5-6 December 2019  OECD, Paris

The Global Forum brings together high-level competition officials from over 100 authorities and organisations worldwide to debate a wide range of key and emerging competition issues including the link between competition policy and other cornerstones of economic development. Debates at the 2019 forum will focus on competition under fire, competition provisions in trade agreements, merger control in dynamic markets, competition for the market and Digital case lab.

Programme ｜ Ordre du jour

Opening speech by Angel Gurría

Jean Tirole's video keynote address

 
‌  Watch the webcast of the first morning 

Over 100 competition authorities, international organisations and invited experts worldwide participate in the Global Forum every year. Participation is by invitation only and restricted to officials from competition authorities, government agencies and international/ regional organisations. 

Representatives of the business community and trade movements can contribute to the discussions through the Business and Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC). The Global Forum also welcomes the participation of Consumers International each year, an important voice for consumers particularly in developing countries. Requests for information can be sent to angelique.servin@oecd.org.

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About the forum

Since 2001, the OECD Global Forum on Competition has gathered high-level competition officials to discuss a wide variety of competition-related topics.  

2018 TOPICS 

• How can competition contribute to fairer societies?
  
• Gender and competition
  
• Keynote address by Margrethe Vestager
• Benefits and challenges of regional competition agreements
• Investigative powers in practives
• Competition law and state-owned enterprises 

2018 Programme • Photos 
Presentations • Full set of documents 

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