Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Digital Governance Conference

COMPETITION LAW AND BEYOND: EFFICIENT DIGITAL MARKETS THROUGH PRIVACY, TAXATION, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Digital Governance hosted by the Centre for Business Law and Practice at the School of Law, University of Leeds (jointly with Erasmus University Rotterdam and Bar Ilan University) is organising an international conference on how competition law works with other regulatory and policy complements to achieve efficient competitive markets.

 

Over the past few years, it has become obvious that competition law is not the only tool, and perhaps not always the most appropriate one, to discipline market participants. Other regulatory and policy mechanisms, such as consumer protection laws, privacy laws, and taxation have increasingly been called into action with a view to making markets work more efficiently.

 

Bringing together the expertise of scholars and policy-makers from various disciplines, such as law, economics, computer science, and sociology, the conference aims to advance the debate on how competition law works together and is complemented by other laws and policies.

Leeds (in person and livestreamed) – 30 September 2022

Organised by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Digital Governance, University of Leeds

The conference will be held in Miall Lecture Theatre. The Baines Wing LT 2.34. Map: https://students.leeds.ac.uk/rooms#building=Baines-Wing

From the main entrance, go straight on past the front desk. At the end of the corridor go through the doors on the left, follow the corridor round to the right and then to the left. At the end of the corridor on your right take the lift to the second floor (West) or go up 5 short flights of stairs. The Miall LT (2.34) is straight opposite the lift.

 

PROGRAMME

 

09:30 – 09:35 • Welcome

Professor Pınar Akman, Director, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Digital Governance, University of Leeds

 

09:35 – 10:45 • Regulatory Complements and Consumer Protection

Moderator: Professor Klaus Heine, Director, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Digital Governance, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Kati Cseres, Associate Professor of Law, University of Amsterdam

Professor Evert Stamhuis, Senior Fellow, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Digital Governance, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Christian Bergqvist, Associate Professor of Law, University of Copenhagen

 

10:45 – 11:00 • Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 • Data Protection and Competition: Friends or Foes?

Moderator: Konstantinos Stylianou, Associate Professor in Competition Law and Regulation, Senior Fellow, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Digital Governance, University of Leeds

Inge Graef, Associate Professor of Competition Law, Tilburg University

Beatriz Kira, Research Fellow in Law & Regulation, University College London

Anna Colaps, Member of Cabinet, European Data Protection Supervisor

Sue Daley, Director, Technology and Innovation, TechUK

 

12:30 – 13:45 • Lunch

13:45 – 15:15 • Digital Taxation and Digital Market Challenges

Moderator: Leopoldo Parada, Lecturer in Tax Law, Associated Fellow, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Digital Governance, University of Leeds

Eduardo Baistrocchi, Associate Professor of Law, London School of Economics

Luisa Scarcella, Global Policy Lead, Taxation and Trade, International Chamber of Commerce

Professor Rita de la Feria, University of Leeds

David Hadwick, Doctoral Researcher, University of Antwerp 

 

 

15:15 – 15:30 • Coffee break

15:30 – 16:45 • Interdisciplinary Approaches to Digital Markets

Moderator: Pınar Akman, Director, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Digital Governance, University of Leeds

Professor Vili Lehdonvirta, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

Christopher Decker, Associate Fellow, University of Oxford

Evangelos Pournaras, Associate Professor, School of Computing, University of Leeds

 

All times are UK time

Location: Miall Lecture Theatre, Baines Wing LT 2.34, University of Leeds

All welcome. This is a free event, though registration is required via Eventbrite.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jean-monnet-centre-of-excellence-on-digital-governance-conference-tickets-405162521007