Conference on Competition and the Digital Economy

3 June 2019 OECD Conference Centre, Paris

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While the advent of the digital economy has generated new opportunities around the globe, it has also given rise to certain challenges for policymakers. One such challenge is developing the right approach to promoting and protecting competition in digital markets, which has been identified as a priority for the 2019 G7 French Presidency.

With a view to informing the G7 Finance Ministers’ discussions on these issues, this event promoted an exchange of views and experience between policy makers, academics and competition authorities. To support the G7’s discussions, the Autorité de la concurrence, the OECD, Banque de France and the French Ministry of Economy and Finance organised a high-level Conference on Competition and the Digital Economy.

» Download the special address from Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy and Finance, France (in French)

» Read the special address from Margrethe Vestager, European Commisser for Competition

» Download the Co-chairs' summary of the Conference

» See Pictures of the conference

The discussions were dedicated to:

Data and competition

Digital innovation and competition

Regulatory challenges for competition policy

VENUE

OECD Conference Centre

CONTACT

Enquiries relating to this event can be addressed to Angelique Servin.

Agenda and Speakers

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	Reiko Aoki [Bio] ‌ Commissioner, Japan Fair Trade Commission		Johannes Laitenberger [Bio] Director-General of the Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), European Commission
	Caron Beaton-Wells [Bio] ‌ Professor, Competition Law, Melbourne School of Law		Gabriella Muscolo [Bio] Commissioner, Italian Competition Authority (AGCM)
	Matthew Boswell [Bio] ‌ Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau Canada		Andreas Mundt [Bio] President, the Bundeskartellamt, Germany
	Andrea Coscelli [Bio] ‌ Chief Executive, Competition and Markets Authority, United Kingdom		Noah Phillips [Bio] ‌ Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, United States
	Ariel Ezrachi [Bio] ‌ Slaughter and May Professor of Competition Law, University of Oxford		Carl Shapiro [Bio] ‌ Professor, Department of Economics, University of California Berkeley
	Andrew Finch [Bio] ‌ Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, United States		Hal R. Varian [Bio] ‌ Chief Economist, Google
	Sylvie Goulard [Bio] ‌ Deputy Governor, Banque de France		Achim Wambach [Bio] ‌ Chairman of the German Monopolies Commission, President of ZEW Leibniz-Centre for Economic Research