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SUMMARY:2024 Lear Competition Festival
DESCRIPTION:A four-day festival where learning and networking unite to form a vibrant hub for the antitrust community\, highlighting the essential role of economics inshaping policy to assist authorities and courts in making informed decisions. \nSeptember 24-27\, 2024 \nROME\, ITALYArco Della Pace 5Rome\, 00186 \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The Lear Competition Festival (LCF) is a leading event where learning and networking come together to create a dynamic hub for the antitrust community\, and the GW Competition & Innovation Lab is pleased to be a partner in this event. This four-day international festival builds on the success of past Lear conferences\, highlighting the essential role of economics in shaping competition policy to assist authorities and courts in making informed decisions. \nAt LCF\, you’ll engage with leading experts in cutting-edge discussions on emerging tools for competitive analysis and the ever-evolving challenges facing antitrust professionals. Immerse yourself in deep conversations about prominent international cases and explore advanced academic contributions in competition law\, economics\, and policy. \nThe LCF has grown into an annual event that fosters valuable connections and collaborations among participants and partners. Whether you are interested in becoming a Partner\, sponsoring\, or promoting the event\, LCF offers tailored packages to meet your specific needs. Additionally\, the festival provides inspiring opportunities for the next generation aspiring to careers in antitrust and regulation\, featuring: \nThe Young Talent Competition Award (YTCA)\, is an initiative inviting young economists and lawyers to submit research proposals\, which will be evaluated by a distinguished commission\, with selected finalists presenting their work at the LCF.The Poster Session is a platform for students and researchers to showcase their findings to participants through printed posters during the first day of the festival. \nThe LCF also offers numerous networking opportunities\, including an aperitif\, a gala dinner\, and walking tours\, allowing participants to foster meaningful connections. The GW Competition Lab will lead a panel session on the Law and Economics of merger control in the context of AI and Fintech\, and will award monetary prizes to the second and third place winners of the Young Talent Competition Award as follows: \n– €1\,000 for second place  – €500 for third place \nWe look forward to welcoming you to this exciting event! \nhttps://www.learcompetitionfestival.com/program/
URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/2024-lear-competition-festival/
LOCATION:The George Washington University\, Jack Morton Auditorium\, 805 21st St.\, NW\, WA\, 20052\, United States
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SUMMARY:LEAR Competition Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Lear Competition Festival (LCF) is a hub that brings together exciting learning and networking opportunities for the antitrust community.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWelcome to the Lear Competition Festival (#LCF)\, where learning and networking opportunities converge to create a dynamic hub for the antitrust community. This three-day international event builds on the success of the Lear conferences and aims at emphasizing the crucial role of economics in competition policy\, to help competition authorities and courts make better decisions. At the LCF\, you will have the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge discussions with leading experts on emerging tools for competitive analysis and on the ever evolving challenges that antitrust practitioners face; to immerse yourself in in-depth dialogues on leading international cases; and to discover advanced academic contributions in the fields of competition law\, economics and policy. \nThe GW Competition & Innovation Lab organizes the panel on “The Private Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act” on September 24th\, 2025. \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				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Our panel will explore the emerging role of private enforcement within the DMA framework\, drawing on its conceptual and procedural parallels with competition law.
URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/lear-competition-festival/
LOCATION:University Student Center\, 800 21st Street\, NW\, Room 405\, NW\, 20052\, United States
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