Pre-Conference International Academic Workshop by the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Center

On the first day of the 6th BRICS International Competition Conference (September 16-19) the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre is holding Pre-Conference International Academic Workshop. The Workshop will bring together international academics and practitioners thinking critically about competition law to discuss competition policy and regulatory developments that are of particular importance for the BRICS economies. The discussion will be focused on the adaptation of the current competition paradigm to the realities of the digital age as the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre is going to present at the Conference the Digital Report, an extensive work performed by the interdisciplinary academic team of the Centre with the involvement of the external experts.

Over the past 10 years, the BRICS competition authorities have continuously deepened practical interaction and created the necessary institutional system for the further progressive development of multilateral cooperation.

An important institutional element in the joint work of the antimonopoly authorities of the BRICS countries has become the BRICS Competition Conference.

In 2009, the Conference was first held in Russia in the city of Kazan. Since then, the Conference has been regular and takes place once every two years alternately in the BRICS countries (2009 - Russia, 2011 - China, 2013 – India, 2015 - South Africa, 2017 - Brazil).

In 2019, the Conference will be held for the second time in the Russian Federation and will be held under the leitmotif «10 years of successful cooperation between the BRICS competition authorities: results and prospects».