Venue: Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), 9 Széchenyi István tér, 1051 Budapest
Date: 11 November 2015
Draft Agenda
8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 10.15 Opening Session
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Welcome words by Mr Miklós Juhász, President of the GVH (the Hungarian Competition Authority) (HU)
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Welcome words by Mr Barna Berke, Minister of State for Cooperation in European and International Affairs at the Ministry of Justice (HU)
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Opening words by Ms Gabriela Ramos, Chief of Staff of the Secretary General (OECD)
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Opening words by Mr Adam Jasser, President of the UOKiK (PL)
10.15 – 11.30 I. Session: A discussion between the former and the current leaders of the GVH
Moderator: Mr Egon Dienes-Oehm, Judge, Constitutional Court (HU)
Members of the roundtable:
Q&A
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee Break
12.00 – 13.15 II. Session: Competition Policy in Transition Economies – Regional Approach
Moderator: Mr John Davies, Head of Competition Division (OECD-DAF)
Speakers:
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Mr Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt (DE)
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Mr Andrej Plahutnik, Former Head of the Slovenian Competition Protection Agency (SI)
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Mr Andrey Tsyganov, Deputy Head of the FAS Russia (RU)
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Mr András Tóth, Chair of Competition Council and Vice-President of the GVH (HU)
Q&A
13.15 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 15.45 III. Session: UCP panel: The Transformation of Consumer Law in the last 25 years
Moderator: Mr Jason Freeman, CMA, Director, Consumer Law (UK)
Speakers:
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Mr Massimiliano Puglia, référendaire, Court of Justice of the European Union (EU)
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Mr Tamás András Molnár, adviser, DG Justice and Consumers of the European Commission (EU)
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Mr Antonio Mancini, Senior official of Directorate General for Consumer Protection AGCM (IT)
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Ms Krisztina Grimm, Head of Consumer Protection Section of the GVH (HU)
Q&A
15.45 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.30 IV. Session: Information exchange and operation of information databases - competition concerns
Moderator: Mr Tihamér Tóth, Assistant Professor, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences (HU)
Speakers:
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Mr Kris Dekeyser, Acting Director,DG Competition of the European Commission (EU)
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Mr Chris Fonteijn, Chairman of the Board of the Autoriteit Consument & Markt (NL)
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Ms Bitten Thorgaard Sørensen, Deputy Director General of Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen (DK)
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Ms Anna Miks, Member of Competition Council of the GVH (HU)
Q&A
17:30 – 18.00 Closing remarks
Mr Pál Csiszár, Director of DG Competition of the European Commission (EU)