Miranda Cole is an antitrust and competition lawyer based in Brussels. She has a broad competition practice focused on the technology and life sciences sectors.

With more than 20 years' experience, Miranda is regarded as a key adviser to life sciences and technology companies globally.

Miranda has extensive experience advising clients to address increasing regulatory scrutiny from governments and competition authorities. She advises on merger control, actions under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU, abuse of dominance, anticompetitive agreements, and compliance and advisory work, as well as actions before the European courts in Luxembourg.

Miranda is also heavily involved in supporting clients in aligning their competition policy engagement in response to a variety of new regulatory frameworks.

Prior to joining the firm, Miranda was a senior partner in a multinational law firm in Brussels

Ajinkya is a global Fintech and Antitrust lawyer. He specialises in the development of regulatory regimes in countries outside the EU and their alignment with EU competition law principles. He has over 10 years’ experience in FinTech, Technology, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence matters with top tier law firms, leading regulators such as the Financial Conduct Authority as well as cutting edge in-house teams. He has also restructured regulators and led strategic transformation projects across the EMEA and APAC. His client base includes Central Banks, regulators, Fortune 100 companies as well as start-ups.

Ajinkya’s paper on the use cases of Blockchain technology for enforcement and compliance was recognised by the OECD the very first to explore this space.

Antonio Capobianco is the Deputy Head of the OECD Competition Division; he is responsible for the proceedings of the OECD Competition Committee and for other work streams of the Division. Over the years at the OECD, Mr Capobianco has coordinated a series of OECD projects and work streams and has authored numerous Background Notes of the Secretariat on a wide range of competition law enforcement and policy topics. He has led many in-country projects to support domestic reforms and he regularly represents the OECD at international events.

Prior to joining the OECD in 2007, Mr Capobianco was a Counsel in the Competition Department of WilmerHale LLP, based in Brussels. He also spent three years with the Italian Competition Authority. Mr Capobianco authored several articles on antitrust issues published on major international law journals specialized in competition law and he co-authored textbooks on Italian and European competition law and economics. He regularly speaks at international conferences on antitrust and regulation issues. Mr. Capobianco graduated in law at the L.U.I.S.S. - Guido Carli in Rome and holds LL.M. degrees from the Law School of the New York University and from the Institute of European Studies of the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Pedro Hinojo is an Economist working at CNMC (Spanish Commission on Markets and Competition) as the Head of the Information Society Unit in the Competition Directorate, in charge of competition policy in digital, telecom, media, intellectual property and other related sectors. Previously he had worked in the Research Unit, focused on digital markets, sharing economy, telecoms, financial sector and general advocacy and compliance issues. He has worked in other areas of the public sector related to economic analysis and economic policy. He has several publications in these fields and academic experience.