Europe’s Competitiveness and the Rise of China will be examined at EconPol Europe’s annual conference on the 7 and 8 November 2019, with a keynote speech by Nadia Calviño (Minister for Economy and Business of Spain) on The Future Agenda for Europe’s Competitiveness. The EU and China will be the focus of Daniel Gros’s keynote (Director, CEPS & EconPol Europe), followed by a panel discussion including Wang Yiwei (Professor of School of International Studies, Director of the Institute of International Affairs, Director of Center for European Studies, Renmin University of China), Sherry Madera (Global Head of Industry and Government Affairs, Refinitiv), Pawel Świeboda (Deputy Head, European Political Strategy Centre) and Luisa Santos (Director of International Relations, Business Europe). The panel will be chaired by Maithreyi Seetharaman (Fortune). A plenary session on Chinese Competition will include Stefano Schiavo (University of Trento), Andrea Ciani (Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics) and Koen Jonkers (European Commission).