Competition, Strategy, and Regulation in AI-Driven Markets

A knowledge transfer and networking event organised by the Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy (CCRP)

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how consumers shop, firms compete, and regulators respond. What does this mean for competition policy and regulation?

This knowledge-transfer and networking event brings together leading academics and practitioners from competition, law, behavioural economics, and policy to examine the strategic and regulatory challenges of AI-driven markets.

Through focused thematic sessions and an interdisciplinary panel discussion, the programme combines frontier research with real-world case studies to explore the implications of AI for competition, innovation, market power, and enforcement.

Programme

10:45 - 11:15 Registration and Coffee

Arrival and welcome

11:15 - 12:45 Session 1 | Strategic Learning and Algorithmic Competition

• Arina Nikandrova (City St George's - Department of Economics, CCRP) - “Algorithmic Pricing in the Age of AI: Collusion, Exclusion, and Competition Policy”
• Matthias Lux (Cornerstone Research) - “So you think your algorithm is colluding?”
• Illias Kapsis (City St George's - The City Law School) - “Algorithmic tacit collusion and antitrust enforcement challenges”
• 15-minute Q&A

12:45 - 13:45 Lunch and Networking

Lunch break

13:45 - 15:15 Session 2 | Choice Architecture, Behavioural Responses, and Regulation

• Caroline Liqui-Lung (City St George's - Department of Economics, CCRP) - “Choice Architecture in the age  of AI: The Algorithmic Amplification of Behavioural Biases and its implications  for policy”
• David Stewart (Towerhouse LLP) - “The impact of AI on the regulatory process: responses by regulators and firms”
• Ryan Stones (City St George's - The City Law School) - “The Challenge for Law of Behavioural Responses to Choices and Algorithms”
• 15-minute Q&A

15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break and Networking

Refreshments

15:45 - 17:00 Closing Panel | The Opt-Out Collective Actions Regime and its  Implications for Policy and Enforcement

Chair: Xeni Dassiou (City St George's - Department of Economics, CCRP)

• Andreas Stephan (University of East Anglia)
• George Charlson (Keystone)
• Kotryna Drasutyte (Berkeley Research Group)
• Peter Ormosi (University of East Anglia and Compass Lexecon)
• Joseph Bell (Oxera Consulting LLP)

17:00 - 18:00 Informal Drinks and Networking

Closing reception