Cornerstone Research and the Dynamic Competition Initiative (DCI) will host this half-day event focused on trends and challenges in European competition and merger policy.
Two speaker panels of academic, industry, regulatory and private practice experts will share insights on a range of topics, from the innovation-enhancing effects of mergers to the impact of market definition issues.
Session 1
Revising EU Merger Guidelines: Towards Effective and Broader Efficiency Defences
- Mario Draghi’s ‘innovation defence’
- Long-term investment from merger innovation gains
- Priority sectors for stronger efficiency defences
- Security and resilience assessments in competition policy
Session 2
Hard Questions about Market Definition and Dynamic Competition
- R&D markets in non-pipeline industries
- The impact of market definition issues antitrust outcomes
- Economic indicators of dynamic competition and the role of structural analysis
- How existing laws and policies address dynamic competition
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