A Network of Academics and Professionals
CRESSE is a Network of academics, and professionals practicing in Competition or Regulatory Authorities, Consultancies and Legal Practices, with an interest in Competition Policy and Regulation.
12th Lawyers’ Course
7th Executive Programme (CALEP) 2026
In 2026 CRESSE will be celebrating 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.
This year’s edition will be a special one, celebrating our shared achievements and looking ahead to the future.
The 20th Annual Competition and Regulation Summer School and Conference (CRESSE) will take place from June 27 to July 9, 2026 (Conference dates: July 3 – July 5, 2026), the 12th CRESSE Lawyers’ Course from July 3 to July 6, 2026 and the 7th CRESSE-OECD Executive Programme (CALEP) from July 3 to July 7, 2026. VENUE HOTEL: Neptune Luxury Resort, Mastihari, Kos.
- Prof. Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics, 2014 Nobel Laureate in Economics) on “Global Disorder, Economic Policy and the Pursuit of the Common Good”
- Competition Policy Keynote Lecture by Prof. Robert Clark (University of Toronto) on “Information sharing platforms and coordination”
- J-J Laffont Keynote Lecture by Prof. Dr. Martin Peitz (University of Mannheim) on “Recommendation power”
- Keynote Lawyers’ Lecture by Prof. Christopher Leslie (University of California, Irvine School of Law) on “Antitrust and Empathy”
- Prof. Heski Bar-Isaac (Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto)
- Prof. David P. Byrne (University of Melbourne)
- Prof. Giacomo Calzolari (European University Institute)
- Prof. Herbert Hovenkamp (Univ. of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the Wharton School)
- Dr. Pierre Régibeau (Analysis Group, former Chief Economist DG COMP)
- Prof. Nancy Rose (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Economics Department- CRESSE KEYNOTE SPEAKER, 2021)
- Prof. Ginger Zhe Jin (University of Maryland)
The 21st Annual CRESSE Conference on “Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation”, will take place from July 2 to July 4, 2027, at MINOA PALACE RESORT, Chania, Crete.
Conference
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Announcement CRESSE 2027
CRESSE Conference Program
PublicationOpps
Antitrust and the Digital Economy – Legal Standards, Presumptions, and Key Challenges (Y. Katsoulacos, ed.)
CRESSE & CCIA Awards
Summer School News
New Advanced Short Course on Algorithms, AI & Competition Policy
Grants to Postgraduate Students
Advanced Short Courses
Summer School – Advanced Short Courses and Conference Synopsis
Lawyers' Course News
Grants to Postgraduate Students
Lawyers’ Course Synopsis
Executive Programme News
Executive Programme Synopsis
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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