NextGen Antitrust Forum
2025-12-09 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | University Student Center, 800 21st Street, NW, Room 405, NW, 20052, United States
The GW Competition and Innovation Lab and NERA were pleased to organize the first-ever NextGen Antitrust Forum, a new platform for rising antitrust economists and lawyers interested in exchanging ideas, making connections, and taking part in discussions on current issues in competition policy.

The inaugural session focused on “Vertical Integration Revisited: Evidence, Theory, and Antitrust Policy.” The discussion looked at how empirical work and economic thinking shape today’s debates on enforcement and policy.
Speakers included NERA Senior Consultant Elena Ramirez Pierce, Latham & Watkins Counsel Francesca Pisano, RTX Director and Senior Counsel Elyssa Wenzel, and AT&T Senior Legal Counsel Amanda Norton, with NERA Director Emily Walden moderating.

Agenda

Time
Session

5:00 PM

Registration and Welcome Drinks

5:30 PM

Presentation and Discussion

6:30 PM

Post-Session Drinks and Discussion

UK Class Action Regimes in Transition - Webinar
2026-01-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event, The George Washington University, GW Competition & Innovation Lab, 20052, United States
What to Expect from Reform

Ten years after the Consumer Rights Act 2015 introduced opt-out collective proceedings for competition claims in the CAT, the UK Government has opened a review of the regime. While the review ranges across funding, scope, and certification, ADR and settlement, damages, and distribution, its core task is to assess whether the framework strikes the right balance: delivering access to collective redress and deterrence for consumers while providing procedural and cost certainty for defendants.
Set against the regime’s original objectives – improved redress, effective deterrence, and safeguards against unmeritorious settlements – this webinar will examine where the system is working, where calibration may be needed, and what the reforms should be prioritize.

Participants:
Miroslava Marinova – GW Competition & Innovation Lab
Professor Barry Rodger – University of Strathclyde
Dr. Liza Lovdahl Gormsen – Senior Research Fellow and the Director of the Competition Law Forum at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Professor Sean Ennis – University of East Anglia
Jason Shardlow-Wrest – Managing Associate, Linklaters

India's Competition & Innovation Forum 2026
2026-02-18 09:00 - 18:00 | Media and Public Affairs Building, VENUE AND LOCATION TBA SOON, 20052, United States
Following our successful inaugural event, The George Washington University Competition & Innovation Lab is proud to organize the second occurrence of India’s Competition & Innovation Forum on February 18, 2026. More info is coming soon, but mark your calendar now!

Register to attend here

Australia Competition Conference
2026-02-26 09:00 - 18:00 | University Student Center, 800 21st Street, NW, Room 405, NW, 20052, United States
The George Washington University Competition & Innovation Lab is proud to officially launch its Australia Initiative, led by Dr. Aaron Lane, by organizing a conference in Melbourne on February 26, 2026.
The following speakers have been confirmed:

Professor Aurelien Portuese (GWU)
Dr Aaron Lane (GWU & RMIT)
Professor Chris Berg (RMIT)
Commissioner Alex Robson (Productivity Commission)
Kirsten Webb (Clayton Utz)
Rosannah Healy (Allens)

More info is coming soon, but mark your calendar now!

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3rd Annual Antitrust Workshop
2026-05-19 09:00 - 17:00 | The George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st St., NW, WA, 20052, United States
After our first two successful antitrust workshops in 2024 and 2025, we are thrilled to present our 3rd Annual Antitrust Workshop for our Senior Fellows and Regional Leaders. More info to come soon!
