Welcome to Biennial
CUTS International and CUTS Institute for Regulation & Competition (CIRC) are organising the 8th Biennial Conference on Competition, Regulation and Development on October 09-10, 2023 in New Delhi, India. Through the 8th edition, this international conference enters its 16th year and as always, it promises to bring together a unique set of expert stakeholders from across the globe.
The Biennial Conference will deliberate upon some of the socially sensitive sectors and issues, from the perspective of the global south in its five technical sessions – Regulatory Deficit in Access to Healthcare; Food and Agriculture – Trade and Competition; Employment and Gig Economy – Role of Competition and Regulation; Climate Change and Competition Policy – What Global South has to offer?; and Responsible ICT and Inclusive Digital Economy. In addition, there will be an Inaugural Session featuring a few Keynote Speeches; a Dinner Speech by an eminent personality; and a Valedictory Session where thought leaders will chalk out a way forward.
Conference Programme
Past Events
November 16-17, 2021
December 01-02, 2019, New Delhi
Jaipur, November 9-11, 2017
Nairobi, December 12-13, 2015
The conference objective was to highlight ways in competition and regulatory reforms can be used for achieving developmental objectives, especially some of the challenges that the post-2015 agenda presents – referred to as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
New Delhi, November 18-19, 2013
The conference was another attempt to forge convergence by putting on display different approaches for rationalising, formulating and evaluating economic regulation as well as defining stakeholder participation in such regulation.
New Delhi, April 18-20, 2011
The aim of the conference was to stimulate research and thinking among governments and other segments of the policy community on the future agenda of regulatory reforms.
New Delhi, March 22-24, 2007
The Symposium was organised to deliberate on research findings that emerged in the first cycle of the “Competition, Regulation and Development Research Forum (CDRF)” Project. Research papers focusing on political economy and governance constraints that developing countries face in implementing their competition and regulatory regimes were discussed at the symposium.
Presentations
- Designing Competition Law for Sustainability: What are Global South Priorities – Vitor Ido, South Centre
- Buyer Power Abuses and Labor Issues: The Case of Uber – Thomas Cheng, University of Hong Kong
- AI Governance at China – Jia Kai, BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre
- Polycrisis and Social Welfare – Hardin Ratshisusu, Competition Commission of South Africa
- Price Control and Competition – Milind Antani, Nishith Desai Associates
Conference Report
Gallery
Media
- BRICS needs a joint protocol to gain control over global monopolies: Experts
The Economic Times, October 20, 2023 - Price controls can distort market competition, rely on competition to achieve health policy goals
The Economic Times, October 10, 2023
Contact Us
Navneet Sharma
Director General, CIRC
E: nas@circ.in | M: +91 9212723123
Ujjwal Kumar
Associate Director & Deputy Head, CUTS-CCIER
E: ujk@cuts.org | M: +91 9199030799