CONFERENCE: THE OECD COMPETITION COMMITTEE 2022. BEST PRACTICE ROUNDTABLES ON COMPETITION POLICY (OECD. Competition Committee. June 2022)

The OECD Competition Committee promotes regular exchanges of views and analysis on competition policy issues. The proceedings from these discussions, including submissions from countries and invited experts, are published within the Best Practice Roundtables on Competition Policy series.

This document comprises proceedings in the original languages of a Roundtable on Relationships between Regulators and Competition Authorities which was held by the Committee on Competition Law and Policy in June 2022.

Contributions presented at the event focused on the following topics: interim measures in antitrust investigations; thinking out of the Competition Box: enforcement co-operation in other policy areas; purchasing power and buyers cartels; market power in the digital economy and competition policy; disentangling consummated mergers experiences and challenges; and integrating consumer behaviour insights in competition enforcement.

<b>ROUNTABLES</b>

01. Interim Measures in Antitrust Investigations 21 June 2022

Juliette Caminade Vice-President, Analysis Group

Ian Forrester, QC Former Judge, General Court of the European Union

Lars Kjolbye Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

Marcela Mattiuzzo Partner, VMCA

Rod Sims Former Chairman, ACCC

02. Thinking out of the Competition Box: Enforcement Co-operation in Other Policy Areas 21 June 2022

Peter Carstensen Professor, University of Wisconsin

Kazuhiko Fuchikawa Associate Professor, Osaka Metropolitan University

Nancy Rose Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

03. Purchasing Power and Buyers Cartels 22 June 2022

Peter Carstensen Professor, University of Wisconsin

Kazuhiko Fuchikawa Associate Professor, Osaka Metropolitan University

Nancy Rose Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

04. Market Power in the Digital Economy and Competition Policy 22 June 2022

Herbert Hovenkamp Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Orla Lynskey Associate Professor, LSE and Visiting Professor, College of Europe

John Mark Newman Deputy Director of the FTC Bureau of Competition

Alexandre de Streel Professor, University of Namur and CERRE

Masako Wakui Professor, Kyoto University

05. Disentangling Consummated Mergers Experiences and Challenges 23 June 2022

Jonathan Kanter Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice

John Kwoka Professor of Economics, Northeastern University

Aviv Nevo Professor, George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss, University of Pennsylvania

Fiona Carlin Partner and Chief Executive, EMEA+ Region, Baker McKenzie

06. Integrating Consumer Behaviour Insights in Competition Enforcement 24 June 2022

Matthew Bennett Vice President, Charles River Associates

Dr. Charlotte Duke Partner, London Economics

David Laibson Professor, Harvard University

Dr. Chiara Varazzani Lead Behavioural Scientist, OECD

Lauren Willis Professor, LMU Loyola Law School