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Competition Law in India (tentative)




ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE WORKSHOP





Date: TBA 18.00-19.30 KST & JST


Speaker:

Dr Neha Vyas

Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University (UK)


The author of:

Competition Law: Concepts, Law and Practice

(Eastern Book Company: Lucknow, India 2021).


Host: Ascola Asia Contact m_wakui@nifty.com


Photo by Ashutosh Saraswat on Unsplash



ASCOLA ASIA REGIONAL WORKSHOP 2023








1 December 2023, 10:00 - 17:00 (KST & JST)

Hybrid (ZOOM & Kyoto University Main Campus)


Call for papers:

8 speakers will be invited to speak at the workshop, with each session lasting for 45 minutes (30-minute presentation + 15-minute Q&A). Those who wish to participate in the workshop should submit either; (1) a paper published in 2022 or 2023; (2) a work in progress; or (3) an abstract of at least 5 pages long.

Deadline for submission: June 30, 2023.

Announcement of selection results: July 31, 2023.


Access to Kyoto University, and the Main (Yoshida) Campus.


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News Media and Digital Platform




Comparative Competition Law and Policy





A series of workshops will start on 27 June 2022 18:00-19:20 JST

Speaker: Claudio Lombardi, The University of Aberdeen

Title: Digital News Competition Research Project


Workshops take place throughout 2022.

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Contact m_wakui@nifty.com


Host: Kobe University & University of Aberdeen

Partner: Ascola Asia & Ascola Eurasia


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PAST EVENTS



The Enforcement of Competition Law in Japan: All Carrots and No Sticks?




ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE WORKSHOP





Date: 29 March 2023 18.00-19.30 KST & JST

Speaker:

Prof Simon Vande Walle

The University of Tokyo


Host: Ascola Asia

Photo by Ryo Tanaka on Unsplash



The Changing Role of Competition Law Guidelines: The View from ASEAN




ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE SEMINAR





4 Oct 2022 18.00-19.20 KST & JST


Speakers:

Rachel Burgess, University of Southern Queensland

Ruben Maximiano, OECD

Wouter Meester, OECD


Host: Ascola Asia

Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com


Photo by Guillaume Marques on Unsplash



ASBP Awakens – Bringing Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position into the Digital Era




ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE SEMINAR





Date: 30 May 2022 18.00-19.00 KST & JST

Speakers:

Yong Lim

Seoul National University

Soojin Nam

Hankuk University


Host: Ascola Asia: Contact m_wakui@nifty.com


Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash



The Patent-Competition Interface in Developing Countries




ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE SEMINAR





Based on Thomas Cheng's The Patent-Competition Interface in Developing Countries (OUP, December 2021)


Date: 26 April 2022 18.00-19.00 KST & JST

Speaker: Prof Thomas K Cheng

The University of Hong Kong​


Host: Ascola Asia

Contact m_wakui@nifty.com


Photo by Daniel Dumbrava on Unsplash



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


Photo by Sandra Seitamaa on Unsplash



The Taiwanese Antitrust Law’s Development and Response to Digital Age




ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE SEMINAR





Date: 3 December 2021 18.00-19.30 JST

Speaker: Shin-Ru Cheng

Visiting Research Fellow, Kyoto University

Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)


Host: Ascola Asia: Contact m_wakui@nifty.com


Photo: National Taiwan University by Andy Wang on Unsplash



Chinese State Owned Enterprises and EU Merger Control



ASCOLA ASIA Online seminar





Based on Alexandr Svetlicinii's Book, Chinese State Owned Enterprises and EU Merger Control (Routledge, 2021).


Speaker: Alexandr Svetlicinii, The University of Macau

Commentator: Sandra Marco Colino, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Date: 30 July 2021 18:00 - 19:30 KST & JST


Host: ASCOLA ASIA

Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com

[photo: https://www.um.edu.mo/news/campus-photos/]



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Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism:
How The Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation



ASCOLA ASIA online seminaR





Based on Angela Zhang's Book, Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism (OUP, 2021)


Speaker: Angela Huyue Zhang, The University of Hong Kong

Comments: Wendy Ng, The University of Melbourne

Date: 11 June 2021 18:00 - 19:30 KST & JST

Host: ASCOLA ASIA

Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com


Photo by by Joshua Earle on Unsplash



Competition Policy and Industrial Policy in Japan:
Conflict and Reconciliation




Date: 5 March 2021 18:00 - JST

Speaker: Mitsuo Matsushita, Prof emer Tokyo University

Comments: Iwakazu Takahashi, Prof emer Meiji University

Host: ASCOLA ASIA Fee: Free. Contact: Masako Wakui m_wakui@nifty.com


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Developments in Competition Law in ASIA 2020





1) 27 February 2021 18:00-19:30 KST & JST

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


2) 26 March 2021 18:00-19:30 KST & JST

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


3) 23 April 2021 18:00-19:30 KST & JST

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
Fang Xiaomin, Nanjing University

The Balance between Competition and Non-Competition Interests under Merger Control Regime in China



COMPETITION & DEVELOPMENT




Based on Thomas K Cheng's Competition Law in Developing Countries (2020, OUP) Presented by Thomas K Cheng with special guest commentators.

1) 22 Aug 2020 Competition Law and Economic Growth

Commentator: Matsuhima Noriaki, Osaka University

2) 19 Sep 2020 Competition Law Enforcement and Economic Development

3) 23 Oct 2020 Industrial Policy and Competition Law Enforcement

Commentators:

Johannes Bernabe, Commissioner, Philippine Competition Commission,

Akira Negishi, Kobe University

Yosuke Okada, Hitotsubashi University

4) 4 Dec 2020 Competition Law Enforcement in Developing Countries

Commentator: Claudio Lombardi, KIMEP University


Click HERE for details.



Antitrust academia meets the real world.





ASCOLA ASIA