Competition and Market Regulation Program

Regulation and Competition Seminar Series

Students in the Master in Competition and Market Regulation have a wealth of opportunities to complement their coursework with conferences and seminars in their field of specialization. Chief among these is the Regulation and Competition Seminar Series, which is organized by the Department of Economics and Business of the UPF, the Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT), and the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.

These seminars feature academics, regulators, and practitioners who discuss specific regulatory and competitive issues. Specialists at the forefront of their field are invited to present their research in a rigorous but non-technical manner. In addition to giving students a variety of perspectives on regulatory issues, it also gives them an opportunity to network with top professionals in the industry.

2010 Barcelona GSE Regulation and Competition Seminars

Seminars in this series are posted in the Barcelona GSE Events Calendar, which you can view on the web or by subscribing to the RSS feed. Speakers scheduled for 2010 include:

• Luís Cabral
  Professor, IESE and member of EC President Barroso's Group of Economic Policy Analysis
  
  
• Elena Zoido
  Director of European competition policy practice, LECG
  
  
• Mario Mariniello
  Directorate-General Competition European Commission
  
  
• Gergely Csorba
  GVH, Hungarian Competition Authority
  "Separating the ex post effects of mergers: an analysis of structural changes on the Hungarian retail gasoline market" (with D. Farkas and G. Koltay)
  
  
• Pietro Crocioni
  OFCOM and Warwick Business School
  "Network Neutrality: a few thoughts and many questions"
  
  
• Fernando Domínguez
  OFWAT (Water Services Regulation Authority, UK)
  “Proposal to Reform the Water industry in England and Wales”
  
  
• Stefan Rating
  Attorney, J&A Garrigues
  
  
• Scott Marcus
  Director, WIK-Consult GmbH
  "The Effects of Lower Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs) on Retail Price and Demand"