Thursday 1 October 2020
| 13.00 | Doors open and lunch |
| 13.55 | Login opens for online participation |
| 14.00u | Chair’s welcome mr. Weijer VerLoren van Themaat, lawyer at Houthoff |
| 14.10u | Attitudes and drivers towards (the control of) big tech. Comparative perspectives from the US and the EU. Speakers: Lina Khan who will also present a keynote speech (to be confirmed), academic fellow at Columbia Law School, and counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law prof. Nicolas Petit, Professor of Competition Law at European University Institute and dr. Paul de Bijl, Radicand Economics (The keynote speech and discussion will be held in English) |
| 15.10 | Break |
| 15.25 | The past year’s Dutch competition law decisions mr. Ruben Elkerbout, lawyer at Stek and mr. Anke Prompers, Appeals Coordinator at Dutch consumer authority (ACM) |
| 16.15 | Award ceremony: 2020 Master’s Thesis Prize The three nominees for the Master’s Thesis Prize each give a short pitch, after which the prizes are awarded by Herman Speyart on behalf of the judges’ panel. |
| 16.30 | Interview with mr. Martijn Snoep, Chair of the ACM Weyer VerLoren van Themaat joins Martijn Snoep to discuss some of the event’s topics and current developments at the ACM. |
| 17.15 | Event closes |
Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen
Mauritskade 63
1092 AD Amsterdam
