Dear Colleagues, please find attached the Call for Papers for the 2020 Annual Conference of the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI). The conference will take place at the ZEW in Mannheim on 5 an 6 March 2020. In 2020, both days of the conference will be devoted to parallel sessions in which original research papers from all fields of competition law and economics can be presented. The parallel sessions will also include papers on business strategy related to competition, on the intersection between competition and innovation, and on regulated industries. Theoretical, empirical, as well as case-oriented papers are welcome. In particular, we invite legal scholars to submit papers focusing on EU competition and/or comparative competition law. In addition to contributed sessions, there will be two keynote lectures, a panel discussion on digital platforms, and several invited sessions. Full papers as well as extended abstracts (three pages minimum) may be submitted, paper submissions are preferred. All proposals must include the following information: An abstract of up to 200 words, author's full name and affiliation as well as contact details. All papers or abstracts should be submitted to the organizing committee via macciannual2020@zew.de <mailto:macciannual2020@zew.de> as PDF file no later than 15 November 2019. Proposals must be in English. Authors of accepted papers or abstracts will be notified no later than 15 December 2019. Presenters may be asked to discuss another paper. Young researchers are particularly encouraged to submit proposals. More information is available on www.zew.de/macciannual2020. We look forward to your submissions. Best regards Niklas Dürr · Thomas Fetzer · Martin Peitz