Day 1

Opening Remarks

 - Ms. Alessandra Tonazzi (Senior Competition Expert, OECD)

- Mr. Changwook Jung, Director General, OECD KPC, Competition Programme

MERGER REVIEW: INTRODUCTION 

- Ms. Alessandra Tonazzi, Senior Competition Expert, OECD

CAPTURING THE RELEVANT MERGERS: Legal notion of control, notification thresholds, Phase I and II investigations

- Ms Sabine Zigelski, Bundeskartellamt, Germany

THE RELEVANT MARKET DEFINITION IN MERGER REVIEW

- Mr. David Kovo, Mergers Coordinator – Chief Economist Team, DG Comp, European Commission

THEORIES OF HARM IN MERGER REVIEW 

- Mr. David Kovo, Mergers Coordinator – Chief Economist Team, DG Comp, European Commission

Presentation on merger cases

- Ms. Alessandra Edward Jules (Assistant Director, MyCC), Mr. Hakeem Hamzah (Research Assistant, MyCC), Ms. Nursyamimi Samsuri (Research Assistant, MyCC)

- Mr. Meng Songkheang, Director of Competition Department, CCF Directorate General, Ministry of Commerce

- Ms. Melina Chew, Legal Counsel, Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS)

Hypothetical Exercise

Day 2

COLLECTING EVIDENCE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF A MERGER: Requests for information, interviews with the parties and with competitors, surveys 

- Mr. Simon Pomery , Executive Director (a/g) | Merger Investigations, ACCC

IDENTIFYING REMEDIES IN MERGER REVIEW

- Ms Sabine Zigelski, Bundeskartellamt, Germany

Presentation on a merger case: Synopsis/Ansys

- Mr. Daejun Kang, Deputy Director, KFTC

The ACCC Merger Guidelines

- Mr. Simon Pomery , Executive Director (a/g) | Merger Investigations, ACCC

COOPERATION IN CROSS BORDER MERGERS

 : How to coordinate the timeline with other agencies 

 : Instruments to exchange non-confidential and confidential information (waivers)

 : Cooperation on remedies

Moderator: Ms. Yesim Elhan-Kayalar, Asian Development Bank

- Ms. Sabine Zigelski, Bundeskartellamt, Germany

- Ms. Alessandra Tonazzi, Senior Competition Expert, OECD

Hypothetical case on a cross border merger

Wrap-up and Closing 

- Ms. Alessandra Tonazzi (Senior Competition Expert, OECD)

 - Mr. Changwook Jung, Director General, OECD KPC Competition Programme