Conference Debriefing (35): FIW-Symposium Innsbruck (English version)

Abstract

Those who are not part of the antitrust family in the DACH region will certainly associate the Tyrolean capital Innsbruck primarily with the Alps and winter sports and perhaps also think of the fantastic adventures of the spaceship Orion, whose protagonist, Major Cliff Allister McLane, was impersonated by actor Dietmar Schönherr, one of the prominent sons of the city of Innsbruck. Friends of antitrust law and competition economics, on the other hand, immediately think of the annual symposium of the Forschungsinstitut für Wirtschaftsverfassung und Wettbewerb (a research institute, FIW for short), which took place for the 56th time from 22 to 24 February 2023 and traditionally starts three days after the famous Rhineland carnival culminates in the big processions called “Rosenmontagszug”. That is good timing with regard to the not entirely insignificant antitrust community from the Rhineland – they are back to their senses. Prof. Dr. Justus Haucap was there and reports here.