Antitrust Enforcement Symposium - organised by the JAE in collaboration with Seoul National University

Associated with:

Centre for Competition Law and Policy
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Programme

This year's symposium will be hosted in Seoul in collaboration with Seoul National University 

15 June 2026
08h40-09h10Assembly, Registration & Coffee  
09h10–09h15Welcome: Yong Lim, Seoul National University 
Keynote 
09h15 – 09h40Biung-Ghi JU, Chairperson, Korea Fair Trade Commission 

 

Panel 1 – Digital Economy, AI, and Competition

Moderator:  Julian Nowag, HKU

 

09h40-09h50Generative AI Terms & Conditions: Competition Implications, John Newman, University of Memphis  
09h50-10h00Big Tech and China, Maria Ioannidou, Queen Mary London, UK  
10h00-10h10Balancing Innovation and Competition in the Digital Economy, Christopher Yoo, Penn Carey Law 
10h10-10h20TBC, Soojin Nam, Hankuk Foreign Studies University, Korea 
10h20 – 10h50Coffee break  
10h50 – 11h40

Comments & Reflections

  1. Danny Sokol (USC Gould Law)
  2. Sang-Seung YI (Seoul National University)
  3. Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Compass Lexecon)
  4. Yo Sop CHOI (HUFS)
  5. Kyoungyul LEE (Kim & Chang) 
 
11h40-12h20Open discussion 
 
12h30-14h00Lunch break 
Fireside chat -   Politics, industrial policy and competition law 
14h00 – 14h30

Bill Kovacic (GWU)

Ariel Ezrachi (Oxford University)

  
 

 

Panel 2 - Institutions, Enforcement, and Regional Perspectives

Moderator:  Maria Ioannidou, Queen Mary London

 

14h30-14h40Enforcement by Design: Antitrust, AI Regulation, and Institutional Complementarity, Daryl Lim, Penn State University 
14h40-14h50Platform labor and monopsony power – Food delivery market in Korea, Hwaryung Lee, Sejong University, Korea 
14h50-15h00The effect of AI diffusion on market structures and business models, Barak Orbach, University of Arizona 
15h00-15h10Exploitative abuses in digital markets: Perspectives from Japan, Sayako Takijawa, Tokyo University, Japan 
15h10-15h30Coffee break  
15h30-16h20

Comments & Reflections - 

  1. Elena Ponte (US FTC)
  2. Taehi HWANG (Sungshin University)
  3. Masako WAKUI (Kyoto University)
  4. Jorge Padilla (Compass Lexecon)
  5. Pablo Marquez (VERIA Asesores)
 
16h20-16h50Open discussion 
16h50-17h10Coffee break 
Fireside chat -  Philippines Competition Enforcement 
17h10 – 17h40

Michael G. Aguinaldo (Head, Philippines Competition Authority)

Bill Kovacic (GWU)

Ariel Ezrachi (Oxford University)

 
17h40-17h50Closing Remarks: Yong Lim, Seoul National University 
  
18h30Dinner banquet for symposium participants