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If you would like to receive the programme for the Experts' Forum or more information about it please contact Ms Nikola Bock.
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7 May - programme update Opinion Panel: A Business Perspective on EU State Aid Control with Michael O'LEARY, CEO of Ryanair (speaker) and Gert-Jan KOOPMAN, Deputy Director General State Aid, DG COMP (commentator).
Overview
Agenda of the workshop, 6 June 2012:
• The New Economic Approach in State Aid Cases – The Role of Economic Analysis
• The Notion of State Aid
This intensive workshop is limited to 20-25 delegates in order to allow in-depth approach and interactive discussions.
Agenda of the conference, 7/8 June 2012:
• Keynote by Joaquín ALMUNIA, Vice-President of the European Commission
• The State Aid Modernisation Initiative presented by Gert-Jan KOOPMAN, Deputy Director General State Aid, DG COMP, European Commission
• The Overhaul of the Regional Aid Guidelines and the Implementation of Economic Analysis presented by Kai-Uwe KÜHN, Chief Economist, DG COMP, European Commission
• Financial Services under the Scrutiny of EU State Aid Rules in the Context of the Sovereign Debt Crisis presented by Irmfried SCHWIMANN, Director "Markets and Cases II: Financial Services", DG COMP, European Commission
• The Notion of Aid in Fiscal Cases presented by Joachim ENGLISCH, Professor of Law, University of Münster
• Round Table of the National Judiciaries with two European judges and one from the United States
All of these will be commented by high-level representatives from the General Court of the EU, the European Commission, national authorities, the industry and academia as well as private legal practice.
Target Group
• EC competition lawyers working at a competition authority – in-house or in private practice
• private legal practitioners
• economists
• academics
• industry representatives with an interest in the law and economics of European State aid
Benefits of Attending
• The forum is the leading platform to present and discuss the latest developments in European State aid control.
• Experts from the European institutions, national authorities, private legal practitioners, academics and industry representatives have the opportunity to exchange their views on the rules that guide European State aid control.
• Participants can earn 10 hours SRA CPD credit for the conference and 6 hours SRA CPD credit for the workshop.
• Concert Noble, located next to the political and business centre of Brussels, serves as an excellent venue to get in touch with the decision makers of tomorrow’s State aid law.
• Amongst the participants we expect delegates from all of the European Union’s 27 Member States – and beyond.
