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SUMMARY:AI Governance: Between Competition & Regulation
DESCRIPTION:The GW Competition & Innovation Lab of The George Washington University organized a one-day conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on September 23\, 2025. This conference was a bold\, boundary-pushing exploration of the AI Act\, redefining the future of technology\, competition\, and global collaboration. \nA powerhouse lineup of global visionaries\, policymakers\, and trailblazing experts dove into the AI Act’s seismic impact through fresh\, provocative lenses: \n\nRewriting the Rules of Competition & Collaboration: Discover how the AI Act impacts the competitive structure of markets and sparks groundbreaking coordination between the European Union and its Member States.\nTransatlantic Implications: At a time of seismic political and regulatory shifts\, we’ll unpack the AI Act’s ripple effects across the Atlantic. From Washington to Brussels\, explore how these changes ignite new opportunities and tensions in the global AI race.\nAntitrust Meets AI Revolution: Dive into the interplay between the AI Act and the Digital Markets Act\, dissecting its antitrust implications and what it means for the future of innovation and market power.\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n				Download the full agenda here\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Agenda\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\n\nTime\nSession\n\n\n\n\n8:30 AM\nRegistration\n\n\n9:00 AM\nWelcoming Remarks \n\n\n9:15 AM\n\nOpening Keynote \nIrina Orssich (DG Connect)\n\n\n9:45 AM\n\nSession 1 – AI Act: Towards Regulatory Coordination \n\n\n\n\nChair: Kristina Nordlander (GWU Lab Fellow) \n\nPanelists: Oscar Borgogno (Banca d’Italia; GWU)\, Jan De Bruyne (KU Leuven)\, Gloria Gonzalez Fuster (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)\, Alexandru Voica (Synthesia)\, Orestis Trasanidis (eitdigital)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:15 AM\nCoffee Break\n\n\n11:45 AM\n\nFireside Chat Session 2 – AI Governance and International Trade: A Transatlantic Perspective \n\n\n\n\nChair: Oscar Borgogno (Banca d’Italia; GWU) \n\nPanelists: Mathias Hanson (Vrje Universiteit Brussel)\, Bertin Martens (Bruegel Senior Fellow)\, Olivier Proust (Fieldfisher)\, Henri van Soest (Rand Europe)\, Simone Skovshoved (Head of Policy\, Danish Entrepreneurs)\, Andrew Stivers (Managing Director NERA)\, Nicholas Vonortas (GWU)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:15 PM\nLunch Break\n\n\n2:30 PM\n\nSession 3 – AI Market Concentration and Competition Policy \nChair: Aurelien Portuese (GWU) \n\nPanelists: Alexandre De Streel (Academic Director\, CERRE and Professor\, University of Namur)\, Thomas Kramler (Head of Unit in DG COMP)\, Katie Curry (RBB)\, Beatrice Dumont (College of Europe)\, Bernd Meyring (Linklaters)\, Rita Wezenbeek (Director\, European Commission)\, Friso Boestoen (Tilburg University)\n\n\n\n\n4:00 PM\n\nKeynote Address – “Towards AI Governance: Lessons from the AI Act Negotiations” \nBrando Benifei (MEP; AI Act Rapporteur) \n\n\n\n4:30 PM\n\nClosing Remarks \nOscar Borgogno (Banca d’Italia; GWU)\, Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament; AI Act Co-Rapporteur)\, Aurelien Portuese (GWU)
URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/ai-governance-between-competition-regulation/
LOCATION:University Student Center\, 800 21st Street\, NW\, Room 405\, NW\, 20052\, United States
CATEGORIES:AI Policy & Regulation,Data, Trade & National Security,Intellectual Property Rights
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SUMMARY:The Competition & Growth Conference
DESCRIPTION:In January 2025\, the UK government replaced the chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)\, signaling a shift toward a more growth-oriented competition policy. This move\, part of Labour’s broader economic agenda\, has sparked intense debate about how competition enforcement can coexist with fostering innovation and growth\, particularly in transformative sectors like artificial intelligence (AI) and digital markets. \nThe conference\, “Competition & Growth: Unleashing Prosperity”\, organized by The George Washington University and hosted in London at the University of East London\, brought together leading competition regulators\, enforcers\, antitrust scholars\, practitioners\, and in-house counsels to address this critical challenge. \nThe conference aimed to explore how competition authorities can promote fair markets while supporting economic dynamism in an interconnected\, AI-driven world. \nWe examined the evolving role of competition policy in supporting industrial strategies\, facilitating mergers that drive growth\, and regulating rapidly evolving digital markets. Conference participants included leading regulators\, in-house counsels\, and practitioners in the United Kingdom. The conference was a unique opportunity to engage with key stakeholders at a critical time for the development of competition rules in the United Kingdom. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n					\n					\n					\n				\n				\n				Download the full agenda here\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Agenda\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\n\nTime\nSession\n\n\n\n\n8:00 AM\nRegistration and Breakfast\n\n\n9:00 AM\n\nOpening Remarks  \nProfessor Aurelien Portuese (GW Competition & Innovation Lab) \n\n\n\n9:15 AM\n\nPanel 1 – The Regulation of Competition in AI \nChair: Aurelien Portuese (GWU) \n\nPanelists: Kai-Uwe Kuhn (UEA); Phillip Malloch (META)\, Oliver Bethell (Google)\, Renato Nazzini (KCL)\n\n\n\n\n10:45 AM\nCoffee Break\n\n\n11:15 AM\n\nPanel 2 – The Effects of the DMCC \n\n\n\n\nChair: Miroslava Marinova (UEL) \n\nPanelists: Jessica Radke (Linklaters); Sarah Long (Euclid); Cleo Alliston (BBC)\, Liza Lovdahl Gormsen (BIICL)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:45 PM\nLunch Break\n\n\n2:00 PM\n\nFireside Chat \n\n\n\n\nIoannis Kokkoris (Competition Appeal Tribunal) & Aurelien Portuese (GWU) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2:30 PM\n\nPanel 3 – The New Merger and Trade Landscape \nChair: Lau Nilausen (CompassLexecon) \n\nPanelists: Ronan Scanlan (Steptoe); Alex Jennings (Vodafone); Peter Holmes (USussex); Miranda Cole (Perkins Coie)\n\n\n\n\n4:00 PM\nClosing Remarks
URL:https://competitioninnovationlab.ai/event/the-competition-growth-conference/
LOCATION:University Student Center\, 800 21st Street\, NW\, Room 405\, NW\, 20052\, United States
CATEGORIES:AI Policy & Regulation,Data, Trade & National Security,Intellectual Property Rights
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