The first details of the ASCOLA2021 Annual Conference Programme are out: Carl Shapiro, the famous economist from UC Berkeley, will be the keynote speaker this year. The conference takes place from 1-3 July 2021 in a virtual setting over Zoom. Professor Shapiro will present and discuss his paper “Antitrust: What went wrong and how to fix it” (available for download here).
In the Economic Expert Panel the two renowned innovation economists Richard Gilbert (Berkeley) and Monika Schnitzer (LMU Munich) will discuss innovation economics. Tommaso Valletti, former chief economist of the EU Commission’s DG Competition, now a professor at Imperial College London, will moderate.
Members will be informed via e-mail on how to take part in the Conference.
Please look forward to three days packed with intense high profile competition law discussions!