When: 15 October 2024, 14.00-17.30
Where: Karel van Miert Auditorium, Directorate-General for Competition
DG Competition is hosting a half-day workshop for leading experts to discuss its Protecting Competition in a Changing World report on the evolution of competition in the EU during the past 25 years published on 24 June 2024.
Following the launch conference of 27 June 2024, the report has been referenced in various publications including the Draghi Report of 9 September 2024.
The main objective of the workshop is to deepen the discussion on the findings of the report with economic and legal experts from different backgrounds and further explore its possible implications.
The workshop was in presence only. Come back to this page to watch the proceedings as video on demand
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14.00 Welcome: Inge Bernaerts (DG Competition)
14:05 – 14:15 Opening remarks: Olivier Guersent, Director-General, DG Competition, European Commission
14.15 – 14.45 Keynote: Why does the evolution of competition matter for the EU economy?
Tomaso Duso (DIW, Monopolkommission)
Q&A: Inge Bernaerts (DG Competition)
14.45 – 15.50 Panel 1: Long-term evolution and state of competition in the EU
Brief introduction of findings of the report on the evolution of competition in the EU: Vincent Verouden (DG Competition)
Panel discussion chaired by Lluis Sauri Romero (DG Competition)
- Sara Calligaris (OECD)
- Mike Walker (CMA)
- Griet Jans (Belgian Competition Authority)
- F. Enrique González-Díaz (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton)
15.50 – 16.05 Coffee break
16.05 – 16.45 Panel 2: Competition, prices and investments
Brief introduction of main findings of price-concentration studies: Salvatore Nava (Lear)
Panel discussion chaired by Paul de Bijl (ACM)
- Frank Verboven (KU Leuven)
- Vanessa Turner (BEUC)
- Grania Holzwarth (Deutsche Telekom)
16.45 – 17.25 Panel 3: Competition, productivity, competitiveness and growth
Brief introduction of main findings of the report on competition and productivity, export competitiveness and macro-economic effects: Paolo Buccirossi (Lear)
Panel discussion chaired by Reinhilde Veugelers (KU Leuven and Bruegel)
- Lars-Hendrik Röller (ESMT Berlin)
- Maarten Pieter Schinkel University of Amsterdam
- Rupprecht Podszun (Düsseldorf University, Monopolkommission)
17.25 – 17.30 Concluding remarks: Thomas Deisenhofer (DG Competition)