All meetings will take place at the Hotel Mercure Cité Mondiale

Thursday, September 30th, 2010 :

14.00 - 18.00 : Registration of participants and distribution of folders
13.30 - 15.00 : Meeting of the Bureau
15.00 - 16.00 : Meeting of the Council
16.30 - 18.30 : Forum at the Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature (ENM): The role of national judges in the application of European Competition Law
19.00 - 19.30 : Tasting of wines
19.30 - 23.00 : Welcome diner – Jefferson room

Friday, October 1st, 2010

8.00 – 18.00 : Registration of participants and distribution of folders
9.00 – 9.30 : Opening session: Laurence Idot, President of the French Group (AFEC) et Marco Francetti, President of the LIDC
9.30 – 10.15 : Speech by Mr. Bruno Lasserre, President of the French Competition Authority
10.15 – 10.30 : Coffee Break
10.45 – 12.30 : Question A « What, if any, agreements on information exchanges about prices should be prohibited in vertical relationships?"
Chairman: Christian Bovet, Dean of Geneva University Law School, Switzerland
International Reporter: Elisabeth Eklund, Senior Associate, Delphi, Sweden

12.30 – 14.00 : Lunch
14.00 – 15.45 : Panel Discussion: "Cross-border advertisement for alcohol: competition and free movement of goods and services"
Albert Zenou, Journalist
Prof. Eric Agostini, Professor, Bordeaux University, Lawyer Bordeaux Bar
Peter Oliver, Legal Service, European Commission

15.45 – 16.15 : Coffee Break
16.15 – 17.15 : Question B
"To what extent should IP Rights (Trademark, Copyright, Design Rights, and Appellation d'Origine) restrict comparative advertising?"
Chairman : Erik Vollebregt, Greenberg Traurig, Netherlands
International Reporter: Prof. Dr. Jochen Glöckner, Constance University, Germany

17.15 – 18.15 : Speech by Mrs. Nadia Calvino, Deputy Director General, DG Competition, European Commission
18.45 : Departure to the City Hall of Bordeaux
19.15 - 20.15 : Welcome speech and reception by the Mayor Alain Juppé (for organizational reasons, please register in advance, no additional costs)

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

9.00 – 9.45 : Working session: Question A
9.45 – 10.30 : Working session: Question B
15.45 – 16.15 : Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.15 : Panel discussion: "The interplay between leniency, criminalization and private enforcement"
Chairman: Frédéric Jenny, Judge at the Supreme Court of France (Cour de Cassation),
Panellists: Wouter Wils, Legal service, European Commission - Visiting Professor, King's College, London, Jasper de Gou, Competition Counsel, Akzo Nobel NV, The Netherlands and Bruce Kilpatrick, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard LLP, United Kingdom

12. 15 – 13.00 : General Assembly
13.00 – 14.00 : Lunch and meeting of the Council

Free afternoon

18.30 : Departure of the Hotel Mercure for the Giscours Castle
20.00 : Gala dinner at the Giscours Castle

Sunday, October 3th, 2010

9.30 : Departure from Hotel Mercure to Saint-Emilion (visit and lunch)
15.00 : Return to Hotel Mercure