This elite group, comprised of experts in the field, personally nominates all invitees and develops the Agenda, which forms the basis of our discussions.
Forum Overview
Dates: October 23 - 25, 2024
Location: Cascais, Portugal
The Steering Committee welcomes a distinguished, pan-EU/UK group of up to 48 senior policy and regulation executives within digital firms and preeminent technology advisors, including seasoned lawyers and public affairs experts, 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.
2024 Steering Committee
Committee Co-Chairs
Robin is a Partner at Oxera with more than 15 years’ experience, specialising in competition economics and quantifying damages. He leads Oxera’s work on disputes and damages quantification as co-chair of its Litigation and Arbitration practice. He led the Oxera team that worked on the 2009 study commissioned by the European Commission to set out the methods used to quantify antitrust damages; this study formed the basis of the Commission’s own guidance to national courts in 2013. He has provided training to judges and lawyers from various EU member states on competition economics. He has a wide range of experience in competition-related disputes, mergers, and abuse of dominance investigations, working on cases in the UK, Ireland, the USA, the Netherlands and Germany. He has acted for both claimants/applicants and defendants/respondents in these matters. Robin has worked on more than 40 damages quantification cases. In particular, he was the testifying expert in the UK’s first application for a class action: Dorothy Gibson vs Pride Mobility, in the Competition Appeal Tribunal. He is listed in The International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers & Economists. Robin has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Global Competition Litigation Review and the Competition Law Journal, and has acted as a reviewer for articles in the Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences and the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement.
Anselm Rodenhausen joined Video Games Europe in November of 2023 as Vice President Legal and Policy. Anselm joins from Zalando where he headed up the antitrust law team in Berlin, responsible for the group’s competition and distribution law matters in 25 markets. Prior to this, he focussed on the digital sector in different positions: as a lawyer/Principal Associate in the Brussels office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, representing telecoms, platforms and tech companies; and as a Legal & Policy Officer with the European Commission (DG CONNECT) helping to develop the Commission’s Digital Single Market strategy. Anselm has published articles on a number of legal aspects of the digital world and holds a PhD in law from the University of Muenster.
Committee Members
Dimos Dakanalis is acting as Oracle’s Chief Antitrust Counsel and has almost 20 years of experience advising on competition law, especially in relation to the tech sector. Prior to Oracle, Dimos worked for international law firm Clifford Chance in Brussels and London until 2012.
He is advising Oracle on mergers and acquisitions, distribution and licensing, competition compliance and antitrust investigations by competition authorities worldwide. He has represented Oracle on its most important acquisitions in the last 15 years (including Oracle/Siebel, Oracle/BEA, Oracle/Sun, Oracle/Netsuite and Oracle/Cerner) and in the Microsoft antitrust cases before the European Commission and the European courts.
Dimos holds a BA Hons. in Jurisprudence, a BCL in European and Comparative Law and an MPhil in Competition Law from Oxford University.
He is advising Oracle on mergers and acquisitions, distribution and licensing, competition compliance and antitrust investigations by competition authorities worldwide. He has represented Oracle on its most important acquisitions in the last 15 years (including Oracle/Siebel, Oracle/BEA, Oracle/Sun, Oracle/Netsuite and Oracle/Cerner) and in the Microsoft antitrust cases before the European Commission and the European courts.
Dimos holds a BA Hons. in Jurisprudence, a BCL in European and Comparative Law and an MPhil in Competition Law from Oxford University.
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.
Ben Schroeter is a Director at Booking.com, where he leads the Strategic Engagement team. Ben’s team focuses on policy development, economic research, and overall Public Affairs strategy. He joined Booking.com in 2020, where during his first two and half years he led the company’s advocacy on the Digital Markets Act. Before Booking.com, Ben worked in consulting and for the German government.
Ben started his love affair with all things digital at the age of eight, writing BASIC code on his family’s first x86 personal computer and, later, as a teenager, he ran a successful side business assembling desktop computers. Originally set on becoming a computer scientist, he switched to economics after attending a lecture with Hal Varian on strategy in digital markets.
Ben holds Masters degrees in Competition Economics from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and in EU Competition Law from King’s College in London. He is currently working on a book on the role of regulation in corporate strategy. Strategy beyond Markets is due to be published in autumn 2024.
Ben started his love affair with all things digital at the age of eight, writing BASIC code on his family’s first x86 personal computer and, later, as a teenager, he ran a successful side business assembling desktop computers. Originally set on becoming a computer scientist, he switched to economics after attending a lecture with Hal Varian on strategy in digital markets.
Ben holds Masters degrees in Competition Economics from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and in EU Competition Law from King’s College in London. He is currently working on a book on the role of regulation in corporate strategy. Strategy beyond Markets is due to be published in autumn 2024.
Forum Directors
Jessica has a Bachelor’s Degree from McMaster University in Art History, Criticism and Conservation. A seasoned event and marketing manager, she has executed live engagements globally in the legal, technology, financial, not-for-profit and consumer products industries for many of the world’s leading organizations.
Prior to joining Cambridge Forums, Jessica worked in conference management, specializing in executive events for C-Suite executives, Board members and VIP clients. A fluid communicator, Jessica utilizes her leadership skills and passion for creating flawless participant experiences as a Forum Director, focusing on programs in private wealth and antitrust. A food & wine aficionado, Jessica is also accredited with the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 2 Award in Wine & Spirits.
When she’s out of the office, Jessica enjoys hot yoga, skiing and travel.
Shlayane holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Carleton University in Ottawa, ON.
Prior to joining the Cambridge team, she has developed a robust expertise in the event industry having orchestrated a diverse range of events from intimate gatherings to large-scale corporate functions. Shlay has successfully managed events for clients such as Fashion Bomb Daily, SickKids, Pinterest, and more showcasing her ability to handle complex logistics and creative challenges with ease.
Outside of the office, Shlay enjoys spin class, reading by the beach, and endless karaoke nights with her family.
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