East Asia Academic Network on Competition Policy (EANCP) Conference at CLMR
East Asia Academic Network on Competition Policy (EANCP) Conference at CLMR
The Annual Conference of the East Asia Academic Network on Competition Policy (EANCP) was held in conjunction with CLMR on 29 August 2018 at UNSW City Campus.
The EANCP Conference was organised by CLMR member and competition law researcher Professor Deborah Healey, in conjunction with EANCP, at the invitation of the ACCC.
The theme of the conference was ‘Digital Platforms: The New Frontier”. The extent to which the growth of digital platforms provide additional challenges to competition law and mechanisms for dealing with the market power which may ensue were subjects of much discussion.
Speakers and attendees included representatives of the ACCC, academics from Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore and Australia, and local practitioners.
Professor Healey said:
“The growth of competition laws in jurisdictions in East Asia makes it particularly important to foster opportunities for academics to exchange ideas and experiences in relation to their interpretation and enforcement. Commonalities in experience with particular types of conduct, such as cartels or mergers, can be useful analogues, particularly for newer jurisdictions. In addition, some transactions or conduct occur in several jurisdictions, and it is useful to compare the approaches of individual laws and enforcers, or work to expand on cooperation between jurisdictions. The Conference provided many opportunities for useful interactions on competition law and policy issues.”
The EANCP Conference was held at the same time as the East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy (EATOP) and the East Asian Conference on Competition Law and Policy (EAC) conferences were held in Sydney. The conferences attracted a large number of competition regulators and academics from East Asian jurisdictions. The EATOP was hosted by the ACCC in conjunction with the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). This is the first time EATOP has been held in Australia.”
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Click on the topics below to view the presentation slides for each session
Section 1 - Digital Platforms: The New frontier
- Market Definition of Digital Platforms: Response to the Impact of Two-sided Platforms and Zero Pricing. Professor Richard Li-dar Wang, Associate Dean, National Chengchi University of Taiwan
- Algorithm-Driven Business Conduct: Competition and Collusion. Dr Rob Nicholls, Senior Lecturer, School of Business Law and Taxation, UNSW
Section 2 - Cartels and other anticompetitive arrangements
- Price Fixing Cartels and Problems of Proof in Indonesia. Hesty D. Lestari, University of Muhammidiyah Jakarta
- “Innocent” Cartels, Industry Associations and the Digital Economy. Rachel Burgess, University of Southern Queensland, Gwen De Vera, University of the Philippines
Section 3 - Abuse of dominance and other issues
- Can Competition Law Deal with Disruptive Digital Technologies in Developing Countries? R. Ian McEwin, Competition Consulting Asia
- Abuse of dominance in the technology sector: The Travails of Qualcomm in Asia, the EU and the US. Professor Mark Williams, University of Melbourne.
Section 4 -
- The merger between Grab and Uber: Legal issues relating to merger control. Prof. Dr. Tang Van Nghia, Foreign Trade University of Hanoi