christian Ude; Lord Mayor of the City of Munich
10.00 h
Speech
Erwin Huber;
Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology
10.30 h
Speech
Michael Glos;
Federal Minister of Economics and Technology
11.00 h
Coffee break
11.30 h
Speech
Neelie Kroes;
Member of the European Commission
11.45 h
Speech
Pervenche Berès;
Chairwoman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament
12.00 h
Speech
Dr Klaus Kleinfeld;
CEO, Siemens AG, Munich
12.30 h
Lunch
14.00 h
Panel I:
National Champions - sounds good, but ...
Moderator
Hans-Jürgen Jakobs;
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich
Statements
Prof Dr Henning Kagermann;
CEO, SAP AG, Walldorf
Dr Thomas Köster; CEO, Düsseldorf Chamber of Crafts
Deborah P. Majoras; Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.
Dr Klaus Mangold; Chairman of the Eastern Committee of German Industry, Berlin
Dr Frank Montag; Chairman of the Competition Lawyers' Association
15.30 h
Coffee break
16.00 h
Panel discussion
17.30 h
End of first conference day
Evening programme in the Kaisersaal (Emperor's Hall) of the Munich Residence
19.30 h
Reception
20.30 h
Dinner
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
09.30 h
Panel II:
Consumer Welfare and Efficiency - New Guiding Principles of Competition Policy?
Opening Remarks
Philip Lowe;
Director General for Competition, European Commission, Brussels
Moderator
Peter Freeman;
Chairman, UK Competition Commission, London
Statements
Prof Dr Jürgen Basedow;
Chairman of the Monopolies Commission, Bonn
Prof Dr Günter E. Hirsch; President of the Federal Court of Justice, Karlsruhe
Dr Silvana Koch-Mehrin; Member of the European Parliament, Brussels/Strasbourg
Bruno Lasserre; Président, Conseil de la concurrence, Paris
Eduardo Pérez Motta; Chairman, Federal Competition Commission, Mexico
11.00 h
Coffee break
11.30 h
Panel discussion
12.45 h
Closing speech
Dr Ulf Böge;
President of the Bundeskartellamt
©Bundeskartellamt 2007