6th Radboud Economic Law Conference
Services of General (Economic) Interest: State of Play and Current Challenges
Economic law is a broad legal area. Its complexity stems from the multitude of sub-domains embedded in it, as well as from the interesting interplay between them. At EU level in particular, the free movement provisions, the competition law rules, the intellectual property regime, the public procurement law, etc. play an important role in shaping the Internal Market. Economic law is a dynamic domain, entailing constantly developing policies and frameworks, multi-layered regulatory and law enforcement regimes, actors active in various (domestic and transnational) jurisdictional levels, and puzzling case-law of the domestic and EU judiciary.
In order to bring more clarity to the challenges that the economic law area regularly puts forward in both the domestic and transnational contexts, we are proposing two handy tools: the yearly Radboud Economic Law International Conference and the Radboud Economic Law Blog. First, the conference brings together once per year academics and practitioners, who debate on various topics of economic law, which are high on the agenda in the legal circles. Each conference concludes with the publication of an edited volume, containing the contributions presented during the conference proceedings. Second, the blog offers a forum where topics of actuality are commented on. Its main aims are to shed light on the latest developments in the economic law field, to bring to the forefront forward-looking analyses of the existing regulatory and enforcement challenges, and to stir debate on the intricacies of the economic law realm.
Conference Programme
09.30-10.00 - Registration & Coffee
10:00-10:15 – Introduction & Welcome Johan van de Gronden, Professor of European law, Radboud University and State counselor in extraordinary service at the Dutch Council of State
10:15 – 12.00 Morning session Sustainable Development and Services of General Economic Interest Moderator: Nariné Ghazaryan, assistant professor in international and European Law, Radboud University
10.15-10.45 Keynote speech by Esther van Zimmeren, Professor of Intellectual Property Law & Governance, Research Group Government and Law, GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Sustainable and Adaptive Law and Governance: Legal Technological Innovation in the Green Deal Presentation of papers
10.45-11.05 Simon Tans, Assistant Professor of International and European Law, Radboud University, Sustainability and international trade law
11.05-11:35 Pieter Wesselius, PhD candidate, University of Groningen, Green Deal and Services of General Economic Interest
11.35 - 12.00 Discussion
12.00 -13.00 Lunch
13:00 – 17.00 Afternoon session Digitalization and Services of General Economic Interest Moderator: Marc Veenbrink, assistant professor in European law, Radboud University
13.00 - 13.30 Keynote speech by Anna Gerbrandy, Professor of Competition Law, Utrecht University, Competition law, Digital Markets and SGEI Presentation of papers
13.30 – 13.50 Laura Frederika Lalikova, PhD candidate, Utrecht University, Google Search as a Public Service
13.50 -14.10 Anne van Wageningen, Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam, Education Services under influence of the process of digitalization: the ambiguity of EU law
14.10 – 14.35 Discussion
14.35 – 15.00 Coffee break Health care and Services of General Economic Interest Moderator: Johan van de Gronden, professor of European law, Radboud University and State counselor in extraordinary service at the Dutch Council of State
15.00 – 15.30 Keynote speech by Mary Guy, Lecturer in law, Lancaster University, Health as a national and an EU competence: changing perspectives with SGEI and the European Health Union? Presentation of papers
15.30 – 15.50 Heidi Suorsa, PhD candidate, University of Antwerp, Health care as a social service of general interest What can we expect from the EU Member States and at what cost?
15.50 – 16.10 Daniel Clark, Health care mergers in the Netherlands and Services of General Economic Interest
16.10 – 16.45 Discussion
16.45– 17.00 – Conclusion and Farewell Simon Tans, Assistant Professor of International and European Law, Radboud University Drinks
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