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| 9.00 AM to 10.00 AM |
| Opening Address By |
| Hon'ble Dr. Justice
Arijit Pasayat (Chairman, Competition Appellate Tribunal) |
| Opening Address By |
| Mr. O. P. Dua, Senior Advocate (President, Competition Law Bar Association) |
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| Mr. Amarjit Chopra, (President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India) |
| Special Address By |
| Hon'ble Mr. R. Bandyopadhyay (Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs) |
| Presidential Address By |
| Hon'ble Mr. Goolam. E. Vahanvati (Attorney General of India) |
| Inaugural Address By |
| Hon’ble Mr. Salman Khurshid, (Minister of Corporate Affairs, Government of India) |
| Vote of Thanks By |
| Mr. Atul Dua, Advocate (Secretary, Competition Law Bar Association) |
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| 10.00 am to 11.00 am:-Tea Break |
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| 11.00 AM to 1.00 PM, Parallel Sessions |
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| Session II |
| SMP and Dominant Position: Issues and Challenges |
Chair: Mr. Ian Forrester, QC, Partner, White & Case LLP
Co-Chair: Mr. Dan Lloyd, Head – Regulatory, Vodafone Essar Ltd.
- Understanding and abuse of SMP and Dominant Position - Mr. Riccardo Celli, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers
- Assessment of Dominance under the Indian Competition Act - Distinguishing Myth from Reality – Mr. Anand S. Pathak, Partner, P&A Law Offices
- Investigation and enforcement - Mr. A. K. Chauhan, Director General, CCI
- Pricing Mechanisms - Mr. Rahul Goel, Partner, Seth Dua & Associates
- International experiences - Ms. Kala Anandarajah, Partner, Rajah & Tann LLP
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| 1.00 PM to 2.00 PM, Networking lunch |
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| 2.00 PM to 4.00 PM, Parallel Sessions |
| Session III |
| Mergers & Acquisitions: Issues and Challenges |
Chairs: Mr. Rahul Sarin and Ms. Pravin Tripathi, Members, COMPAT
- Why merger control rules are good for business? Mr. Marc Waha, Partner, Norton Rose
- EU Merger Analysis in Telecom Transactions -
Mr. Bernard E. Amory, Partner, Jones Day
- Jurisdictional issues – Mr. Suhail Nathani, Partner, Economic Law Practice
- Merger control - International experiences -
Ms. Christine Wilson, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers
- Ex-post vs. Ex-ante regulation -
Mr. K. K. Sharma, Advisor, CCI
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| Session IV |
| Decoding Competition Law |
Chair: Mr. Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate
Co-Chair:Mr. Matthew Levitt,Partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Key competition law issues and risks - Mr. Manas Kumar Chaudhuri, Partner, Khaitan & Co.
- Issues in Telecommunications sector - Ms. Vijaya Sampath, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Bharti Enterprises Ltd.
- Competition and IPRs - Mr. P. N. Parashar, Member, CCI
- Understanding anti-competitive agreements (horizontal & vertical agreements) - Ms. Vinati Kastia, Partner, AZB & Partners
- Global trends/ developments in competition laws and lessons for India - Ms. Martina Maier, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery
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| 4.00 PM to 4.30 PM, Networking Tea Break |
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| 4.30 PM to 5.30 PM |
| Address By |
| Hon’ble Dr. Justice Arijit Pasayat (Chairman, Competition Appellate Tribunal) |
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| Mr. O. P. Dua, Senior Advocate (President, Competition Law Bar Association) |
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| Mr. Vinayak S. Khanvalkar (President, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India) |
| Closing Address By |
| Hon’ble Mr. M. Veerappa Moily
(Minister for Law and Justice, Government of India) |
| Special Address By |
| Hon’ble Mr. Gopal Subramanium (Solicitor General of India & Chairman, Bar Council of India) |
| Valedictory Address By |
| Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. H. Kapadia (Chief Justice of India) |
| Vote of Thanks By |
| Mr. Atul Dua, Advocate (Secretary, Competition Law Bar Association) |
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| 7.30 PM onwards |
| Cocktail, Cultural Event & Gala Dinner |
| Key Note Address By |
| Hon’ble Mr. Ashok Desai (Former Attorney General of India) |
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DRESS CODE FOR THE ENTIRE DAY:
MEN: LOUNGE SUIT
WOMEN: INDIAN / WESTERN FORMALS
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