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8th BRICS International Competition Conference 2023

New Issues in Competition Law and Policy - Dimensions • Perspectives • Challenges

AGENDA

11 October 2023

Wednesday

DAY 1

17.00 - 20.00	Registration [Lilly Pool Lawns, The Ashok]
19.00 – 21.30	Welcome Dinner [Lilly Pool Lawns, The Ashok]

12 October 2023

Thursday

DAY 2

08.00 – 09.00	Registration [Main Lobby, The Ashok]
09.30 – 10.00	Opening Ceremony [Convention Hall, The Ashok]
09.30	Lighting of lamp
09.30 – 09.40	Welcome address Smt. Ravneet Kaur, Chairperson, CCI
09.40 – 09.55	Keynote address Hon’ble Justice Ashok Bhushan, Chairperson, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.
09.55 – 10.00	Vote of thanks Ms. Anupama Anand, Secretary, CCI
10.00 – 10.30	Tea Break [Hard Court Area, adjoining Convention Hall]
10.30 – 12.00	Plenary Session1: Release and Discussion on BRICS joint documents (Leniency Programme and Digital Economy Reports) [Convention Hall, The Ashok]
	Moderator: CCI, India Speakers: • Ravneet Kaur, Chairperson, CCI • Victor Olivera Fernandes, Commissioner, CADE Brazil • Maxim Shaskolsky Head, FAS Russia • Gan Lin, Vice Minister of SAMR, Administrator of the State Anti-Monopoly Administration, China • Doris Tshepe, Commissioner, CCSA South Africa
12.00– 13.15	Lunch [Hard Court Area, adjoining Convention Hall]
13.15 – 14.45	Plenary Session 2: New Issues in Competition Law and Policy in the BRICS Countries [Convention Hall, The Ashok]
	Moderator: Hardin Ratshisusu, Deputy Commissioner, CCSA, South Africa Speakers: • Sweta Kakkad, Member, CCI, India • Victor Oliveira Fernandes, Commissioner, CADE, Brazil • Maxim Shaskolsky, Head of FAS, Russia • Gan Lin, Vice Minister of SAMR, Administrator of the State Anti-Monopoly Administration, China • Hariprasad Govinda, Principal Economist in the Economic Research Bureau, CCSA, South Africa • Rajat Kathuria, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University and Senior Visiting Professor ICRIER.
14.45 – 15.15	Tea/ Coffee [Hard Court Area, adjoining Convention Hall]
15.15 – 16.30	BOS 1 : Competition Analysis in Digital Economy: Big Technologies and Algorithms [Convention Hall, The Ashok] BOS 2 : Sustainability and Climate change: New Dimensions in Competition Law [Convention Hall, The Ashok]
	Moderator:Prof. Shi Jianzhong, China University of Political Science and Law Speakers: • Jyoti Jindgar Bhanot, Adviser, CCI, India • Victor Oliveira Fernandes, Commissioner, CADE, Brazil • Anastasia Dokukina, Deputy Head of the Division for International Organizations Department for International Economic Cooperation of the FAS,Russia. • Ning Lizhi, Professor, Wuhan University, NGA from China • Hariprasad Govinda, Principal Economist in the Economic Research Bureau, CCSA, South Africa • Thomas Cheng, Professor, Hong Kong University • Pallavi Shroff, Managing Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Moderator:Ricardo Medeiros de Castro,Assistant Economist, CADE, Brazil Speakers: • Rakesh Kumar, Adviser, CCI, India • Alexey Ivanov, Director of the HSE -Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development, Director of the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre • Han Wei, Associate Prof. University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China. • Hardin Ratshisusu, Deputy Commissioner,CCSA, South Africa • Graciela Miralles Murciego, Senior Economist, World Bank • Ramji Srinivasan, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India • Victor Santos Rufino, NGA from Brazil
18.30 – 22.00	Conference dinner and cultural programme [Front Lawn, The Ashok]

13 October 2023

Friday

DAY 3

10.00 – 11.30	Plenary Session 3 : Promoting Soft Law Tools to Create a Pro-competitive Environment in the Markets [Convention Hall, The Ashok]
	Moderator: Lesya Davydova, Head of the Department for International Economic Cooperation of the FAS Russia. Speakers: • Anil Agrawal, Member, CCI, India • Ricardo Medeiros de Castro, Assistant Economist,CADE, Brazil • Andrey Tsyganov, Deputy Head of the FAS Russia • Zhou Zhigao, Deputy Director- General of the Department of Competition Policy Coordination, SAMR, China • Hardin Ratshisusu, Deputy Commissioner, CCSA, South Africa • Harpreet Kaur, Vice Chancellor, NLU Jodhpur
11.30 – 12.00	Tea/ Coffee [Hard Court Area, adjoining Convention Hall]
12.00 – 13.15	BOS 3: Role of Market Studies in Emerging Competition Issues [Convention Hall, The Ashok] BOS 4: Challenges in Merger Control: International Perspective [Convention Hall, The Ashok]
	Moderator:Hariprasad Govinda, Principal Economist in the Economic Research Bureau, CCSA, South Africa Speakers: • Payal Malik, Adviser, CCI, India • Ricardo Medeiros de Castro, Assistant Economist, CADE, Brazil • Elena Zaeva, Head of the Department for Regulation of Telecommunication and Information Technology of FAS, Russia • Wang Jiheng, Director of the Second Department of Anti-Monopoly Law Enforcement, SAMR China • Teresa Moreira, Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch, UNCTAD • Simrit Kaur, Principal, Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi Moderator: Andrey Tsyganov, Deputy Head, FAS, Russia Speakers: • Bidyadhar Majhi, Adviser, CCI, India • Victor Oliveira Fernandes, Commissioner, CADE,Brazil • German Zakharov, Advocate, JSC ALRUD, NGA from Russia • Xu Lefu, Director-General of the Second Department of Anti-Monopoly Law Enforcement, SAMR China • Hardin Ratshisusu, Deputy Commissioner, CCSA, South Africa • Samir R. Gandhi, Partner & Co-founder, Axiom5 Law Chambers LLP • Nisha Kaur Uberoi, Partner, Trilegal
13.15 – 15.00	Lunch Luncheon Meeting of BRICS Competition Authorities & Signing of Joint Statement. [Suit No. 293, The Ashok]
15.00 – 15.50	Closing Ceremony [Convention Hall, The Ashok]
15.00 – 15.20	Address by the Heads of BRICS Competition Authorities • Ravneet Kaur, Chairperson, CCI • Victor Olivera Fernandes, Commissioner, CADE Brazil • Maxim Shaskolsky, Head, FAS Russia • Gan Lin, Vice Minister of SAMR, Administrator of the State Anti-Monopoly Administration, China • Doris Tshepe, Commissioner, CCSA South Africa
15.20 – 15.30	Takeover Ceremony for the 9th BRICS International Competition Conference 2025, by CCSA, South Africa
15.30 – 15.45	Valedictory/Address Manoj Govil, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
15.45 – 15.50	Vote of Thanks Deepak Anurag, Member, CCI, India
15.50 – 16.15	Tea / Coffee