A Network of Academics and Professionals
CRESSE is a Network of academics, and of professionals practicing in Competition or Regulatory Authorities, Consultancies and Legal Practices, with an interest in Competition Policy and Regulation.
13th Lawyers’ Course
8th Executive Programme (CALEP) 2027
In 2026 CRESSE celebrated 20 years of the Annual Competition and Regulation Conference “Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation”
CRESSE Conference 20th Anniversary Video:
An Anniversary Flashback 2006 – 2026
Over the past two decades, the CRESSE Conference has brought together expert researchers, enforcers and practitioners, to share ideas, foster collaboration, and drive innovative research, offering an unparalleled breadth of academic research in competition and regulation, combined with topical policy discussions and insights into the most recent developments in the main jurisdictions around the world. Competition and Regulation Specialists from over 40 countries have been attending the annual conference in recent years.
We are happy to announce that there will be a new CRESSE Conference organizational and governance structure from 2026 onwards, under which the CRESSE Annual Conference will be led by a new Scientific Program Committee (SPC). The two co-chairs of the SPC will be Prof Martin Peitz (University of Mannheim) and Prof Nancy Rose (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for the next 3 years.
We are also happy to announce that the Annual Special Keynote Dialeksis will become a permanent highlight of every future CRESSE gathering. While competition policy and regulation remains our foundation and core areas, some of the most compelling debates happen at the intersection of disciplines. Starting from 2026, the Annual Special Keynote Dialeksis will tackle themes of significant and topical socio-economic—and even political—policy interest, bringing fresh perspectives into our community.
The 21st Annual Conference will take place from July 2 – July 4, 2027. The Annual Competition and Regulation Summer School will take place from June 26 to July 8, 2027, the 13th CRESSE Lawyers’ Course from July 2 to July 5, 2027 and the 8th CRESSE-OECD Executive Programme (CALEP) from July 2 to July 6, 2027. VENUE HOTEL: MINOA PALACE RESORT, Chania, Crete.
The 2027 Special Keynote Dialeksis, JJ Lafont Keynote Lecture and Competition Policy Keynote Lecture: TBA
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Welcome to CRESSE
The Competition and Regulation European Summer School and Conference (CRESSE) has established itself as the top academic Conference and Professional Training event in the areas of Competition and Regulation Policy in Europe. Top quality instruction and excellent organisation, with a good atmosphere in beautiful surroundings and the opportunity to participate in a high-quality Conference explain the very good ratings given by the participants of the nineteen Summer Schools and Conferences, that have been organised annually since 2006.
Rationale and Objectives
Competition Policy and Network Industry Regulation have undergone significant changes in the past two decades. There are, recently, dramatic changes in the regulation of digital markets in many countries. These changes have been accompanied by an intellectually vibrant economic literature.
Economists have developed new theories to characterize firm behavior and to assess which market contexts warrant government intervention – see for example Prof. D. Whinston (2011 CRESSE Keynote Speaker) “Lectures on Antitrust Economics”, MIT Press (2007), Prof. M. Motta (CRESSE Lecturer and Member of the Scientific Committee, 2006-2010) “Competition Policy: Theory and Practice”, Cambridge University Press, 2004, and Prof. Belleflamme, Paul, and Prof. Martin Peitz (CRESSE Keynote Speaker 2025) “The economics of platforms”, Cambridge University Press, 2021. Traditional views of which situations warrant intervention have changed substantially. The economic approach has gained ground both in policy making and in case law, sometimes challenging conventional views.
Other Events Organised by CRESSE
CRESSE has organised or co-organised the following Training Activities:
- The CRESSE-SDU International Conference on Competition Policy: Antitrust Regulation in Digital Economy, Qingdao, China, 15- 16 May, 2025
- III Rio International Workshop on Advances in Competition Policy Analysis Competition, Dynamic Markets, Innovation, Industrial Policy, and Regulation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25-26 November 2024.
- Quantification and Legal Rules in Competition Policy Symposium, by College of Business and Law School of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), Shanghai, 19 September, 2023
- CRESSE-SDU International Conference on Competition Policy, Jinan City, China, 11- 12 September, 2023
- CRESSE – Lingnan International Conference on Competition Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, 7 – 8 September, 2023
- 3rd CRESSE – JUFE Conference and Lectures on Competition Policy, Nanchang, China, 18-21 October 2022
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