Competition Law & Regulation Symposium

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Transparency and Non-Discrimination Requirements for Online Platforms: Competition Law & Regulation Symposium | 6 June 2019 | Brussels

During this symposium, leading experts from the European Commission, national competition authorities and regulators, industry, private practice and academia will discuss the pros and cons of regulatory and competition law intervention against online platforms favouring their own goods and services.

Topics of the Symposium: Who should participate? • EU Regulation on fairness and transparency in • Private legal practitioners online platform trading • Representatives from national competition • Self-preferencing and non-discrimination under authorities speciﬁ c regulation • Representatives from public authorities • Case study: online marketplaces & third-party retailers dealing with competition law • Case study: app stores & third-party app developers • Representatives from national courts • Google Search (Shopping) antitrust decision • Industry representatives and in-house • Amazon: antitrust investigations in the EU, Austria, Germany counsels dealing with competition law • Eff ective competition law remedies • Economists and Academics

Experts (among others):

Robert Klotz Ben van Rompuy Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Leiden University; Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels; Managing Editor CoRe Journal Brussels

Werner Stengg Head of Unit „E-Commerce and Online Fabio Cannizzaro Platforms“, European Commission - Case Handler, European Commission – DG CONNECT, Brussels DG Competition, Brussels

Miguel Perez Guerra Inge Graef Senior Competition Counsel, Google, London Tilburg University | Member expert group to EU observatory on Online Platform Economy Jakob Kucharczyk Alexis Walckiers Vice President, Competition & EU Regulatory Chief Economist, Belgian Competition Policy at CCIA, Brussels Authority, Brussels

If you would like to register or have any questions, please don‘t hesitate to contact: Johann Blain, Senior Conference Manager, Phone: +49 (0)30-81 45 06-18 • E-mail: [email protected] www.lexxion.eu in cooperation with:

Transparency and Non-Discrimination Requirements for Online Platforms: Competition Law & Regulation Programme

08:45 Registration & Welcome Coffee Chair of the Afternoon Session: 09:15 Welcome Notes on behalf of Lexxion Publisher & CoRe Ben van Rompuy, Leiden University; Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Chair of the Morning Session: Robert Klotz, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Brussels; Managing Editor CoRe Journal

Morning Session: Afternoon Session: Regulations for Platform-to-Business Relationships Competition Law Issues: Case Studies

09:30 Presentation of the Proposed Regulations for 13:00 Case Study – Online Marketplaces Platform-to-Business Relationships • EC’s Google Investigation on Adsense • Interoperability and Portability Issues Werner Stengg, Head of Unit „E-Commerce and Online Platforms“, Panellists: European Commission - DG CONNECT, Brussels Samuel Laurinkari, Head of EU Affairs, eBay Inc., Brussels 10:15 Coffee Break Kiran Desai, Partner | EU Competition Law Leader, EY Law, Brussels 10:45 Regulations for Platform-to-Business Oleg Roibu, Head of Public Policy, eMAG, Bucharest Relationships – Interactive Panel and Q&A Panellists: 14:00 Case Study – App Stores Werner Stengg, Head of Unit „E-Commerce and Online Platforms“, • Self-preferences and non-discrimination European Commission - DG CONNECT, Brussels • Google Shopping Decision Inge Graef, Tilburg University | Member expert group to EU • Amazon Investigation observatory on Online Platform Economy • Curating Content vs Discriminating Competitors Karina Stan, Legal Adviser & Internal Market Attaché, Permanent Panellists: Representation of Romania, Brussels Miguel Perez Guerra, Senior Competition Counsel, Google, Jakob Kucharczyk, Vice President, Competition & EU Regulatory London Policy at CCIA, Brussels Damien Geradin, Partner, EUCLID Law, Brussels | Professor of Law, Tilburg University 12:00 Lunch Break Joos Francke, Team manager, Authority for Consumers & Markt (ACM), den Haag Richard Stables, CEO of Kelkoo Group, Brussels 15:00 Coffee Break 15:30 Effective Competition Law Remedies – Interactive Panel and Q&A Chair: Lewis Crofts, Editor-in-Chief, MLex, Brussels Panellists: Alexis Walckiers, Chief Economist, Belgian Competition Authority, Brussels Mark Jephcott, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, London Thomas Hoppner, Partner, Hausfeld Rechtsanwälte LLP, Berlin Alexander de Streel, Professor of EU Law at UNamur, Director of CRIDS/Namur Digital Institute, Joint-academic director CERRE Fabio Cannizzaro, Case Handler, European Commission - DG Competition, Brussels 16:30 Spotlight Heike Schweitzer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 17:00 Sum-up and end of the Conference Ben van Rompuy, Leiden University; Vrije Universiteit Brussels www.lexxion.eu in cooperati on with:

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