Keystone Strategy's Cristina Caffarra to Host Conference on Antitrust, Regulation & the Political Economy

To watch the livestream starting at 8:30 am CET on March 2nd - click here »  ---  BRUSSELS – Cristina Caffarra (Partner, Co-Head of Keystone Europe) is hosting a conference on Antitrust, Regulation & the Political Economy on March 2, 2023. The conference will bring together thought leaders from academia, government, agencies, and the courts to discuss the challenges facing policy making and enforcement today. The conference is the top forum for policy discussion on antitrust and regulation.  Among the many notable speakers on the conference programme are Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice President and Commissioner for Competition, European Commission), Jonathan Kanter (Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division), and Advocate General Kokott (Court of Justice of the European Union), who will be providing the conference's three keynotes. The conference website contains the full list of speakers. The programme for the conference is focused on several of the most pressing issues concerning antitrust regulation today. The topics to be covered include:

 
1. Rethinking Industrial Policy, Competition & Consumer Protection in the Global Polycrisis
 
2. Expanding the Antitrust Agenda: Do we Need New Law, or Just New Posture?
 
3. “Plugging Gaps” in Antitrust Enforcement
 
4. Addressing Market Power: The Role of The European Courts
 
5. Market Power in a Post-Neoliberal World
 
6. New Challenges in Merger Control
 
7. Online Harms, AI & Democracy
 
8. Making Big Tech Better vs Making it Smaller: Will Antitrust or Regulation Get There First?

Some of the topics will be covered by fireside chats with leading figures in antitrust, including Tim Wu (former Special Advisor on Tech and Competition Policy, White House), Advocate General Kokott, and Olivier Guersent (Director General DG Competition, European Commission).  

“The theme of the day is antitrust and the political economy,” Dr. Caffarra said. “We cannot stand still and continue to enforce antitrust as if it is 2006. We are in a different political economy, which means we cannot ignore how the political economy shapes what we need to do. The conference will provide an opportunity to learn from one another and to generate ideas that can help to shape the future of competition policy.”  

Dr. Caffarra is an expert in the application of modern industrial economics to competition and regulation questions – with a particular focus on digital industries. As Partner and Co-Head of Keystone Europe, she works with both public and private sector clients on matters such as antitrust litigation, merger review, and competition strategy. Keystone is a global advisory firm that offers advice at the intersection of antitrust economics, technology, and strategy. Keystone has an office in London and offices across the United States.  Registration for the conference is open. The conference is free to all and will take place in Brussels at the Steigenberger Wiltcher's hotel. Attendees may also join virtually. For more information on the conference and to register, please visit the conference website.

To learn more about Keystone's competition practice, see here.  

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‍Keystone is a leading innovative strategy, economic, and technology consulting firm delivering transformative ideas and cutting-edge solutions to Fortune Global 500 companies, top law firms, and government agencies. It has unique expertise in competition, IP, litigation, and tax and transfer pricing matters, as well as technology-driven strategy and product development across all sectors. Keystone was founded by Greg Richards and Professor Marco Iansiti, Keystone's Chairman of the Board and the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Keystone has a deep bench of top academic experts in the digital economy and innovation sectors, supported by over 150 professionals. In addition to London, the firm has offices in New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Seattle. Within Keystone, K.ATS is a team of around 40 computer scientists, data scientists, and technologists with extensive experience in conducting complex technical analysis. Partnering with Computer Science Experts from Industry and Academia, K.ATS delivers transformative insights by regularly performing sophisticated software extraction, source code review, measurement, data analysis, and technical experiments for global companies and law firms. Learn more about Keystone and K.ATS at www.keystone.ai.