• What do recent cases say about EU’s priorities?
• Can cartel enforcement be revived?
• Where next on Article 102?
• Does the EC need a New Competition Tool?
• Is there a role for economists in antitrust?

• Merger control – what’s changed and how is this impacting other jurisdictions?
• Is a Trump doctrine discernable?
• Big Tech – friend or foe?
• Cartel enforcement – business as usual?

• Navigating the jurisdictional minefield
• What next after Draghi's call to arms for a new status quo?
• What's changed under Commissioner Ribera?
• What are the key takeaways from the Merger Guidelines review?

• What's changed under the DMA and DSA?
• Learnings from the first two years
• How does the EU define success?
• Can the EU withstand pressure from the Trump Administration?
• Where next for AI and Cloud Computing?

In Oxford Union style, we will hear teams of debaters argue in favour of, or against, a motion. A facilitator will act as a judge voicing their opinions on what has been heard. You as the audience will have the deciding vote for or against, via a live poll.

Motion: This house believes that merger control is too important to be left to lawyers, economists, regulators and courts - politicians can and should play a role

• Litigating before the courts: what makes for successful advocacy?
• Defending follow-on damages: how to design an effective strategy