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Sunday, 5 June 2005

18.00 h

Boat trip (departure 18.00 h) followed by rustic dinner (~19.30 h) in the Chestnut Garden of the “Rheinhotel Dreesen” at the invitation of the Federal Minister of Economics and Labour (addresses see below)



Monday, 6 June 2005

from 08.00 h

Registration at the International Congress Centre Bonn
(former Plenary Hall – German Parliament, addresses see below)

12.30 – 14.00 h

Lunch in the restaurant of the Plenary Hall

14.00 – 14.10 h

Welcoming address
by Ulf Böge as host and Chairman of the ICN Steering Group

14.10 – 14.30 h

Opening address
by Prof Dr Axel Weber, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
Chairman of the Executive Board

14.30 – 17.10 h

Plenary session Cartels Working Group

 

Panel I
Effective institutions, effective sanctions, legal privilege

 

 

Panel II
Hypothetical multi-jurisdiction leniency application

 

 

Invitation to the ICN Cartel Workshop in Seoul/Korea

19.30 h

Reception in the Old City Hall
hosted by Ms Bärbel Dieckmann, Mayor of the City of Bonn (addresses see below)



Tuesday, 7 June 2005

08.30 - 10.30 h

Plenary session Mergers Working Group

 

Presentation I
Discussion Draft Merger Guidelines Workbook

 

Presentation II
Investigative Techniques Handbook

 

Presentation III
Remedies Study

 

Presentation IV
Waivers of Confidentiality

 

Presentation V
Remedies and Agency Powers Recommended Practices

 

Questions & answers

10.30 - 11.00 h

Coffee break

11.00 - 13.00 h

Plenary session
Antitrust Enforcement in Regulated Sectors Working Group

 

Panel I
An increasing role for competition in the regulation of banks

 

Panel II
Interrelations between antitrust and regulatory authorities

13.00 - 14.15 h

Lunch in the restaurant of the Plenary Hall

14.15 - 15.15 h

Breakout sessions
Mergers and Antitrust Enforcement in Regulated Sectors Working Group

15.30 - 17.30 h

Plenary sessions
Competition Policy Implementation Working Group

 

Presentation
Successful Technical Assistance

 

Panel
Aspects of Independence of Regulatory Authorities

 

Presentation
Consumer Relations

 

Video presentation on consumer outreach

17.45 - 18.45 h

Breakout sessions
Competition Policy Implementation and Cartels Working Group

20.30 h

Dinner at the “Grandhotel Petersberg” (addresses see below)



Wednesday, 8 June 2005

09.00 - 10.00 h

Implementation session (NGAs welcome)

10.00 - 11.30 h

ICN Participation: Expectations of and Challenges for younger Competition Authorities (NGAs welcome)

11.30 - 11.45 h

Coffee break

11.45 - 13.00 h

Report from breakout sessions and approval of work
Future work plans
Steering Group elections

(Sessions for ICN members only)

from 13.00 h

Invitation to the 5th Annual ICN Conference in Cape Town 2006 by David Lewis, Chairperson Competition Tribunal South Africa

Closing Speech by Ulf Böge
(NGAs welcome)

Addresses:
Boat trip departure point: Brassertufer “Alter Zoll”, Bonn,
+49 (0) 171 7432222
Boats name “Wappen von Bonn”

Rheinhotel Dreesen: Rheinstraße 45-49, 53179 Bonn,
+49 (0) 228 8202 0
Old City Hall: Markt, Bonn, + 49 (0) 228 773430
Grandhotel Petersberg: 53639 Königswinter, +49 (0) 2223 74 0

Conference Venue:
Internationales Kongresszentrum Bundeshaus Bonn (IKBB),
International Congress Centre Bonn, Görresstraße 15, 53113 Bonn

Contact during conference:
+49 (0) 228 9267 470, fax: +49 (0) 228 9267 415
in urgent cases also via mobile:
+49 (0) 171 7862082 or +49 (0) 173 5647549

The agenda is subject to change.