13/10/2026
That's a wrap on our Seventh EU Competition Law Conference! 🙌
Thank you to everyone who joined us at De Warande in Brussels for a packed day of discussion on the most pressing issues in EU and US competition law, from technology-enabled cartels to the future of digital markets regulation.
The conference kicked off with a digital keynote by Mark Meador, Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, setting the scene for a transatlantic conversation.
Three panels explored key challenges in competition enforcement:
🔹 Panel 1 on "The Invisible Cartel" explored the challenges of detecting and prosecuting technology-enabled coordination, with insights from Alison Jones, Ilaria Fanton, Professor Renato Nazzini KC and Jason Murray.
🔹 Panel 2 tackled unilateral conduct in a complex regulatory landscape chaired by Thomas De Meese, with Damien Gerard, Geneviève Borremans, Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen and Andy Gavil.
🔹 Panel 3 dived into the new era of merger scrutiny, chaired by Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh, featuring Marta Janek-Jecker, Joost Vandenbossche, Peter Broadhurst and Rebecca Valentine.
We closed with a fireside chat on the future of digital markets regulation, led by Bill Kovacic and Andy Gavil, with Lucia Bonova and Mike Walker.
A big thank you to our co-hosts King's College London and The GW Competition Law Center, all our speakers, and especially Karel Bourgeois and Benjamin Geisel for making this conference happen. 👏
See you at the next one! 🙏