We are pleased to inform you that the 23rd edition of the Competition Congress will take place on Thursday, October 9, 2025.

Draghi published his influential report on Europe's competitiveness just before the last edition of the Competition Congress in 2024. Since then, geopolitical tensions in the world have significantly increased, making the importance of strengthening Europe's competitiveness even more relevant. It is not surprising that the European Commission has published a Competition Compass and is working on a competition agenda for various sectors. Given the importance of these developments, we are delighted that Mathijs Bouman, columnist for Het Financieele Dagblad and 'house economist' at Nieuwsuur, will share his insights on the Draghi report and the future of Europe's competitiveness with us. Mathijs Bouman will also explore the role of competition policy in ensuring Europe's future competitiveness.

During the congress, we will address various developments in both plenary and parallel sessions. After the keynote, Ruben Elkerbout and Ellen Römkes will discuss the competition law rulings of the past year.

In the afternoon, there will be six exciting parallel sessions on economic highlights, AI and competition policy, Media and Competition, State Aid, Merger Control, New Cartels, and the Next Gen perspective. After the tea break, we will once again present several thesis awards.
We will traditionally conclude with an interview with Martijn Snoep.

We look forward to seeing you again.

On behalf of the board of the Foundation for Developments in Competition Law, sincerely,

Gulbahar Tezel