2023 Programme
Programme is current at 17 August and subject to minor changes
| 8.30am | Registration open | |
| 9.00am | Welcome and introduction Anna Ryan, Partner, Lane Neave Chair, Competition Law and Policy Institute of New Zealand | |
| 9.15am | Keynote session: The Future of Antitrust | |
| Chairperson: Keynote speaker: Commentator: | Anna Ryan, CLPINZ Chair and Partner, Lane Neave Dr John Small, Chair, Commerce Commission Andy Matthews, Principal, Matthews Law | |
| 10.35am | Morning tea | |
| 11.05am | Session two: The most environmentally friendly carbon neutral CLPINZ session ever! Or is it? The climate emergency has forced consumers to reflect on the environmental impact of their purchasing decisions prompting businesses to increasingly make environmental or sustainability claims. However, a recent study by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found 57% of environmental claims to be questionable and an investigation by Consumer NZ found "greenwashing claims are rife in Aotearoa". This session will examine New Zealand's track record on greenwashing and ask whether our favourite environmentally friendly compostable green consumables are simply too good to be true. | |
| Chairperson: Speaker: Commentator: | Bradley Aburn, Partner, Russell McVeagh Charlotte Turner, Senior Associate, MinterEllison Kirsten Mannix, Acting General Manager- Fair Trading, Commerce Commission | |
| 12.25pm | Lunch | |
| 1.25pm | Session three: Section 36: What can we learn from the Australian experience? 2023 marks the start of a new era in New Zealand competition law with the commencement of the new misuse of market power prohibition. New Zealand’s prohibition is now aligned with Australia’s and requires consideration of both the purpose and effect of the conduct of firms with market power. The change is intended to address concerns with the old purpose-based test, deter more anti-competitive conduct and kick-start section 36 enforcement. In this session, speaker Simon Muys will discuss the Australian experience to date with the new market power prohibition and whether the hoped-for benefits of the change are being borne out – and give New Zealand an idea of what we may expect. Commentator Edward Willis will provide a New Zealand perspective, including what the implications of the new test would be for former section 36 cases. | |
| Chairperson: Speaker: Commentator: | Jennifer Hambleton, Partner, MinterEllisonRuddWatts Simon Muys, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin A/Prof Edward Willis, University of Otago | |
| 2.45pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3.15pm | Session four: Next Gen Session | |
| Chairperson: Speakers: | Dr Will Taylor, Partner, NERA Economic Consulting Collaborating with competitors in an emergency Competition and Sustainability Self-preferencing in digital markets | |
| 5.15pm | Annual General Meeting | |
| 7.00pm | Workshop dinner After dinner speaker: Hon Dr Duncan Webb MP, Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and State Owned Enterprises Dockside Restaurant & Bar | |
| 9.45am | Session five: AI and Collusion: Unveiling the Challenges of Tomorrow Note: This blurb was written by ChatGPT v4 and may not in fact reflect what James Every-Palmer KC actually talks about. | |
| Chairperson: Speaker: | Ben Hamlin, Barrister Dr James Every-Palmer KC, Barrister | |
| 10.45am | Morning tea | |
| 11.15am | Session six: Aotearoa New Zealand’s Turning Point – Competition and Consumer Policy Implications Action on climate change is often seen as a cost, driven in part by traditional economic models that do not account for the consequences of climate change. In this presentation, we provide an alternative view. By creating a new baseline of New Zealand’s economy by integrating the costs of climate change, we present a view that demonstrates the potential cost of inaction on climate change. Against this new baseline, we model a scenario of decisive action on climate change and provide a view on the significant economic opportunity such a scenario represents. In light of these findings, we discuss competition and consumer policy considerations that need to be taken into account in order to realise the economic opportunities identified. | |
Chairperson: Speaker: | Donal Curtin, Managing Director, Economics New Zealand Ltd Mayuresh Prasad, Associate Director, Deloitte Access Economics | |
| 12.15pm | Workshop close | |