The challenges of competition enforcement and cooperation in an uncertain world

To mark the ICN 2025 conference in Edinburgh, Edinburgh Law School invites you for a day of reflection and discussion ahead of the conference.

The Respective Roles of Public and Private Competition Law Enforcement to attain the Goals of Antitrust: Beyond Optimal Enforcement Theory?

Keynote speech by Olivier Guersent, Director General, DG Competition, European Commission

Institutional Organisers:

• Edinburgh Law School
• UCL Centre for Law, Economics and Society (CLES)@UCL
• CREATe at Glasgow University
• ICF (Inclusive Competition Forum)

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Morning and lunchtime roundtable (by invitation only)

Registrations (from 11:00)

11:30: Welcome
Organised by
Prof. Arianna Andreangeli (UEdinburgh), Professor Ioannis Lianos (UCL) & Dr. Magali Eben (CREATe, UGlasgow)

11:40 – 13.10: Panel 1 - Competition Policy and the focus on Growth, Industrial Policy and Innovation: what does “revamping” competition law entail?

13:10—lunch

13:25- 15:00, Panel 2- Discussion — international cooperation and convergence in the era of geopolitical and trade tensions: what’s the new recipe?

15:00 - 16:10, Panel 3 - Discussion — Digital “Empires”, Oligarchy and the Westphalian State? What role for competition law and regulatory (and other) alternatives?

16:10: comfort break, transfer to McLaren Stuart Room (Old College Northside)

Public Event

16:00  Registration

16:30 - 17:50 Part II (public event): The Respective Roles of Public and Private Competition Law Enforcement to attain the Goals of Antitrust: Beyond Optimal Enforcement Theory?

Keynote speech by Olivier Guersent, Director General, DG Competition, European Commission

Followed by panel discussion and Q&A

17.50—Closing remarks  - Prof. Arianna Andreangeli

18:00 - 19:00 Drinks reception

 

Confirmed Participants

Confirmed participants to the roundtable

1. Arianna Andreangeli, University of Edinburgh
2. Antonio Andreoni, SOAS University of London
3. Oles Andriychuk, University of Exeter
4. Grigoris Bacharis, University of Edinburgh
5. Rachel Burgess, ACCC
6. Amber Darr, University of Manchester
7. Todd Davies, UCL Laws
8. Cristina Caffara, UCL
9. Magali Eben, University of Glasgow
10. Ariel Ezrachi, University of Oxford
11. Cani Fernandez, Spanish Competition Authority
12. Ian Forrester KC, UK Competition Appeal Tribunal
13. Eleanor Fox, New York University
14. Damien Gerard, Belgian Competition Authority
15. Fausto Gernone, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)
16. Ayse Gizem Yasar, London School of Economics
17. Olivier Guersent, European Commission
18. David Kemei, Kenyan Competition Authority
19. Martin Kretschmer, CREATe, U Glasgow
20. Ioannis Lianos, UCL & UK Competition Appeal Tribunal
21. Stavros Makris, UCL
22. Sandra Marco Colino, Chinese University of Hong Kong
23. Marek Martyniszyn, Queen’s University Belfast
24. Andrew McLean, University of Edinburgh
25. Teresa Moreira, UNCTAD
26.  Julián Peña, Allende & Brea (Buenos Aires) and co-chair of the Antitrust Section of the International Bar Association
27. David Reader, U Glasgow
28. Cecilia Rikap, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)
29. Simon Roberts, University of Johannesburg
30. Nuno Cunha Rodriguez, Portuguese Competition Authority
31. Ori Schwartz, OECD
32. Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University
33. Martijn Snoep, Netherlands Authority for Consumer and Markets
34. Kjell Sunnevåg, Norwegian Competition Authority
35. Doris Tshepe, Competition Commission of South Africa
36. Vaness Turner, BEUC

 

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