CCP Annual Conference on Frontiers of Competition and Regulation 2025 | 9-10 June 2025 | London and Online | Call for Contributions now live

The Centre for Competition Policy is a world-leading multi-disciplinary research centre on competition, regulation and consumer policy. Based at the University of East Anglia, it includes members and fellows from Europe and around the world. In addition to research and professional development courses, the CCP organises an annual conference on the frontiers of competition law and policy with a particular focus on applied research of potential interest to policymakers and practitioners.

Scope and objectives

This year’s conference will continue the CCP tradition of conferences focused on timely policy ques­tions. A balanced perspective will be sought, in line with the CCP position of academic neutrality. The conference is aimed to be of interest to policymakers, practitioners and academics.

Featured Speakers

Martin Gaynor (Keynote) (Carnegie Mellon)

Pierre Dubois (Toulouse School of Economics)

Margaret Kyle (Ecole des Mines)

Carol Popper (Imperial College, Bristol University)

Yossi Spiegel (Tel Aviv University)

Main Topics

Business, Economic, Legal, and Political Science Research on 

• Concentration in Hospital Markets, Limits of Competition and Regulators
• Pharmaceuticals and Competition Policy
• Public Information and Learning
• Regulating Foods (especially Alcohol and High Fat, Salt, and Sugar (HFSS) Foods)
• Behavioural Remedies, Mergers and Joint Ventures

As a multi-disciplinary research centre, we encourage and welcome research across all of our disciplines, whether business, economic, legal or political science.

Across many business activities -- from digital to energy, from sports to water, from foreign investment rules on security to rules on subsidies and CO2 -- increasing policy focus is placed on regulatory out­comes, both in legislation and government action. This regulatory focus does not necessarily mean the role of competition law is directly diminished, nor that traditional regulation of market power is weakened, though it may involve realignment in response to perceived weaknesses of the market system, particularly in the consideration of externalities.

Where are the UK, EU and US governments heading in terms of ex ante/ex post regulation, role of competition law and consideration of other objectives that arise from presumed or proven market power?

These are just some of the questions that will be asked as we reach a pivotal time for regulation in many jurisdictions and sectors.

Contributions

We welcome contributions on any area related to this important and topical area. While contributions do not have to be focused on sectors or domains of activity, particular areas of interest will include digital, communications, energy, environment, foreign investment, privacy, transport, subsidies and water.  As is usual for CCP, we will consider submissions from multiple domains, and these can include com­puter science and politics.

Submissions and acceptances

Submissions of an abstract will be due by 25 February 2024.

Please email ccp@uea.ac.uk after completing the below form.

Acceptances will be notified by 15 March 2025.

Scientific Committee

Farasat Bokhari (Loughborough Business School)

Sean Ennis (Norwich Business School)

Amelia Fletcher (Norwich Business School)

Luke Garrod (Loughborough Business School)

Kai-Uwe Kühn (Centre for Competition Policy)

Jens Prüfer (Tilburg University and University of East Anglia)

Andreas Stephan (UEA Law School)

Sara Guidi (UEA Law School)

Conference

For conference organisation matters, please contact ccp@uea.ac.uk.

For any further information, including for sponsorship opportunities, please send an email to ccp@uea.ac.uk.

Thanks to our Gold Sponsor, Clifford Chance