3rd Conference on Economic Security and Market Regulation

The 3rd Conference on Economic Security and Market Regulation brings together leading representatives from academia, politics, business, and regulatory authorities to discuss key issues of economic security and market regulation in the digital age.

The conference focuses on current challenges related to data markets, technological infrastructures, and international cooperation. Across four thematic panels and a keynote address, the following topics, among others, will be explored:

• Markets & Risks: Strategic access to data and digital identity
• Promote: Resilience and competitiveness in the data economy
• Protect: Risks to economic security in the technology sector
• Partnering: International partnerships and digital trade policy

The event provides a platform for interdisciplinary exchange and high-level discussions on the future framework conditions of economic policy.

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PROGRAM:

8:30 - 9:00
REGISTRATION & CROISSANTS

9:00
WELCOME

9:15 - 10:45
PANEL 1: MARKETS AND RISK ANALYSIS
Presentation 1: Strategic Data Sharing, Access and Availability: Prof. Co-Pierre Georg (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management)
Presentation 2: Trust, Identity and Jurisdiction: Ivan Mortimer-Schutts (GLEIF)
Presentation 3: Technological Infrastructures and Standards – What is the role of the State?
Stefan Zosel (Capgemini)
Moderator:  Moritz Pottek (CMS)

10:45 - 11:15
COFFEE BREAK

11:15 - 12:30 
PANEL 2: PROMOTION OF RESILIENCE AND COMPETITIVENESS IN THE DATA ECONOMY AND TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Presentation 1: DMA and EU Digital Sovereignty: Jan Blockx (University of Antwerp)
Presentation 2: Regulation as a Key Driver of Competitiveness?: Achim Wambach (ZEW, University 
of Mannheim)
Comments by Antonia Bruhn (Amazon Web Services) and Thomas Lübbig (Freshfields)
Moderator: Thomas Weck (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management)

12:30 - 13:30
LUNCH

13:30 - 14:00
KEYNOTE
Takeshi Ito (Consul General of Japan in Frankfurt am Main)

14:00- 15:15 
PANEL 3: PROTECTING AGAINST RISK TO ECONOMIC SECURITY IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Presentation 1: Technology Security and Technology Transfer – A Common Concept? 
Moritz Pottek (CMS)
Presentation 2: Instruments for Managing Security Dependencies and Supplier Restrictions
Urszula Malecka (European Commission, Legal Service)
Comments by Judith Huismans (RAND Europe) and Robin Schindowski (VIVES, KU Leuven)
Moderator: Philipp Reinhold (Europa-Institut, Saarland University)

15:15 - 15:45
COFFEE BREAK

15:45 - 17:15
PANEL 4: CHALLENGES AND CHANCES OF PARTNERING IN ECONOMIC SECURITY
Presentation 1: Canada-EU Economic Security Cooperation in an Era of Geoeconomic Tension
Patrick Leblond (University of Ottawa)
Presentation 2: EU Japan Cooperation on Technology and Data Security
Yoichi Oizumi (Golden Bridge Intelligence)
Comments by Phil Baumann (Basel University) and Alexander Börsch (Deloitte)
Moderator: Marc Bungenberg (Europa-Institut, Saarland University)

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