The 7th ASCOLA Conference

The 7th ASCOLA Conference
State-Initiated Restraints of Competition
April, 12-14, 2012
Mackenzie Presbyterian University – Law School São Paulo – Brazil
Venue: Rua da Consolação, 896, gate 7 or Rua Itambé, 135, gate 1

April 12: Ruy Barbosa Auditorium (building 19)
April 13-14: American School Auditorium (building 35)

Day 1: Thursday, April 12
3.00 p.m. Meeting of the Executive Board (close event)
Mackenzie Law School, building 3, room 101

7.00 p.m. Opening Ceremony
Benedito Guimarães Aguiar Neto, Rector of Mackenzie University
Josef Drexl, Chair of ASCOLA
Nuncio Theophilo Neto, Director of the Law Faculty
Jose Francisco Siqueira Neto, Coordinator of Post-Graduate Studies

Opening Speech
Olavo Zago Chinaglia, President of CADE
Day 2: Friday, April 13
8.45 a.m. Welcome and Opening
Vicente Bagnoli, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

9.00 a.m. PART I: State-owned Enterprises
Chair: Vicente Bagnoli, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Petrobras: State Monopoly and Competition Policy
Gilberto Bercovici, Mackenzie and University of São Paulo
Competition Regulation of State-owned Enterprises in China
Thomas K. Cheng, University of Hong Kong
The Competition Dimension of the European Regulation of Public Sector Information
Josef Drexl, Max Planck Institute Munich
10:30 – 10:50 a.m.: Coffee Break
Comments
José Maria Arruda Andrade, Universidade de São Paulo
Marc Williams, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Marcos Paulo Veríssimo, CADE and Universidade de São Paulo
Discussion

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. PART II: Pro-competitive Regulation
Chair: Daniel Zimmer, University of Bonn
Preaching with a Stick: Assessment of Competition Advocacy in Spain
Francisco Marcos, IE University Madrid
The Competition Dimension of the Brazilian Regulation of Water Infrastructure
Gesner José de Oliveira Filho, GO Associados
The Concept of Universal Service: Across Economic Sectors, Across Disciplines, Across Borders
Paul Nihoul, University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Comments
Simonetta Vezzoso, University of Trento, Italy
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Tania Zuniga, Catholic University of Peru
Discussion

4:00 – 4:30 p.m.: Coffee Break

4:30 p.m. PART III: Anti-competitive State Action
Chair: Fabiano Dolenc Del Masso, Universidade Presb. Mackenzie
Intellectual Property Rights as State-Initiated Restraints of Competition
Rudolph J.R. Peritz, New York Law School
Benefits of Competition Policy in Public Procurement with Special Reference to India
S. Chakravarthy, Competition Policy and Law Consultant, India
Discussion

6:00 p.m. General Assembly (ASCOLA Members Only)

8:00 p.m. Dinner

Day 3: Saturday, April 14

9:00 a.m. PART IV: Industrial Policy v. Competition Policy
Chair: Felipe Chiarello, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
The Supression of the Competition Policy Agenda in the Context of an Over-regulated Economy: the Case of Venezuela
Claudia Curiel Leidenz; Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
Investments Targets and Competition in Brazilian Telecomunications
Arthur Barrionuevo Filho, Fundação Getúlio Vargas; Escolas de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo
Discussion

10:30-11:00: Coffee break

11:00 a.m. PART V: Control of State Aid
Chair: Eduardo Caminati Anders, Brazilian Bar Association of São Paulo, Bureau of Competition and Regulation Studies
Distinguishing State and Private Measures under EU State Aid Law: A Closer Look at the State Character Test
Thomas Jaeger, Max Planck Institute Munich
Comments
Alessandro Serafin Octaviani Luis, CADE and Mackenzie and University of São Paulo
Discussion

12:45 p.m. Farewell
Vicente Bagnoli, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Josef Drexl, Chair of ASCOLA

Registration Form

7th ASCOLA Conference 2012 at Mackenzie University – São Paulo

Please send this e-mail to the following addresses:
bagnoli@vicentebagnoli.com.br; delia.zirilli@ip.mpg.de

Name:                                 ………………………………………………………
Institution/Position:      ………………………………………………………
E-mail address: ………………………………………………………

I will participate in the following parts of the conference:
?[ ]Meeting of the Executive Board on April 12 (only Executive Board members)
?[ ]Opening Ceremony on April 12 (Thursday)
?[ ]Conference on April 13 (Friday)
?[ ]Dinner on April 13 (special charge of 50 € per person)
I will be accompanied by the following number of persons: ………..
?[ ]Conference on April 14 (Saturday)

I hereby confirm that I have transferred the following amount on the accounts of ASCOLA (indicate “São Paulo Conference”)
consisting of participation for ……. (indicates the category below) and – if applicable – the charge for the dinner on the
evening of April 13: ……………€:

A – Undergraduates and LL.M.s/PhDs fully dedicated students (except students from Mackenzie): 50€
B – LLMs, PhDs with outside employment (except students from Mackenzie) and Academics: 100€
C – Government officials: 100€
D – ASCOLA members: 50 €
E – Others: 150 €
F – Speakers, commentators and chairs: —-

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