Overview
Dates: October 4 - 6, 2023
Location: Königstein, Germany
The Steering Committee welcomes a distinguished group of 48 senior policy and regulation executives within digital firms from the EU and UK, and senior advisors to technology firms – including seasoned lawyers and public affairs advisors to discuss the regulatory policy, competition law, and litigation environment surrounding digital-first businesses.
Using candid, seminar-style discussion, the group explores the real-world impacts of digital platform regulation and evolving legislatures.
2023 Steering Committee
This elite group, comprised of experts in the field, personally nominates all invitees and develops the Agenda, which forms the basis of our discussions.
Committee Co-Chairs
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Robin Noble Partner Oxera Consulting LLP Oxford, United Kingdom
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Dr. Anselm Rodenhausen Head of Antitrust and Distribution Law Zalando SE Berlin, Germany
Anselm is leading the antitrust & distribution law team at Zalando, the European platform for fashion. Prior to this, he has been focusing on competition law in the digital sector in different positions: as a lawyer in the Brussels office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, he advised telecoms, platforms and tech companies; as a Legal & Policy Officer with the European Commission (DG CONNECT) he helped developing the Commission’s Digital Single Market strategy. Anselm has published on a number of new legal aspects of the digital world and is also the author of a novel set in the digital society. He holds a PhD in media competition law from the University of Muenster (Germany) and a master degree from the University of Oxford.
Committee Members
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Gene Burrus Director Global Competition Policy Spotify Seattle, United States
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Thomas Graf Partner Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Brussels, Belgium
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Anne-Claire Hoyng Global Head of Competition Policy Prosus Amsterdam, Netherlands
Anne-Claire Hoyng has over 15 years of experience as a competition economist. She joined Prosus as Global Head of Competition Policy in 2021, before that she was leading as Global Director the competition and consumer law team at Booking.com. She has also worked as in house competition economist/counsel for Liberty Global and KPN. Anne-Claire started her career as a Senior Case Handler at the Dutch Competition Authority. She previously taught Economics of Competition Law at the University of Utrecht and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Amsterdam.
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Kayvan Hazemi-Jebelli Counsel CCIA Europe Brussels, Belgium
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Stephen Kinsella Specialist Partner Flint Global London, United Kingdom
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Chloé MacEwen Senior Director Government Affairs Microsoft London, United Kingdom
Chloé MacEwen is Senior Director UK Corporate, External and Legal for Microsoft in the UK leading advocacy on a range of issues including cybersecurity, privacy, competition and sustainability among others. Prior to this Chloé led Digital Markets Act issues and competition policy at Amazon.
Chloé has a long history of working on EU and UK policy and regulation having led the Competition Commission’s policy work in the UK, served as a National Expert in the Competition Directorate of the European Commission and led mergers work during her time at the Office of Fair Trading.
After her time in government and as a regulator she moved to Lloyds Banking Group where she held the roles of Head of Competition and Head of International Policy – leading external engagement during the Independent Commission on Banking’s investigation into Lloyds/HBOS and numerous Treasury Select Committee inquiries. Chloé also led campaigns on payments regulation and financial benchmarks liaising with national and EU legislators on all aspects of payments, countering money laundering and terrorist financing.Chloé holds a LLB and LLM from King’s College London and is a solicitor qualified in England & Wales.
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Marc Pervès Senior Manager - Government Affairs Europe Apple Brussels, Belgium
Forum Director
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Emily Scott Senior Forum Director Cambridge Forums Toronto, Canada [email protected] M: +1 437 223 2813
Emily holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Queen’s University. Before joining Cambridge Forums, Emily spent ten years working as an event manager; from leading full-scope event production of gala fundraisers in Toronto, to travelling the world as a destination wedding planner, managing each event from concept to onsite execution. Armed with deep expertise in relationship management and event logistics, Emily looks to deliver standout participant experiences as a Forum Director. Outside of the office, Emily can be found scouring Spotify for new music, hosting dinner parties for her friends and family, and perfecting her golf swing.
Built on genuine interactions and spontaneous connections, the Forum is the premiere gathering of preeminent European competition litigators surrounding digital-first businesses.
"The Forum draws together the top practitioners from the relevant European jurisdictions who engage in a discussion on topical issues at the highest level. I invariably leave the Forum informed by the level and quality of all the discussions, and I always learn new things. It's an invaluable experience."
Chr. Frank Kroes Partner Baker McKenzie Netherlands"The format of the Forum makes it a lively engaging experience. Views are expressed and relationships formed on the basis of a sharing of expertise which is unparalled."
Catherine Derrig Partner McCann FitzGerald LLP Ireland"The strength of the Forum is the quality of the session leaders, all outstanding practitioners in their jurisdictions, its small size and the privileged relationships between the participants."
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