UPCOMING 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

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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

English announcement pdf (downloadable)

29 July 2024

The Japanese Smartphone Act: A New Counterpart of the EU Digital Markets Act?

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 　P

Hosts: Dr Thomas Weck, Frankfurt School, Germany Ascola Asia

＊The event also supported by Global Dokkin project (JSPS 24H00013).

23 August 2024 Ascola Asia Online WS

Efficiency Considerations in Digital Markets Act (DMA) Procedures

Dates 23 August 2024 (Friday), 18:00 - 19:30 (KST & JST)

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Eckart Bueren, Göttingen University, Germany

Virtual Venue: Online ZOOM

Languages: English

Co-host: Global Dokkin Kaken (24H00013)

2022 - 2024 Digital News Competition Research Project

Kobe & Aberdeen Workshop Series in association of Ascola Asia & Ascola Eurasia.

The workshop took place from 2022 - 2024.

6 Sep 2024 Online workshop

On the Proposal of the Arts-Workers Law in Japan

Speaker: Megumi Morisaki Actor and President of "Arts Workers Japan"

Date: 6 September 2024 (Fri) 10:00 - 11:00 (UK), 11:00 - 12:00 (CEST), 18:00 - 19:00 (KST & JST)

Virtual venue: ZOOM

Languages: Japanese and English

Host: Dr Claudio Lombardi, University of Aberdeen, UK)

Co-host: Global Dokkin Kaken Project (24H00013 Leader: Masako Wakui)