Innovation & Regulation Chair Policy Workshop

Innovation & Regulation Chair Policy Workshop on

Digital Platforms: Competition Policy and Public Policy Challenges in Europe

The Innovation and Regulation Chair at Ecole Polytechnique and Telecom Paris organizes an online policy workshop on digital platforms and the competition and public policy challenges they raise on October 15, 2020, from 3:30pm to 5:30pm (Paris time). The event will be held online on Zoom.

The workshop consists of two sessions. The first session will be devoted to competition policy and platforms, the second one to the broad economic and public policy challenges for Europe raised by the development of powerful digital platforms.

Each session is introduced by guest speakers and involves a discussion with the online participants.

Session 1: Competition Policy and Digital Platforms

Chairs: Marie-Laure Allain (École Polytechnique & CREST) and Marc Bourreau (Telecom Paris & i3).

Speakers :

• Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London)

• Christine Zulehner (University of Vienna)

Session 2: Economic and Public Policy Objectives in Europe Related to Platforms

Chair: François Lévêque (École des Mines de Paris, CERNA)

Speakers :

• Maya Bacache (Arcep)

• Fadhel Lakhoua (Orange)

• Alexandre de Streel (University of Namur)