Date: Friday, 27 September 2013
Time: 8:00 to 16:00
Location: Radisson Hotel Saga (View on Google Map)
A broad spectrum of 30 Policymakers, business leaders, officials and academics discuss competition policy in a small and modern economy and the prospects and challenges of competition law, both in general (morning session) and with regard to more specific challenges (afternoon session).
| Time | Event |
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| 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration / Coffee Conference chair: Kristín Haraldsdóttir, Chairman of the Board of the Competition Authority |
| 08:30 – 09:40 | – Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Minister of Industry and Commerce |
| Keynote Speaker: – Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD | |
| – John M. Connor, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Purdue University, US. | |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | Break |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | – Thorsteinn Víglundsson, Confederation of Icelandic Employers (SA) |
| – Christine Meyer, Director General of the Norwegian Competition Authority. | |
| – Páll Gunnar Pálsson, Director General of the Icelandic Competition Authority | |
| 10:50 – 11:45 |
Discussion with Angel Gurría and other speakers |
| Moderator: Ari Kristinn Jónsson, President of Reykjavik University | |
| 11:45 – 12:30 | Lunch buffet |
A new report on the Resurrection of Icelandic companies and the state of play in terms of competition will be introduced during the morning session.
| Time12:30 – 14:00 | |
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| Workshop 1: Advocacy challenges – Competition policy as a tool to promote efficiency in the public sector. |
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Panellists: – William Egilssonn, Rector at Bifröst University (moderator) – Illugi Gunnarsson, Minister of Education, Science and Culture – Kristina Geiger, Deputy Director of the Swedish Competition Authority – Cristiana Vitale, Senior Competition Policy Expert, OECD – Victor D. Norman, Professor of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), and former minister of competition affairs – Björn Zoega, CEO of Landsspitali University Hospital – Oddur Steinarsson, CEO and Chief Physician, Nötkäran Kortedala, Primary Health Care Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Workshop 2: Optimal deterrence effect of competition law enforcement. |
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Panellists: – Helga Melkorka Ottarsdottir, Supreme Court Attorney (moderator) – John M. Connor, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Purdue University, US – Páll Hreinsson, Judge at the EFTA Court – Tim Ward, Barrister, Monckton Chambers, London. – Jóna Björk Helgadóttir, District Court Attorney at Landslög Law Offices – Ásgeir Einarsson, Deputy Director General of the Icelandic Competition Authority |
| Time: 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | |
| Workshop 3: Enforcement challenges in network markets – The case of the telecommunications market. |
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Panellists: – Kristín Haraldsdóttir, Chairman of the Board of the Competition Authority (moderator) – Tim Ward, QC Barrister. – Heiðrún Jónsdóttir, District Court Attorney at Aktis and member of the board of Skipti hf. (telecommunications company) – Joakim Reynisson, CTO of Nova hf. (telecommunications company) – Dóra Sif Tynes, Senior Legal Officer, EFTA Secretariat – Páll Gunnar Pálsson, Director General of the Competition Authority |
| Workshop 4: Competition as a tool to deal with the aftermath of the financial crisis - The resurrection of the Icelandic economy, the competition environment after the banking collapse in 2008 and the development of the banking market. |
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Panellists: – Hreggviður Jónsson, Chairman of the Board of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce (moderator) – Miguel de la Mano, Head of Unit, Financial Markets, European Commission – Birna Einarsdóttir, CEO of Íslandsbanki – Johannes Karl Sveinsson, Chairman of the Competition Appeals Committee – Victor D. Norman, Professor of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), and former minister of competition affairs – Benedikt Árnason, Chief Economist of the Icelandic Competition Authority |
| Time: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | |
| Cocktail | |
The conference will be held in English. Admission is free of charge.
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