On the 17^th  and 18^th of June 2025, the Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC) and the Applied Informatics and Computational Economics Lab (AICEL) of the Department of Econmics of the University of Ioannina are organising  a Datathon Challenge, joining their forces to promote the practical use of data analysis.

The analysis focuses on the market for extra virgin olive oil seeking, in particular, to: 

• Investigate producer price dependence in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece.
• Provide an empirical analysis of producer-to-consumer price dependence and transmission, as well as between supermarkets and intra-brand prices.

The outcome of the competition will be published in a joint HCC/AICEL working paper.

The Datathon Challenge is open to postgraduate students and PhD candidates, regardless of their specialty. Due to their limited number, seats will be reserved on a first come-first served basis. The competition venue is the Department of Economics of the University of Ioannina (Central Library). 

The winners will be announced on June 19, 2025, after the completion of the datathon and awarded, the first prize is 1.000 €!

Please scan the QR code for more details. To register go to https://bit.ly/olive-oil-prices.

This initiative falls within the Memorandum of Cooperation recently concluded between the HCC and the AICEL, strengthening the link between competition policy and data analysis.