Inaugural Conference of the Leibniz ScienceCampus - MaCCI Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation

The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the University of Mannheim are pleased to announce the inaugural conference of the Leibniz ScienceCampus "Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation" (MaCCI). The major objective of MaCCI is to stimulate and disseminate research in the area of competition, regulation, and innovation policy. The inaugural conference aims to provide a platform for research and discussion between academic researchers and professionals in state authorities, legal counsel and economic consultancies in the aforementioned fields. Theoretical, empirical, as well as case study-oriented articles are welcome. We especially encourage the submission of papers by lawyers focusing on EU competition and/or comparative competition law.

Opening Addresses

• Simone Schwanitz (Ministerial Director, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg)
• Eva Eckkrammer (Vice Rector Research, University of Mannheim)
• Christiane Neumann (Secretary General, Leibniz Association)

Keynote Speaker

• William E. Kovacic (George Washington University, Washington D.C)
• Patrick Rey (University Toulouse I, France)

Invited Talks

• Jean-François Houde (University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin)
• Mary-Rose McGuire (University of Mannheim)
• Frederic M. Scherer (Harvard University, Cambridge)

Panelists

• Mary-Rose McGuire (University of Mannheim)
• Mark Patterson (Fordham University, New York)
• Frederic M. Scherer (Harvard University, Cambridge)
• Hanns Ullrich (European University Institute, Florence)
• Reinhilde Veugelers (KU Leuven and Bruegel, Brussels)

Scientific Committee

• Kai Hüschelrath (ZEW and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management)
• Massimo Motta (ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics)
• Volker Nocke (University of Mannheim)
• Martin Peitz (University of Mannheim and ZEW)
• Philipp Schmidt-Dengler (University of Mannheim and ZEW)
• Heike Schweitzer (University of Mannheim)
• Frank Verboven (K.U. Leuven)

Local Organising Committee

• Kai Hüschelrath
• Georg Licht
• Martin Peitz
• Heike Schweitzer

Programme

Programme (as PDF, 208 KB)