South-East Europe chapter of ASCOLA
(Academic Society for Competition Law)
(Academic Society for Competition Law)
ASCOLA South-East Europe is a regional chapter of the Academic Society for Competition Law convened by Prof. Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman, University of Zagreb-Faculty of Economics and Business and Prof. Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau, as chapter co-directors.
ASCOLA South-East Europe promotes the development and scholarly research of Competition Law on the national, supranational and international level with a special focus on the SEE jurisdictions: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia.
It facilitates legal and economic discussion of the objectives, contents and development of Competition Law in the SEE region between countries and cultures and fosters its purpose by means of conferences and other professional activities.
JOINT
ASCOLA South-East Europe
and
ASCOLA Central Europe
WEBINAR SERIES
ASCOLA South-East Europe
and
ASCOLA Central Europe
WEBINAR SERIES
SPRING/SUMMER 2023
Keynote Speech
14 June 2023
Speaker:
Krystyna Kowalik-Bańczyk, General Court of European Union, the Polish Academy of Sciences
Webinar 1
14 June 2023
Title: Findings from the Judicial Review Project - Roundtable discussion
Speakers:
Michal Petr, Olomouc University
Jurgita Malinauskaite, Brunel University London; Vytautas Magnus University
Ana Vlahek, University of Ljubljana
Moderator:
Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau
Discussant:
Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, University of Zagreb
Maciej Bernatt, University of Warsaw
Building on the expansive Judicial Review of Competition Law Enforcement in the EU: Empirical Mapping 2004-2021 project (Project), which encompasses 27 Member States and the UK, this webinar focuses on Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Poland. It reflects on much-needed empirical studies undertaken by the national rapporteurs covering all national judgments reviewing the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (and domestic equivalents) during the 2004-2021 period.
Webinar 2
14 June 2023
Title: Judicial review in practice
Speakers:
Dawid Miąsik, the Polish Supreme Court
Rita Paukštė, TGS Baltic
Igor Mucalo, Law Office Mucalo
Elo Tamm, Cobalt
Moderator:
Jurgita Malinauskaite, Brunel University London; Vytautas Magnus University
Judicial review plays an important role in the enforcement of competition law. Jointly with competition authorities the judiciary shares responsibility in shaping competition law and ensuring its effective enforcement. Most competition cases in the EU are decided at the national level. The webinar is based on judicial review of competition cases (both EU and domestic) across the selected EU Member States.
JOINT
ASCOLA South-East Europe
and
ASCOLA Central Europe
WEBINAR SERIES
ASCOLA South-East Europe
and
ASCOLA Central Europe
WEBINAR SERIES
FALL/WINTER 2021-SPRING 2022
Webinar 3
16 March 2022
Title: WEBINAR WITH JOURNAL EDITORS
Speakers:
Alison McDonnell, Common Market Law Review
Maciej Bernatt, Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
Melita Carevic, Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy
Malgorzata Kozak, Utrecht Law Review
Julian Nowag, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement
Moderator:
Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman, University of Zagreb
A webinar on publishing competition law research in academic journals, featuring journals' editors discussing their perspective on the submission process and any advice they could provide to (young) scholars to improve their chances of getting published in high-quality journals.
Webinar 2
22 Feb 2022
Title: ROUNDTABLE ON METHODOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES FOR PUBLISHING IN COMPETITION LAW
Speakers:
Amber Darr, University of Manchester
Sandra Marco Colino, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jasper P. Sluijs, Utrecht University
Moderator:
Laura Zoboli, University of Warsaw
This webinar involves three academics discussing the methodology for writing quality publications in the field of competition law, as well as giving advice to (young) scholars to improve their publication strategy.
Webinar 1
Tue, November 30, 2021, 13:00-14:00 pm (CET)
Title: POLICY REPORT: PRIORITY SETTING IN EU AND NATIONAL COMPETITION LAW ENFORCEMENT - FOCUS ON EASTERN EUROPE
Speakers:
Kati Cseres, University of Amsterdam
Or Brook, University of Leeds
Moderator:
Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau
Professors Cseres and Brook will present findings from their "Policy Report: Priority Setting in EU and National Competition Law Enforcement", available here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3930189. For the purposes of this webinar, the particular emphasis will be on Eastern European countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia).
JOINT
ASCOLA South-East Europe
and
ASCOLA Central Europe
WEBINAR SERIES
ASCOLA South-East Europe
and
ASCOLA Central Europe
WEBINAR SERIES
SPRING/SUMMER 2021
To achieve an even broader scope in terms of speakers and audience for our webinars, we have teamed up with the ASCOLA Central Europe Chapter led by Prof Maciej Bernatt (University of Warsaw).
Webinar 2
Wed, May 26, 2021, 14:00-15:00 pm (CEST)
Title: STRENGTHENING COMPETITION AUTHORITY INDEPENDENCE: EXPERIENCES OF FORMER NCA EXECUTIVES
Moderator: Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman, University of Zagreb
Speakers:
Tihamér Tóth, former Chairman of the Competition Council of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH)
Adam Jasser, former President of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK)
Andrej Plahutnik, former Director of the Slovenian Competition Protection Office
Webinar 1
Fri, April 16, 2021, 10:00 am – 11:15 am (CET)
Title: EXPERIMENTALIST COMPETITION LAW AND THE REGULATION OF MARKETS / BOOK PRESENTATION
Moderator: Maciej Bernatt, University of Warsaw
Speakers:
Yane Svetiev, University of Sydney (author)
Krystyna Kowalik-Banczyk, Judge of the General Court of the European Union; Polish Academy of Sciences (commentator)
Damien Gerard, University of Louvain (commentator)
Video recording of the webinar available here
ASCOLA South-East Europe WEBINAR SERIES
FALL/WINTER 2020
Webinar 1
Wed Sept 30, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CET
Title: IDENTIFYING MAIN CHALLENGES TO EFFECTIVE COMPETITION LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE
Moderator: Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau
Speakers:
Dusan Popovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Sever, Law Firm Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & partners, Slovenia
Webinar 2
Thur Oct 15, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CET
Title: COMPETITION LAW ENFORCEMENT DURING COVID-19 PANDEMICS IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE – LESSONS AND EXPERIENCES
Moderator: Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau
Speakers:
Valentin Mircea, Mircea & Associates, Romania
Srdjana Petronijevic, Schoenherr, Serbia
Zoya Todorova, Dimitrov, Petrov & Co., Bulgaria
Webinar 3
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 3:00-4:00 p.m. CET
Title: ANTITRUST AND POLITICS - THE US EXPERIENCE
Moderator: Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman, University of Zagreb
Speaker: Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago
The Political Misuse of Antitrust, PowerPoint presentation
Discussants:
Maciej Bernatt, University of Warsaw
Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau
The presentation is based on two papers by Professor Waller:
A) The Political Face of Antitrust https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3660946
B) The Political Misuse of Antitrust: Doing the Right Thing for the Wrong Reason https://www.competitionpolicyinternational.com/the-political-misuse-of-antitrust-doing-the-right-thing-for-the-wrong-reason/
Webinar 4
Thur, Oct 29, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CET
Title: LANDMARK CASES IN SEE COUNTRIES – WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SO FAR?
Moderator: Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman, University of Zagreb
Speakers:
Ermal Nazifi, University of Tirana, Albania
Avdylkader Mucaj, University of Prizren, Kosovo
Miro Martinović, Kvesić&Martinović, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Webinar 5
Thur, Nov 12, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CET
Title: EXPERIENCES WITH EU LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRANSPOSING THE ECN+ DIRECTIVE IN EU MEMBER STATES
Moderator: Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau
Speakers:
Gabriela Edreva, Ernst & Young, Bulgaria
Andrej Matvoz, Slovenian Competition Protection Agency
Mirta Kapural, Agency for Protection of Market Competition, Croatia
Webinar 6
Thur, Nov 26, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CET
Title: ANTITRUST DAMAGES IN SEE COUNTRIES – EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES
Moderator: Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman, University of Zagreb
Speakers:
Vlatka Butorac Malnar, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Andrej Fatur, Fatur Menard Law Firm, Slovenia
Donka Stoyanova, Dimitrov, Petrov & Co., Bulgaria
Lucian Bozian, D&B David and Baias, Romania
Webinar 7
Thur, Dec 10, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CET
Title: COMPETITION LAW RESEARCH IN SEE – DIRECTIONS FOR LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP
Moderator: Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau
Speakers:
Jurgita Malinauskaite, Brunel University London
Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman, University of Zagreb
Dijana Markovic Bajalovic, University of East Sarajevo
Registration link for the webinar series
Contact:
ascola.see.chapter@gmail.com
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