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On June 22, 2017, Mr. Sroczyński participated in the Gala in honor of the first President of the Polish Antimonopoly Office, Prof. Anna Fornalczyk, during which she received a special annual CARS Prize for 2017, granted for the achievements in research and practice in the field of the protection of competition.

On June 16-18, 2017, Mr. Sroczyński participated in the annual reunion of the Alumnae of Cleary Gottlieb, organized in La Valetta, Malta. The reunion was a special occasion to meet with former Cleary’s lawyers from around the world.

On June 15-16, 2017, Mr. Sroczyński participated in the annual Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer Competition Law Forum in Brussels. The Forum was a unique platform for exchange of opinions about the global developments in competition law, notably in connection with the Brexit and Trump’s presidency.

Jarosław Sroczyński participated as a guest in the dinner in honour for Advocate General Maciej Szpunar, co-organized on June 12, 2017 by Concurrences Review, Allen & Overy and Compass Lexecon at the Belvedere restaurant in Warsaw. During the dinner, Professor Szpunar delivered a speech on “Private enforcement & Competition Law”. This unique event gathered numerous Polish experts of competition law, who were discussing how the new Polish Private Enforcement Law will operate in practice.

On June 21, 2017, Mr. Sroczyński and Ms. Staszek participated in the Proability workshop “Disputes in the energy sector: problematic customers” with presentations on the alternative dispute resolution and contractual penalties, respectively.

On May 26, 2017, Mr. Sroczyński delivered a presentation during the Polish Scientific Conference “Information on the financial services market”. He discussed the issues of “Misselling of financial services in the aspect of information exchange between contracting parties”. The Conference was organized at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economy of the University of Wrocław.

On May 24, 2017, Mr. Sroczyński participated as a speaker in the Ist Polish Scientific Conference “Safety and regulation of the energy market”, organized at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Łódź. He presented a paper on “Alternative dispute resolution in the energy sector: how to comply with the new regulations?”. The Conference gathered numerous representatives of the energy sector, both researchers and practitioners.
See also a report from the Conference, published in the Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, YARS, No. 2017, vol. 10(16):