28th Annual Communications and Competition Conference
24 Apr - 25 Apr 2017
Session information
Match-making economy, shared services and digital platforms
Monday 24 April (1115 - 1230)
Committee(s)
Antitrust Section
(Lead)
Communications Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
New digital platforms in a variety of forms are constantly emerging and expanding the so-called match-making or sharing economy. This panel – composed of regulators, in-house counsel and private practitioners – will explore the concept of ‘digital platforms’ in its various forms. Who are the stakeholders, what are the public interests potentially at stake, are there specific antitrust, regulatory, consumer-protection related issues to be addressed and how? The session will also examine how to maintain a level playing field between digital platforms based on disruptive business models and traditional businesses potentially subject to heavy regulation.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Kyriakos Fountoukakos | Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Brussels, Belgium; Working Group Coordinator, Antitrust Section |
| Anne Vallery | WilmerHale, Brussels, Belgium; Co-Chair, Communications Law Committee |
Speakers
| Rosario Baratta | GSM Association (GSMA), Brussels, Belgium |
| Professor William Kovacic | The George Washington University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Gregory von Stetten McCurdy | Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, California, USA |
| Stephanie Pautke | COMMEO Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB , Frankfurt, Germany |