Conference Debriefing (42): 19th Annual Conference of ASCOLA

Abstract

More than 150 competition law scholars from around the world gathered in Würzburg to celebrate their job choice – could it be any better than being an academic dealing with the hottest topic on earth? This was the Annual Conference of the Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA). D’Kart interviewed Rupprecht Podszun, the chairman of ASCOLA, to get a conference debriefing. Here are his insights on trends in antitrust research, German embarrassment, the winner of the best paper award, new stars on stage and a very short panel appearance by an antitrust high-flyer!