The Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum brings together high-level competition officials each year to promote dialogue, consensus building and networking among policy makers and enforcers in the region.
The 2025 Forum was be hosted by Paraguay's Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (CONACOM) on 7-9 October 2025 and explored competition and productivity, intellectual property and remedies in digital markets.
Registration
Participation is by invitation only and open to officials of Latin American and Caribbean competition institutions, competition experts from OECD countries and international organisations.
09:00 - 12:30 | National Competition Day of Paraguay
12:30 - 14:30 | Lunch break
OECD-IDB Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum
14:30 - 15:00 | Opening Session
15:00 - 18:00 | Session 1. Competition and productivity
20:00 - 22:00 | Welcome cocktail
09:00 - 09:30 | OECD-IDB Technical assistance and policy support
09:30 - 12:30 | Session 2. Competition and intellectual property
12:30 - 14:30 | Lunch break
14:30 - 17:30 | Session 3. Remedies in digital markets
17:30 - 18:00 | OECD Regional Centre for Competition in Latin America
18:00 - 18:30 | Closing session
20:00 - 22:00 | Dinner
Ibero-American Forum on Competition
09:00 - 10:30 | Session 1
10:30 - 12:00 | Session 2
12:00 - 13:00 | Meeting of the Group of Competition Agencies of America (GrACA)
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch break
14:30 - 17:30 | City tour
Call for contributions: English | Español
OECD Background Note: English | Español
Contributions:
| Argentina English | Español | Brazil English | Español | Costa Rica English | Español |
| Chile TDLC English | Español | Chile FNE English | Español | Dominican Republic English | Español |
| Spain English | Español | Trinidad and Tobago English | Español | United States English | Español |
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Confirmed speakers
Claudia Franco Quevedo, Chairwoman, Intellectual Property Agency (DINAPI), Paraguay
Ivo Gagliuffi, Partner of Competition, Economic Regulation & IP, Garrigues, Perú office
Felipe Irarrázabal, Director CentroCompetencia, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Calls for contributions: English | Español
OECD Background Note: English | Español
Contributions:
| Brazil English | Español | Chile English | Español |
| Mexico English | Español | Spain English | Español |
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Confirmed speakers
Beatriz Kira, Assistant Professor, University of Sussex
María Fernanda Viecens, Senior Researcher, Universidad de San Andrés
Leonor Bettencourt Nunes, Case Handler, DG Competition, European Commission
