1st International Conference on Dialogues in Competition Law & Economics (DCLE)
CONFERENCE THEME: Modern Issues on Competition Law and Economics: Digital Economy, Sustainability & Artificial Intelligence
Date: 1st July 2024
Location: University of Piraeus, Conference Hall, Piraeus, Greece
Conference and Organizing Committee (cles-law@ucl.ac.uk):
DCLE is a global network of academics and professionals, practicing in Competition law and economics of competition policy. The DCLE Scientific Committee consists of Prof. Ioannis Lianos (Centre for Law, Economics and Society, The University College of London), Prof. Ioannis Kokkoris (Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London), and Assoc. Prof. Michael Polemis (ETOS Lab, University of Piraeus, and Hellenic Competition Commission).
DCLE 2024
DETAILED CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
9:00-9:40 Early registration
9:40-9:50 Welcome speeches by the Rector of the University of Piraeus, Professor Michail Sfakianakis and by the Director of the Msc in Law and Economics, Professor Pantelis Pantelidis
9:50-10:00 Opening speech by the President of the Hellenic Competition Commission Ms. Irene Sharpe
10:00-11:30 Session I: Digital ecosystems, digital economy and competition law
Moderator: Michael Polemis, University of Piraeus and Hellenic Competition Commission
Nicholas Economides, NYU Stern Business School - “Remedies in Digital Markets”
Maria Ioannidou, Queen Mary University, CCLS – “Competition Law Remedies in the Digital Economy: A New Approach”
Effie Kinini, University of Athens Law School - “DMA and traditional competition law”Discussant: Despoina Mantzari, University College London – “What is a Fair Price in the Digital Economy?’ FRAND in the DMA and beyond”
11:30-11:45 Coffee Break
11.45 -13.15 Session II: The Reform of Article 102 TFEU: The Commission’s Guidelines and Beyond
Moderator: Chara Nikolopoulou, Vice-President, HCC
Anthemis Economou, Latham & Watkins LLP - “The reform of Article 102 TFEU”Georgia Tzifa, Wilmer Hale – “The Reform of Article 102 TFEU”
Stavros Makris, Glasgow University – “Digital tying and the effective competitive constraints standard”
Discussant: Ioannis Lianos, University College London – “The Hidden Side of the Moon: Naked restrictions and Article 102 TFEU”
13.15 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.20 Session III: New challenges in the economics of competition law
Moderator: Nicholas Economides, NYU Stern Business School
Konstantinos Serfes, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University - “On the level and incidence of interchange fees charged by competing payment networks”
Emmanuel Petrakis, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - “Cross-ownership in duopoly: Are there incentives to divest?”
Michael Polemis, University of Piraeus and Hellenic Competition Commission - “What determines cartel duration? Global evidence using quantile regression analysis”
Panagiotis Fotis, Hellenic Competition Commission and Markos Tselekounis, University of Piraeus - “Colluding or settling? The role of unilateral overlapping ownership”
15:20-15:35 Coffee Break
15:35-17:00 Session IV: A political economy perspective on Competition Law and Policy
Moderator: Maria Ioannidou, Queen Mary University, CCLS
Andriani Kalintiri, Kings College London - “EU Antitrust Law’s Resilience: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
Grigorios Bacharis, London School of Economics, Law School - “Public redress in competition enforcement: a study of rationales and techniques”
Ioannis Tassopoulos, University of Athens, “Towards a constitutional approach to competition law”
Dimitrios Kyriazis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School - “State aid law as an influencer of national tax policy”
17:00-17:10 Coffee Break
17.10 – 18.50 Policy Session V: New challenges for competition law: Digital Ecosystems and AI
Moderator: Ioannis Lianos, UCL Faculty of Laws
Leonidas Theodosiou, Morgan Lewis - “The anticipated enforcement of 102/Chapter 2 in the Gen AI space”Nikos Peristerakis, K & L Gates, “AI and digital ecosystemic theories of harm”
Angelos Stenimachitis, Compass Lexecon – “Economic aspects and challenges of ecosystem theories of harm”
Kostantina Bania, Geradin & Partners, “Competition in Generative AI: Beyond Competition Law”
18.50 – 19.00 Conclusions: Ioannis Lianos, UCL Faculty of Laws