Welcome to International Competition Law Conference 2012

9.00 AM to 10.00 AM

OPENING ADDRESS BY
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT (Chairman, Competition Appellate Tribunal)

OPENING ADDRESS BY
MR. O. P. DUA, Sr. Adv. (President, Competition Law Bar Association)

ADDRESS BY
HON'BLE MR. ASHOK CHAWLA (Chairman, Competition Commission of India)

ADDRESS BY
HON'BLE MR. ASHOK H. DESAI, Sr. Adv., Supreme Court of India (Former Attorney General of India)

ADDRESS BY
HON'BLE MR. A.S. CHANDHIOK, Sr. Adv., Additional Solicitor General, President- Delhi High Court Bar Association

INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY
HON'BLE DR. M. VEERAPPA MOILY (Union Minister of Corporate Affairs, Government of India)

VOTE OF THANKS
MR. ATUL DUA (Secretary, Competition Law Bar Association)

(Organized by the Competition Appellate Tribunal)

10.00 AM to 11.00 AM
TEA BREAK & REGISTRATION FOR TECHNICAL SESSIONS

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

11.00 AM to 1.00 PM (Parallel Sessions)

SESSION I - Mergers & Acquisitions Chair: Mr. Dhanendra Kumar, Principle Advisor, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs	SESSION II - Combating Cartels Chairs: Mr. Rahul Sarin and Ms. Pravin Tripathi, Members, Competition Appellate Tribunal
Merger Control – New Law in the M&A Game (Mr. Nitin Savara, BMR Advisors) When not to approach CCI (Ms. Vinati Kastia, AZB & Partners) International experiences (Padmashri Pravin H. Parekh, Senior Advocate, President, Supreme Court Bar Association) Combinations Control: Overcoming the hurdles in the application of Sections 5 & 6 (Mr. Anand Pathak, P&A Law Offices)	Cartels under Competition Act (Mr. A.S. Chandhiok, Senior Advocate, Additional Solicitor General, President- Delhi High Court Bar Association) Key Elements of a Cartel (Justice S. N. Dhingra, Member, CCI) International Case Laws (Mr. H Jayesh, Juris Corp) Requirements and Consequences of an Effective Leniency Program (Mr. Marc Reysen, O'Melveny & Myers)

1.00 PM to 2.00 PM
NETWORKING LUNCH

2.00 PM to 4.00 PM (Parallel Sessions)

SESSION III - Regulating Dominant Player
Chair: Mr. Ian Forrester, QC, White & Case LLP

SESSION IV - Decoding Competition Law
Chair: Mr. Ramji Srinivasan, Senior Advocate

Abuse of Dominant Position (Mr. R. Prasad, Member, CCI)
Abuse of Dominance & IPRs (Mr. M.M. Sharma, Vaish Associates)
Key Elements to avoid violation under Competition Act (Mr. K.K. Sharma, IRS, Commissioner of Income Tax, Former Director General, CCI)
Use of economic analysis in dominance cases (Dr. Ram Tamara, Nathan Associates Inc.)
Essential Facilities Doctrine in India: Applicability and Contours (Mr. S. Seetharaman, Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan)

Investigation by DG – Investigations, CCI and Reliance on DG Report (Mr. Manas Kumar Chaudhari, Khaitan & Co.)
Evaluation of Evidence (Mr. A. K. Chauhan, Director General, CCI)
Anti-Dumping & Comp. Policy – Total Strangers or Soul Mates (Mr. Rahul Goel, Seth Dua & Associates)
Competition Law viz. a viz. IP Laws (Mr. Joginder Yadav, Nokia Siemens Network)

4.00 PM to 4.30 PM
NETWORKING TEA BREAK

4.30 PM to 5.30 PM

WELCOME ADDRESS BY
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT (Chairman, Competition Appellate Tribunal)

ADDRESS BY
MR. O. P. DUA, Sr. Adv. (President, Competition Law Bar Association)

ADDRESS BY
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A. K. SIKRI (Acting Chief Justice, High Court Of Delhi)

ADDRESS BY
PADMASHRI P.H. PAREKH Sr. Adv. (President, Supreme Court Bar Association)

VALEDICTORY ADDRESS BY
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T. S. THAKUR (Judge, Supreme Court Of India)

VOTE OF THANKS
MR. ATUL DUA (Secretary, Competition Law Bar Association)

(Organized by the Competition Appellate Tribunal)

5:30 PM onwards
Cultural Program

6.30 PM onwards
Evening Reception
(Special Invitees and Conference Delegates)