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COMPETITION POLICY: RECENT TRENDS IN THE MENA AND IN EUROPE schedule
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Wednesday, 14 May 2014
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10.00 – 11.00
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Registration
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11.00 – 11.30
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Opening address
Mona El Garf, President of the Egyptian Competition Authority:
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11.30 – 12.30
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Lunch
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12. 30 – 3pm
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Session 1: Layout of competition legislation
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12.30- 1pm
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Mourad Greiss: Abuse of Dominance under a Sharia-compliant Competition Law: A Consumer-Welfare Approach? Implications for MENA Competition Authorities
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1.30 – 2pm
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Norhan Ossama, Cairo University: Optimal design of leniency programs: How does corruption matter?
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2. – 2.30 pm
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Patrick Krauskopf, University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur: Three concepts of market power: single, collective and relative dominance
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2.30 – 3 pm
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Tea break
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3.30 – 4 pm
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Keynote address
Stefan Voigt, President of the Institute for Law and Economics, University of Hamburg:
“Assessing the effects of new competition laws”
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4 – 4.30 pm
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Welcome address
Ashraf Mansour, Prime Founder of the German University of Cairo
Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between GUC and University of Hamburg
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4.30 – 5 pm
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Campus tour
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4.30 – 5 pm
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Meeting of GUC-ILE research executive committee
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End of day 1
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7.30 - 10pm
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AGON Partners Dinner
Academia meets Industry & Practitioners
Hyatt at Nile [by invitation only]
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Thursday, 15 May 2014
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9.30 – 11 am
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Session 2: Application of competition laws
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9.30 – 10 am
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Christian Müller, German University of Cairo: Vertical dependencies in the car-sales industry: Scope for government interventions?
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10 – 10.30 am
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Dalia Salim, Legal researcher: Egypt-case No. 35/2013 Misdemeanor of Cairo Economic Court; Prosecution v. Ezz Steel Group – First court instance under Egyptian Competition law.
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10.30 11 am
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Vera Bibawi, German University of Cairo: Abuse of market power? Empirical results for the Swiss car distribution industry
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11 – 11.30 am
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Tea break
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11.30 – 12 am
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Special feature talk
Lawyer -corporation interactive session
Fabio Babey, Sarah Umbricht, AGON Partners and Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur: Immunity and settlements: A Question of Incentives
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12 – 12.15 am
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Closing
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12.15 – 1 pm
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Lunch
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End of day 2
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Friday, 16 May 2014
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Excursion: The Great Pyramids and Sakkara Pyramids
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End of conference
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