8TH ANNUAL COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC REGULATION (ACER) WEEK

2-6 October 2023

The Ravenala Attitude Hotel

Turtle Bay, Balaclava, Mauritius

The Competition Commission of Mauritius and the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development are honoured to host the 8th Annual Competition and Economic Regulation (ACER) week in person at The Ravenala Hotel, Balaclava, Mauritius. ACER provides a valuable platform for competition authorities and regulators to share knowledge, keep abreast of key developments across the region, and build networks for collaboration between agencies. ACER week combines targeted professional training programmes from 2 – 4 October 2023, and a conference on 5 and 6 October 2023.

ACER Week targeted professional training programmes (PTPs) are designed to capacitate professionals in the immediate and wider competition and regulation community - competition attorneys and economists, mergers & acquisitions specialists, consultants who focus on cross-border trade agreements and regulations, academics and policy makers engaged in teaching and advancing regulatory frameworks and development policy. We are pleased to introduce a brand new offering this year, targeted exclusively at decision makers and adjudicators in African competition tribunals and judiciaries, delivered by judges and (current and former) tribunal members.

The follow PTPs are on offer this year:

  1. Competition Economics for Practitioners in Africa

  2. Law in Competition Policy

  3. Key Principles for Assessing Evidence in Competition Tribunals and Courts

The conference seeks to address issues of direct interest to competition authorities, economic regulators and industrial development practitioners in Africa. The key themes for this year’s conference are: 

  • Competition law and policy in responding to economic shocks and recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, such as in food and other essential products;

  • Competition law and policy in light of regional and continental integration (including competition issues in cross-border markets, collusion and merger evaluation, competition and the AfCFTA); 

  • Developments in digital markets and the relevance for African markets; 

  • The development of competition authorities in Africa and practical challenges in building competition regimes; 

  • Alternative enforcement and competition tools including market inquiries/studies and impact assessments. 

Please note that ACER will be held in person and with the working language being English.

The Conference programme is available here. 

Please complete the online booking form or manual booking form and send to cheryl-lyns@uj.ac.za.

General ACER queries can be directed to Cheryl-Lyn Selman at cheryl-lyns@uj.ac.za