DG Competition is in a constant two-way conversation with fellow enforcers and government bodies, members of the competition-policy community of knowledge and expertise, organisations that are directly involved in its policy development and enforcement action, and the general public.
Below is a list of the main events in this dialogue.
> Shaping the Future of EU Merger Control Conference
(5 March 2026)
> Youth Policy Dialogue with Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera
(3 March 2026)
Past events
> Clean, Just and Competitive — A Blueprint for Europe’s Economies and Societies
(29 January 2026)
> Review of the EU Merger Guidelines – Stakeholder Workshops
(4 December 2025 & 20 January 2026)
> Revision of Regulation 1/2003 - Interactive workshop
(15 December 2025)
> Implementation dialogue on Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) with Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera
(30 June 2025)
> Conference to mark 20 years of the Chief Economist's Team
(15 May 2025)
> Online expert workshop - DG Competition study on ‘killer acquisitions’ in the pharma sector
(10 April 2025)
> Youth Policy Dialogue with Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera
(4 March 2025)
> Online expert workshop - Study on the effectiveness of EU antitrust remedies
(27 March 2025)
> Draft Article 102 TFEU Guidelines on Exclusionary Abuses - Stakeholder workshop
(13 February 2025)
> Protecting competition in a changing world - public workshop
(15 October 2024)
> Competition in Virtual Worlds and Generative AI
(28 June 2024)
> Protecting competition in a changing world
(27 June 2024)
> Fifty Years of the Brussels-New York Connection
(5 June 2024)
> Markets for People - Itinerant debate series 2023 – 2024
(16 May 2024)
> EU Merger Regulation 139/2004: 20 Years that Made a Difference
(18 April 2024)
> Markets for People - Itinerant debate series 2023 – 2024
(7 December 2023)
> Evaluation of Regulation 1/2003 - Interactive workshop
(12 October 2023)
> 20 Years of Reg. 1/2003: A (r)evolutionary tale
(20 June 2023)
> Sustainability Guidelines: Enhancing cooperation for a greener agri-food supply chain
(12 June 2023)
> Digital Mergers Workshop
(13 December 2022)
> Making Markets Work for People Conference
(27 October 2022)
> Workshop on the revision of the R&D Block Exemption Regulation
(13 September 2022)
> Estimating the costs of non-competition
(23 June 2022)