S&D Conference - European Consumer - between new e-commerce models and data pricing, Kirchberg

Place de l'Europe, Kirchberg, Luxemburg

S&D Conference - European Consumer - between new e-commerce models and data pricing.

To register, please email s-d.imco@europarl.europa.eu

14h00 - 14h25

Commissioner Vera JOUROVA, opening speech

Chi ONWURAH MP, House of Commons, Labour shadow minister for digital affairs, opening speech

Evelyne GEBHARDT, S&D IMCO Coordinator, co-rapporteur of "Towards a Digital Single Market", opening remarks

14h25 -16h05

Panel 1 (with companies from the platform economy): How to create a legislative framework that enables fair and competitive platform economy with strong consumer protection?

Chairing: MEP Josef WEIDENHOLZER, S&D Vice-President and spokesperson for the digital union

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    Representatives of successful platforms:

o Samuel LAURINKARI, Senior Manager, EU Government Relations, eBay

o Tim LAGERPUSCH, Founder and CEO, Sugartrends

o Christoph KLENNER, Secretary General, ETTSA (representing e.g. Expedia, Tripadvisor)

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    David MARTIN RUIZ, Senior Legal Officer, BEUC

Q&A session

16h05 - 16h25: Break, 20 minutes

16h25 - 17h55

Panel 2: Innovation in the platform economy: what opportunities and challenges does technological development create for consumer protection?

Chairing: MEP Marju LAURISTIN, S&D Vice-President

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    Theo BERTRAM, Policy Strategy Manager EMEA, Google
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    Prof. Dr. Sebastian STILLER, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, author of "Planet of Algorithm: Understand them before they understand you"
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    Francesca PICK, expert on trust in peer-to-peer environment and the sharing economy, OuiShare community activist

Q&A session

17h55 - 18h00

Closing remarks by MEP Evelyne GEBHARDT

Room A3G3 - S&D webstreaming - EN/FR/DE/ES/IT


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Fractie Progressieve Alliantie van Socialisten en Democraten (S&D)

De Progressieve Alliantie van Socialisten en Democraten (S&D) is de sociaaldemocratische fractie in het Europees Parlement i. De fractie is ontstaan als een alliantie tussen de Partij van de Europese Sociaal-Democraten i (PES) en de Italiaanse Democratische Partij.

De fractie van de Progressieve Alliantie van Socialisten en Democraten (S&D) heeft 141 leden afkomstig uit 26 lidstaten, en is daarmee de op een na grootste fractie in het Europees Parlement. Op het hoogtepunt in 1999 hadden de Sociaal Democraten 233 zetels in het Europees Parlement.

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