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E.CA Expert Forum 2025

This year’s E.CA Expert Forum occurred on 19 May at ESMT Berlin. The conference covered all aspects of competition law enforcement, including sessions on the intersection between competition policy, the green transition and competitiveness.

Andreas Mundt, president of the Bundeskartellamt, opened the event with a keynote speech.  For the first time, and therefore a special honour for our conference, Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice President for a Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition, gave a keynote speech. Another keynote was held by Emanuele Tarantino, Chief Economist of the DG Competition.

The leading competition policy conference in the DACH region stands out for its emphasis on economic research and policy. This year, the conference welcomed over 300 competition policy experts, including leading competition lawyers and economists, policy makers and public authority representatives from Europe and abroad.

We thank the speakers for their valuable contributions and all participants for their overwhelming feedback. We will publish photos and insights from the discussions in the upcoming days. 

Venue

ESMT Berlin
Schlossplatz 1
10178 Berlin
Germany
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Charity partner
The Opera Village Africa

The speakers

  • Teresa Ribera

    Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, European Commission

  • Andreas Mundt

    President, Bundeskartellamt

  • Emanuele Tarantino

    Chief Economist, DG Competition of the European Commission

  • Lars-Hendrik Röller

    Director, E.CA Economics and former Chief Economic Adviser to Angela Merkel

  • Luisa Affuso

    Chief Economist and Economics Group Director, Ofcom

  • The Opera Village Africa

    Charity partner E.CA Expert Forum 2025 Read More

    The Opera Village is a unique international art project that was launched by Christoph Schlingensief in Burkina Faso in 2010. It combines art, education and healthcare to bring about lasting change in the lives of local people.

    The Opera Village is a meeting place where local and international actors work together to shape creative processes. It stands for equal cooperation and aims to empower people through art and culture while rethinking traditional international development cooperation.

  • Elena Argentesi

    Associate Profess, University of Bologna

  • Kai Thomas Brauneisen

    Judicial Clerk, German Federal Constitutional Court

  • Tomaso Duso

    Chairman, German Monopolies Commission

  • Eric Emch

    Partner, Bates White

  • Chiara Fumagalli

    Professor of Economics, Bocconi University

  • Sandro Gleave

    Chief Economist, Bundeskartellamt

  • Eliana Garces

    Senior Fellow, GW Competition & Innovation Lab, George Washington University

  • Veronika Grimm

    Member, German Council of Economic Experts

  • Rachel Grinberg

    Partner, Bates White

  • Paul Heidhues

    Professor of Behavioural and Competition Economics, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics

  • Roman Inderst

    Professor of Finance and Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt

  • Thorsten Käseberg

    Head of Competition Policy, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

  • Carel Maske

    Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft

  • Damien Neven

    Professor of International Economics, Geneva Graduate Institute, former Chief Economist at DG Competition of the European Commission

  • Rupprecht Podszun

    Member of the German Monopolies Commission

  • Derek Ridyard

    Member, UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal, co-founder of RBB Economics

  • Jörg Rocholl

    President, ESMT Berlin, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Finance

  • Florian Smuda

    Professor of Statistics and Empirical Economic and Social Research, Koblenz University of Applied Sciences

  • Frank Verboven

    Professor of Economics, KU Leuven, fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research

  • Vincent Verouden

    Senior Expert, DG Competition, European Commission

  • Max von Thun

    Director of Europe & Transatlantic Partnerships at Open Market Institute

  • Hans Zenger

    Head of Unit, Chief Economist Team, European Commission