Digital Competition Conference 2027

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 2027 (DCC ’27) in Washington, D.C. on February 9-10, 2027. 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.

Building on the success of DCC ‘26 – which brought together participants from 37 countries – the conference will continue to serve as a forum for rigorous, interdisciplinary discussion on the future of competition in the digital economy across key sectors and jurisdictions.

The rapid diffusion of AI and the emergence of AI agents capable of independently accessing tools, initiating processes, and acting on users’ behalf may fundamentally reshape how information and economic activity are organized online. These developments are raising new questions about market power, entry, innovation, and control across the technology stack. At the same time, the regulatory and enforcement disputes that have defined competition policy in tech in recent years continue to evolve, as the implications of incumbent platform power become increasingly consequential.

DCC ’27 will examine all of these developments through a broad inquiry into competition in digital markets. From groundbreaking research to emerging enforcement actions, DCC ’27 will bring together researchers, policy experts, and practitioners to explore what we know – and still need to learn – about competition challenges and remedies, and how research can more effectively inform policy and enforcement.

The conference will feature research talks and policy discussions spanning a range of technology markets – both as they have traditionally operated and as they are being reshaped by AI – including markets for search, chatbots, and AI assistants; consumer and enterprise software, including browsers, apps, harnesses, and cloud services; advertising; social media; messaging; and connected devices.

Keynote speakers and the full agenda for DCC ’27 is forthcoming.