We are pleased to inform you that the 24th edition of the Competition Law Conference will take place on Thursday, 8 October 2026.

Geopolitical tensions around the world continue to rise, presenting regulators with unprecedented challenges. In this context, independent and effective supervision plays a crucial role in ensuring reliable and well-functioning markets and a resilient Dutch economy. Against this backdrop, we are delighted that Laura van Geest, Chair of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), will deliver the keynote address. She will share her views on the role of regulators in a rapidly changing geopolitical and societal landscape.

Following the keynote, Paul Post and Ellen Römkens will discuss the most important competition law judgments and decisions of the past year.

In the afternoon, six parallel sessions will be held, covering economic highlights, the Next Gen perspective, merger control, the expansion of traditional enforcement tools, ACM sector regulation, and private enforcement. Following the tea break, we will once again present our thesis awards. As is tradition, the conference will conclude with an interview with Martijn Snoep, which this year will be conducted for the first time by our new Chair, Alvaro Pliego Selie.

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

Gulbahar Tezel