Courts around the world are grappling with a growing wave of AI-related copyright disputes, while policymakers debate how creators should be compensated and which licensing models can best support both innovation and creativity. This panel explores emerging policy choices, their implications for creators, AI developers and consumers and the key litigation trends.

In this candid conversation, Andreas Mundt reflects on the ideas, institutions, and challenges that have shaped modern competition policy over the past two decades. The discussion will look back at key developments while considering the opportunities and uncertainties that lie ahead. 

As merger control enters a new phase, what will the next generation of enforcement look like? This panel brings together leading economists and competition authorities to explore how the new framework may shape merger assessment in practice. From evolving economic tools to emerging theories of harm and practical enforcement challenges, the discussion will look beyond the guidelines to the future direction of merger control.

Anthony Whelan joins us for a timely discussion on the forces reshaping competition policy in Europe. The conversation will examine the practical challenges facing competition authorities and what the next chapter of EU enforcement may look like.

The European Commission’s ongoing review of its Merger Guidelines presents a pivotal opportunity to reassess how competition authorities evaluate transactions in rapidly evolving markets. In this session, speakers will explore the key themes emerging from the review, compare them with established US merger enforcement practices, and discuss the lessons each jurisdiction can draw from the other. The discussion will examine issues including: innovation and dynamic competition, non-vertical mergers, efficiencies and risks to regulatory independence. Attendees will gain insights into how revised guidance is likely to shape merger assessments and deal strategy on both sides of the Atlantic.

With more money in sport than ever there is growing interaction with competition policy. Competitive sport inevitably requires centrally set rules, but when does the need for a governing body spill over into anticompetitive conduct? And what does economics tell us about the relationship between competition on and off the pitch?

The approach to abuse of dominance cases is changing. While courts issue their views on long standing controversies and interventions, agencies are developing new frameworks to think through evidence and conducts. The Commission's revised 102 guidelines advocate for a shift in the definition of competition on the merits and on what is required to preserve competition and contestability. The panel will explore recent cases, judgments, and policies to understand how antitrust enforcement is shaping for the years to come.

Two years of enforcement have produced a substantial body of decisions, remedies, and market responses. What does the evidence show? How to measure success when effects are hard to observe and success has multiple meanings? And as new technologies reshape digital markets, how should regulators adapt? This panel takes stock of the record so far and discusses challenges ahead.

A conversation with Andrew Ferguson on the future direction of merger and antitrust enforcement. The discussion will explore the opportunities and challenges created by technological change and AI, the role of regulation, and the priorities shaping antitrust policy in the years ahead.