UPCOMING EVENTS
Members' projects
See "Our Projects" and "AscolaAsia2023".
29 July 2024
The Japanese Smartphone Act: A New Counterpart of the EU Digital Markets Act? (tentative)
Dates 29 July 2024 (Monday), 18:00 - 19:30 (KST & JST)
Speaker: Mr Ryota Inaba, Director, Office of Policy Planning and Research for Digital Markets, Japan Fair Trade Commission.
Languages: Japanese and English
* There will be JP/EN simultaneous translation throughout the event.
Virtual Venue: Online ZOOM
Programme:
Presentation by Mr Inaba, JFTC (45 min) -
Q&As & discussion (45-60 min)
Hosts:
Dr Thomas Weck, Frankfurt School, Germany
Ascola Asia
＊The event also supported by Global Dokkin project (JSPS 24H00013).
Contact: m_wakui@nifty.com
On going project and events:
Digital News Competition Research Project
Kobe & Aberdeen Workshop Series
in association of Ascola Asia & Ascola Eurasia.
9 July 2022 -
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Some of the workshops are available to watch on YouTube project channel.
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PAST EVENTS
21 Nov 2019 Conference
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Algorithms: Regulation, Governance, Markets
Collusion, Algorithms and Competition Law
Date: November 21, 2019
Venue: Kyushu University Inamori Center 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
Organiser: Steven Van Uytsel, Kyushu University
https://www.kyushu-university-law.com/
26 Nov 2019 Seminar
Merger Regulation in Germany: Current Issues
Speaker: Thomas Weck, Lead Analyst, Monopolies Commission, Germany
Date: 26 November 2019 2 - 5 PM
Venue: Kyoto University Law and Economics Main Building (3F) Meeting Room
Yoshidahonmachi, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/main-campus-map.html
Organiser: Masako Wakui, Kyoto University Contact: wakui@law.kyoto-u.ac.jp
3 December 2019 Seminar
Can the New Australian Competition Law Stop Algorithmic Collusion?
Speaker: Baskaran Balasingham, Macquarie Law School
Date: 3 December 2019 3 - 5 PM
Venue: Osaka Ryoso Club Osaka Ekimae Dai1 Building, 1-3-1 Umeda, Kita, Osaka 530-0001
Contact: wakui@law.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
14 December 2019 Seminar
Predation and Other Exclusionary Conduct in the Digital Economy
Speaker: Thomas K. Cheng, University of Hong Kong
Date: 14 December 2019 2 - 5 PM
Venue: Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall Yoshidahonmachi, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/main-campus-map.html
Organiser: Masako Wakui, Kyoto University Contact: wakui@law.kyoto-u.ac.jp
21 December 2019 Workshop
Antitrust Enforcement Against State Owned Enteprises in the Central and Eastern Europe Member States
Speaker: Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau
Discussant: Thomas K Cheng, University of Hong Kong
Date: 21 December 2019 2-5 PM
Venue: Kobe University School of Law Building (Building II) 2-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 657-0013 Japan
https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/campuslife/campus_guide/campus/rokkodai1.html
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Contact: infoi@people.kobe-u.ac.jp
4 March 2020 Workshop
Kobe University Center for Interdisciplinary Programs Econo-Legal (ELS)
Platform Companies and Independent Research Companies: Possible Role of the “Secondary Market” for Patents
Speaker: Robert Patrick Merges, UC Berkeley Comments: Toshiaki Takigawa (Kansai University) & Ichiro Nakayama (Hokkaido University)
Date: 4 March 2020 2:00 -5:30 PM
Venue: Kobe University Academic Hall for Social Sciences Room 504
Host: Kobe University Centre for Interdisciplinary Programs
Co-host: Kobe University Center for Social Systems Innovation
Contacts: intl-prg@office.kobe-u.ac.jp
http://www.office.kobe-u.ac.jp/intl-cip/events/20200304.html
20 June 2020 KOBE Webinar
Pledging Patents in Response to Covid-19
Speaker: Prof Jorge L. Contreras, The University of Utah
Date: 20 June 2020 10-12 AM JST (about 90 min)
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Contact: infoi@people.kobe-u.ac.jp
Fee: Free ZOOM webinar.
25 - 27 June 2020 ASCOLA (Main)
15th ASCOLA Online Conference Competition and Innovation in Digital Market
+ sessions on all competition law issues
Date: 25-27 June 2020
https://ascola.org/news/program-virtual-annual-ascola-conference-june-25-27-2020
11 July 2020 KOBE Webinar
Online News, Advertising and Competition
Speaker: Claudio Lombardi, KIMEP University
Date: 11 July 2020 18:00 - 19:30 JST
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com
18 July 2020 KOBE Webinar
Digital Ecosystems, Decision-Making, Competition and Consumers ? On the Value of Autonomy for Competition
Speaker: Prof Rupprecht Podszun, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf
Date: 18 July 2020 18:00 - 19:30 JST
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Contact: infoi@people.kobe-u.ac.jp
22 August 2020 KOBE Webinar
Competition and Development [1]: Competition Law and Economic Growth
Speaker: Thomas K Cheng, The University of Hong Kong
Commentator: Noriaki Matsushima, Osaka University
Date: 22 August 2020 14:00 - 16:00 JST
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken Project' (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Fee: Free online webinar. Contact: m_wakui@nifty.com
29 August 2020 KOBE Webinar
The Political Misuse of Antitrust
Speaker: Spencer Weber Waller (Loyola University)
Date: 29 August 2020 11:00 AM - 12:30 JST
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Fee: Free online webinar.
Contact: m_wakui@nifty.com
19 September 2020 Webinar
Competition and Development [II]:
Competition Law Enforcement and Economic Development
Speaker: Thomas K Cheng, The University of Hong Kong
Commentator: Claudio Lombardi, KIMEP University
Date: 19 September 2020 18:00 - 19:30 JST
20 September 2020 KOBE Webinar
Sustainability, Innovation and Merger Regulation
'What Is the Role of EU Merger Control in Ensuring Sustainability? Innovation Output, Innovation Diversity and the Commission's Innovation Theory of Harm in Agrochemical Mergers'
Speakers:
Elias Deutscher, University of East Anglia
Stavros Makris, European University Institute
Commentator:
Julian Nowag, Lund University
Date: 20 September 2020 18:00 - 19:40 JST
Host: Kobe University Centre for Social Systems Innovation & Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Contact: infoi@people.kobe-u.ac.jp
2 October 2020 KOBE Webinar
Big Tech and News: A Critical Approach to Digital Platforms, Journalism, and Competition Law
Speakers:
Baskaran Balasingham, Macquarie Law School
Tai Neilson, Macquarie University
Commentator:
Claudio Lombardi, KIMEP University
Date: 2 October 2020 18:00 - 19:30 JST
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Contact: Masako Wakui wakui@law.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Free online webinar.
9 & 10 October 2020 ASCOLA ASIA & EURASIA
Virtual Regional Workshop Current Issues in Antitrust in Asia & Eurasia
9 Oct 2020
Liyang Hou (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
The Compulsory Notification Mechanism under Merger Control in China: Evaluation and Reform
Commentator: Angela Zhang (University of Hong Kong)
Toshiaki Takigawa (Kansai University, prof emer)
Industrial Policy versus Competition Law and Policy—Current China in View of Japan’s Experiences
Commentator: Ningrum Natasya Sirait (University of Sumatera Utara)
Soojin Nam (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position in Practice: Experience from Korea
Commentator: Masako Wakui (Kyoto University)
10 Oct 2020
Alexandr Svetlicinii (University of Macau)
The State-Owned Enterprises under the ASEAN Regional Competition Policy: Insights from the European Competition Network
Commentator: Sandra Marco Colino (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Wendy Ng (Melbourne Law School) ASEAN and the Global Development of Competition Law: Interrogating the Convergence Narrative
Commentator: Thomas K Cheng (University of Hong Kong)
Kazuhiko Fuchikawa (Osaka City University)
Regulating Digital Platform Markets and Unfair Trade Practices under the Japanese Antimonopoly Act
Commentator: Claudio Lombardi (KIMEP University)
23 October 2020 Online WS
Competition and Development [III]: Industrial Policy and Competition Law Enforcement
Speaker: Thomas K Cheng, The University of Hong Kong
Commentators:
Commissioner Johannes Bernabe, Philippine Competition Commission
Prof Akira Negishi, Kobe University
Prof Yosuke Okada, Hitotsubashi University
Date: 23 October 2020 18:00 - 19:30 JST
13 Nov 2020 Kobe Online Workshop
Abuse Control of Digital Platforms - Current Developments
Speaker:
Dr Thomas Weck & Philipp Reinhold, Monopolies Commission, Germany
Date: 13 November 2020 18:00 - 19:30 JST
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com
21 November 2020 KOBE Online WS
Digital Conglomerates
Speaker: Prof Marc Bourreau, Telecom Paris
Date: 21 Oct 2020 18:00 -19:30 JST
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Fee: Free. Contact/Registrations: infoi@people.kobe-u.ac.jp
4 December 2020 Online WS
Competition Law Enforcement in Developing Countries [IV]
Speaker: Thomas K Cheng, The University of Hong Kong
Commentators: Claudio Lombardi, KIMEP University
Date: 4 December 2020 18:00 - JST
Contact: m_wakui@nifty.com
11 December 2020 Kobe Online WS
Competitive Harm Crossing Borders: Regulatory Gaps and a Way Forward
Speaker: Marek Martyniszyn, Queen's University Belfast
Date: 11 December 2020 18:00 - JST
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Fee: Free. Contact/Registrations: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com
27 February 2021 ASCOLA ASIA Online Workshop
Developments in Competition Law in ASIA 2020 [1]
Date: 27 February 2021 18:00-19:30 KST & JST
Speakers & Title
Liyang Hou, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Proposed Amendments of China's Anti-monopoly Law
Soojin Nam, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
The Proposed Enactment of Fair Online Platform Intermediary Transactions Act in Korea
Junko Shibata, Kagawa University
Amazon Commitment (Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position) Case in Japan
Host: Ascola Asia Contact: m_wakui@nifty.com
5 March 2021 ASCOLA ASIA Online Workshop
Competition Policy and Industrial Policy in Japan: Conflict and Reconciliation
Speaker: Mitsuo Matsushita, Prof emer Tokyo University
Comments: Iwakazu Takahashi, Prof emer Meiji University
Date: 5 March 2021 18:00 - JST
Host: ASCOLA ASIA Fee: Free.
Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com
26 March 2021 ASCOLA ASIA Online Workshop
Developments in Competition Law in ASIA 2020 [2]
Date: 26 March 2021 18:00-19:30 KST & JST
Speakers:
Kelvin Hiu Fai Kwok, The University of Hong Kong
Reflections on Half a Decade of Competition Law Enforcement in Hong Kong
Yong Lim, Seoul National University
Catapulting Korean Competition Law into a New Era: Korea's Comprehensive Reform of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (MRFTA)
Shingo Seryo, Doshisha University
Amendments of Leniency Programme in Japan
Host: Ascola Asia Contact: m_wakui@nifty.com
23 April 2021 ASCOLA ASIA Online Workshop
Developments in Competition Law in ASIA 2020 [3]
Date: 23 April 2021 18:00-19:30 KST & JST
Speakers:
Claudio Lombardi, KIMEP University
Recent Developments in the Pharmaceutical Sector in Kazakhstan
Husain Radjapov, Tashkent State University
Competition Law and Policy in Uzbekistan: Achievements and Challenges
Xiaomin Fang, Nanjing University
The Balance between Competition and Non-Competition Interests under Merger Control Regime in China
Host: Ascola Asia Contact: m_wakui@nifty.com
11 June 2021 ASCOLA ASIA Book Launch Online Seminar
Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How The Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation
Speaker: Angela Huyue Zhang, The University of Hong Kong
Comments: Wendy Ng, The University of Melbourne
Based on Angela Zhang's Book, Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism (OUP, 2021)
Date: 11 June 2021 18:00 - 19:30 KST & JST
Host: ASCOLA ASIA Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com
25 June 2020 Kobe Online Workshop
EU New Regulation (Proposal) on Foreign Subsidies
Speakers:
Dr Thomas Weck, Monopolies Commission, Germany
Philipp Reinhold, Europa-Institut of Saarland University
Date: 25 June 2021 18:00 - JST
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com
1-3 July 2021 ASCOLA 2021 CONFERENCE 12:00 - 16:00 CEST online
Host: ASCOLA https://ascola.org/
ASCOLA members only.
3 July 2021 ASCOLA 2021 Conference Special Book Launch Panel
The Digital Economy and Competition Law in Asia
9:00-10:20 CEST
Panel Chair/Speaker: Steven Van Uytsel (Kyushu University)
Speakers:
Peerapat Chokesuwattanaskul (Chulalongkorn University)
Ningrum Natasya Sirait (The University of North Sumatra)
Nikita Koradia (Nirma University)
The session is based on the book, Steven Van Uytsel (ed.) The Digital Economy and Competition Law in Asia (Springer 2021).
16 July 2021 Kobe Online Workshop
Paying Attention? The Competition Law and Economics of Attention Markets
Date: 16 July 2021 9:00 - JST
Speaker: John M. Newman, University of Miami School of Law
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com
30 July 2021 ASCOLA ASIA Book Launch Online Seminar
Chinese State Owned Enterprises and EU Merger Control
Date: 30 July 2021 18:00 - 19:30 KST & JST
Speaker: Alexandr Svetlicinii, The University of Macau
Commentator: Sandra Marco Colino, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Host: ASCOLA ASIA
Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com
22 October 2021 "Horizontal Shareholding" Workshop
Common Ownership and Competition Law: An Overview of the Debate
Date: 22 October 2021 18:00- JST
Speaker: Thomas Reyntjens, The University of Oxford
Host: Kyushu University “Horizontal Shareholding Kaken” Project (Leader: Prof. Steven Van Uytsel)
Contact: Steven Van Uytsel (uytsel@kyushu-u.ac.jp)
23 October 2021 Kobe Online Workshop
Horizontal Shareholding and Competition Law: An Overview of the Issues and its Relevance for Asia
Date: 23 October 2021 14:40 - JST
Speaker: Steven Van Uytsel, Kyushu University
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com
29 October 2021 "Horizontal Shareholding" Workshop
Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives
Date: 29 October 2021 18:00- JST
Speaker: Martin Schmaltz, The University of Oxford
Host: Kyushu University “Horizontal Shareholding Kaken” Project (Leader: Prof. Steven Van Uytsel)
Contact: Steven Van Uytsel (uytsel@kyushu-u.ac.jp)
5 November 2021 "Horizontal Shareholding" Workshop
Common Ownership: Institutional Investors as a Threat to Competition?
Date: 5 November 2021 16:00- JST
Speaker: Thomas Weck and John Weche, German Monopolies Commission
Host: Kyushu University “Horizontal Shareholding Kaken” Project (Leader: Prof. Steven Van Uytsel)
Contact: Steven Van Uytsel (uytsel@kyushu-u.ac.jp)
12 November 2021 "Horizontal Shareholding" Workshop
I) Anticompetitive Common Ownership: Evidence from Singapore
Date: 12 November 2021 17:00- JST
Speaker: Kentaro Asai, Australian National University
II) Common Ownership: A Case Study of the Ride-hailing Sector from a Global Perspective
Date: 12 November 2021 18:00- JST
Speaker: Friso Bostoen, Catholic University of Leuven
Host: Kyushu University “Horizontal Shareholding Kaken” Project
(Leader: Prof. Steven Van Uytsel)
Contact: Steven Van Uytsel (uytsel@kyushu-u.ac.jp)
12 November 2021 Kobe Online Workshop
Competition Policy Developments Involving Online Platforms in the EU and Germany
Date: 12 November 2021 16:00 - JST
Speaker: Thomas Weck (Monopolies Commission, Germany)
Host: Kobe University 'Innovation Kaken' Project (Leader: Prof Akira Negishi)
Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com
22 November 2021 "Horizontal Shareholding" Workshop
I) Capital Concentration and Competition: Current Developments in Asia Pacific and Beyond
Date: 19 November 2021 18:00- JST
Speaker: Thomas Reyntjens, The University of Oxford
II) Common Ownership and Merger Control Enforcement
Date: 19 November 2021 19:00- JST
Speaker: Anna Tzanaki, Lund University
Host: Kyushu University “Horizontal Shareholding Kaken” Project (Leader: Prof. Steven Van Uytsel)
Contact: Steven Van Uytsel (uytsel@kyushu-u.ac.jp)
3 December 2021 ASCOLA ASIA Online Seminar
The Taiwanese Antitrust Law’s Development and Response to Digital Age
Data: 3 December 2021 18:00 - JST
Speaker: Shin-Ru Cheng, Kyoto University
Host: Ascola Asia Contact: Masako Wakui
4 December 2021 "Horizontal Shareholding" Workshop
Common Ownership and Startup Growth
Date: 4 December 2021 9:00- JST
Speaker: Ofer Eldar, Duke University
Host: Kyushu University “Horizontal Shareholding Kaken” Project (Leader: Prof. Steven Van Uytsel)
Contact: Steven Van Uytsel (uytsel@kyushu-u.ac.jp)
ASCOLA ASIA Regional Workshop 2022: Current Issues in Antitrust in Asia
5-6 January 2022 Online
5 January 2022 18.00 - 20:15 JST & KST
Martin Lai (City University of Hong Kong)
Enabling Standalone Private Antitrust Actions to Promote Leniency Applications
Sangyun Lee (Korea University)
Abuse of Economic Dependence from a Comparative Perspective
Sayako Takizawa (Tohoku University)
Recent Trends in Japanese Regulation of Digital Platforms: Expanding Role of Abuse of A Superior Bargaining Position
6 January 2022 18:00-20:15 JST & KST
Kenneth Khoo (National University of Singapore)
Transaction Costs in Common Ownership
Muhammad Rifky Wicaksono (University of Oxford)
Integrating Data Privacy-Based Theories of Harm in Indonesia's Merger Control Regulations for Digital Mergers: Lessons from the EU and US Experiences Kanoknai Thawonphanit (Thammasat University)
The Critical Review of the Retail Merger Case between Tesco Lotus and CP: Big Case with Fatal Flaws
Hosted by Ascola Asia
ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE SEMINAR
The Patent-Competition Interface in Developing Countries
Based on Thomas Cheng's The Patent-Competition Interface in Developing Countries (OUP, 2021)
Date: 26 April 2022 18.00-19.00 KST & JST
Speaker: Prof Thomas K Cheng, The University of Hong Kong
Host: Ascola Asia
ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE SEMINAR
ASBP Awakens – Bringing Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position into the Digital Era
Date: 30 May 2022 18.00-19.00 KST & JST
Speakers:
Yong Lim Seoul National University
Soojin Nam, Hankuk University
Host: Ascola Asia
Ascola Asia Online Seminar
The Changing Role of Competition Law Guidelines: The View from ASEAN
Speaker: Rachel Burgess, University of Southern Queensland, Ruben Maximiano, OECD & Wouter Meester, OECD
Date; 4 October 2022 18.00-19.20 KST & JST
Host: Ascola Asia
AI and Law Workshop
A Critical Reflection on the UK White Paper on Regulating Artificial Intelligence Technology
Speaker: Dr Tetyana (Tanya) Krupiy, Lecturer in Digital Law, Policy & Society, Newcastle Law School, UK
Commentator: Mark L. Shope, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan
Date: 16 June 2023, 9:00 AM (UK Summertime), 16:00 (Taiwan), 17:00 (Japan)
Hosts: School of Law, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. Kansai Initiative for Competition Law Exchange (KICX).
Co-hosts: Kobe University "Platform Kaken" (Leader: Prof Chizuru Ikeda, Kobe University) & Ascola-Asia.
Aogaku Freelance Act Symosium
Fair Trading in Entertainment and Performing Arts and Creative Industries and the Law - A Deep Dive into Japan's Freelance, Subcontract, and Antimonopoly Acts -
29 June 2024 2:00 - 5:00 PM (JST) @ Honda Memorial Hall, Aoyama Gakuin University,
Hosted by Prof Naoki Okada Lab, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo Tokyo
Languages: Japanese and English
* There will be Japanese to English simultaneous translation.
Contact: Masako Wakui, wakui@law.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Antitrust academia meets the real world.
