Notice of the 24th International Symposium
The 24th Competition Policy Research Center International Symposium
With an advance of digitalization, new forms of cartels and bid-rigging are emerging, such as those that facilitate cartel members to engage in implicit coordination without gathering together, by using AI, algorithms, and others.
Meanwhile, methods for detecting cartels and bid-rigging are also rapidly progressing, through the study of screening bidding data, for example.
This symposium will have sessions of presentations and panel discussions on the latest research of cartels and bid rigging, by inviting prominent academia from Japan and abroad and will discuss how to fight cartels and bid rigging in a new era.
1 Date and Venue
| Date |
13:00 - 16:00, Friday, October 31, 2025 * Japan Standard Time (JST) |
| Venue |
Online and
Iino Hall (2-1-1, Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) |
| Language |
English - Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation) |
| Admission Charge |
Free |
| Organizer |
Competition Policy Research Center (CPRC), Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) |
| Co-organized by |
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
Fair Trade Institute |
| Supported by |
Japan Business Federation |
2 Agenda
13:00~13:10 Opening Remarks
MATSUSHIMA Noriaki (Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy University of Osaka / Director, CPRC)
13:10~13:40 Presentation
"Recent Developments in Cartel Detection"
Joseph Harrington (Patrick T. Harker Professor, Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
pdfダウンロード(583 KB)
13:40~14:00 Presentation
"Bid-rigging and (Algorithmic) Coordination at the Time of Computational Competition Law and Economics: Lessons from Europe and Greece"
Ioannis Lianos (Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy, University College London / Member, Competition Appeal Tribunal, UK)
pdfダウンロード(1,355 KB)
14:00~14:20 Presentation
"Notifying Firms of Evidence Consistent with Bid-Rigging: A Field Experiment
in Japanese Public Procurement"
NAKABAYASHI Jun(Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University)
pdfダウンロード(4,559 KB)
14:20~14:30 Coffee Break
14:30~15:35 Panel Discussion
Moderator:
AOKI Reiko(Commissioner, Japan Fair Trade Commission)
Panelists:
Joseph Harrington (Patrick T. Harker Professor, Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
Ioannis Lianos (Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy, University College London / Member, Competition Appeal Tribunal, UK)
NAKABAYASHI Jun (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University)
ISHII Rieko(Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shiga University / Chief Researcher, CPRC)
FUCHIKAWA Kazuhiko(Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University / Chief Researcher, CPRC)
15:35~15:55 Q&A session
15:55~16:00 Closing Remarks
WAKAMORI Naoki(Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University / Chief Researcher,CPRC)
3. Registration
(1) How to Apply
Please apply using
the participation application form.
(2) Application Deadline
Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 12:00 PM
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Secretariat, Competition Policy Research Center, Japan Fair Trade Commission
E-mail: cprcsec_at_jftc.go.jp (Please replace "_at_" with "@")