About the conference
The International Scientific and Practical Conference “Antimonopoly Policy: Science, Practice, Education” is a key discussion platform for the Russian antimonopoly community on the current issues of competition policy development and improvement of antimonopoly regulation both domestically and in global markets.
The conference brings together regulators, experts and practitioners from Russia, BRICS and partner countries. Participants include heads and staff of antitrust agencies, lawyers and researchers from BRICS countries and Europe. Until 2023, the conference was held at the Skolkovo Innovation Center; this year it will be held for the first time at the Higher School of Economics, in the historic building of the Durasov House.
The conference brings together regulators, experts and practitioners from Russia, BRICS and partner countries. Participants include heads and staff of antitrust agencies, lawyers and researchers from BRICS countries and Europe. Until 2023, the conference was held at the Skolkovo Innovation Center; this year it will be held for the first time at the Higher School of Economics, in the historic building of the Durasov House.
In 2024, the FAS of Russia celebrates its twentieth anniversary, the same year being the year of Russia's chairmanship in the CIS and BRICS. The opening plenary session will be devoted to the results of Russia's chairmanship in the antimonopoly track and discussion of the current challenges that antimonopoly authorities are facing today amid the economic transformation and the increasing influence of technology and innovation. The topic of the second plenary session will be the development of commodity and raw materials exchange trading in Russia and coordination on the creation of the BRICS Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange. The conference will also include a meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Cartels, where the strengthening of inter-agency cooperation to detect and combat cartels will be discussed. In addition, the conference agenda includes a discussion of the problems of pricing in food markets and the role of competition authorities in this regard, as well as the current challenges of antimonopoly regulation in financial markets.
История
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The conference is initiated by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia. The co-organizers are traditionally the International BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre (formerly the Skolkovo-HSE Institute for Law and Development) and the Skolkovo Foundation.
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For the first time, the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference "Antimonopoly Policy: Science, Practice, Education" was held at the FAS site in 2015 with the participation of all basic departments of competition law and antimonopoly regulation.
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II International Scientific and Practical Conference "Antimonopoly Policy: Science, Practice, Education" dedicated to the topic "Competition Policy in the New Economy" was held in 2016 on the basis of the Skolkovo Foundation — since then the Skolkovo Innovation Center has become a permanent venue for the conference.
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III International Scientific and Practical Conference "Antimonopoly Policy: Science, Practice, Education. Digital Economy and Competition Policy" (2017) was devoted to the following topics: competition law in the system of modern education and science, new approaches in defining markets when establishing a dominant position and considering economic concentration transactions, as well as risks for antitrust enforcement associated with the global nature of digital transformation.
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IV International Scientific and Practical Conference "Antimonopoly Policy: Science, Practice, Education" (2018) was dedicated to the adaptation of antimonopoly policy to the needs of the digital economy.
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V International Scientific and Practical Conference "Antimonopoly Policy: Science, Practice, Education" (2019) discussed trends in the formation and implementation of competition policy in modern conditions, the role of international cooperation in improving the effectiveness of antimonopoly authorities, as well as the formation of coordinated approaches to the development and protection of competition taking into account the challenges of modernity.
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VI International Scientific and Practical Conference "Antimonopoly Policy: Science, Practice, Education" (2020) was timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of antitrust regulation in Russia and was held in an online format. The topics of discussion included competition problems on the markets of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, anticompetitive agreements and antitrust regulation of digital markets amidst a pandemic.
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VII International Scientific and Practical Conference "Antimonopoly Policy: Science, Practice, Education" (2022) included discussions on competition in digital markets, the development of exchange trading to maintain competition in commodity markets, best practices for the suppression and detection of cartels, and research on competition issues in pharmaceutical markets.
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The VIII International Scientific and Practical Conference “Antimonopoly Policy: Science, Practice, Education” (2023) focused on the role of competition protection in the system of constitutionally protected values today, the issues of combating cartels, and the specifics of mergers and acquisitions in the era of global transformation. A meeting of the BRICS+ Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Pharmaceutical Markets was also held, where it was decided to conduct a comparative analysis of the rules for introducing biotechnological drugs to the BRICS market.
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