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Last Year's Focus Day: Competition Law in the Digital Economy - CET (Central European Time, GMT+1)
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09:00 - 09:30
Registration & Refreshments
09:30 - 09:40
Chair’s Welcome and Introduction
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Regulating the Digital Sphere
09:40 - 10:20
Digital Markets Act: A View from the Commission
- Ana Malheiro - Case Handler Officer, DMA (Digital Markets Act) Task Force, DG Competition, European Commission
10:20 - 11:10
Review of the Digital Markets Act: Practitioners’ Perspectives
- Review of substantive obligations
- Who are the gatekeepers? Will they challenge the designation?
- Update on national implementation
- Will it lead to fragmentation or unification of law?
- How will the Commission and National Competition Authorities work together?
- How will regulators stop big tech from exploiting enforcement loopholes?
- Implications for compliance
11:10 - 11:30
Morning Networking Break
11:30 - 12:10
Interaction Between Regulation & Competition Law
- How will DMA, DSA and data sharing work together?
- Will regulators continue using classic tools e.g. Article 102 or refer to the new DMA?
- How will DMA interact with national enforcement?
- Review of recent national enforcement
- Saira Henry - Partner, Dechert
- Sebastian Wismer - Head of Digital Policy Unit, Bundeskartellamt
- Irene Roche Laguna - Deputy Head of Unit, DG Connect, European Commission
12:10 - 13:00
UK’s Approach to Digital Markets
- Review of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
- Update on CMA’s Digital Markets Unit
- Practical lessons learnt from CMA’s recent studies and investigations
- Regulatory future and potential divergence between the UK and Europe
13:00 - 14:00
Networking Lunch Break
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Merger Control
14:00 - 14:45
AI, Algorithms & ChatGPT: What are the Competition Law Risks?
- AI, algorithms and ChatGPT: what are the competition law risks?
- Proposals for EU AI Act
- CMA’s review of artificial intelligence models
- Overview of pending cases at EU Commission and national levels
- Dynamic competition vs. static competition
- Miranda Cole - Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
- Ajinkya M Tulpule - General Counsel, bitFlyer Group
- Antonio Capobianco - Deputy Head, OECD Competition Division
- Pedro Hinojo - Head of Information Society Services, Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)
14:45 - 15:30
Cloud Services Under the Spotlight
- Cloud Services: issues at stake
- Update on the French sector enquiry
- Review of ACM, CMA, JFTC and FTC looking into cloud
15:30 - 16:15
Merger Control in Dynamic Markets
- Review of recent significant mergers
- The role of big data and innovation in mergers
- Killer acquisitions
- How can you determine if someone is a potential competitor?
- The use of efficiency defence
- How are the Commission and National Competition Authorities approaching dynamic markets?
- Innovation based theories of harm
- Andreas Kafetzopoulos - Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- David Dauchez - Counsel - Antitrust & Competition, Uber
- Henri Piffaut - Vice President, Autorité de la concurrence
16:15 - 16:35
Afternoon Coffee Break
16:35 - 17:15
Intersection of Competition Law & Privacy
- EU Data Act: what are the obligations?
- How will DMA, Data Act and GDPR interact?
- Interoperability & access to data: How to design effective remedies regarding data-sharing and interoperability that respect the GDPR
17:15 - 17:55
Digital Infrastructure & Fair Share Proposals
- Is there market failure in digital ecosystems?
- EU’s Connectivity Package and “fair share” proposals
- Competition Law vs Regulatory approach to OTT Fair Share
17:55 - 18:00
Chair’s Closing Commentary and Close of Focus Day
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