COMPETE Launch with Enrico Letta (Full Event)

“On 16 February 2026, the Dublin European Law Institute (DELI) at DCU hosted a high-level event marking the launch of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence COMPETE. The programme featured keynote speeches by Enrico Letta, Former Prime Minister of Italy and Author of ‘Much More than a Market’, and Minister Thomas Byrne, Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, a high-level policy roundtable and an academic panel of in-house experts.

Full programme:

Welcome and Introduction by Professor Dáire Keogh, President of Dublin City University (DCU)

Presentation of COMPETE by Professor Federico Fabbrini, Full Professor of European Law and Founding Director of the Dublin European Law Institute and Brexit Institute, DCU

Keynote Speech by Enrico Letta, Former Prime Minister of Italy and Author of ‘Much More than a Market’

Keynote Speech by Minister Thomas Byrne, Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence

High-Level Policy Roundtable:

Mr Valerio Scollo, Partner, GSK Stockmann
Mr Danny McCoy, Chief Executive Officer of Ibec
Mr Massimo Fabio, Partner, Head of Trade & Customs, KPMG Italy
Mr Andrew Byrne, Director, EU Policy Coherence, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Moderated by Professor John Doyle, Vice President for Research, DCU

Academic Panel:

Dr Christy Ann Petit, Assistant Professor of European Banking and Finance Law, DCU
Dr Niall Moran, Assistant Professor of Economic Law, DCU
Dr Ian Cooper, Senior Research Fellow at the Dublin European Law Institute and Brexit Institute, DCU
Dr John Quinn, Assistant Professor of European Company Law
Moderated by Professor Derek Hand, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, DCU”