Description:
The workshop will explain how important the issue of competition policy is in platform regulation and explore the way competition policy authorities in EU, China, USA, India and South Africa are reacting to the growth of platforms. What methods are used by the regulators to measure market power or abuse of dominance? Has regulation fostered more competitive Internet-related markets, a larger diversity of business models, and more innovation? What could be done to improve the current framework? What measures are used to enable equitable access to data, marketplaces or infrastructures for fostering competition and innovation on the Internet platform market? What could be done to improve the current measures?
Combing both local experts with a global perspective on antitrust regulations and platform governance, this workshop aims to build an international platform for experts, scholars, policymakers, and legal practitioners from relevant fields to jointly discuss the above important and timely issues, challenges and opportunities on an interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional approaches. Speakers and moderators from The EU, USA, China, Europe, India and South Africa will discuss above questions from diverse geographic and stakeholder’s perspectives.
Speakers:
Dr. He Qing, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Professor Milton Mueller, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Mr. Jet DENG Zhisong, Dentons China, China
Ms. Albana Karapanco, Adviser to the Minister of Finance and Economy of Albania & Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Tirana, Albania
Mr. James Hodge, Chief Economist at the South African Competition Commission, South Africa
Professor Ajay Shah, Jindal Global University, India
Moderators: Dr. Yik Chan Chin, Beijing Normal University
Ms. Ioana Stupariu, Central European University
Dr. Alison Gillwald, Research ICT Africa
Intended Panel Agenda:
1) Setting the scene: moderator, Dr. Chin 3 minutes
2) Short introduction in regard to the antitrust situation in each regions, each speaks for 4 minutes with 3 minute of immediate audience response in the end
3) Policy question discussions amongst speakers 30 minutes moderated by Dr. Chin & Ms. Stupariu
4) Interactive question and answer session, 25 minutes moderated by Dr. Gillwald & Ms. Stupariu
5) Wrap-up, 5 minutes.