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

Welcome 9:00-9:15
Alissa Cooper, Knight-Georgetown Institute
Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University
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

  • Francesco Decarolis, Bocconi University
  • Hunt Alcott, Stanford University
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

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
A Look into the Future 9:40-10:55
Roundtable of expert perspectives 

  • Andreas Schwab, European Parliament
  • Paula Blizzard, California Department of Justice 
  • Brian O’Kelley, Scope3
  • Max von Thun, Open Markets Institute
Moderator:
Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University
Break 10:55-11:25
Keynote 11:25-11:55
TBD Moderator:
Alissa Cooper, Knight-Georgetown Institute
Implementation and Enforcement 11:55-1:05
Panel discussion

  • Filomena Chirico, European Commission
  • Avery Gardiner, Spotify
  • Mark Dempsey, Article19
  • Peter Boivin, General Motors
Moderator:
Alex de Streel, U. of Namur / CERRE
Lunch 1:05-2:00
Keynote 2:00-2:20
Anu Bradford, Columbia University
International Perspectives 2:20-3:35
Panel discussion

  • Anu Bradford, Columbia University
  • Gunn Jiravuttipong, UC Berkeley
  • Haeyoon Kim, Korea Economic Institute of America
  • Rod Sims, Australia National University
Moderator:
Jasper van den Boom, Heinrich Heine University
Break 3:35-4:00
US Litigation: 

Opportunities and Challenges

4:00-5:15
Panel discussion

  • Michael Schwartz, New York State Office of the Attorney General
  • Laurel Kilgour, American Economic Liberties Project
  • Other panelists TBD
Moderator:
Leah Nylen, Bloomberg
Closing 5:15-5:20

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