Agenda

ICN Merger Workshop 2024

13 – 15 November 2024, Regent Hotel - Taipei, Taiwan

Day 0 ・ 12 November

Arrival of workshop participants Registration of participants: 18:00h – 21:00h, Regent Hotel Evening reception: 18:00h – 21:00h, Regent Hotel

Day 1 ・ 13 November
8:00 – 8:30
Arrival to the venue/late registration for those who did not register on Day 0
8:30 – 8:45
Opening remarks by the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (TFTC)

LIVE Streaming
8:45 – 9:45
Plenary 1 on the assessment of non-price parameters of competition and innovation theories of harm in merger investigations

LIVE Streaming

Moderator:
Dr. Andy C. M. Chen, Vice chair (Taiwan, TFTC)

Speakers:
Ms. Melissa Fisher, Deputy Commissioner, Mergers Directorate (Canada, CB)
Mr. Joel Bamford (UK, CMA), Executive Director, Mergers, Office for the Internal Market and Subsidy Advice Unit (UK, CMA)
Ms. Kala Anandarajah ,Partner, Head, Competition & Antitrust and Trade, Rajah & Tann (Singapore, NGA)

𖡡 Grand Ballroom (3F)
9:45 – 10:15
Coffee break
10:15 – 10:30
Introduction to the first hypothetical involving a horizontal merger with potential/dynamic competition, including loss of innovation

LIVE Streaming

The first hypothetical will be covered in three BOS sessions covering (i) theories of harm, (ii) remedies, (iii) investigative tools and techniques

𖡡 Grand Ballroom (3F)

10:30 – 12:00

BOS 1 - Hypothetical on a horizontal merger with potential/dynamic competition, including loss of innovation – theories of harm

BOS 1 group 1	BOS 1 group 2	BOS 1 group 3
Interactive discussion on the ToH	Interactive discussion on the ToH	Interactive discussion on the ToH
Mr. Alex Baker (UK, NGA) Mr. Steven Couper (US FTC)	Ms. Laurence Bary (France,NGA) Mr. Tom Leuner (Australia, ACCC) Mr. Martin HSU (Taiwan, TFTC)	Mr. Lukas Cavada (Austria, AFCA) Ms. Estelle Filiatrault Bégin (Canada, CB)
𖡡 VIP Room 5 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 6 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 7 (4F)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 14:30

BOS 2 - Hypothetical on a horizontal merger with potential/dynamic competition, including loss of innovation - remedies

BOS 2 group 1	BOS 2 group 2	BOS 2 group 3
Interactive discussion on the potential remedies	Interactive discussion on the potential remedies	Interactive discussion on the potential remedies
Mr. Alex Baker (UK, NGA) Mr. Steven Couper (US FTC)	Ms. Laurence Bary (France,NGA) Mr. Tom Leuner (Australia, ACCC) Mr. Enrique Carrera (Spain, NGA)	Mr. Lukas Cavada (Austria, AFCA) Ms. Estelle Filiatrault Bégin (Canada, CB)
𖡡 VIP Room 5 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 6 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 7 (4F)

14:30 – 15:00
Coffee break

15:00 – 16:00

BOS 3 - Hypothetical on a horizontal merger with potential/dynamic competition, including loss of innovation – investigative tools and techniques

𖡡 Grand Ballroom (3F)

BOS 3 group 1	BOS 3 group 2	BOS 3 group 3
Interactive discussion on the investigative tools	Interactive discussion on the investigative tools	Interactive discussion on the investigative tools
Mr. Alex Baker (UK, NGA) Mr. Steven Couper (US FTC)	Ms. Laurence Bary (France,NGA) Mr. Tom Leuner (Australia, ACCC) Mr. Hsingyuan Wang (Taiwan, TFTC)	Mr. Lukas Cavada (Austria, AFCA) Ms. Estelle Filiatrault Bégin (Canada, CB)

16:00 – 17:00
Plenary 2 – Key take-aways from the discussions on the 1st hypothetical

𖡡 Grand Ballroom (3F)

LIVE Streaming

Moderator:
Ms. Estelle Filiatrault-Bégin (Canada, CB)

Speakers:
5 facilitators from BOS 1-3
17:00
End of Day 1

18:00 – 21:00

Dinner

8:00 – 8:30
Arrival and coffee

8:30 – 10:00

BOS 4 - Discussions on draft Merger Working Group products, gender inclusive competition policy, and hostile takeovers

BOS 4 group 1
8:30 – 9:30: Interactive discussion on the draft RP Chapter on the Use of Market Shares (led by the French Autorité de la Concurrence)	9:30 – 10:00: Interactive discussion on gender inclusive competition policy (led by the Canadian Competition Bureau)
𖡡 VIP Room 5 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 5 (4F)

BOS 4 group 2
8:30 – 9:30: Interactive discussion on the draft RP Chapter on Counterfactual (led by the UK CMA)	9:30 – 10:00: Interactive discussion hostile takeovers (led by TFTC)
𖡡 VIP Room 7 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 7 (4F)

BOS 4 Group 1, part 1: Discussion on the RP chapter on the use of market shares use of market shares

Moderator:
Ms. Anne-Sophie Delhaise (France, Autorité de la concurrence)

Speakers:
Dr. Markus Jankowski (Germany, BkArta) Mr. Masayuki ATSUMI (Japan, NGA)
Ms. Belinda Harvey (Australia, NGA)
Mr. Ali Kamanga (COMESA)
Mr. Ryan Danks (US DOJ)

BOS 4 Group 1, part 2: Gender inclusive competition policy

Moderator:
Ms. Jessica Woodbyrne

Facilitators:
Ms. Patty Brink (US DoJ)
Ms. Umang Khandelwal (Canada, NGA)

BOS 4 Group 2, part 1: Discussion on the draft RP chapter on counterfactual

Moderator:
Mr. Joel Bamford (Executive Director, CMA)

Speakers:
Ms. Celestine Song (Senior Assistant Director, CCCS)
Mr. Kenichi Nakabayashi (Chief Case Handler, JFTC)
Mr. Gian Luca Zampa (Italy, NGA)

BOS 4 Group 2, part 2: Hostile takeovers

Moderator:
Ms. Belinda Harvey (Australia, NGA)

Speakers/facilitators:
Mr. Boniface Makongo (COMESA)
Mr. Tingfu JIANG (Taiwan, TFTC)
Mr. Yasumasa KURIYA (Japan, JFTC)

10:00 – 10:20
Coffee break
10:20 – 10:35
Introduction to the second hypothetical involving a non-horizontal merger involving the acquisition of a nascent competitor and loss of innovation

LIVE Streaming

The second hypothetical will be covered in three BOS sessions covering (i) theories of harm, (ii) remedies, (iii) investigative tools and techniques

𖡡 Grand Ballroom (3F)

10:35 – 12:05

BOS 5 - Hypothetical involving a non-horizontal merger involving the acquisition of a nascent competitor and loss of innovation – theories of harm

BOS 5 group 1	BOS 5 group 2	BOS 5 group 3
Andreas Sowa Marcel, Marta	Paula(NGA) Alvaro, Jhe Hao	Andreas Reindl(NGA) Morag, Ignacio
𖡡 VIP Room 5 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 6 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 7 (4F)

12:05 – 13:10

Lunch

13:10 – 14:40

BOS 6 - Hypothetical involving a non-horizontal merger involving the acquisition of a nascent competitor and loss of innovation – remedies

BOS 6 group 1	BOS 6 group 2	BOS 6 group 3
Mr Marcel(NGA) Andreas Sowa, Marta	Alvaro(NGA) Jhe Hao, Paula	Morag Ignacio, Andreas Reindl
𖡡 VIP Room 5 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 6 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 7 (4F)

14:40 – 15:00
Coffee break

15:00 – 16:00

BOS 7 - Hypothetical involving a non-horizontal merger involving the acquisition of a nascent competitor and loss of innovation – investigative tools and techniques

BOS 7 group 1	BOS 7 group 2	BOS 7 group 3
Marta Marcel, Andreas Sowa	Jhe Hao Paula, Alvaro	Ignacio Andreas Reindl, Morag
𖡡 VIP Room 5 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 6 (4F)	𖡡 VIP Room 7 (4F)

BOS 5~7: Hypothetical case study on a non--horizontal merger

Group 1

Mr Marcel Meinhardt (Switzerland, NGA)
Ms Marta Ribeiro (Portugal, ADC)
Mr Andreas Sowa (EC DG COMP)

Group 2

Ms Paula Mäkelä (Finland, NGA)
Mr Alvaro Ramos (Spain, NGA)
Mr Andreas Sowa (EC DG COMP)

Group 3

Mr Andreas Reindl (Sweden, NGA)
Ms Morag Bond (Australia, ACCC)
Mr Ignacio Jiménez Fernández (Spain, CNMC)

16:00 – 17:00
Plenary 3 - Key take-aways from the discussions on the 2nd hypothetical

LIVE Streaming

𖡡 Grand Ballroom (3F)

Moderator:
Mr. Andreas Sowa (EC DG COMP)

Speakers:
6 facilitators from BOS 5~7 End of Day 2
17:00
End of Day 2

8:00 – 8:15
Arrival and coffee

8:15 – 9:30

BOS 8 - Discussions on draft Merger Working Group products

BOS 8 group 1	Interactive discussion on the draft RP Chapter on Unilateral Effects in Horizontal Mergers (led by EU DG Competition)	𖡡 VIP Room 5 (4F)
BOS 8 group 2	Interactive discussion on the draft RP Chapter on Coordinated Effects in Horizontal Mergers (led by EU DG Competition)	𖡡 VIP Room 6 (4F)
BOS 8 group 3	Interactive discussion on the draft RP Chapter on Market Definition (led by the Canadian Competition Bureau)	𖡡 VIP Room 7 (4F)

BOS 8 Group 1: Discussion on the draft RP chapter on unilateral effects

Moderator:
Ms. Terézia Kianičková (EC DG COMP)

Speakers:
Mr. Ryan Danks (US, DOJ)
Ms. Yalun Yen (Taiwan, TFTC)
Ms. Viktoria Robertson (EC DG COMP, NGA)
Dr. Dominik Rock (Germany, BkA)

BOS 8 Group 2: Discussion on the draft RP chapter on coordinated effects

Moderator:
Ms. Marion Bailly (EC DG COMP)

Speakers:
Ms. Patty Brink (US, DOJ)
Mr. Frédéric de Bure (France, NGA)
Mr. Marc Reysen (Germany, NGA)

BOS 8 Group 3: Discussion on the RP chapter on market definition

Moderator:
Mr Omar Wakil (Canada, NGA)

Speakers/facilitators:

Ms Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte (EC DG COMP, NGA)
Mr Mario T. Rosete III (Philippines, PCC)
Mr Anthony Bwalya Chanda (Zambia, CCPC)

9:30 – 10:30
Plenary 4 – Key take-aways from the discussions on the MWG products

𖡡 Grand Ballroom (3F)

LIVE Streaming

Moderator:
ICN MWG co-chair

Speakers:
Moderators/speakers of BOS 4 and BOS 8
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee break
10:50 – 11:50
Practitioners’ perspective on process, procedural tools and practices for effective management of merger cases (Led by Competition Commission of Mauritius)

𖡡 Grand Ballroom (3F)

LIVE Streaming

Moderator:
Mr. Sailesh Ramyead, Competition Commission of Mauritius

Speakers:
Mr. Luiz Guilherme Ros (Brazil, NGA) Ms. Sofia El Hariri (France, NGA)
Ms.Sofia El Hariri (France, NGA)
Mr. Hideki Utsunomiya (Japan, NGA)
Ms. Fang-Yi Jen (Taiwan, NGA)
Ms.Fang-Yi Jen (Taiwan, NGA)
Ms. Krystle S. Maharaj (Trinidad and Tobago NCA, TTFTC)
11:50 – 12:00
Closing remarks by the TFTC

𖡡 Grand Ballroom (3F)

LIVE Streaming

12:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:30 – 18:00
Social activity

TAIPEI 101
National Palace Museum
Dadaocheng

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ICN Merger Workshop 2024​

Day 0 ・ 12 November

Plenary 1 on the assessment of non-price parameters of competition and innovation theories of harm in merger investigations

Introduction to the first hypothetical involving a horizontal merger with potential/dynamic competition, including loss of innovation

BOS 1 - Hypothetical on a horizontal merger with potential/dynamic competition, including loss of innovation – theories of harm

BOS 2 - Hypothetical on a horizontal merger with potential/dynamic competition, including loss of innovation - remedies

BOS 3 - Hypothetical on a horizontal merger with potential/dynamic competition, including loss of innovation – investigative tools and techniques

Plenary 2 – Key take-aways from the discussions on the 1st hypothetical

BOS 4 - Discussions on draft Merger Working Group products, gender inclusive competition policy, and hostile takeovers

Introduction to the second hypothetical involving a non-horizontal merger involving the acquisition of a nascent competitor and loss of innovation

BOS 5 - Hypothetical involving a non-horizontal merger involving the acquisition of a nascent competitor and loss of innovation – theories of harm

BOS 6 - Hypothetical involving a non-horizontal merger involving the acquisition of a nascent competitor and loss of innovation – remedies

BOS 7 - Hypothetical involving a non-horizontal merger involving the acquisition of a nascent competitor and loss of innovation – investigative tools and techniques

Plenary 3 - Key take-aways from the discussions on the 2nd hypothetical

BOS 8 - Discussions on draft Merger Working Group products

Plenary 4 – Key take-aways from the discussions on the MWG products

Practitioners’ perspective on process, procedural tools and practices for effective management of merger cases (Led by Competition Commission of Mauritius)

ICN Merger Workshop 2024