DMA and Beyond Conference
A policy and research conference exploring the lessons, challenges, and opportunities of competition regulation and enforcement in digital markets.
In-Person & Livestreamed
500 First St NW
Washington, DC 20001
On February 6-7, 2025 in Washington, DC, the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) and the Yale Tobin Center’s Digital Economy Project will co-host DMA and Beyond, a policy and research conference exploring the lessons, challenges, and opportunities of competition regulation and enforcement in digital markets.
As the EU’s Digital Markets Act completes its first year of required compliance, regulatory authorities, the tech industry, and consumers are gaining experience and seeing early results from the application of the DMA. At the same time, an active docket of tech antitrust litigation pursued by state and private actors in the US is combining with regulatory shifts in the UK, South Korea, Australia, and elsewhere to spur novel approaches to stimulating competition in the tech sector. The next several years will be crucial in determining whether new regulations and new paradigms of enforcement will lead to meaningful change in the markets that shape information production and consumption globally.
DMA and Beyond will bring together researchers, policy experts, regulators, industry, and civil society representatives to gain a shared understanding of the latest research, analysis, and experiences with direct applicability to tech competition regulation and enforcement. The conference will feature a mix of research talks and policy discussions focused on the markets for search, advertising, social networking, mobile platforms and app stores, messaging, and AI-powered consumer services.
Agenda
Day 1, February 6 |
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Welcome | 9:00-9:15 | |
Alissa Cooper, Knight-Georgetown Institute Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University |
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Self-Preferencing | 9:15-10:25 | |
A Framework for Detection, Measurement, and Welfare Analysis of Platform Bias | 9:15-9:40 | Imke Reimers, Cornell University |
Amazon self-preferencing in the face of heightened antitrust scrutiny | 9:40-10:05 | Joel Waldfogel, U. of Minnesota |
Discussion | 10:05-10:25 | Moderator: TBD |
Break | 10:25-10:45 | |
Advertising | 10:45-11:55 | |
Digital Media Mergers: Theory and Application to Facebook-Instagram | 10:45-11:10 | Justin Katz, Harvard University |
Did Apple’s App Tracking Transparency Framework Harm the App Ecosystem? | 11:10-11:35 | Cristobal Cheyre, Cornell University |
Discussion | 11:35-11:55 | Moderator: Mihir Kshirsagar, Princeton CITP |
Lunch | 11:55-1:15 | |
Perspectives on Empirical Research
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12:15-1:15 | Moderator: Laura Edelson, Northeastern University |
Mobile App Ecosystem | 1:20-2:30 | |
Platform Competition and App Development | 1:20-1:45 | Doh-Shin Jeon, Toulouse School of Economics |
Recap on vertical interoperability under the DMA: Assessing Apple’s compliance policy for Art. 6(7) from the perspective of FOSS | 1:45-2:10 | Lucas Lasota, Weinzenbaum Institute / Free Software Foundation Europe |
Discussion | 2:10-2:30 | Moderator: TBD |
Search | 2:30-3:40 | |
Sources of Market Power in Web Search: Evidence from a Field Experiment | 2:30-2:55 | Leon Musloff, University of Pennsylvania |
Trade-offs in Leveraging External Data Capabilities: Evidence from a Field Experiment in an Online Search Market |
2:55-3:20 | Ananya Sen, Carnegie Mellon University |
Discussion | 3:20-3:40 | Moderator: Chiara Farronato, Harvard University |
Break | 3:40-4:10 | |
Institutional Considerations | 4:10-5:30 | |
Ecosystem Entanglement | 4:10-4:30 | Friso Bostoen, Tilburg University |
Research Methods for Designing and Evaluating Regulatory Remedies | 4:30-4:50 | Gemma Petrie, Mozilla |
Implementing the DMA: views from stakeholders | 4:50-5:10 | Alexandre de Streel, U. of Namur / CERRE |
Discussion | 5:10-5:30 | Moderator: TBD |
Cocktail Reception | 6:00-7:30 | |
Day 2, February 7 |
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Welcome | 9:00-9:10 | |
9:00-9:10 | Alissa Cooper, Knight-Georgetown Institute | |
Keynote | 9:10-9:40 | |
Andreas Schwab, European Parliament | Moderator: Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University |
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A Look into the Future | 9:40-10:55 | |
Roundtable of expert perspectives
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Moderator: Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University |
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Break | 10:55-11:25 | |
Keynote | 11:25-11:55 | |
TBD | Moderator: Alissa Cooper, Knight-Georgetown Institute |
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Implementation and Enforcement | 11:55-1:05 | |
Panel discussion
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Moderator: Alex de Streel, U. of Namur / CERRE |
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Lunch | 1:05-2:00 | |
Keynote | 2:00-2:20 | |
Anu Bradford, Columbia University | ||
International Perspectives | 2:20-3:35 | |
Panel discussion
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Moderator: Jasper van den Boom, Heinrich Heine University |
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Break | 3:35-4:00 | |
US Litigation:
Opportunities and Challenges |
4:00-5:15 | |
Panel discussion
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Moderator: Leah Nylen, Bloomberg |
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Closing | 5:15-5:20 |