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SUMMARY:ALTI Summer School 4th Edition
DESCRIPTION:Registrations for our ALTI Summer School are open! Join the 4th Edition of the only Multidisciplinary Summer School focused on the Synergy Artificial Intelligence – Space Law. \nDates: 1 – 5 July 2024. \nLocation: Hybrid (on campus at VU Amsterdam and Online\, Live on Zoom). \nDetails and Registrations on the programme’s website: https://www.multidisciplinaryai.org/. \nDo you have questions about the ALTI Summer School? Contact the Course Coordinator\, Ioana Bratu (i.bratu@vu.nl). \n 
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/alti-summer-school-4th-edition/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Diane Coyle: Welfare Assessment in a Digital Economy
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n* Professor Dame Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. She co-directs the Bennett Institute where she heads research under the themes of progress and productivity. \nDescription: Are we seeing the end of technocracy in antitrust? Competition analysis has been for some decades an increasingly technical activity\, with an implicit assumption that there is an underlying ‘correct’ answer in terms of consumer welfare impacts. However\, the normative implications of decisions are becoming increasingly clear in today’s context of extremely dynamic technology-driven markets and the revival of political interest in industrial policies. The way some markets evolve in the short term may shape the supply side of the economy for decades to come\, highlighting the normative choices involved.  \nFormat: Professor Coyle will give a 30-minute talk\, which will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel. \n \nLoading…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/diane-coyle/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Law & Technology & Economics,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20241030T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20241030T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224528
CREATED:20240726T114705Z
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SUMMARY:Paul Seabright: A Response to the Draghi Report on  EU competitiveness
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nSpeaker: Paul Seabright is a Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics. \nFormat: Professor Seabright will give a 30-minute talk\, which will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel. \nDescription: Where\, geographically\, do the benefits of innovative activity accrue? If a highly innovative startup in the EU is highly successful\, what kinds of benefits are created and for whom\, and how is this different if the same startup relocates to Silicon Valley? In the most innovative sectors\, a large share of the benefits accrues to customers (as recent research by Hunt Allcott and others suggests)\, who may be located anywhere in the world. The Draghi Report is hopeless about this\, and much of the current discussion around the importance of keeping manufacturing strong in the EU fails to distinguish between manufacturing that generates real location-specific externalities and manufacturing that merely keeps factories humming. \n \n \nLoading…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/paul-seabright/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Law & Technology & Economics,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20241202T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20241202T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224528
CREATED:20240801T143110Z
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SUMMARY:Volker Stocker: Policy Challenges of AI-driven Ecosystems
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n* Volker Stocker is the Head of the Research Group “Work and Cooperation in the Sharing Economy” at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society (German Internet Institute). \nFormat: Dr. Stocker will give a 30-minute talk\, which will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel. \nDescription: Dr. Stocker will explore the evolution and current state of AI-driven ecosystems and their profound impact on our digital landscape. He will examine key developments shaping these ecosystems and highlight the resulting policy challenges that demand attention. The talk will conclude with insights into potential policy implications.
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/volker-stocker/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Law & Technology & Economics,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250117T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250117T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224528
CREATED:20241210T102932Z
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SUMMARY:[event] Substance Over Slogans: Strengthening The Foundations of Antitrust
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\nABOUT:\nOur aim for this conference is to look past the headlines and politicized arguments that have defined the last several years of competition-policy discourse to examine the current academic foundations of antitrust and what they say about contemporary competition policy. \nThe competition-policy landscape is shifting almost as rapidly as the industries it seeks to regulate. Over the past few years\, a new trend has seemingly taken hold of the field: Scholars and enforcers increasingly reject the economically grounded learnings of decades of legal analysis\, enforcement experience\, and applied industrial organization research in favor of untested policy initiatives reflecting mostly political preferences\, not rigorous scholarship. \nAgainst this backdrop\, our Paris conference will discuss the state of the art of economic and legal research\, and explore whether and where it may provide a rigorously supported basis for departing from antitrust’s traditional foundations. \nThe conference will bring together an unparalleled assembly of top academics\, influential policymakers\, and business experts to engage in a dynamic exploration of the assumptions that underpin contemporary competition enforcement. \nCONFIRMED SPEAKERS:\n\nPinar Akman (University of Leeds)\nBrian Albrecht (ICLE)\nGustavo Augusto (Administrative Council for Economics Defense)\nDirk Auer (ICLE)\nReiko Aoki (Japan Fair Trade Commission)\nDennis W. Carlton (University of Chicago)\nAndy Chen (Taiwan Fair Trade Commission)\nKenneth Elzinga (University of Virginia)\nCani Fernández Vicién (Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission)\nRichard Gilbert (Berkeley)\nOliver Hart (Harvard)\nMelissa Holyoak (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)\nHerbert Hovenkamp (University of Pennsylvania)\nMarc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics)\nFrédéric Jenny (ESSEC Business School)\nGinger Zhe Jin (University of Maryland)\nGeoffrey Manne (ICLE)\nFrancisco Marcos (IE Law School Madrid)\nPhilip Marsden (Bank of England)\nNicolas Petit (European University Institute)\nLazar Radic (IE Law School Madrid)\nThibault Schrepel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)\nPaul Seabright (Toulouse School of Economics)\nKoren W. Wong-Ervin (Jones Day)\n\nHOSTED BY:\n\nEuropean University Institute Department of Law (Nicolas Petit)\nIE Law School Madrid (Francisco Marcos and Lazar Radic)\nInternational Center for Law & Economics (Geoffrey Manne and Dirk Auer)\nVrije Universiteit Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute (Thibault Schrepel)
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/antitrust-substance/
LOCATION:Paris\, France
CATEGORIES:Conference,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250130T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250130T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224528
CREATED:20241112T164042Z
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SUMMARY:[event] Sofia Ranchordás: The New Regulatory State
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Sofia Ranchordás is a Full Professor of Administrative Law at Tilburg Law School. \nDescription: In this talk\, Sofia Ranchordas will present her new book with Karen Yeung ‘Introduction to Law and Regulation’ (CUP 2024) by discussing how regulation has evolved in terms of goals and instruments. Regulatory studies have long justified the adoption of new regulations based on economic arguments\, metrics\, and quantifiable methods. But regulation is not only about numbers. It is about people and their everyday quantifiable and non-quantifiable problems. In this talk\, she will discuss how regulators should thus consider race\, gender\, and different socioeconomic inequities in regulation and how this can be translated into modern instruments\, methods\, and theories of regulation. \nFormat: Prof. Ranchordás will give a 30-minute talk\, which will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel. \nRecording (Only the presentation Q&A not included):
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/sofia-ranchordas/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Law & Technology & Economics,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250217T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250217T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224528
CREATED:20241106T144958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T120817Z
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SUMMARY:[event] Bill Kovacic: Cautionary Tales about (Digital) Industrial Policy
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n* Bill Kovacic is the Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy at the George Washington University where he directs the Competition Law Center. He is the former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. \nFormat: Prof. Kovacic will give a 30-minute talk\, which will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel.
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/bill-kovacic/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Law & Technology & Economics
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250221T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250221T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224528
CREATED:20240823T135456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T154819Z
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SUMMARY:[CANCELED] Nicolas Petit: The Deep Structures of Law and Tech
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n* Nicolas Petit is Professor of Competition Law and Head of the Department of Law of the European University Institute (EUI). \nFormat: Professor Petit will give a 30-minute talk\, which will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel. \nLoading…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/nicolas-petit/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Law & Technology & Economics
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250328T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250328T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224528
CREATED:20241217T125641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T153556Z
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SUMMARY:[event] Pinar Akman: Antitrust Remedies for Big Tech
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nSpeaker: Pinar Akman is a Professor of Law specializing in competition law at the School of Law\, University of Leeds. \nFormat: Prof. Akman will give a 30-minute talk\, which will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel. \nLoading…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/pinar-akman/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Law & Technology & Economics
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250425T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250425T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224528
CREATED:20250115T172716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T090520Z
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SUMMARY:[event] Competition Law Doctoral Forum
DESCRIPTION:Organizers: Thibault Schrepel & Georgiana Mirza \nConcept: We are delighted to announce the first edition of the “Competition Law Doctoral Forum.” The concept is simple yet ambitious: to establish an annual gathering of promising PhD candidates in the Netherlands focusing on (digital) competition law issues. Participants will have the opportunity to present their research\, exchange ideas\, and engage in meaningful discussions. For this first edition\, we are pleased to announce that Martijn Snoep\, President of the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM)\, will join us. \nWhen: 25 April 2025\, from 09:30 to 16:00. \nWhere: At the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam campus (room will be disclosed to registered participants before the event) \nFormat: This conference uses the 3C Format to structure feedback for each presentation. Every talk will receive three types of comments: 1. Challenge (devil’s advocate); 2. Contribute (fresh perspective); 3. Commend (compliment). Why 3C? This method encourages well‐rounded discussion: identifying potential weaknesses\, suggesting new angles\, and recognizing strengths. It’s designed to keep the exchange both rigorous and supportive. \nProgram: \n9:30 to 10:00 – Reception \n10:00 to 10:10 – Opening remarks (Thibault Schrepel) \n10:10 to 10:20 – Reflecting on 25 years of supervising PhDs (Arno Lodder) \n10:20 to 11:00 – Keynote Martijn Snoep \n11:00 to 12:30 – Session 1 – Competition in digital markets \n\nDavid van Wamel (Leiden University): Commission’s power to impose interim measures in digital markets\nGeorgiana Mirza (VU Amsterdam): Digital ecosystems in competition law and market regulation\nMax van Iersel (Tilburg University): EU merger policy’s impact on startup innovation ecosystems\n\n12:30 to 14:00 – Lunch Break \n14:00 to 15:00 – Session 2 – Overlapping regulatory regimes \n\nBelle Beems (Radboud University Nijmegen): Intersection of competition law\, DMA\, GDPR\, and institutional cooperation\nKena Zhang (Maastricht University): Antitrust in AI infrastructure (data & compute)\, comparing EU\, US\, China\n\n15:00 to 16:00 – Session 3 – Looking ahead ((innovation\, blockchain\, sustainability) \n\nQihan Xu (Erasmus University Rotterdam): Blockchain‐based collusive agreements in China and sufficiency of legislation\nStephanie Penereiro (USP Law School / VU Amsterdam): Competition law and sustainability (origins\, comparative overview\, possible approaches)\n\n16:00 to 16:10 – Closing Remarks (Georgiana Mirza & Thibault Schrepel) \n16:10 to 18:00 – Cocktail reception \n \nRegistration to attend the event: \nLoading…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/competition-law-doctoral-forum/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:[event] Godefroy de Boiscuillé: The EU Digital Single Market Paradox
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Godefroy de Boiscuillé is Maître de Conférences at Côte d’Azur University and Co-Director of the Chair Competition & Digital Economics at Panthéon-Assas University Paris II. \nDescription: The goal of creating a unified digital economy is being undermined by the steady rise in trade barriers\, often framed under the innocuous term “ex ante regulation.” This presentation will focus on four key points: (1) In digital markets\, the approach of negative integration—removing barriers to trade—is increasingly contradicted by new measures that have effects equivalent to quantitative restrictions. (2) The strategy of positive integration—establishing EU-wide norms and standards—is weakened by the proliferation of conflicting standards. (3) Exceptions to the free movement of goods are multiplying\, justified by objectives that often conflict with other equally important goals. (4) While the Digital Single Market is based on the principles of the common market\, it introduces a less liberal philosophy compared to the traditional internal market framework. Together\, these dynamics reveal a paradox: the very goal of a unified digital market risks being undermined by the growing layers of regulation fragmenting the digital economy. \nFormat: Dr. de Boiscuillé will give a 30-minute talk\, which will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel. \n  \nLoading…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/godefroy-de-boiscuille/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference,Law & Technology & Economics
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250522T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250523T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224528
CREATED:20250429T141708Z
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SUMMARY:[conference] Law & Technology & Economics of AI
DESCRIPTION:Law & Technology & Economics of AI\nDates: May 22 – 23\, 2025 (Thursday – Friday) \nTime: 9:30am – 5:30pm \nOrganiers: Adrian Kuenzler\, Thibault Schrepel\, Volker Stocker \nVenue: Academic Conference Room\, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower\, The University of Hong Kong \nThe conference seeks to provide a multidisciplinary forum to explore challenges regarding AI regulation\, and to shed new light on meaningful regulatory design. It will bring together top scholars from law\, economics\, and computer science to present their work and engage in discussions across disciplinary boundaries. \nRegister here: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&UEID=100103 \n***\n22 MAY 2025 (DAY 1)\nWelcome by the Organizers (9:40 – 10am)\nAdrian Kuenzler\, Thibault Schrepel\, Volker Stocker \nPanel 1: AI and Competition (10 – 11:30am) \nChair & Moderator: Thibault Schrepel (VU Amsterdam) \nPresenters:\n• Julian Nowag (The University of Hong Kong)\nAlgorithmic Predation and Exclusion \n• Nuno Cunha Rodrigues (Universidade de Lisboa/Portuguese Competition Authority)\nCrafting the Regulatory Ecosystem for AI: Competition 2.0 \n• Antonio Capobianco (OECD Competition Division)\nCompetition in the Provision of Cloud Computing Services \n• Elettra Bietti (Northeastern University) \nKeynote Speech (11:45am – 12:45pm) \nChristopher Yoo (Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology; Professor of Communication; Professor of Computer and Information Science\, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School) \nPanel 2: AI Act and Copyright (2:00 – 3:30 pm)\nChair & Moderator: Volker Stocker (Weizenbaum Institute) \nPresenters:\n• Daniel Schnurr (University of Regensburg)\nImplementing the European AI Act: Balancing Horizontal Consistency with Sector-Specific Requirements \n• Sandra Marco Colino (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)\nCopyrighting AI’s Artistic Streak: The China-US Divide \n• Zachary Cooper (VU Amsterdam)\nLimits to Copyright’s Power Over the Next-Generation of Generative AI Media  \nPanel 3: AI Economics and Regulation (4:00 – 5:30pm) \nChair & Moderator: Adrian Kuenzler (The University of Hong Kong) \nPresenters:\n• Jason Potts (RMIT University)\nGoverning Hyperobjects – New Economics of AI Regulation \n• William Lehr & Volker Stocker (MIT & Weizenbaum Institute)\nAgentic AI – Friend and Foe \n• Alba Ribera Martínez (Universidad Villanueva) – ONLINE\nGenerative AI Training Data and the Challenge of Lawful Scale \n***\n23 MAY 2025 (DAY 2)\nKeynote Speech (9:30 – 10:30am) \nSandra Matz (Columbia Business School) – ONLINE \nPanel 4: Data and AI (10:30am – 12:00 noon) \nChair & Moderator: Thibault Schrepel (VU Amsterdam) \nPresenters:\n• Ginger Zhe Jin (University of Maryland)\nArtificial Intelligence and Data Policies \n• Kyohei Yamamoto (Japan Fair Trade Commission)\nAI\, Competition and Data Regulation in Japan \n• Robert Mahari (MIT Media Lab) – ONLINE \nPanel 5: Governing AI (1:15 – 2:45pm)\nChair & Moderator: Volker Stocker (Weizenbaum Institute) \nPresenters:\n• Michal Shur-Ofry (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)\nAI Governance as Regulation of Collective Memory \nPaul Ohm (Georgetown University Law Center)\nFocusing on Fine-Tuning: Understanding the Four Pathways for Shaping Generative AI \n• Harry Surden (University of Colorado Law School)\nThe Limits of Prediction in Technology Policy: Why AI Regulation Must Embrace Uncertainty \nPanel 6: Jurisdictional Challenges and AI Policies (3:15 – 4:45pm) \nChair & Moderator: Adrian Kuenzler (The University of Hong Kong) \nPresenters:\n• Florence G’sell (Scienes Po/Stanford University)\nThe EU’s Model of Comprehensive Technology Regulation\n• Yo Sop Choi (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Seoul)\nThe New AI Regulation in Korea\n• Yasunori Tabei (Japan Fair Trade Commission)\nJapanese AI Regulation\n• Catalina Goanta (Utrecht University) – ONLINE \nClosing Remarks by the Organizers (4:45 – 5pm) \nThis event is free of charge.\n \nFor inquiries\, please contact Ms. Grace Chan at mcgrace@hku.hk / 3917 4727.
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/law-tech-econ-ai/
LOCATION:Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:[event] Herbert Hovenkamp: Tech Monopolies
DESCRIPTION:Organizer: Thibault Schrepel\, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI). \nSpeaker: Herbert Hovenkamp is the James G. Dinan University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the Wharton School. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, and in 2008 won the Justice Department’s John Sherman Award for his lifetime contributions to antitrust law. In 2012 he served on the ABA’s Committee to advise the President-elect on antitrust matters. His principal writing includes The Opening of American Law: Neoclassical Legal Thought\, 1870-1970 (Oxford\, 2015); Antitrust Law (formerly with Phillip E. Areeda and Donald F. Turner) (22 vols.\, Aspen 2008-2021); Principle of Antitrust (West 2d ed. 2021); Creation Without Restraint: Promoting Liberty and Rivalry in Innovation (Oxford\, 2012\, with Bohannan); The Making of Competition Policy (Oxford\, 2012\, with Crane); The Antitrust Enterprise: Principle and Execution (Harvard\, 2006); Federal Antitrust Policy: The Law of Competition and Its Practice (West\, 5th ed. 2015); IP and Antitrust (2 vols.\, Aspen\, 2017\, with Janis\, Lemley\, Leslie\, and Carrier); and Enterprise and American Law\, 1836-1937 (Harvard\, 1991). He has also co-authored casebooks in antitrust\, property law\, and a free open source casebook on innovation and competition policy. He has consulted on numerous antitrust cases for various government entities and private plaintiffs. He has two sons. \nDescription: In an era defined by the dominance of tech giants such as Amazon\, Apple\, Meta\, and Microsoft\, questions surrounding market power\, consumer harm\, and regulatory intervention are more urgent than ever. Join us for a timely and thought-provoking conversation with Herbert Hovenkamp\, one of the world’s leading antitrust scholars\, as he presents insights from his new book\, Tech Monopoly. In this talk\, Professor Hovenkamp will explore how antitrust law grapples with the complexities of digital markets\, ranging from software and search engines to online retail and hardware. He will examine how features like two-sided markets\, data aggregation\, and platform effects challenge traditional competition analysis and enforcement. From foundational legal principles to pressing policy debates (such as whether Big Tech firms should be broken up and what remedies might actually benefit users) this event offers a clear and accessible entry point into one of today’s most contentious economic issues. Whether you are a legal scholar\, economist\, policymaker\, a practitioner\, or simply interested in the intersection of law and technology\, this discussion will provide valuable tools for understanding and evaluating the current state of antitrust law in the digital age. \nFormat: Prof. Herbert Hovenkamp will give a 30-minute talk\, followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel and a Q&A with the audience.
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/herbert-hovenkamp/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference,Law & Technology & Economics
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SUMMARY:[event] Richard S. Markovits: The Impact of Mergers on R&D
DESCRIPTION:Organizer: Thibault Schrepel\, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI). \nSpeaker: Richard Markovits is the John B. Connally Chair in Law at the University of Texas. He teaches and writes in the areas of antitrust\, law and economics\, constitutional law and jurisprudence. He is the author of articles in the Harvard Law Review\, Yale Law Journal\, Stanford Law Review and elsewhere as well as the book Matters of Principle: Legitimate Legal Argument and Constitutional Interpretation (NYU\, 1998)\, Truth or Economics: On the Definition\, Prediction\, and Relevance of Economic Efficiency (Yale\, 2008)\, and Economics and the Interpretation and Application of U.S. and E.U. Antitrust Law (two vols.) (Springer\, 2014). He came to Texas from Stanford Law School in 1976. \nDescription: This talk will examine how mergers and acquisitions affect R&D investment through two mechanisms: reducing price competition (which increases investment) and altering investment competition intensity (an overlooked factor in antitrust analysis). It will then challenge the assumption that more R&D will always be economically efficient\, arguing that product R&D will tend to be over-incentivized while production-process R&D will be under-incentivized due to market imperfections. Prof. Markovits will further contend that current policies combining IP protections with immediate R&D expense deductions create uncertainty about optimal investment levels because we are not able to accurately measure how individual projects affect discovery probabilities or the true breadth of IP protection across different types of innovations. \nFormat: Prof. Richard S. Markovits will give a 30-minute talk\, followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel and a Q&A with the audience. \nLoading…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/richard-markovits/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference,Law & Technology & Economics
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SUMMARY:Inaugural Conference: Space Law & Sustainability Center (VU ALTI & ASI)
DESCRIPTION:VU Amsterdam has repeatedly been recognized as the most sustainable university in the Netherlands and\, in 2023\, made a groundbreaking decision to cut ties with fossil fuel companies that do not comply with the Paris Agreement. It is only natural for our university’s focus on sustainable development to extend beyond Earth’s boundaries. \nThe Space Law & Sustainability Center is founded by two existing VU institutes\, Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute (ALTI) and Amsterdam Sustainability Institute (ASI)\, with the purpose of providing an interdepartmental platform for dialogue and multidisciplinary collaboration within the VU Amsterdam community\, focusing on the expanding scope of human activities in outer space. The Center enhances cross-faculty collaboration by demonstrating how ‘space’ connects multiple expertise because it acts as an enabler for the fulfillment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. \nThe Amsterdam Center for Space Law & Sustainability contributes to the activities of the UNSDSN Dutch chapter hosted at VU Amsterdam. Externally\, the Center engages in valorization and impact activities within the Dutch ecosystem and at international level. It aims to collaborate with universities\, research centers\, the private sector\, NGOs and public bodies. \nJoin us on 20 June 2025 in Amsterdam & online for the launch event!  \nThis launch will be marked by an international conference aimed at defining “space sustainability” as a matter of international security. In the context of rapidly expanding space activities\, urgent challenges have emerged—ranging from the accumulation of orbital debris and the militarization of space to the commercialization of space resources without adequate regulatory oversight. Alongside national and international experts\, we will examine the provisions of the Pact of the Future\, a landmark UN Resolution A/RES/79/1 adopted in September 2024\, referring\, among others\, to the need for new frameworks concerning space debris\, space traffic management\, and space resources. The conference will also present a set of critical and innovative assessments concerning the adoption of artificial intelligence and quantum technologies in outer space as well as a series of multidisciplinary approaches to space sustainability. \nAlongside national and international experts we will discuss the following topics: \n\nEUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES (LEGAL & TECHNICAL) ON SPACE SUSTAINABILITY & SECURITY\nFUTURE FRAMEWORKS IN LINE WITH THE UNITED NATIONS PACT OF THE FUTURE\nARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & QUANTUM TECH FOR SPACE SECURITY: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS\nINTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO SPACE SUSTAINABILITY\nINTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR SUSTAINABLE & SECURE SPACE\n\nParticipation is free\, but registration is required. Register here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/inaugural-conference-space-law-sustainability-center/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:[event] Geoffrey A. Manne: DMA Goes Global
DESCRIPTION:Organizer: Thibault Schrepel\, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI). \nSpeaker: Geoffrey A. Manne is the president and founder of the International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE)\, a nonprofit\, nonpartisan research center based in Portland\, Oregon. He is also a Visiting Professor at IE University in Madrid\, and a distinguished fellow at Northwestern University’s Center on Law\, Business\, and Economics. Manne holds AB & JD degrees from the University of Chicago. He is an expert in the economic analysis of law\, focusing particularly on antitrust\, consumer protection\, telecom\, IP\, and technology regulation. From 2003 to 2006 he was an assistant professor at Lewis & Clark Law School where he taught law & economics\, international economic regulation\, corporations\, and other courses. In 2006 he decamped from Lewis & Clark to work in Microsoft’s legal department\, heading up a program on law & economics academic engagement. He subsequently founded ICLE in 2009. Prior to teaching\, Manne practiced antitrust law and appellate litigation at Latham & Watkins\, clerked for Hon. Morris S. Arnold on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals\, and worked as a research assistant for Judge Richard A. Posner. He was also once (very briefly) employed by the FTC. His writings and publications are available at SSRN and ICLE. \nDescription: This presentation will examine the rise of Digital Competition Regulations (DCRs) such as the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) and their global counterparts. It will argue that DCRs will depart fundamentally from traditional competition law\, prioritizing rent redistribution\, the facilitation of rivals\, and the deliberate weakening of successful platforms over consumer welfare or innovation. Drawing on cases like Apple’s DMA compliance and the Android Auto decision\, the talk will highlight the conceptual ambiguities\, innovation risks\, and broader paradigm shift these regulations will represent for competition policy worldwide. \nFormat: Geoffrey A. Manne will give a 30-minute talk\, followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel and a Q&A with the audience. \n
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/manne-dma/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference,Law & Technology & Economics
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SUMMARY:Douwe Groenevelt - Decoding legal AI. What's real\, and what's next?
DESCRIPTION:Thursday 20 November 2025\, 12.00-13.00 \nVrije Universiteit Main building\, De Boelelaan 1105\, Amsterdam\, \nRoom: 8A00 \nDecoding Legal AI: what’s real\, and what’s next\nLecture followed by Q&A about the future of legal practice in the age of AI\n DOUWE GROENEVELT \n\nFounder and CEO Viridea.ai – A lawyer turned technology entrepreneur\, trying to reimagine how professionals work\, drawing inspiration from 20+ years of experience in professional service\nCreator of the short (fully AI generated) movie Barney – The End of Lawyers\nFormer head legal ASML\, former attorney De Brauw\n\nHOSTED by Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute\, professor Arno R. Lodder
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/douwe/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20251128T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20251128T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224528
CREATED:20251030T075621Z
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SUMMARY:[event] The Future of Competition Law Research
DESCRIPTION:Co-organizer: Thibault Schrepel\, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI). \nDescription: The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is delighted to co-organize\, together with ICLE\, a special event dedicated to the Master Thesis Competition in Competition Law. This gathering will showcase the outstanding work of the winners and bring together distinguished members of the jury alongside leading academics in the field. It will be a unique opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research\, exchange ideas\, and celebrate the next generation of competition law scholars. We warmly invite all interested participants to join us on the VU campus for what promises to be an inspiring and thought-provoking afternoon. \nSpeakers: \n\nAlison Jones (King’s College London)\nMariateresa Maggiolino (Bocconi University)\nFrancisco Marcos (IE Law School)\nFrédéric Marty (Université Côte d’Azur)\nHenri Piffaut (European Commission\, DG COMP)\nThibault Schrepel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)\nAnna Tzanaki (University of Leeds)\n\nProgram: \n1:00 – 1:15 PM — Welcome & Opening Remarks\nDr. Thibault Schrepel\, Associate Professor of Law (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) \n1:15 – 2:00 PM — Award Ceremony\nPresentation of the three competition law thesis awards: \n\nGrand Prize – Best Thesis\nMost Innovative Thesis\nBest Law & Economics Analysis\n\nEach awardee will present their research (10 minutes each). \n2:00 – 2:30 PM — Coffee Break \n2:30 – 4:00 PM — Perspectives on Competition Law Research \nThis session focuses on the current state of research in competition law\, drawing on the speakers’ own experiences through a series of 10-minute presentations followed by discussion. \nThemes will include: \n\nHow researchers find their voice and build a distinctive research agenda in competition law\nHow to balance doctrinal\, empirical\, and theoretical approaches\nThe role of quantitative methods in modern competition research\nLessons from supervising master’s or PhD students\nHow practice and case law can inform theory\nThe papers that most shaped speakers’ understanding of competition law\nWhat economics can (and cannot) contribute to the field\nThe importance of academic research for antitrust agencies\nThe most influential non-competition law works in our field\nHow mentorship shapes a research trajectory\nThe role of failure and resilience in academic careers\nWhy\, and when\, to publish interdisciplinary competition research\n\n4:00 – 5:00 PM — Panel Discussion: The Future of Competition Law Scholarship \nThis session focuses on the future of competition law research. It will explore how technology and new institutions will shape the field in the years ahead. The panel will be boderated by Thibault Schrepel. \nThemes will include: \n\nShould competition law scholars learn to code?\nThe role of open data and transparency in tomorrow’s research\nHow GenAI may transform competition law scholarship\nThe evolution of academic publishing in the AI era\nWhat role will academic research play in shaping the future of competition law?\nThe future of interdisciplinary collaboration between law\, economics\, and data science\nThe role of human judgment in an increasingly automated research environment\nWhat skills and methods will define the next generation of competition law scholars\n\nREGISTRATION OVER HERE
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/theses-awards/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:[event] Frederic Jenny: The Five Crises of Competition Law
DESCRIPTION:Organizer: Thibault Schrepel\, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI). \nSpeaker: Frédéric Jenny holds a Ph.D in Economics from Harvard University (1975)\, a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Paris (1977) and an MBA degree from ESSEC Business School (1966). He is Emeritus Professor of Economics at ESSEC Business School in Paris and President of the International Committee of Concurrences Review. He is Chairman of the OECD Global Competition Forum\, and former Co-Director of the European Center for Law and Economics of ESSEC. He was previously Non-Executive Director of the Office of Fair Trading in the United Kingdom (2007-2014)\, Judge on the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation\, Economic Commercial and Financial Chamber) from 2004 to August 2012\, Vice Chair of the French Competition Authority (1993-2004) and President of the WTO Working Group on Trade and Competition (1994-2003). He was visiting professor at Northwestern University Department of Economics in the United States (1978)\, Keio University Department of Economics in Japan (1984)\, University of Capetown Business School in South Africa (1991)\, Haifa University School of Law in Israel (2012). He was Visiting Professor at University College London Law School (2005-2010)\, Global Professor of Antitrust in the New York University School of Law’s Hauser Global Law School (2014\, 2017 and 2022) and Senior Fellow in the Online Global Competition and Consumer Law Masters Program\, University of Melbourne (Australia) (2016-2018) \nDescription: Industrial policy to promote growth through innovation has taken center stage in Europe’s economic policy. What do we know about the economics of innovation and  the respective roles of competition and industrial policy in the promotion of innovation? Under which condition could these two policies be complementary? \nFormat: Frederic Jenny will give a 30-minute talk\, followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel and a Q&A with the audience. \nLoading…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/jenny/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference,Law & Technology & Economics
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SUMMARY:[event] Teodora Groza: Governing Foundation Models
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Teodora Groza is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tübingen. She has obtained a PhD in law from Sciences Po Law School and has held visiting positions at Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School. Her work is underlined by the belief that technological developments need to be paired with governance innovations and investigates the fitness of various legal interventions for ensuring AI alignment. Methodologically\, she leverages the toolkit of law and economics\, in particular organizational and institutional economics. \nShe has published on data markets\, the governance of AI companies\, the role of regulation in promoting innovation\, and the impact of new business models on the EU and US antitrust frameworks. She regularly intervenes at academic\, civil society\, and industry conferences. \nDescription: Senior executives of frontier AI labs have recently described AI foundation models as either “infrastructures” or “platforms.” Although these terms are often used interchangeably in legal and governance debates\, economists distinguish between the effects and incentive structures they generate. This talk examines the role of foundation models in today’s economy and disentangles their platform-like and infrastructure-like characteristics. Building on this distinction\, it situates foundation models within the existing regulatory architectures of platforms (e.g. social media\, digital marketplaces) and infrastructures (e.g. public utilities). It then analyzes how different governance choices would shape access\, competition\, and the allocation of regulatory authority. \nOrganizer: Thibault Schrepel\, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI). \nFormat: Teodora Groza will give a 30-minute talk\, followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel and a Q&A with the audience. \nLoading…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/teodora-groza/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference,Law & Technology & Economics
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SUMMARY:[event] Competition and the Wealth of Nations
DESCRIPTION:Substance Over Slogans:\nCompetition and the Wealth of Nations\nPlease join us for a unique antitrust conference\, “Substance Over Slogans: Competition and the Wealth of Nations” on March 13\, 2026\, at the Palazzo Ripetta in Rome\, Italy. \nOur aim for this conference is to look past the headlines and oft-politicized arguments that have defined the last several years of competition-policy discourse to examine the current academic foundations of antitrust through a rigorous assessment of the legal and economic state of play—this year with a deliberately multidisciplinary lens that pairs subject-matter experts from adjacent fields with antitrust scholars and practitioners. \nThe competition-policy landscape is shifting rapidly\, and making sense of it now requires a genuinely multidisciplinary vantage point. This year’s conference aims to assemble subject-matter experts from fields as diverse as the AI\, cloud\, and chips stack; management and productivity; geopolitics and digital sovereignty; venture capital and bankruptcy. By pairing these voices with leading antitrust scholars\, we aim to translate external evidence into concrete implications for enforcement\, remedies\, and process—clarifying\, for example\, when vertical integration in the AI stack is pro-competitive\, how reallocation conditions shape contestability\, where industrial policy complements rivalry\, and which institutional guardrails best sustain competitive markets over time. \nAgainst this backdrop\, our Rome conference will bring together an unparalleled assembly of top academics\, influential policymakers\, and business experts to discuss the state of the art of economic and legal research and to translate external expertise into concrete implications for enforcement\, remedies\, and institutional design. Each session features a concise 10–15 minute briefing by a subject-matter expert\, followed by a moderated conversation with antitrust discussants. \nOur goal is to investigate the current state of antitrust policy\, focusing on substance over slogans. \nHosted by: \n\nThe International Center for Law & Economics (Geoffrey A. Manne and Dirk Auer)\nThe Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute (Thibault Schrepel)\nIE Law School Madrid (Francisco Marcos and Lazar Radic)\n\nCONFIRMED SPEAKERS:\nDirk Auer (Director of Competition Policy\, International Center for Law &Economics & Adjunct Professor of Law\, University of Liège) \nGustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima (President\, Brazilian Administrative Counsel for Economic Defense (CADE) & Former Assistant Deputy Director of Economic Policy\, General Secretariat of the Presidency of Brazil) \nDavid Bosco (Professor\, Aix-Marseille University Faculty of Law and Political Science & Director\, Center for Economic Law\, Aix-Marseille University) \nHarry G. Broadman (Principal\, WestExec Advisors & Senior Economist\, RAND) \nGiuseppe Colangelo (Jean Monnet Chair in European Innovation Policy\, University of Basilicata & Senior Scholar of Competition Policy\, International Center for Law & Economics) \nJuliana Oliveira Domingues (Professor of Economic Law and Antitrust\, University of São Paulo & Former Attorney General\, Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE)) \nHon. Douglas H. Ginsburg (Senior Circuit Judge\, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia & Professor of Law\, George Mason University Law School) \nNicola Giocoli (Full Professor of Economics\, University of Pisa Faculty of Law) \nAndrei Hagiu (Professor of Information Systems\, Boston University Questrom School of Business) \nM. Todd Henderson (Michael J. Marks Professor of Law\, University of Chicago Law School) \nHerbert Hovenkamp (James G. Dinan University Professor\, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School) \nFrédéric Jenny (Emeritus Professor of Economics\, ESSEC Business School & Former Vice President\, French Competition Authority) \nThomas A. Lambert (Wall Chair in Corporate Law and Governance\, University of Missouri School of Law) \nMaria Maciá (Associate Professor of Law\, Notre Dame Law School)  \nMariateresa Maggiolino (Full Professor of Economic Law\, Università Bocconi) \nGeoffrey A. Manne (President & Founder\, International Center for Law & Economics & Visiting Professor of Law\, IE University) \nFrancisco Marcos (Professor of Law\, IE University Law School) \nA. Douglas Melamed (Visiting Fellow\, Stanford Law School & Scholar in Residence\, USC Gould School of Law) \nEduardo Pérez Motta (Founding Partner\, Pérez Motta Estrada & Former President\, Mexican Federal Competition Commission) \nRandal C. Picker (James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law\, University of Chicago Law School) \nLazar Radic (Assistant Professor of Law\, IE University Law School & Senior Scholar of Competition Policy\, International Center for Law & Economics) \nPierre Régibeau (Competition Expert\, Analysis Group & Former Chief Economist\, EU Commission Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP)) \nThibault Schrepel (Associate Professor of Law\, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Faculty Affiliate\, Stanford University CodeX Center) \nEric Seufert (General Partner\, Heracles Capital & Analyst and Podcast Host\, Mobile Dev Memo) \nLauren Wagner (Fellow\, Abundance Institute)  \nKoren W. Wong-Ervin (Partner\, Jones Day & Former Counsel for Intellectual Property & International Antitrust\, U.S. Federal Trade Commission) \nElena Yndurain (Professor\, IE Business School & Director\, AI Project Management\, Microsoft) \nREGISTRATION:\nRight here
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/competition-rome/
LOCATION:Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:[event] Jonathan Barnett: When Antitrust Gets It Wrong
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jonathan Barnett is director of the law school’s Media\, Entertainment and Technology Law Program and the author of The Big Steal: Ideology\, Interest\, and the Undoing of Intellectual Property (Oxford University Press 2024) and Innovators\, Firms\, and Markets: The Organizational Logic of Intellectual Property (Oxford University Press 2021).. Barnett specializes in antitrust\, intellectual property\, and corporate and business law\, with a focus on innovation policy and strategy in technology markets. Barnett has published in the Harvard Law Review\, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology\, Yale Law Journal\, Journal of Legal Studies\, Jurimetrics\, Review of Law & Economics\, and other scholarly journals. He also regularly comments in the press and at conferences on legal and policy issues concerning antitrust and intellectual property. He joined USC in 2006 and was a visiting professor at NYU School of Law in 2010. He is also an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics. Prior to academia\, Barnett practiced corporate law as a senior associate at Cleary Gottlieb LLP in New York\, specializing in private equity and mergers and acquisitions transactions. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania\, Barnett received a MPhil from Cambridge University and a JD from Yale Law School. \nDescription: Patent holdup. Killer acquisitions. Kill zones. Default bias. Four influential theories of harm\, and four cases where weak evidence drove major policy interventions. This talk offers a critical assessment of the new competition orthodoxy. \nOrganizer: Thibault Schrepel\, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI). \nFormat: Jonathan Barnett will give a 30-minute talk\, followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel and a Q&A with the audience. \nChargement…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/barnett-antitrust/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference,Law & Technology & Economics
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SUMMARY:[event] Pablo Ibáñez Colomo: Green Technologies & Competition Law
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Pablo Ibáñez Colomo is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also an Ordinary Member at the Competition Appeal Tribunal\, a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) and one of the Joint General Editors of the Journal of European Competition Law & Practice (Oxford University Press). He received a PhD from the European University Institute in June 2010 (Jacques Lassier Prize). Before joining the EUI as a Researcher in 2007\, he taught for three years at the Law Department of the College of Europe (Bruges)\, where he also completed an LLM in 2004. He has been a Visiting Professor at several institutions around the world\, including Aix-Marseille University\, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México\, Kobe University and Torcuato di Tella University. \nDescription: Green technologies pose a major threat to incumbents in many industries\, from energy to transport and food. It is therefore rational for the latter to display anticompetitive strategies aimed at delaying technological change. It would be logical for competition authorities around the world to focus on these strategies. \nOrganizer: Thibault Schrepel\, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI). \nFormat: Pablo Ibáñez Colomo will give a 30-minute talk\, followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel and a Q&A with the audience. \nChargement…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/pablo-ibanez-colomo/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference,Law & Technology & Economics
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260602T130000
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SUMMARY:[event] Catalina Goanta: Miniconsumers
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Catalina Goanta is Associate Professor in Private Law and Technology and Principal Investigator of the ERC Starting Grant HUMANads\, focused on understanding the impact of content monetization on social media and on reinterpreting private law fairness in the context of platform governance. Between 2016–2021 she was Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law at Maastricht University\, and during February 2018–February 2019\, she was a Niels Stensen fellow and visited the University of St. Gallen (The Institute of Work and Employment) and Harvard University (The Berkman Center for Internet and Society). \nDescription: “The kids aren’t alright.” In the EU and beyond\, policy attention has recently turned to children’s online activities. Many countries\, from Australia to Brazil\, are doubling down on platform regulation and social media bans\, adopting new data protection and children’s rights frameworks to oversee these activities and protect minors from harms ranging from grooming to problematic or addictive use. \nYet this narrative is missing an important component: children are also consumers\, and their online presence is based on transactions and contracts they may or may not have the legal capacity to enter into. This presentation explores the research gap surrounding children’s legal capacity: what minors are and are not permitted to engage with contractually in digital environments\, and whether current legal standards should evolve in light of emerging scientific evidence. \nOrganizer: Thibault Schrepel\, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI). \nFormat: Catalina Goanta will give a 30-minute talk\, followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel and a Q&A with the audience. \nChargement…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/catalina-goanta/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference,Law & Technology & Economics
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SUMMARY:[event] Pēteris Zilgalvis: AI at the CJUE
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Pēteris Zilgalvis entered office as Judge of the General Court of the European Union in 2021. Before joining the General Court\, Mr Zilgalvis served as Head of Unit for Digital Innovation and Blockchain at the European Commission and also held several positions at the European Commission\, Council of Europe\, and in the Latvian administration. \nDescription: This seminar is an exceptional opportunity to engage directly with Judge Pēteris Zilgalvis (EU General Court) on the recently adopted CJEU Artificial Intelligence Ethics Charter. At a time when courts are increasingly confronted with the promises and perils of AI\, the Charter signals an ambitious attempt to reconcile technological efficiency with the foundational principles of adjudication\, i.e.\, human oversight\, independence\, and fundamental rights. The talk will shed light on how the CJEU is operationalising these principles in practice\, and on the broader implications for the future of judicial decision-making in an AI-driven environment. \nOrganizer: Thibault Schrepel\, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI). \nFormat: Judge Zilgalvis will give a 30-minute talk\, followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel and a Q&A with the audience. \nChargement…
URL:https://alti.amsterdam/event/peteris-zilgalvis/
LOCATION:VU Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference
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