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Competition Law Conference 2017
16 August 2017
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Keynote Address: Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade & Industry (Trade)

We have an exciting line-up of speakers for the Conference from the business community including Annabella Ng (Grab), Damian Kassabgi (Uber), Deepak Acharya (Procter & Gamble), Siddharth Shanker (Deliveroo), Saswata Mukherjee (Unilever) and Lam Chee Kin (DBS). You will also hear from competition law experts such as Ameera Ashraf (WongPartnership LLP), Daren Shiau (Allen & Gledhill LLP), Gerald Singham (Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP), Kala Anandarajah (Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP), Ken Chia (Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow) and Lim Chong Kin (Drew & Napier LLC), government representatives such as Yeong Zee Kin, Deputy Commissioner, (Personal Data Protection Commission) and Eugene Toh, Director, Pro-Enterprise Division (Ministry of Trade & Industry) as well as overseas competition regulators such as Shintaro Ueda, Deputy Director, Economic Affairs Bureau (Japan Fair Trade Commission), The Honourable Anna Wu, Chairperson (Hong Kong Competition Commission), Jeanne Pratt, Senior Deputy Commissioner (Canadian Competition Bureau), Richard Fleming, General Manager of the Australian Capital Territory Enforcement Branch (Australian Competition & Consumer Commission), and Deswin Nur, Head of International Cooperation Division (Commission for the Supervision of Business Competition Indonesia) and leading academics including Dr Burton Ong (NUS), Emeritus Professor David Parker, Emeritus Professor Richard Whish, QC and Professor Wong Poh Kam (NUS).
Come join us to gain insight and overview of the latest developments in competition law and policy and learn how to identify and manage competition issues in the new economy.
Disruptor or Disrupted – The application of competition law in the new economy
Big Data – What’s the big deal?
Thinking out of the box: market studies, regulatory sandboxes and the design of competitive markets
Fundamental solutions or Band-Aid stop gap – competition law remedies in a changing world
Compliance and enforcement within Singapore and across jurisdictional boundaries
WHO SHOULD ATTENDThis is a MUST-ATTEND for lawyers, in-house counsel, compliance professionals, economists, business leaders, executives and managers, professionals, entrepreneurs, academics, public officers from various regulatory and governmental agencies, students and anyone who has an interest in competition policy and law.
Register now and enjoy a 20% discount (code: SALCCS2017)
Participants will receive a complimentary bound copy of the latest CCS Guidelines as well as Handbook on E-Commerce and Competition in ASEAN.
6.5 PUBLIC CPD POINTS
Practice Area: Competition Law
Training Level: General
Participants who wish to claim CPD Points are reminded that they must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. This includes signing in on arrival and signing out at the conclusion of the activity in the manner required by the organiser, and not being absent from the entire activity for more than 15 minutes. Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy will not be able to obtain CPD Points for attending the activity. Please refer to http://www.sileCPDcentre.sg for more information.

PROGRAMME
16 August 2017 (Wednesday)
TIME | PROGRAMME |
8.30am | Registration |
9.00am | Welcome Address Mr. Aubeck Kam, Chairman, Competition Commission of Singapore |
9.10am | Keynote Address Launch of Handbook on E-Commerce and Competition in ASEAN Mr. Lim Hng Kiang, Minister (Trade), Ministry of Trade & Industry |
9.40am | Opening session Mr. Damian Kassabgi, Head of Public Policy, Asia Pacific, Uber |
10.00am | Morning Tea Break |
10.30am | Panel 1 - Disruptor or Disrupted – The application of competition law in the new economy Summary: Innovation (technology, business models) are creating new markets and disrupting existing ones. This session examines the effects of disruption through case examples and the application of competition law in disrupted markets. Discussant: Professor Wong Poh Kam, Professor, NUS Business School & Director for NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, National University of Singapore Moderator: Mr. Lee Cheow Han, Assistant Chief Executive (Legal & Enforcement), Competition Commission of Singapore Panellists:
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11.45am | Panel 2 - Big Data – What’s the big deal? Summary: Discussion on the use of big data as an asset/tool to innovate, the need to factor in the impact of big data by competition authorities in enforcement, cognisance of big data and possible competition issues from perspective of private companies and regulators. CCS will also share some of its findings from its latest big data paper. Moderator: Ms. Ng Ee Kia, Assistant Chief Executive (Policy, Business & Economics), Competition Commission of Singapore Panellists:
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12.50pm | Lunch – B1 Supreme Court Auditorium |
2.00pm | Panel 3 - Thinking out of the box: market studies, regulatory sandboxes and the design of competitive markets Summary: Dialogue session on how regulators together with the industry can leverage on alternative tools to better understand markets and facilitate competitive markets through policy design. Moderator: Dr. Tan Hi Lin, Director (Policy & Markets), Competition Commission of Singapore Panellists:
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3.05pm | Panel 4 – Fundamental Solution or Band-Aid stop gap - competition law remedies in a changing world Summary: Discussion of the application of remedies available to enforcers and the innovative solutions proposed by companies to achieve pro-competitive outcomes and address competition concerns of competition authorities. Discussant: Emeritus Professor Richard Whish QC Honoris Causa, King’s College London Moderator: Mr. Herbert Fung, Director (Business & Economics), Competition Commission of Singapore Panellist:
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4.10pm | Afternoon Tea Break |
4.40pm | Panel 5 – Compliance and enforcement within Singapore and across jurisdictional boundaries Summary: This session provides an inside view on how enforcers in various jurisdictions, including Singapore consider competition issues and how companies can navigate their way through different jurisdictional competition rules and design their corporate compliance. Given the action of global companies’ can have a multijurisdictional impact, the session also discusses how enforcers work together and also tap on other forms of cooperation between them to address cross border competition issues. The session will also cover the latest competition law developments in Singapore that companies and practitioners should be aware of, including CCS’s revised Guidelines (December 2016). Moderator: Mr. Harikumar Pillay, Director (Enforcement), Competition Commission of Singapore Panellists:
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5.50 pm | Future Directions in Competition Law Closing Address by Mr. Toh Han Li, Chief Executive, Competition Commission of Singapore |
6.00pm | End of Conference |