Program

Day 1 – November 10, 2022 (Thursday)

11:00-12:00 Registration

12:00-13:30 Essential State Functions and Principles in Platform Regulation (Plenary)

  • Prof. James C. Cooper (GMU, Economics and Privacy Program)
  • Balázs Bartóki Gönczy (Hungarian Media Council, Member)
  • Moderator: Márton Sulyok (MCC Public Law Center)

13:30-14:00 Coffee Break

14:00-16:00 Fundamental Questions and Challenges of Content Regulation in (Media) Law

  • Peter Coe (University of Birmingham)
  • Uta Kohl (University of Southampton)
  • Andrej Skolkay (School of Communication and Media, Bratislava)
  • Bernát Török (Information Society Research Institute, National University of Public Service)
  • Moderator: Prof. Dr. András Koltay (President, National Media and Telecommunications Authority, MCC Infocommunications Center)

16:00 The Legal Response(s) of the State to Modern Technological Challenges

  • Prof. Dr. Attila Menyhárd (MCC Center for Modern Legal Studies)

Day 2 – November 11, 2022 (Friday)

10:00-12:00 Fundamental Questions and Challenges in Competition Law and Consumer Protection

  • John M. Yun (Deputy Director of Global Antitrust Institute at GMU, professor, former Acting Deputy Assistant Director in the Bureau of Economics, Antitrust Division, at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC))
  • Aurelien Portuese (Director of the Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy, ITIF)
  • Assimakis Komninos (partner, White&Case, Brussels, University College London)
  • Eszter Bársony (Hungarian Permanent Representation to the EU, competition law national expert)
  • Moderator: András Tóth (Hungarian Competition Authority, Karoli University, Budapest)

12:00-12:30 Coffee Break

12:30-14:30 Fundamental Questions and Challenges in Data Protection

  • Vagelis Papakonstantinou (Professor, VUB-LSTS)
  • Márton Domokos (attorney, CMS CEE Data Protection Group)
  • Tihomir Katulić (Professor, University of Zagreb)
  • Zsolt Ződi (senior researcher, Institute of the Information Society at the NationalUniversity of Public Service)
  • Moderator: Endre Győző Szabó (Hungarian DPA)

14:30 Humans, Data, Platforms and Technologies – The Future Image and Success Of Platform Regulation – What States Need to Function?

  • Prof. Dr. Zoltán Cséfalvay (MCC Center for Technological Futures)

14:45-15:45 Farewell Lunch (MCC Scruton)

Afternoon: FREE / Optional programs organized by MCC

Registration