Digital Competition Conference 2026
At the Digital Competition Conference 2026, cutting-edge research will meet policy on the most pressing digital market competition issues of our time.
In-person and Livestreamed
Georgetown University – Capitol Campus
The Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI), the Yale Tobin Center’s Digital Economy Project, and Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) are pleased to co-host the Digital Competition Conference 2026 (DCC) in Washington, D.C. The DCC is an annual gathering where researchers, policymakers, businesses, litigators, and civil society experts explore the latest lessons, challenges, and opportunities in regulating and enforcing competition in digital markets.
Hardly a day passes without competition regulation or enforcement involving tech companies appearing in news headlines. With digital platforms increasingly shaping how we search, communicate, transact, and interact online, the importance of effective competition policy has never been greater. The Digital Competition Conference is where research meets policy, providing a forum for evidence-based dialogue and a shared understanding of real-world regulatory and enforcement lessons, challenges, and opportunities for competition in digital markets.
From groundbreaking research to emerging enforcement actions, the 2026 program will address pressing issues in digital markets. Sessions will feature a mix of researchers, policy experts, and practitioners covering topics including:
- Search and ad tech
- Privacy, security, and competition
- App store competition
- Content, AI, and antitrust
- Innovation and disruption
- Antitrust theories of harm in AI
- Building on recent antitrust wins
- International regulatory developments
- Institutional design
Detailed agenda and speaker announcements coming soon.