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SUMMARY:Digital Markets\, AI\, and the Future of Competition Law - Call for Papers
DESCRIPTION:XLVI Competition Law Scholars Forum Workshop (CLaSF)\nDigital Markets\, AI\, and the Future of Competition Law\nFriday 25 September 2026\nRoma Tre University Law School\nVia Ostiense 163 – Sala del Consiglio \nProgramme\n09:00–09:15 Registration and coffee \n09:15–09:30 Welcome and Introduction:\nBarry J. Rodger (CLaSF\, University of Strathclyde) and Margherita Colangelo (Roma Tre University) \n9:30–11:30 Digital Markets and Regulation\, including DMA\nChair: Francisco Marcos\, IE Law School \nManuel Abarca\, Diego Portales University\nDigital Nascent Markets \nLazar Radic\, IE University\nFrom Market Oversight to Market Ordering: The DMA and the New Political Economy of Competition \nMatteo Ortino\, Università degli Studi di Verona\nSimplifying Without Reducing: The Meta Judgment and the Regulation of Complex Digital Systems \nAlexandru Sotropa\, Vrije Universiteit\nReshaping enforcement in the Digital world: Increasing the collaboration between authorities \nDimitrij Nastevski\, Bona Fide\nCompetition Law and Digital Markets in the Western Balkans: Regulatory and Enforcement Challenges \nBlen Beka\, University of Milan\nThe Institutional Resilience of the DMA in the Age of Geopolitical Retaliation \nDionysios Pelekis\, Utrecht University\nFoundation Models and/as Essential Facilities \nZlatina Georgieva\, Utrecht University\nCohering Article 102 Defences and DMA Offences \n11:30–11:50 Coffee Break \n11:50–13:15 Algorithmic Pricing & AI\nChair: Marilena Filippelli\, Sapienza University Faculty of Law \nManuel Contreras\, Universidad Carlos III (Madrid)\nAlgorithm pricing collusion under EU competition law: “known knowns”\, “known unknowns” and “unknown unknowns” \nMiroslava Marinova\, University of East London\nFrom Exploitative Abuse to Regulation: Algorithmic Personalized Pricing in AI-Driven Markets \nAndrea Pascale\, Trainee Lawyer\, Cintioli Associati\nCollusion Without Consent: Rethinking Antitrust Liability for Autonomous Pricing Algorithms \nArianna Andreangeli\, University of Edinburgh\nMarkets\, AI and algorithm-driven anti-competitive practices: Is the law always “certain” and the consequences for its infringement always “predictable”? \nBehrang Kianzad\, Malmö University\nUnfair Algorithmic Pricing and Corrective Fairness- Re-reading United Brands for AI-Driven Markets \n13:15–14:15 Lunch \n14:15–15:25 AI and Competition\nChair: Margherita Colangelo\, Roma Tre University Law School \nWilson Seraine da Silva Neto\, Universidade do Lisboa\nBig techs and digital ecosystems: tying generative AI systems as an abuse of dominant position \nChristophe Carugati\, Digital Competition\nAre Competition Rules Suited for Agentic AI? \nKlaus Wiedermann\, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition\nAgentic AI and Consumer Autonomy \nAnush Ganesh\, Leeds University\nCapturing AI Competition Concerns: Designation as the First Step under the DMA and the DMCCA \n15:25-15:45 Coffee Break \n15:45-16:55 Digital Mergers\nChair: Angus MacCulloch\, Lancaster University Law School \nMax Van Iersel\, Tilburg University\nThe Concentration Concept & the Limits of Interpretation: Reverse Acquihires & Centaur Investments under Article 3 EUMR \nCarla-Elena Sava\, University of Oxford\nA Merger Control Assessment of Big Tech’s Acqui-Hires through Carl Shapiro’s Principles \nFrancesca De Luca\, Università degli studi di Teramo\nPowering the AI stack: Hardware Mergers under EU Competition Law \nRichard Bunworth\, Trinity College Dublin\nMerger Control and Digital Markets in the UK – A Case of Mixed Messaging? \n16:55-17:30 Advanced Issues\nChair: Barry J. Rodger\, University of Strathclyde \nLiana Japaridze\, University of Glasgow\nCompetition Law as an Enabler for Effective Operation of Regulatory Sandboxes in the Fintech Sector – Case Studies from Singapore\, Brazil and the UK \nCamilla Signoretta\, European University Institute (EUI)\nTowards an Integrated Fair Remuneration Standard in Between EU Competition Policy\, Digital Markets Regulation and Copyright Law in the Age of AI \n17:30 Closing Remarks \n20:00 Speakers’ Dinner \n  \n
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