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HKU-Lingnan-Florida
Platform Competition Conference

June 20-21, 2019 (Thursday & Friday)

KK315, 3/F, K.K. Leung Building,
The University of Hong Kong

6.5 CPD points will be awarded after attending the first day of the conference on June 20


Co-organised by

Sponsors:

   Welcome message

Welcome to HKU and to the online platforms conference. The first day of the conference is geared to practitioners and policy questions while the second day focuses on bridging the understanding of online platforms across academic disciplines. Competition analysis of online markets is a hot topic around the world. In a number of jurisdictions, online markets already have been subject to competition law review in merger or conduct cases. In other jurisdictions, these issues are in a nascent stage of policy. A number of lessons can be learned from the cases to date involving online markets with regard to optimal competition policy. What these cases tend to share are some basic features as to how online markets work. Some jurisdictions understand the particular dynamics of multi-sided online markets. Other competition authorities sometimes may misidentify these markets and the market dynamics therein. We will explore both what is known and the gaps in knowledge to better understand these market dynamics.

Conference conveners:

Yuk-fai FONG, The University of Hong Kong
Ping LIN, Lingnan University
D. Daniel SOKOL, University of Florida
   Programme (Subject to be confirmed)

June 20, 2019 (Thursday) - Practitioners’ Conference
KK315, 3/F, K.K. Leung Building, The University of Hong Kong

Time

Session Details

Venue

8:15 - 8:50

Registration & Morning Refreshment

KK315

8:50 - 9:00

Welcoming Remarks
by Dean Hongbin CAI, Faculty of Business and Economics,
The University of Hong Kong

KK315

9:00 - 9:30

Keynote
by Xuan WANG, Principal Staff Member of Anti-monopoly Bureau, State Administration for Market Regulation
(国家市场监督管理总局主任科员 王轩先生)

KK315

9:30 - 10:45

Panel 1: Enforcement in Multi-sided Platforms

Moderators:
Wing SUEN, Chair of Economics, Henry G Leong Professor in Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Hong Kong

Speakers:
Na DAWSON, Vice President, Analysis Group, Inc
Youngjin JUNG, Partner, Kim & Chang
Alexander OKULIAR, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Sadaaki SUWAZONO, Deputy Secretary General for International Affairs, Japan Fair Trade Commission

KK315

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee break

KK315

11:15 - 12:30

Panel 2: Mergers in the Digital Economy

Moderator:
Andrew FOSTER, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Speakers:
Herbert FUNG, Senior Director (Business and Economics),
Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore
Wayne LEACH, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
Wesley WANG, Senior Associate, T&D Associates
Jason WU, Senior Vice President, Compass Lexecon

KK315

12:30 - 14:00

Chinese lunch

Senior Common Room, 14/F, K.K. Leung Building

14:00 - 14:30

Keynote
Brent SNYDER, CEO, Hong Kong Competition Commission

KK315

14:30 - 15:45

Panel 3: Big Data and AI

Moderator:
Ruth CHEN, Associate General Counsel, Regulatory, Facebook

Speakers:
John CHOI, Senior Foreign Attorney (Partner), Shin & Kim
Patricia GALVAN, Assistant Director, Technology Task Force, Federal Trade Commission
Atsushi YAMADA, Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

KK315

15:45 - 16:15

Coffee break

KK315

16:15 - 17:30

Panel 4: Platforms in e-commerce and Fintech

Moderator:
Knut FOURNIER, Regional Counsel APAC, StubHub

Speakers:
Karen LEUNG, Counsel, Uber
Chen LIN, Associate Dean (Research and Knowledge Exchange),
Chair of Finance, Stelux Professor in Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, Professor of Finance, The University of Hong Kong
Daniel SOKOL, University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, University Term Professor, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law

KK315

17:30

Dinner (by invitation)

Le Méridien Cyberport

June 21, 2019 (Friday) - Academic Conference
KK315, 3/F, K.K. Leung Building, The University of Hong Kong

Time

Session Details

Venue

8:30 - 8:50

Registration & Morning Refreshment

KK315

8:50 - 9:00

Opening Remarks
by Yuk-fai FONG, Professor of Management and Strategy,
Professor of Economics, The University of Hong Kong

KK315

9:00 - 11:00

Paper Session 1

Kenneth CHENG, John B Higdon Eminent Scholar Chair,
University of Florida
Ruomeng CUI, Assistant Professor, Emory University
Sunny HUANG, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Angela ZHANG, Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong

KK315

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

KK315

11:30 - 13:00

Paper Session 2

Hung Hao CHANG, Professor, National Taiwan University
Chiara FARRONATO, Assistant Professor of Business Administration,
Harvard Business School
Guofu TAN, Professor of Economics, University of Southern California

KK315

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch buffet

KK603 - 604

14:00 - 15:30

Paper Session 3

Wesley KOO, Assistant Professor, INSEAD
Kelvin KWOK, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Steven XU, Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Hong Kong

KK315

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee break

KK315

16:00 - 17:30

Paper Session 4

Ramnath CHELLAPPA, Professor and Associate Dean, Emory University
Jay CHOI, Professor, Michigan State University and Yonsei University
Richard XU, Ph.D. Student in Economics, University of Southern California

KK315

17:30 - 19:00

Cocktail reception

 KK315


(Speakers’ sequence in alphabetical order of surname)

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   Keynote Speakers :

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Mr. Brent SNYDER

Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong Competition Commission

Mr. Brent Snyder was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Competition Commission (Commission) in September 2017.

Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. Snyder served in the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice from 2003 until 2017, first as a Trial Attorney playing a key role in the Division’s criminal matters, and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DAAG) from 2013 until 2017. In his capacity as DAAG, Mr. Snyder headed the criminal enforcement function overseeing enforcement, prosecutions, leniency and other policy work. Mr. Snyder twice received the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service and was awarded an Antitrust Division Award of Distinction.

Prior to joining the government, Mr. Snyder practiced law at Paul Hastings in Los Angeles and Perkins Coie in Seattle where he was a Partner.

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Mr. Xuan WANG

Principal Staff Member of Anti-monopoly Bureau
State Administration for Market Regulation

Wang Xuan is now working at the Investigation Division for Monopoly Agreements in the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR). He is responsible for drafting the departmental regulation on prohibiting monopoly agreements, investigating major monopoly agreement cases and guiding provincial AMRs for their investigation activities. He has investigated cases in various sectors such as Internet, auto, energy and IT.

From July 2010 to April 2018 (prior to the institutional reform of the State Council), Wang Xuan also worked at the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) for a long period. When working at the Division for Competition Policy, he was responsible for studying competition policy and drafting antitrust implementing rules, promoting and participating in the inter-governmental international negotiation on competition related chapters and international antitrust exchange and cooperation. When working at the Division I for Merger Control, he reviewed over 60 major M&A and JV transactions, covering industries of IT, shipping, auto, pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, etc. During his MOFCOM period, Wang Xuan, as a diplomat, was sent to China Embassy in Switzerland and Mongolia for four years. Wang Xuan obtained his LLB and LLM from University of International Business and Economics in 2004 and 2010 respectively.

   About the conference

The HKU-Lingnan-University of Florida Platform Competition Conference is co-organised by HKU Faculty of Business and Economics & ICGD Industrial Economics and Competition Policy Programme, Lingnan University Centre for Competition Policy and Regulation and the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

The conference also marked the inaugural event of ICGD Industrial Economics and Competition Policy Programme. The Programme is one of seven research programmes under the HKU FBE Institute for China and Global Development. Ensuring fair competition among firms is instrumental to economic development. Antimonopoly/Competition law and policy has become increasingly important in China, including Hong Kong. Our research programme encourages and supports economic research which informs policy makers, enforcers, practicing lawyers, economic consultants, company legal counsels, and researchers in the antitrust and competition field. We also aim to promote interaction and exchange of ideas among academic researchers and practitioners through events such as conferences, forums, and public lectures.

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