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Impact on Consumers (26.10.2021)

Algorithm-based business activities have an ever-growing impact not only on competition and the economy as a whole but also on consumers. Algorithms setting prices, deciding on the ads and information we get to see, or even selecting us for jobs or other opportunities have become part of the everyday life of most of us. Looking into the risks and chances of these developments, the next edition of our online workshop series on algorithmic market activity assesses how (competition) law ought to react.

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We are delighted to introduce our speakers:

Part 1: International Perspective

 

Michal Gal

 

 

Prof. Dr. Michal Gal

Professor and Director of the Forum on Law and Markets, Haifa University (Israel)

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CV (PDF, 220 KB)

 

 

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Dr. Damien Geradin

Founding Partner of Geradin Partners, Brussels (Belgium)

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CV

 

Part 2: Implications for Switzerland

 

Prisca Birrer-Heimo

 

 

Prisca Birrer-Heimo

National Council, President of the Swiss Consumers Protection Foundation (Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz)

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CV (PDF, 61 KB)

 

 

Balthasar Glättli

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Balthasar Glättli

National Council, President GRÜNE Schweiz

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CV (PDF, 221 KB)

 

 

Andy Fitze

Co-Founder Swiss Cognitive

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Florent Thovenin

 

 

Prof. Dr. Florent Thouvenin

Professor for Information and Communications Law, University of Zurich

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CV

 

 

Yesim Atamer

 

 

Prof. Dr. Yeşim Atamer

Professor for Private, Commercial, European and Comparative Law, University of Zurich

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CV

 

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Algorithmic Market Activity: Online Workshop 2021