Programme

8.30-9.00 Registration and coffee

9.00-9.15 Welcome address by Pál Szilágyi (PPCU, director of Competition Law Research Center)  

9.15-11.00 First panel: Recent developments and Challenges at EU and Member States levels

chaired by Tihamér Tóth (judge of the General Court of the EU and prof. at PPCU)

9.20-9.50 William Valasidis (judge at the General Court of the EU): Highlights from the case law of the EU Courts

9.50-10.10 Andrea Bomhoff (head of unit of DG Comp, EU Commission): Recent developments in State aid control

10.10-10.30 Anita Gyürkés (head of the State Aid Monitoring Office): A Member State perspective

10.30-10.50 Patrycja Sobczak (deputy director of the State Aid Department, Polish Competition Authority/UOKiK): State aid enforcement in Poland

10.50-11.00 Discussion

11.20-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-12.45. Second panel: State aid in the defence sector

chaired by Eszter Hargita (State Aid Monitoring Authority)

Panel members: Peter Staviczky (Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU), prof. Caroline Buts (Freye Universitet Brussels), Áron Kovalóczy,  industry representative (TBC)

12.45-13.30 Lunch Break

Afternoon sessions chaired by Gábor Fejes (DLA Piper, Budapest)

13.30-15.00 Third panel: private enforcement of state aid law - contract law implications

Panel members: Daniel Colgan (DLA Piper, Brussels), Ákos Mohay (European Investment Bank), prof. András Osztovits (Károli Gáspár Universtiy)

15.00 Closing remarks by Tihamér Tóth