Courses and conferences 2009

The following list provides an overview of conferences on competition analysis or related fields hosted and/ or organized by ESMT in 2009 as well as conferences where members of ESMT Competition Analysis are invited speakers:

January

Steptoe & Johnson:Webcast Seminar – Exclusionary Abuses: The EU Commission’s New Enforcement Policy on January 28, 2009. View slideshow or watch the entire webcast.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Rainer Nitsche

Deutsche Bahn: Symposium Wettbewerb und Regulierung im Eisenbahnsektor, Berlin on January 28, 2009
ESMT speaker: Prof. Lars-Hendrik Röller

March

Berliner Gesprächskreis zum Europäischen Beihilfenrecht e.V.: Maintaining a level playing field in the financial markets crisis – applying the EU State aid rules to measures to stabilize financial markets. Frankfurt am Main on March 4, 2009. Download program and presentation.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick

April

European Parliament: Analyzing the Perspectives for Intramodal Competition in the Railway Industry – the Case of Long-Distance Passenger Transport, Brussels on April 1, 2009. Download program and presentation.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick

VIBtelecoms: Facilitating the roll-out of Next Generation Access Networks: Facilitating the roll-out of Next Generation Access Networks, London on April 22, 2009. Download the presentation.
ESMT CA speakers: Dr. Rainer Nitsche and Dr. Lars Wiethaus

Global Competition Review: Competition Law under New Administrations – Convergence or Divergence?, London on April 27, 2009
ESMT CA and Bates White hosting the drinks reception.

May

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: Initiativseminar zur Europäischen Wettbewerbspolitik, Brussels on May 8, 2009. Download the presentation.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Rainer Nitsche

Association of Corporate Counsel Europe (ACCE): Neue Entwicklungen im europäischen und deutschen Kartellrecht 2009, Frankfurt/Main on May 14, 2009. Download the program and presentation.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Rainer Nitsche

June

Bates White 6th Annual Conference, Washington, DC, on June 1-2, 2009.
ESMT speakers: Prof. Lars-Hendrik Röller, Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick, Nicola Tosini, PhD

Bruegel / ESMT special seminar: The future of the motor vehicle block exemption regulation, Brussels on June 12, 2009. Download the presentation, final report and report executive summary.
ESMT speaker: Prof. Lars-Hendrik Röller

IBC Legal conferences, 3rd annual event: Competition Law in the Financial Services Sector, London on June 23, 3009. Download the program.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick

Euroforum – 7. Jahrestagung. Beihilfenrecht 2009, Berlin on June 23-25, 2009.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Rainer Nitsche

ECTA – European Competitive Telecommunications Association: Fibre investment for Europe’s recovery, Brussels on June 25, 2009.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Rainer Nitsche

August

European Economic Association (EEA) Annual Congress: Barcelona on August 23-27, 2009. Access Regulation and Investment in the Next Generation Networks: A Ranking of Regulatory Regimes. Download the presentation and paper.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Lars Wiethaus

September

Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz Mandantenseminar: Private Enforcement und Kartellschadenersatz, München on September 24, 2009.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick

October

Berliner Gesprächskreis zum Europäischen Beihilfenrecht e.V.: 16. Veranstaltung, Berlin on October 2, 2009. Download the presentation.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick

November

BroadGroup: 2nd Dark Fibre International Convention 2009, London on November 5-6, 2009
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Rainer Nitsche

Swedish Competition Authority: The Pros and Cons, Stockholm on November 13, 2009
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick and Jakub Kaluzny, PhD

Global Competition Review: GCR’s 2009 Competition Law Review, Brussels on November 16-17, 2009. Sponsored by ESMT CA.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Rainer Nitsche

USW Netzwerk: Mergers & Acquisitions: Bewertung, Integration, Finanzierung, Schloss Gracht, Cologne on November 20, 2009. Download the presentation
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick

Carnegie Mellon Portugal: Access Regulation and Investment in Next Generation Networks: A Ranking of Regulatory Regimes, Porto on November 24, 2009.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Lars Wiethaus

ACE Annual Conference, Berlin, on November 26-27, 2009, hosted by ESMT. Download the program and presentations
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick

December

University of Hamburg, Institute for Allocation and Competition Policy. Access Regulation and Investment in Next Generation Networks: A Ranking of Regulatory Regimes, Hamburg, on December 2, 2009.
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Lars Wiethaus

Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung: Competition Policy Forum, Mannheim on December 3, 2009. Download the presentation
ESMT CA speaker: Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick