Symposium on Competition Policy

The Cambridge Symposium on Competition Policy was first held in 2019 and is a space for academic researchers, practitioners and policy makers from competition authorities and industry regulators to come together to exchange ideas on issues of competition policy and to inspire new work on the subject. During the Symposium, policy makers are exposed to the latest academic thinking on competition and regulation issues, while academic researchers are exposed to the latest policy issues and practical cases being worked on by competition authorities, regulators and practitioners.

The 5th Cambridge Symposium on Competition Policy will take place on March 9th, 2026 at Clare College, Cambridge. The Symposium is organised in collaboration with the Competition and Markets Authority and is supported by the Janeway Institute, the Bennett School of Public Policy and Brian Kahin.

 

The 5th Cambridge Symposium on Competition Policy will feature the following speakers:

  • Emanuele Tarantino (DG COMP, European Commission)
  • Alon Eizenberg (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
  • Jeanine Miklos-Thal (University of Rochester)
  • Joseph Harrington (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania)
  • Luisa Affuso (Ofcom)
  • Chris Doyle (Competition and Markets Authority)
  • Chiara Criscuolo (International Monetary Fund)

 

The 4th Cambridge Symposium on Competition Policy featured the following speakers:

  • Yossi Spiegel (Professor of Economics, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University): The Prohibition of Excessive Pricing: Inherent Difficulties, Potential Mistakes, and Conditions for Application (presentation slides 1)
  • Hans Zenger (Head of Unit, Chief Economist Team at European Commission, DG COMP): Mergers in Homogeneous Goods Markets (presentation slides 2)
  • Fiona Scott Morton (Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management): Regulation of Competition (presentation slides 3)
  • Giacomo Calzolari (Professor of Economics, European University Institute): Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Recommendations and Competition (presentation slides 4)
  • Griet Jans (Chief Economist, Belgian Competition Authority): Bid Rigging and Digitalization – Need for Detection Tools and Screening Mechanisms (presentation slides 5)
  • Paul Heidhues (Professor of Behavioral and Competition, DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf): A Theory of Digital Ecosystems (presentation slides 6)
  • Karen Croxson (Chief Data and Technology Insights Officer, CMA): AI and Data: Considerations for Competition and the Work of the CMA (presentation slides 7)

 

 

The 3rd Cambridge Symposium on Competition Policy featured the following speakers:

  • Mark Armstrong (University College London): Multibrand Price Dispersion
  • Valanta Milliou (Athens University of Economics and Business and Hellenic Competition Authority): Conglomerate Theories of Harm & Digital Mergers
  • Oliver Latham (Charles River Associates): Assessing Ecosystem Theories in Digital Mergers
  • Jenny Haydock (Competition and Markets Authority): Reflections on Digital Markets Work at the CMA
  • Philipp Diamakopoulos (DG DOMP, CET): First Steps of the DMA Implementation – An Economic Perspective
  • Guy Ben-Ishai (Google): AI and the Opportunity for Shared Prosperity: Lessons from the History of Technology and the Economy
  • Cristina Volpin (OECD): Competitive Dynamics in Generative AI and the Role of Enforcers

 

 

The 2nd Cambridge Symposium on Competition Policy featured the following speakers:

  • Mike Walker (Competition and Markets Authority): The Nexus between Competition Policy and Industrial Policy: It's Not About National Champions
  • Chloé Le Coq (University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas): Modelling the Population of Collusive Firms
  • Giancarlo Spagnolo (SITE-Stockholm School of Economics): Leniency Inflation and Private Actions
  • Chiara Fumagalli (Bocconi University): Shelving or Developing? The Acquisition of Potential Competitors under Financial Constraints
  • David Matthew (Ofcom): Effects Analysis and Price-Cost Tests: The Royal Mail / Whistl Case
  • Xavier Vives (IESE): Common Ownership and Competition Policy
  • Lucía Quesada (Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia): The Role of Market Studies in Competition Advocacy: Recent Experience in Argentina

 

 

The 1st Cambridge Symposium on Competition Policy featured the following speakers:

  • Volker Nocke (University of Mannheim): Merger Remedies in Multimarket Oligopoly
  • Julie Bon (Competition and Markets Authority): Digital Mergers: Recent CMA Experience
  • Tomaso Duso (DIW, Berlin): Ex-post Evaluation of Competition Policy: Why and How?
  • Georges Siotis (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid): Market Definition in Pharma
  • Amelia Fletcher (University of East Anglia): The EU Google Decisions: Extreme Enforcement or the Tip of the Behavioral Iceberg?
  • Diane Coyle (University of Cambridge): Competition Challenges in Digital Platform Markets
  • Luís Cabral (New York University): Innovation under Asymmetric Oligopoly: Theory, Empirical Evidence, and Policy Implications
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  • Programme of 1st Cambridge Symposium on Competition Policy (2019)
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