The Future of Digital Competition Law
Monday 14 December 2026, from 09:00 to 18:00, at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan, Amsterdam. Organised by the Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute (VU Amsterdam) and the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE). Put together by Thibault Schrepel. The Competition Law Doctoral Forum of the morning is put together by Thibault Schrepel and Georgiana Mirza.
Morning, Competition Law Doctoral Forum, chaired by Wolf Sauter (VU Amsterdam)
- 09:00 Coffee
- 09:30 Opening talk by Arno Lodder (VU Amsterdam)
- 09:45 PhD presentation, Shashank Sharma (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- 10:15 PhD presentation, Paula Roldán (Maastricht University)
- 10:45 Break
- 11:00 PhD presentation, Tristan Kik (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- 11:30 PhD presentation, Georgiana Mirza (VU Amsterdam)
- 12:00 Close of the Doctoral Forum
- 12:15 Lunch
Afternoon, The Future of Digital Competition Law
- 13:30 Welcome by Thibault Schrepel (VU Amsterdam) and Dirk Auer (ICLE), opening by Frank van Ommeren (Dean, VU Faculty of Law)
- 13:45 Address by Peter Wennink (former CEO of ASML, author of the Wennink Report)
- 14:05 Best Master’s Thesis Award in Competition Law & Competitiveness, hosted by Thibault Schrepel
- 15:10 Roundtable on the new EU merger guidelines, moderated by Dirk Auer, with Martijn Snoep, Cani Fernández, Marc van der Woude, Natalie Harsdorf and Christian Bergqvist
- 16:20 Coffee break
- 16:50 Chantal Schrijver (Head of the EIB Group Office in the Netherlands) in conversation with Georgiana Mirza
- 17:10 Oxford-style debate, moderated by Thibault Schrepel, on the motion “This House believes EU competition law is holding back European competitiveness”, with Frédéric Jenny, Maria Maciá, Alba Ribera Martínez and Reinhilde Veugelers
- 18:00 End of the conference
Programme subject to change. Further speakers will be announced.
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