Private and public enforcement of EU economic law:

competition, financial markets and data protection – commonalities and perspectives

Friday, 4 November 2022

The conference aims at exploring the main convergences and new developments in the interplay of public and private enforcement of EU competition, financial markets and data protection law. Its objective is to unveil differences and similarities of these three areas of EU economic law and to find approaches for the different areas to learn from one another. A focus will lie on the interrelation between public and private enforcement, damages calculation, access to information and collective redress.

Hybrid Event

Venue: The event is taking place at the premises of the MPI Luxembourg. Digital participation is possible. Registration is on a first come, first served basis.

Language: The event will be held in English.

The registration is closed.

Programme

08:00 Welcome Coffee and Registration

 

08:45 Welcome and Introduction

by Burkhard Hess and Pierre-Henri Conac (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law)

 

09:00 Panel 1: Competition Law

 

Chair: Lena Hornkohl (University of Vienna)

Key speaker: Franziska Weber (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Panelists:

• Vesna Tomljenović (General Court of the European Union)

• Niklas Brüggemann (European Commission)

• Martin Seegers (Cartel Damages Claims)

Discussion

 

11:00 Coffee break

 

 

11:30 Panel 2: Data Protection Law

 

Chair: Burkhard Hess (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law)

Key speaker: Mark Cole (University of Luxembourg)

Panelists:

• Paul Nemitz (European Commission)

• Roberta Oertel (National Commission for Data Protection Luxembourg)

• Wolfgang Wurmnest (University of Hamburg)

Discussion

 

13:30 Lunch break

 

 

14:30 Panel 3: Financial Markets Law

 

Chair: Jacek Dybinski (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law)

Key speaker: Pierre-Henri Conac (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law)

Panelists:

• Niamh Moloney (London School of Economics)

• Julia von Buttlar (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht)

• Matteo Gargantini (University of Genoa)

• Tomas Arons (University of Utrecht)

Discussion

 

16:30 Concluding Remarks

by Burkhard Hess and Pierre-Henri Conac (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law)

 

17:00 End of Conference