The ICC Commission on Competition was proud to host its 5th Roundtable on Competition Policy on 22 April in Warsaw, preceding the 12th ICN Annual Conference. Participants from over 25 countries attended this high-level forum gathering business and competition agencies worldwide. This year's event was devoted to challenges to antitrust policies in Eastern Europe as well as antitrust compliance and advocacy, with a special focus on the ICC Antitrust Compliance Toolkit which was launched that day.

This Roundtable was organized with the kind support of Shell International and Baker Botts LLP.

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Presentations:

Panel 1: Challenges to antitrust policies in Eastern Europe

Moderator: Michael Blechman, Special Counsel Kaye Scholer LLP, United States

- Valentin Mircea, Vice-President, Romanian Competition Council

- Jozsef Sarai, Head of Section, International Section, Hungarian Competition Authority

- Grzegorz Kaniecki, General Legal COunsel, Code Compliance Officer, Unilever Poland and Baltics, Poland

- Tihamer Toth, Associate Professor and President of the Scientific Council, Competition Law Research Center, Pazmany Catholic University, Hungary

Panel 2: Antitrust compliance and advocacy, with a special focus on the ICC Antitrust Compliance Toolkit

Moderator; Anne Riley, Group Antitrust Counsel, Shell International, United Kingdom

- Toh Han Li, Assistant Chief Executive, Legal & Enforcement, Competition Commission of Singapore

- Andras Toth, Vice-President, Hungarian Competition Authority

- Miek van der Wee, Head of Unit, International Relations, Directorate for Competition, EU

- Joakim Sundbom, Partner, Advokatfirman Hammarskiöld & Co., Sweden

- Anny Tubbs, General Counsel, Competition, Unilever Legal Group, Netherlands