Milestones

Presentation at the UNCTAD platform, Geneva, Switzerland

4th BRICS Competition Conference, presentation of the research project to the BRICS authorities, Durban, South Africa

Workshop "Competition Law and Policy in the Food Value Chain: Is there a Call for a BRICS Competition Law Paradigm?», University of Cape Town, South Africa

International workshop on 'The Global Food Chain: Prospects for Development of Competition Law and Policy‘, HSE-University, St. Petersburg, Russia

St. Petersburg Legal Forum, a series of intense panel discussions on the transformation of antitrust regulation in the new economy, St. Petersburg, Russia

The intermediate findings of the study presented in Moscow at the joint BRICS WG + Centre’s researchers, Competition Week, Moscow, Russia

St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, sessions on the most pressing problems of antitrust regulation, more than twenty world class experts from Europe, the United States, and the other BRICS countries came to Russia + first draft presentation, St. Petersburg, Russia

Presentation of the final version of the report, 5th BRICS Competition Conference, Brasilia, Brazil

17th annual International Competition Network (ICN), presentation of the project spin-off, roundtable "Discussion of global dealings of market concentration in the agri-industrial complex“, New Delhi, India

Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Food Markets as part of the VI BRICS Competition Conference, Moscow, Russia

Launch of the book “Global Food Value Chains and Competition Law” (Cambridge University Press, 2022) on the analysis of food market problems through the prism of competition policy took place as part of the meeting of the BRICS Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Food Markets, Moscow, Russia

Panel on "Anti-Monopoly Legislation and Economic Support Under the Current Conditions" as part of SILF 2022, St. Petersburg, Russia

Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Food Markets as part of the 16th Annual Competition Law, Economics & Policy Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa

Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Food Markets on the topic "Volatility in World Food Markets: Challenges and Solutions", Kazan, Russia

Roundtable on “Markets Regulation under Global Uncertainty: the BRICS Perspective" as part of the XXIV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference at the HSE, Moscow, Russia

The session entitled "Global Food Markets, Competition and Consumer Policy Issues" held within the framework of the XV Meeting of the UNCTAD Research Partnership Platform

Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Food Markets held in Johannesburg (South Africa) as part of Russia`s BRICS Chairship.

International workshop themed “Global Food Value Chains: Focus on the Global Grain Trade” held by the BRICS Centre jointly with the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) and FAS Russia in Cairo, Egypt

Meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Food Markets in Cairo (Egypt) dedicated to the discussion of the interim results of the ongoing inquiry into BRICS grain trade and the possible advancement in competition mechanisms to ensure food security

Discussion on the topic: “Addressing concentration in global grain trade: hidden power of competition law" held on the side of the 9th UN Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection in Geneva, Switzerland

Launch of the report "From Fields to Futures: Competition, Financialization and Digitalization in Global Grain Value Chains on the sidelines of the IX International BRICS Competition Conference, Cape Town (South Africa)

Launch of the project, International Competition Conference at the Skolkovo Innovation Centre, Moscow, Russia

Big Data and Competition conference at the University of Sun Yatsen, China

Workshop on Digital Antitrust at the St. Petersburg State University, Russia

St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, discussions on digital economy, featuring international academia + BRICS authorities, St. Petersburg, Russia

St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, panel session on digital antitrust, St. Petersburg, Russia

Seminar “Antitrust Law and Policy in Digital Markets: BRICS Focus”, UCL, London, The UK

Workshop on digital antitrust at the Peking University, Beijing, China

Seminar at CUTS International and the Conference on Economics of Competition Law, New Delhi, India

Discussion at the meeting of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service and China’s State Administration for Market Regulation, Beijing, China

Brazil-focused research workshop on Antitrust and Development in the Digital Economy, Insper University, Sau Paolo, Brazil

Designing Antitrust for the Digital Era Conference, organized by the CADE, Brazilia, Brazil

Presentation of version 1.0 of the report "Digital Era Competition: BRICS View" at the VI BRICS Competition Conference in Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the report on "The Role of Digital Platforms in Reducing Diversity" at the Digital Day event organized by the University of Florence School of Law

Presentation of the book "Patent Law Alive and Dead" by the BRICS International Competition Law and Policy Centre and a roundtable of the same name, St. Petersburg, Russia

Presentation of the ecoantitrust project, an ecological approach to antitrust regulation of digital ecosystems, at the VII BRICS International Competition Conference, Chengdu, China

Discussion on the topic “Lack of Active Players on Global Digital Markets Creates New Opportunities for Competition” at SPIEF 2022, St. Petersburg, Russia

Report on "Diversity: A New Value for Antitrust in the Digital Age" at the 17th international ASCOLA (Academic Society for Competition Law) Conference, Porto, Portugal

Session on “Protecting and Supporting Competition in a Changing Reality” as part of The Eurasian Antitrust Forum 2022, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Digital Competition Forum in the BRICS+ format, a meeting of the BRICS Working Group for Research of Competition Issues in Digital Markets and a and a presentation of the of the next phase of ecoantitrust project, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Сonference on "Competition and Big Tech" jointly organized by the BRICS Competition Centre, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition (CIRC) under the aegis of CUTS International, New Delhi, India

Track of events at the XXIV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference of the HSE, including the Roundtable on “Markets Regulation under Global Uncertainty: the BRICS Perspective”, Moscow, Russia

The report of the Centre's experts together with colleagues from IIASA entitled "The Ecological Approach to Digital Ecosystems and Competition Development: Gardeners vs. Mechanics" at the18th ASCOLA International Conference in Athens (Greece)

The 2nd BRICS+ Digital Competition Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which included a Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Digital Markets

Session themed "Digital Ecosystems and Competition Law: Ecological Approach," which was held in the framework of UNCTAD's eWeek 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

UNCTAD Webinar on Competition law and policy approaches towards digital platforms and ecosystems, organized in cooperation with the BRICS Centre and the Brazilian CADE

The 3rd BRICS+ Digital Competition Forum in in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which included a seminar entitled “Ecosystems and Competition Policy"

Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Digital Markets held as part of the International Conference - Extended Meeting of the Board of the FAS of Russia

Conference “Emerging Challenges of Competition Law and Policy in the BRICS and Beyond” included session on competition concerns in the Covantis Digital Platform, Cape Town (South Africa)

International seminar titled "Platform Economy: Competition Law and Market Power of Digital Platforms" which focused on ecosystem mergers on digital markets, emerging Influence of AI on competition, and regulation of digital markets in emerging economies, Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Meeting of the BRICS+ WG on pharmaceutical markets, HSE-University, Moscow

St Petersburg International Economic Forum, the BRICS round-table discussion on competition in the pharmaceutical markets

A meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Competition in Pharmaceutical Markets, during which participants discussed approaches by competition authorities to global economic concentration in the industry

Special roundtable on "Antimonopoly regulation in the context of a pandemic", during which the transformation of the market amid the pandemic and foreign experience in building a new system of antimonopoly control were discussed

The discussion entitled "The development of competition environment in the pharmaceutical market in order to increase the availability of drugs and vaccines for treating COVID-19" held as part of the meeting of BRICS Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Pharmaceutical Markets

Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Pharmaceutical Markets met in Mumbai (India) and was dedicated to the topic: "Ensuring Access to Biologics for Developing Countries"

Session themed “Drug Security in BRICS Countries" within the framework of the "Ensuring Drug Security" Russian Pharmaceutical Forum timed to coincide with the start of the SPIEF 2024

Strategic session entitled "Biologics and Biosimilars: Antitrust Aspect," which was organized by the BRICS Centre together with BRICS+ partners as part of the research project that brings together researchers and pharmaceutical experts from various countries

Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Pharmaceutical Markets was held in Wuhan, China. Particular attention was given to expanding market access for biosimilars and streamlining regulatory requirements for their development

Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for the Research of Competition Issues in Pharmaceutical Markets in Kazan (Russia). The event was entitled “Ensuring access to biosimilars for developing countries”

The International Inaugural Dialogue “Fighting Climate Change in Eurasia: Carbon Exchanges and Prospects for Carbon Farming” held as part of the International Investor Week in AIFC 2022 in Astana, Kazakhstan

The Roundtable entitled "Carbon Farming in Kazakhstan: Unlocking the Opportunity" with participation of key experts in the field, representatives of UN partner agencies and scientific organizations was held in Astana, Kazakhstan

The Centre's experts presented the report "Carbon Farming in Kazakhstan: Opening Up Opportunities" at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Dubai, UAE

The Director of the BRICS Centre discussed the development of the carbon farming industry in Kazakhstan and the prospects for joint projects with Murat Temirzhanov, Chairman of the Committee for Land Resources Management of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan.