Centre for European Policy Studies
1 Place du Congres, 1000 Brussels
November 19, 2018 

The growing importance of big data, artificial intelligence, and algorithms has stimulated an intense debate about their implications for competition law.  This conference, which will also feature a keynote address by former U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Maureen Ohlhausen, will explore the technical and economic foundations of big data and examine the proper application of concepts such as algorithmic collusion, abuse of dominance, and merger analysis. 

Please register here. 

Agenda:
 
10:00-10:15        Welcome
Christopher Yoo, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Fetzer, University of Mannheim
Andrea Renda, CEPS
 
10:15-10:30        Keynote Address
Maureen Ohlhausen, Former Chairman, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Moderator:  Christopher Yoo, University of Pennsylvania
 
10:30-11:30        Panel 1 – The Technical and Economic Foundations of Big Data
Ashwin Ittoo, HEC Management School, University of Liege
Liad Wagman, Illinois Institute of Technology
Paul Belleflamme, UC Louvain (invited)
Moderator:  Christopher Yoo, University of Pennsylvania
 
11:30-11:45        Break
 
11:45-12:45        Panel 2 – Algorithmic Collusion
Joseph Harrington, University of Pennsylvania
Kai-Uwe Kuhn, University of East Anglia
TBC, German Federal Cartel Office (invited)
Moderator:  Thomas Fetzer, University of Mannheim
 
12:45-14:00       Lunch and Address on Big Data under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law
Yong Huang, University of International Business and Economics
 
14:00-15:00       Panel 3 – Big Data and Abuse of Dominance
Anja Lambrecht, London Business School
Inge Graef, Tilburg Law School
Jan Kraemer, University of Passau
Moderator:  Andrea Renda, CEPS
 
15:00-15:15        Break
 
15:15-16:15        Panel 4 – Big Data and Mergers
Torsten Körber, University of Cologne
Alexandre de Streel, University of Namur
Damien Geradin, Tilberg Law and Economics Center
Moderator:  Gabor Molnar, University of Colorado
 
16:15-16:30        Closing
 
 
All times are local (GMT +1). Lunch will be served. 

The conference is co-organized by the Mannheim Center for Competition and Innovation of the University of Mannheim, and the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, supported by the Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of Colorado Boulder.
 
The organizers would like to thank the Centre for European Policy Studies for their support of the event and the use of their space.
   

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