INDIA’S COMPETITION & INNOVATION FORUM (ICIF) 2025

A premier conference with leading scholars, enforcers and practitioners to discuss competition law and innovation in India

15th March 2025, Saturday
Hotel Le Meridien, Windsor Pl,
Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001, INDIA
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Conference Concept

Conference Concept

The GW Competition & Innovation Lab of George Washington University is hosting a global conference on Competition Law in New Delhi on March 15, 2025, with Lex Witness – India’s 1st Magazine on Legal & Corporate Affairs as its Official Conference Secretariat.

This event will bring together world-leading antitrust experts, Indian regulators, policymakers, legal professionals, and industry leaders to discuss emerging challenges in competition law, digital markets, data privacy, and AI.

With India’s rapidly evolving economic landscape, the forum aims to reassess competition law frameworks to meet modern demands while supporting the Viksit Bharat Goals of sustainable growth and innovation. The conference offers a unique platform for dialogue on key issues impacting India's competition law and digital economy, fostering collaboration between domestic and global stakeholders.

This premier gathering will serve as a catalyst for informed policymaking, legal reforms, and industry best practices in the evolving antitrust and digital competition space.

Forum Flow

Forum Schedule

  • 15th March 2025

    09:00 AM IST Onwards

09:00 AM: REGISTRATIONS & MINI BREAKFAST

10:00 AM: WELCOME REMARKS & NATIONAL ANTHEM

10:15 AM: INAUGURAL ADDRESS

  • Prof. Richard Whish
    Emeritus Professor of Law, King’s College London


10:45 AM: INTRODUCTION & CONTEXT SETTING

  • Prof. Aurelien Portuese
    Research Professor & Founding Director, Competition & Innovation Lab, George Washington University


11:00 AM: SPECIAL ADDRESS

  • Mr. Antonio Capobianco
    Deputy Head of the OECD Competition Division


11:15 AM: KEYNOTE ADDRESS

  • Vaibhav Gaggar
    Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India


11:30 AM: NETWORKING BREAK

12 NOON: PANEL 1 - DIGITAL COMPETITION AND MARKET REGULATION

  • Kamesh Shekar
    Senior Programme Manager - Privacy, Data Governance and Co-Lead – AI, The Dialogue – MODERATOR

  • Dr. Shilpi Bhattacharya
    Professor, Jindal Global Law School

  • Prof. Vikas Kathuria
    Director, ASCOLA - India

  • Abir Roy
    Co- Founder & Head - Competition Law, Sarvada Legal

  • Rahul Goel
    Partner, AnantLaw

  • Rahul Rai
    Partner & Co-Founder Axiom5

  • Saurabh Malhotra
    General Counsel & Regional Compliance Officer, Intertek

  • Srijit Mukherjee
    General Counsel, Node4 Group


1:15 PM: NETWORKING LUNCH

2:00 PM: PANEL 2 - AI & COMPETITION POLICY

  • Jameela Sahiba
    Associate Director - AI and Public Affairs, The Dialogue - MODERATOR

  • Prof. (Dr.) Harpreet Kaur,
    Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, Jodhpur

  • Dr. Ritam Arora
    Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School

  • Karan Singh Chandhiok
    Partner and Head of Competition & Regulatory Practice, Chandhiok & Mahajan, Advocates & Solicitors

  • Lakshika Joshi
    Global CLM & IP Head, Harvard Business School Publishing

  • Madhavi Singh
    Resident Fellow, Yale Law School

  • Subhodeep Jash
    Senior Policy Advisor, ConveGenius.AI

  • Yaman Verma
    Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas


3:30 PM: NETWORKING BREAK

4:00 PM: PANEL 3 - MERGER CONTROL AND COMPETITION IN INDIA

  • Saksham Malik
    Associate Director - Commerce and Expansion, The Dialogue - MODERATOR

  • Dr. Akhil Prasad
    Board Member, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, Boeing India

  • Avishkar Singhvi
    Advocate

  • Rohan Arora
    Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

  • Sidharth Chauhan
    Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School

  • Vani Mehta
    Regional General Counsel South Asia, GE Aerospace


5:15 PM: VALEDICTORY SESSION

  • Prof. Aurelien Portuese
    Research Professor & Founding Director, Competition & Innovation Lab, George Washington University - MODERATOR

  • Prof. Richard Whish
    Emeritus Professor of Law, King’s College London

  • Dr. Manveen Singh
    Professor and Associate Dean, Jindal Global Law School

  • Antonio Capobianco
    Deputy Head of the OECD Competition Division

  • Madhavi Singh
    Resident Fellow, Yale Law School

  • Vaibhav Gaggar
    Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India


6:00 PM: NETWORKING FOLLOWED BY DINNER & COCKTAILS

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