COMIPinDigiMarkts2023

Sustainable & Digital Competition on the Merits: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspective

22 June 2023 09:00 - 23 June 2023 16:30

Digitalization and sustainability have been identified as a top priority in the EU’s Green Deal to ensure a truly competitive and sustainable digital single market. This strategy not only feeds into the competitiveness of the EU, but it will also ensure the entry and sustainability of a diverse set of market players in the internal market. This is also expected to have a positive spill-over effect to address the ever emerging geopolitical challenges.

Different interests can be balanced and attained only in a freely functioning internal market, where firms compete on the merits, and any anti-competitive effects are addressed in a timely manner. Considering the role of innovation to facilitate a sustainable and digital future, this conference assesses the role of innovation laws, namely, IP and competition laws, to facilitate EU’s green and digital transition. In light of the multi-disciplinary nature of the debate, the issue merits discussion from a comparative and cross-disciplinary perspective. To know more and follow the latest updates, have a look at our video and follow the LinkedIn page HERE.

Venue: Faculty of Law (Bouillonstraat 1, Maastricht)

Programme on 22 June

09.00h	Registration & welcome coffee
09.30h	Welcome Note by Michael Faure
09.45h	Plenary Session 1: Green & Geopolitical Considerations
	Chair: Michael Faure Big Tech Regulation with Chinese Charateristics by Rogier Creemers Discussant: Niels Philipsen Balancing Green and Digital Transition Policies with Competition Law and Policy in the EU by Pim Jansen Discussant: Sarah Schoenmaekers
10.45h	Coffee Break
11.15h	Parallel Session 2.1: Choice of Legal Instruments for a Sustainable Transition
	Chair: Julian Nowag Sof Law or hard law to regulate competition in digital markets? A Law & Economics Perspective by Kena Zheng and Niels Philipsen Discussant: Alba Ribera Martínez Competition, Data and Sustainability: A Challenging Crossroad for Latin America and Chile by Juan Pablo Iglesias Discussant: Gábor Hajdu (Exclusive) Intellectual Property Rights and Competition through public procurement: contradictio in terminis? by Sarah Schoenmaekers Discussant: Thomas Graf
11.15	Parallel Session 2.2: Digital Impact on Competition & Distribution
	Chair: Maria Jose Schmidt Kessen Sustainability Driven Twist for Justifying Online Selling Restraints within the Selective Distribution Systems: Unveiling a Fresh Development after Pierre Fabre and Coty Saga by Tamta Margvelashvili Discussant: Pim Jansen Towards an Improved Legal Framework for Trade Marks on the Internet by Rajeev Sachdev Discussant: Intan Hamdan-Liveramento Online hotel booking platforms: competition issues in light of the Digital Markets Act by Tania Pantazi Discussant: Qian Li
12.45h	Lunch Break
13.45h	Plenary Session 3: Green & Digital Transition: What role for IP & Competition law?
	Chair: Anselm Kamperman Sanders Keynote by Leanne Wiseman: Unlocking Copyright to facilitate the Right to Repair in Greener Circular Economies: Reflections from Australia Intellectual Property Rights in the Circular Economy by Anselm Kamperman Sanders Discussant: Justine Haekens Competition Law’s Sustainability Gap? Tools for Examination by Julian Nowag Discussant: Niels Philipsen
15.30h	Coffee Break
16.45h	Plenary Session 4: Artificial Intelligence, IP and Competition: An Economic Perspective
	Chair: Kalpana Tyagi Keynote by Daniel Rubinfeld: The Effects of AI on Merger Control The innovation ecosystem of digital technologies by Intan Hamdan- Liveramento Discussant: Konrad Kollnig Interoperability in IoT Ecosystems by Christof Koolen Discussant: Thomas Graf
18.30	End of day 1

Programme on 23 June

09.00h	Parallel Session 5.1: Legal Pluralism and Computational Antitrust for Digital Transition
	Chair: Inge Graef Legal Pluralism and Digital Competition Law by Oles Andriychuk Discussant: Kalpana Tyagi U.S. Competition Law in Digital Markets by Rosa Baum Discussant: Caroline Cauffman Data, Algorithms, and competition law - defining the boundaries of competition and abuse in digital platforms by Thomas Graf Discussant: Justine Haekens
09.00h	Parallel Session 5.2: Personal Data, Data Protection and Competition in the Digital Economy
	Chair: Pim Jansen Under-inclusivity, ISPs and Online Internet Governance (R)evolution? by Karolina Podstawa R Discussant: Gábor Hajdu Role of Trust in Digital Competition by Rebecca Lin Discussant: Konrad Kollnig Life - Data: A Structural Legal Approach to Cross-Border Data Flows, Intellectual Property, Trade and Privacy by Kimani Goddard Discussant: Lin Xi
09.00h	Parallel Session 5.3: Green & Digital Transition – Sustainability Considerations
	Chair: Niels Philipsen Sustainability Agreements in European Competition Law - How to Incorporate Environmental Considerations under Article 101 TFEU? by Sarah Legner Discussant: Maria Jose Schmidt Kessen Atmanirbhar Bharat - India's Approach to the Circular Economy by Pratiksha Ashok Discussant: Subhashish Gupta IT vendors & buyers with sustainability criteria: A Case Analysis of Ökol´s experience with Microsoft by Libertad Ramos Siqueira Discussant: Tamta Margvelashvili
10.30h	Coffee Break
11.00h	Plenary Session 6: Emerging issues in Green & Digital Transition
	Chair: Caroline Cauffman Keynote Martijn Snoep, ‘An Enforcer's Perspective on the Green & Digital Transition: Dilemmas of EU & National Enforcement’ Ticketmaster, online bots and the price of concert tickets: competition, consumer protection & technical perspectives by Konrad Kollnig Discussant: Inge Graef The Relevance of Human Rights and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence for the Greening of Antitrust Law by Maria Jose Schmidt Kessen Discussant: Michael Faure
12.45h	Lunch
13.45h	Parallel Session 7.1: Green & Digital deal’s Macro Dimensions
	Chair: Oles Andriychuk Multi-Layered Digital Enforcement Measures and the EU Green Deal. A Chance to Take by Tomasz Braun Discussant: Caroline Cauffman Geopolitical Aspects: Competitive Playing Field’s Macro Landscape by Ivan Rubinic Discussant: Martin Munu Ex-ante Regulation in Digital Markets in India by Gaurav Ghosh and Subhashish Gupta Discussant: Kena Zheng
13.45h	Parallel Session 7.2: Digital Dilemmas & Multi-Level Governance
	Chair: Daniel L. Rubinfeld Possible Solutions to the Dilemma between the Demand for Algorithmic Transparency and the Protection of Trade Secrets by Huang-Chih Sung Discussant: Rosa Braun If I Could Have, I Would Have: Multi-Level Governance and Trust towards the DMA's Effectiveness by Alba Ribera Martínez Discussant: Maria Jose Schmidt Kessen Compulsory licensing of intellectual property in foreign ICT investments by Gábor Hajdu Discussant: Tania Pantazi
13.45h	Parallel Session 7.3: Emerging Issues in IP, Data and Competition
	Chair: Thomas Graf An analysis of playlist composition through the lens of copyright and competition law by Justine Haekens Discussant: Juan Pablo Iglesias Computional antitrust and IP in the tropics: Implementation of AI by Columbia's competition agency and IP office by Juan David Guiterrez Discussant: Pratiksha Ashok Excessive Data Collection and Misuse of Data: Comparing the German Facebook Case and the Chinese Didi Taxi Case by Qian Li Discussant: Rogier Creemers
15.15h	Note of thanks, and road ahead for COM&IP Insights by Kalpana Tyagi
15.30h	End

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