WIN-Conference: Foundations and Perspectives of European Platform Regulation

Muster verschiedenfarbiger Strich- und Kreisverknüpfungen
Termin
  • Datum: 19th September, 2024 09:00 am - 20th September , 2024 5:00 pm
  • Ort: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften , Karlstr. 4, 69117 Heidelberg
  • Organisation: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Michael Müller (Mannheim)/ PD Dr. Hannes Beyerbach (Mannheim)

The regulation of internet platforms is currently one of the key legislative projects at the level of the European Union. Once the regulations currently under discussion come into force, their application will pose a variety of challenges for the courts and legal scholars. Overcoming these challenges requires an interdisciplinary understanding of the basic conditions and assumptions of platform regulation (“Foundations”). The planned conference and the resulting, internationally visible anthology are intended to make this possible and at the same time contribute to the further development of this area of law (“Perspectives”).

The conference will be open to registered guests. Please contact m[dot]mueller[at]uni-mannheim[dot]de hannes[dot]beyerbach[at]uni-mannheim[dot]de.

Program: 

Date Time Program item
Thursday, September 19th 9 am

1. Introduction

Michael W. Müller, Hannes Beyerbach, Mannheim
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Platform Regulation
Ranjana Achleitner, Linz
Goals, Approaches and Structures of European Platform Regulation

  10.15 am Coffee break
  10.30 am

2. Technical Foundations

Carsten Orwat, KIT, Karlsruhe
Algorithmic Bias and Systemic Risks of AI and Platforms
Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Mannheim
“Decided by AI – what could go wrong?” – Risk Amplification when Using Machine Learning

  1.30 pm

3. Societal foundations

Dominik Rehse/Sebastian Valet, ZEW, Mannheim
Economic Interests of Platform Operators
Cornelius Puschmann, Bremen
Platforms as a Digital Public Sphere: Platform Communication and Self-Representation on Social Platforms

  3 – 3.15 pm Coffee break
  3.15 – 4.45 pm Indrė Žliobaitė, Helsinki
Discrimination Risks of Platforms
Laura Jung, BADW, München
Regulatory Pitfalls with Old and New Intermediary Powers in the EU
  6.30 pm Conference Dinner at Vetter’s Altheidelberger Brauhaus
Friday, September 20th 9 am

4. Legal Principles of Platform Regulation

David Roth-Isigkeit, Speyer
Risk-based Regulation as a Principle of Digital Law
Dimitrios Linardatos, Saarbrücken
Company Law and Platform Regulation

  10.30 am Coffee break
  10.45 – 12.15 am

Sonja Heitzer, LMU München
Financial Markets Law as a Blueprint for Platform Regulation
Tobias Voigt, Köln
European Liability Principles for Digital Platforms

  1.15 pm

5. Regulatory Strategies in the European Union and Beyond

Hannah Ruschemeier, Hagen
Regulatory Strategies: Regulated Self-Regulation, Codes, Technical Standardisation
Christian Neumeier, HU Berlin
Content Moderation by Platforms and Free Expression

  2.45 pm Coffee break
  3 pm Walther Michl, Universität der Bundeswehr München
Approaches to a Horizontal Applicability of EU Fundamental Rights
Andreas Kulick, Tübingen
Approaches to a Global Understanding on Principles of Platform Regulation
  4.45 pm Closing Remarks, Publication Perspectives

 

Kalender
Adresse

Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Karlstr. 4
69117 Heidelberg
Deutschland