Workshop: 'Competition Enforcement: How Private Rights of Action Can Change the Role of Public Competition Law Enforcement'

A workshop in honour of Professor William Kovacic

The School of Law of the University of Nottingham organises this workshop to honour Professor William Kovacic as the 2016 J.C. Smith Trust Fund Senior Visiting Scholar. The J.C. Smith Trust Fund Senior Visiting Scholarship is awarded to scholars with a distinguished contribution in Law and was established in honour of Professor Sir John Smith.

Workshop participants:

• Stephen Blake Senior Director, Cartels and Criminal Enforcement Directorate, Competition and Markets Authority
• Kai–Uwe Kuhn Professor of Economics, UAE, Former Chief Economist, DG Competition, European Commission
• Arijit Mukherjee Professor of Industrial Economics, University of Nottingham
• Andreas Stephan Professor of Competition Law, UEA, Law School & Centre for Competition Policy
• Peter Willis, Partner, Co-Head of Competition Legal Practice Group, Bird & Bird

The Concluding thoughts will be delivered by William Kovacic, 2016 J.C. Smith Trust Fund Senior Visiting Scholar and Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, Director of the Competition Law Center, George Washington Law School, Former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.

Due to limited spaces you are kindly requested to contact the workshop organiser Dr Aris Georgopoulos at aris.georgopoulos@nottingham.ac.uk by Friday 19 February 2016