BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Competition & Innovation Lab - ECPv6.15.15//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Competition & Innovation Lab REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250516T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260516T090000 DTSTAMP:20260414T233442 CREATED:20260106T064135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T215326Z UID:3692-1747382400-1778922000@competitioninnovationlab.ai SUMMARY:Análisis del Dictamen Preliminar de la COFECE sobre el Mercado de Comercio Electrónico en México DESCRIPTION:Analysis of Mexico’s Federal Commission of Economic Competition’s (COFECE) Preliminary Report on the Retail E-Commerce Market in Mexico\n \n \n \n \n \n La Autoridad Investigadora de la Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica de México (COFECE) publicó\, a principios de este año\, un Dictamen Preliminar sobre sus hallazgos tras el análisis de potenciales barreras de entrada a la libre competencia en el mercado minorista de comercio electrónico. Esta investigación se basa en el artículo 94 de la Ley Federal de Competencia Económica de México\, que permite imponer medidas regulatorias para abordar problemas estructurales sin imponer sanciones económicas a los agentes. \nLe extendemos una cordial invitación a asistir a este panel en el que se analizará exhaustivamente estos hallazgos\, las medidas sugeridas por la Autoridad Investigadora y el proceso mediante el cual México puede imponer este tipo de medidas.  \nConsulta el folleto arriba para obtener más información. Puedes inscribirte al evento online en el siguiente enlace: https://lnkd.in/eKVCjd83. Los esperamos. URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/analisis-del-dictamen-preliminar-de-la-cofece-sobre-el-mercado-de-comercio-electronico-en-mexico/ LOCATION:The George Washington University\, Jack Morton Auditorium\, 805 21st St.\, NW\, WA\, 20052\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251203T163000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251203T203000 DTSTAMP:20260414T233442 CREATED:20260106T064135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T060908Z UID:2998-1764779400-1764793800@competitioninnovationlab.ai SUMMARY:Ask the European Commission: Reforming Merger Control in Europe DESCRIPTION:The GW Competition & Innovation Lab and Compass Lexecon organize this extraordinary interactive forum that promises to illuminate the path forward for European merger control. In an era of rapid economic transformation and intensifying global competition\, this event offers a rare opportunity to engage directly with the architects of EU policy at the Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP). \nFeatured Speakers: – Hans Zenger\, Head of the Chief Economist Team\, DG COMP\, European Commission  – Daniele Calisti\, Head of the Merger Unit\, DG COMP\, European Commission   \nJoin a distinguished assembly of main questioners—Ingrid Vandenborre (Skadden) and Roman Fischer (Compass Lexecon) and our moderator Lorenzo Coppi (Compass Lexecon) —alongside additional questioners including Konstantin Bodarenko (Freshfields)\, Anita Magraner (Cleary)\, Orestis Omran (DLA Piper)\, and Kasia Czapracka (White & Case). \n \n\nThis dynamic format empowers participants to pose incisive questions\, fostering candid dialogue on the DG COMP’s ongoing merger consultation and its implications for innovation\, market dynamics\, and regulatory evolution. \nThis pivotal discussion will explore critical reforms designed to balance robust enforcement with the imperatives of technological advancement and economic vitality. \n \nBy participating\, you will contribute to shaping a competition framework that sustains Europe’s leadership in the global marketplace.\n \n Registar to attend here URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/ask-the-european-commission-reforming-merger-control-in-europe/ LOCATION:University Student Center\, 800 21st Street\, NW\, Room 405\, NW\, 20052\, United States CATEGORIES:Competition Law & Economics ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/adobestock_1530569715_editorial_use_only-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251209T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251209T190000 DTSTAMP:20260414T233442 CREATED:20260106T064135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T063200Z UID:1183-1765299600-1765306800@competitioninnovationlab.ai SUMMARY:NextGen Antitrust Forum DESCRIPTION: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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. \nSpeakers 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Agenda\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nTime\nSession\n\n\n\n\n5:00 PM\n\nRegistration and Welcome Drinks\n\n\n\n5:30 PM\n\nPresentation and Discussion\n\n\n\n6:30 PM\n\nPost-Session Drinks and Discussion URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/nextgen-antitrust-forum/ LOCATION:University Student Center\, 800 21st Street\, NW\, Room 405\, NW\, 20052\, United States CATEGORIES:Competition Law & Economics,Intellectual Property Rights,Previous Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/adobestock_1531349380-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251212T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251212T103000 DTSTAMP:20260414T233443 CREATED:20260106T064135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T181128Z UID:3529-1765531800-1765535400@competitioninnovationlab.ai SUMMARY:What\, Why and How? Exploring the European Union's Ambitious Competition Policy Reforms DESCRIPTION:The new European Commission aims to modernize EU competition law across the board\, notably merger review\, enforcement (covering antitrust\, the Digital Markets and Foreign Subsidies Acts)\, as well as state aid. These changes occur in a broader context including the need to address falling European productivity and threats of geo-political instability. The panelists will discuss the competition policy mandate of Executive Vice-President-designate Teresa Ribera Rodríguez set out by European Commission President\, Ursula von der Leyen. In particular\, the panel will explore how the Commission could address key competition policy challenges facing Europe at home and abroad\, and how to best address them.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OUR PANELISTS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thorsten Kaeseberg\n Dr. Thorsten Käseberg\, a lawyer and economist\, has been serving as a civil servant since 2007 in different functions in the area of economic policy. He currently heads the unit “Competition and Consumer Policy” in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. One focus of his work is the digital transformation and its potential and challenges for regulation. He is also an official of the European Commission (on leave)\, where he served in the Directorate-General for Competition (2009-2011). Dr. Käseberg has lectured at Humboldt University Berlin and published in particular on economic and regulatory issues\, including the book Intellectual Property\, Antitrust and Cumulative Innovation in the EU and the US (Oxford: Hart Publishing\, 2012). He was educated at the University of Bonn\, Humboldt University Berlin\, the London School of Economics and New York University. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Marceline Tournier\n Marceline Tournier is Global Head of Antitrust & Associate General Counsel EMENA at Nestlé. Prior to joining Nestlé S.A. in 2008\, Marceline worked as a UK and EU antitrust lawyer in the City of London at Clifford Chance (1999 to 2006) and Hogan & Hartson (2006 to 2008). Marceline has extensive competition law experience covering antitrust investigations\, sector inquiries\, merger control and joint venture cases and utilities regulation in Europe and throughout the world.  Marceline’s sector expertise includes consumer goods\, financial services\, private equity\, energy\, water and transport.  Marceline holds a B.A. (cum laude) from George Washington University in Washington\, D.C. and is qualified as an English solicitor. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Georg Boettcher\n Georg Boettcher is Chief Counsel Competition at Siemens. In this function he is responsible for all antitrust matters worldwide covering merger control\, advice on competition law issues and a state-of-the-art antitrust compliance program. Georg joined Siemens in 2005 as an antitrust lawyer and since then held various positions within the Siemens Legal department; most recently\, from 2015-2018\, he was the General Counsel for Latin America and was based in Bogota\, Colombia. Before joining Siemens\, Georg worked as an attorney in private practice for several years. He studied law at the universities of Hamburg\, Bilbao and Munich and received his PhD in Competition Law from the Max-Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law in Munich. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mathew Heim\n Mathew Heim is Senior Fellow\, GW Competition & Innovation Lab\, George Washington University focusing on international competition policy and governance. He is also Senior Adviser to BIAC’s Competition Committee to the OECD and ICN Non-Governmental Adviser to the UK Competition and Market’s Authority. Mathew also advises on the politics of law\, notably international competition policy. Previously\, Mathew spent nearly 15 years in-house as Vice President of Government Affairs at Qualcomm in Europe and Head of International Competition Policy at Amazon\, Seattle. Prior to that\, he worked as a consultant\, advising on political or policy implications created by legal or regulatory proceedings in Europe\, mainly merger and antitrust investigations. Mathew was called to the Bar in the UK\, and has degrees in Medieval History from Bristol University and in European Studies (with Distinction) from Exeter University in the UK. URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/what-why-and-how-exploring-the-european-unions-ambitious-competition-policy-reforms/ LOCATION:The George Washington University\, Jack Morton Auditorium\, 805 21st St.\, NW\, WA\, 20052\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/adobestock_94576008_preview.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260127T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260127T120000 DTSTAMP:20260414T233443 CREATED:20260106T064135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T060613Z UID:1184-1769511600-1769515200@competitioninnovationlab.ai SUMMARY:UK Class Action Regimes in Transition - Webinar DESCRIPTION:What to Expect from Reform\n \n \n \n \n \n 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. \nSet 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Participants:\nMiroslava Marinova – GW Competition & Innovation Lab \nProfessor Barry Rodger – University of Strathclyde \nDr. Liza Lovdahl Gormsen  – Senior Research Fellow and the Director of the Competition Law Forum at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law \nProfessor Sean Ennis – University of East Anglia \nJason Shardlow-Wrest – Managing Associate\, Linklaters URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/uk-class-action-regimes-in-transition-webinar/ LOCATION:Virtual Event\, The George Washington University\, GW Competition & Innovation Lab\, 20052\, United States CATEGORIES:Competition Law & Economics,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/adobestock_1829244690-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260218T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T233443 CREATED:20260106T064135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T060631Z UID:1185-1771405200-1771437600@competitioninnovationlab.ai SUMMARY:India's Competition & Innovation Forum 2026 DESCRIPTION: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!\n \n Register to attend here URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/indias-competition-innovation-forum-2026/ LOCATION:Media and Public Affairs Building\, VENUE AND LOCATION TBA SOON\, 20052\, United States CATEGORIES:AI Policy & Regulation,Competition Law & Economics,Intellectual Property Rights,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/adobestock_14921374_1-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260226T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260226T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T233443 CREATED:20260106T064135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T060708Z UID:3350-1772096400-1772128800@competitioninnovationlab.ai SUMMARY:Australia Competition Conference DESCRIPTION: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.  \nThe following speakers have been confirmed: \n\nProfessor Aurelien Portuese (GWU)\nDr Aaron Lane (GWU & RMIT)\nProfessor Chris Berg (RMIT)\nCommissioner Alex Robson (Productivity Commission)\nKirsten Webb (Clayton Utz)\nRosannah Healy (Allens)\n\nMore info is coming soon\, but mark your calendar now! \n \n Register to Apply URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/australia-competition-conference/ LOCATION:University Student Center\, 800 21st Street\, NW\, Room 405\, NW\, 20052\, United States CATEGORIES:Competition Law & Economics,Intellectual Property Rights ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/adobestock_138525329-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260519T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260519T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T233443 CREATED:20260106T064135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T060725Z UID:3364-1779181200-1779210000@competitioninnovationlab.ai SUMMARY:3rd Annual Antitrust Workshop DESCRIPTION: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! URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/3rd-annual-antitrust-workshop/ LOCATION:The George Washington University\, Jack Morton Auditorium\, 805 21st St.\, NW\, WA\, 20052\, United States CATEGORIES:Competition Law & Economics,Data, Trade & National Security ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/adobestock_1401006488-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR