PAST PROJECTS
ASCOLA ASIA REGIONAL WORKSHOP 2023
1 December 2023, 10:00 - 17:00 (KST & JST)
ZOOM & Kyoto University Main Campus
Photo by Sen Lee on Unsplash
*For a technical reason, only a few videos are made available on YouTube from the WS.
Informal Cooperation and Transnational Convergence in Competition Policy
ASCOLA ASIA Hybrid WORKSHOP
Date:
27 October 2023 11:00-12:30 KST/JST
Venue: Large meeting room, Faculties of Law and Economics Building, Kyoto University & ZOOM
Speaker:
Deakin Law School, Australia
Reference: Sven Gallasch & Jeremy Kingsleya, Call to Arms: Proposing the Use of Social Science Methods in Transnational Competition Law (2024) 47(1) University of New South Wales Law Journal (Forthcoming)
Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4565863
Host: Ascola Asia
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Proactive Enforcement for 21st Century Competition Problems
Kobe University "Platform Kaken" Online Workshop
in collaboration with the ASCOLA ASIA
Date:
18 October 2023 22:00- KST/JST; 09:00- EDT (in Miami Time)
Speaker:
The University of Miami
Deputy Director of the US FTC Bureau of Competition
Host: Kobe University "Platform Kaken"
*Grant Number 22H00043
Co-host: Ascola Asia
Photo by Ashley Satanosky on Unsplash
China's Digital Market Regulation at Crossroad
ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE WORKSHOP
Date: 17 June 2023, 18:00- KST/JST
Speaker:
University of International Business and Economics, China
Host: Ascola Asia
Contact: m_wakui@nifty.com
Photo by TONY SHI HOU TANG on Unsplash
Competition Law in India: Overview and Recent Developments
ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE WORKSHOP
Date: 15 May 2023 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
Photo by Ashutosh Saraswat on Unsplash
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
The Patent-Competition Interface in Developing Countries
ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE SEMINAR
Date: 26 April 2022 18.00-19.00 KST & JST
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
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/]
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
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
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
Antitrust academia meets the real world.
