Sessions on May 18

9.15 – 9.30	Registration/Welcome coffee/tea
9.30– 9.40	Introduction Alexey Ivanov, HSE Ioannis Lianos, UCL, HSE
9.40 – 11.20	Setting the Stage: Global Food Value Chains, Technological Challenges and Economic Realities Moderator: Hassan Qaqaya, formerly UNCTAD Key presenters: Caron Beaton Wells, University of Melbourne Law School Paulo Buccirossi, LEAR Tomaso Ferrando, University of Warwick Law School Discussants: Svetlana Avdasheva, HSE Robert Lawrence, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Ioannis Lianos, UCL, HSE
11.20 – 11.40	Coffee break
11.40 – 13.30	The consolidation of the Upstream Part of the Food Supply Chain (i.e. the Seed Industry etc.): Challenges for Competition Law and Policy Moderator: John Davies, OECD Key presenters: Peter Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law School Jim Chen, MSU College of Law Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes, CORS, Universidade de São Paulo Discussants: Alexey Ivanov, HSE Ujjwal Kumar, CUTS International Daryl Lim, John Marshall Law School Marcio de Oliveira Júnior, CADE (Brazil) Article: The Global Seed Market, Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights: Untying the Gordian Knot
13.30 – 14.30	Lunch
14.30 – 16.30	Dealing with Supermarket power: Contract law, unfair competition law, competition law, codes of conduct and other regulatory alternatives Moderator: Frederic Jenny, OECD, ESSEC Key presenters: Pierre Regibeau, CRA Alexey Sushkevich, Eurasian Economic Commission Rachel Whitworth, European Commission Wang Xianlin, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Discussants: Maxim Bashkatov, Moscow State University law School Claudio Lombardi, HSE Kaushal K. Sharma, KK Sharma & Associates Article: Superior Bargaining Power and the Global Food Value Chain: The Wuthering Heights of Holistic Competition Law?
16.30 – 16.45	Coffee break
16.45 – 18.15	Towards “holistic” competition law? The intersections of competition law in the food sector with international trade law, human rights law and transnational law Moderator: Dennis Davis, South African Competition Appeal Court & University of Cape Town Key presenters: Amber Darr, UCL Klaas Hendrik Eller, Liberty Mncube, South African Competition Commission Discussants: Karan Singh Chandhiok, Chandhiok & Associates, New Delhi Robert Lawrence, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Mark Wu, Harvard University Law School Article: ““THE HUNGER GAMES”: COMPETITION LAW & THE RIGHT TO FOOD (PDF, 565 Kb)
18.15 – 18.45	General Discussion – Final comments Moderator: Ioannis Lianos, UCL