Conference on Innovation and Digitalisation in Law

IDLaw 2021 - The Digital Services Act Package ­– Revolution or More of the Same?

 

The conference took place on March 1st and 2nd 2021 online (due to Covid-19 related travel restrictions).

The title of the 2021 conference was ‘The Digital Services Act Package ­– Revolution or More of the Same?’. We invited experts from different legal fields to examine the proposals for a Digital Services Act (DSA) as well as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), to compare the legislative initiatives to the status quo and to discuss the future of digital services in the EU.

 

 

1st March 2021


  • 13.00 - 13.20 - Opening speeches & Welcome Address

Christiane Wendehorst

Minister for EU and Constitution Karoline Edtstadler

Brigitta Zöchling-Jud (Dean of the Faculty of Law)

  • 13.20 - 13.40 - Overview: The Emergence of the DSA and the DMA

Catherine Altobelli and Sebastian Schwamberger

  • 13.40 - 14.50 - Session 1: The Digital Markets Act

Alexandre de Streel (University of Namur)

Alex Ruiz Feases (Tilburg University)

Moderated by Nina-Maria Thomic 

Commented by Bertin Martens (European Commission)

 Coffee Break

  • 15.10 - 16.20 Session 2: DSA – Exemption of Liability of providers of intermediary services

Christoph Busch (University of Osnabrück)

Vanessa Mak (Leiden University)

Moderated by Yannic Duller

Commented by Jan Penfrat (EDRi)

  • 16.20 - 17.30 Session 3: DSA – Due Diligence obligations for a transparent and safe online environment I

Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell (University Carlos III of Madrid)

Christian Twigg-Flesner (University of Warwick)

Moderated by Jakob Hirtenlehner

Commented by Aleksandra Kuczerawy (KU Leuven)

2nd March 2021


  • 13.00 - 14.10 - Session 4: DSA – Due Diligence obligations for a transparent and safe online environment II

Werner Stengg (Senior Expert in the Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager - European Commission)

Gerald Spindler (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

Moderated by Žiga Škorjanc

Commented by Aneta Wiewiórowska-Domagalska (University of Osnabrück)

  • 14.10 - 14.50 - Session 5: DSA – Implementation, cooperation, sanctions and enforcement

Hans Schulte-Nölke (University of Osnabrück)

Moderated by William Field-Papuga

Commented by Petra Leupold (Johannes Kepler University Linz)

Networking Break on Gather Town

  • 15.35 - 16.55 - Panel discussion: The DSA and the DMA – change everything to change nothing?

Lukas Gottschamel (Zara)

Ursula Pachl (BEUC)

Semjon Rens (Facebook)

Erika Ummenberger-Zierler (BMDW)

Rania Wazir (Vienna Data Science Group)

Moderated by Christiane Wendehorst

  • 16.55 - 17.00 Closing Remarks

Nikolaus Forgó