Bergen Center for Competition Law and Economics (BECCLE) is pleased to announce the ninth annual conference on competition policy on 5-6 June 2025 in Bergen, Norway. This year, the conference will take place at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen.

Conference Registration is closed. 

The conference will combine sessions with invited speakers with presentations and discussions of original research papers in the fields of competition law and competition economics.

For the open sessions at the BECCLE conference, we invited submissions of original research papers, with a deadline February 1. All papers will be allocated a discussant, and presenters may be asked to discuss a paper. Submission of papers is closed

The program you will find HERE

Keynote speakers and invited sessions

There will be two keynote speakers:

• Professor Fiona Scott Morton,Yale School of Management: ‘Competition Enforcement and Ex Ante Regulation: Complements or Substitutes?’
• Professor Herbert Hovenkamp,University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the Wharton School: ‘Consumer Welfare as a Policy Directive’

In addition, there will be three invited sessions on the following topics:

Draft guidelines for Article 102

Chair: Thomas Vinje, Clifford Chance and BECCLE
Anne-Christine Witt, ECHEC Business School
Massimiliano Kadar, European Commission
Jorge Padilla, Compass Lexecon

Private Enforcement in Digital Markets

Chair: Ronny Gjendemsjø, BECCLE and Faculty of Law at University of Bergen
Gjermund Mathisen, Kvale Law Firm
Magnus Strand, Uppsala University
Helene Andersson, Delphi Law Firm

The Labour Market and Merger Control 

Chair: Tommaso Valletti, BECCLE and Imperial College London
Miriam Larson-Koester, Federal trade Commission (FTC)
Axel Gottfries, University of Edinburgh
Lars Sørgard, BECCLE and Norwegian School of Economics

Transportation to and from the airport

There are multiple ways to get to the city center from the airport. The cheapest option is the Bergen Light Rail which can be paid for through an app or by buying a ticket from a ticket machine at the station.  

A slightly faster option is the Airport Bus. Both the light rail and bus stop in the city center, close to Scandic Hotel Byparken. 

Additional information

There is no conference fee. We offer lunch free of charge to all attendees. We also offer a conference dinner (free of charge) to all presenters. For updates on the conference, please revisit this website leading up to the conference. Information about the program, registration, and other practical information will be published here.

Time and location of the event

The event will take place at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, 5-6 June 2025

Address: Magnus Lagabøtes Plass 1

Contact

Please use the email address localbeccle@uib.no if you have questions.

Scientific Committee

• Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London)
• Frode Steen (NHH)
• Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen (U Bergen)
• Ronny Gjendemsjø (U Bergen)
• Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (U Bergen)
• Bjørn Olav Johansen (U Bergen)
• Eeva Mauring (U Bergen)
• Lars Sørgard (NHH)
• Ingrid Margrethe Halvorsen Barlund (U Bergen)
• Thomas Vinje (U Bergen)
• Mateusz Mysliwski (NHH)
• Morten Sæthre (NHH)
• Teis Lunde Lømo (HVL)
• Tove Forsbacka (NHH)
• Oscar Jara (NHH)

Local Organizing Committee

• Elias Dahlberg
• John Lilletvedt
• Aurora Paulsen
• Paula Navarro
• Karianne Frønsdal

For program for earlier years, see HERE.