ALTI Amsterdam

[event] The Future of Competition Law Research
2025-11-28 13:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Co-organizer: Thibault Schrepel, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI).
Description: The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is delighted to co-organize, together with ICLE, a special event dedicated to the Master Thesis Competition in Competition Law. This gathering will showcase the outstanding work of the winners and bring together distinguished members of the jury alongside leading academics in the field. It will be a unique opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research, exchange ideas, and celebrate the next generation of competition law scholars. We warmly invite all interested participants to join us on the VU campus for what promises to be an inspiring and thought-provoking afternoon.
Speakers:

Alison Jones (King’s College London)
Mariateresa Maggiolino (Bocconi University)
Francisco Marcos (IE Law School)
Frédéric Marty (Université Côte d’Azur)
Henri Piffaut (European Commission, DG COMP)
Thibault Schrepel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Anna Tzanaki (University of Leeds)

Program:
1:00 – 1:15 PM — Welcome & Opening Remarks
Dr. Thibault Schrepel, Associate Professor of Law (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1:15 – 2:00 PM — Award Ceremony
Presentation of the three competition law thesis awards:

Grand Prize – Best Thesis
Most Innovative Thesis
Best Law & Economics Analysis

Each awardee will present their research (10 minutes each).
2:00 – 2:30 PM — Coffee Break
2:30 – 4:00 PM — Perspectives on Competition Law Research
This session focuses on the current state of research in competition law, drawing on the speakers’ own experiences through a series of 10-minute presentations followed by discussion.
Themes will include:

How researchers find their voice and build a distinctive research agenda in competition law
How to balance doctrinal, empirical, and theoretical approaches
The role of quantitative methods in modern competition research
Lessons from supervising master’s or PhD students
How practice and case law can inform theory
The papers that most shaped speakers’ understanding of competition law
What economics can (and cannot) contribute to the field
The importance of academic research for antitrust agencies
The most influential non-competition law works in our field
How mentorship shapes a research trajectory
The role of failure and resilience in academic careers
Why, and when, to publish interdisciplinary competition research

4:00 – 5:00 PM — Panel Discussion: The Future of Competition Law Scholarship
This session focuses on the future of competition law research. It will explore how technology and new institutions will shape the field in the years ahead. The panel will be boderated by Thibault Schrepel.
Themes will include:

Should competition law scholars learn to code?
The role of open data and transparency in tomorrow’s research
How GenAI may transform competition law scholarship
The evolution of academic publishing in the AI era
What role will academic research play in shaping the future of competition law?
The future of interdisciplinary collaboration between law, economics, and data science
The role of human judgment in an increasingly automated research environment
What skills and methods will define the next generation of competition law scholars

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[event] Frederic Jenny: The Five Crises of Competition Law
2025-12-10 12:00 - 13:00
Organizer: Thibault Schrepel, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI).
Speaker: Frédéric Jenny holds a Ph.D in Economics from Harvard University (1975), a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Paris (1977) and an MBA degree from ESSEC Business School (1966). He is Emeritus Professor of Economics at ESSEC Business School in Paris and President of the International Committee of Concurrences Review. He is Chairman of the OECD Global Competition Forum, and former Co-Director of the European Center for Law and Economics of ESSEC. He was previously Non-Executive Director of the Office of Fair Trading in the United Kingdom (2007-2014), Judge on the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation, Economic Commercial and Financial Chamber) from 2004 to August 2012, Vice Chair of the French Competition Authority (1993-2004) and President of the WTO Working Group on Trade and Competition (1994-2003). He was visiting professor at Northwestern University Department of Economics in the United States (1978), Keio University Department of Economics in Japan (1984), University of Capetown Business School in South Africa (1991), Haifa University School of Law in Israel (2012). He was Visiting Professor at University College London Law School (2005-2010), Global Professor of Antitrust in the New York University School of Law’s Hauser Global Law School (2014, 2017 and 2022) and Senior Fellow in the Online Global Competition and Consumer Law Masters Program, University of Melbourne (Australia) (2016-2018)
Description: Industrial policy to promote growth through innovation has taken center stage in Europe’s economic policy. What do we know about the economics of innovation and the respective roles of competition and industrial policy in the promotion of innovation? Under which condition could these two policies be complementary?
Format: Frederic Jenny will give a 30-minute talk, followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel and a Q&A with the audience.
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