October 10, 2025 (Friday)
10:00–10:40
The Mutual Complementary Functions of Competition Law, Ex Ante Regulation, and Co-Regulation: Can These Functions Be the Keystones for the Digital Giants?
Speakers: Professor Kazuhiko Fuchikawa (Keio University) & Professor Shotaro Hirose (Asahi University)
10:40–11:20
Route Competition in Hong Kong's Aviation Industry
Speaker: Professor Sin Chit Martin Lai (City University of Hong Kong) & Yizhang Qiu (City University of Hong Kong)
11:20–12:00
Beyond the Mainstream: Limits of EU Competition Law in Addressing Excessive Personal Data Collection
Speaker: Professor Liang Li (China University of Politics and Law)
12:00–13:40
LUNCH BREAK
13:40–14:20
Conflicts and Harmonization of Competition Law in Mainland China and Hong Kong: Under the Greater Bay Area Initiative
Speaker: Li Yan (University of Hong Kong)
14:20–15:00
The Temu Antitrust Paradox
Speaker: Gunn Jiravuttipong (University of California, Berkeley)
15:00–15:40
Competition Law Safeguards for Financial Data Sharing: An Open Banking Regulation New Paradigm
Speaker: Yingying Zhu (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
15:40–16:00
COFFEE BREAK
16:00–16:40
Gatekeeping without Dominance: Exclusion, Enforcement Gaps, and the Issue of Pacing
Speaker: Ritam Arora (Jindal Global Law School)
16:40–17:20
Korea's Platform Competition Regulation Push: Through the Lens of Institutional Isomorphism
Speaker: Sangyun Lee (Kyoto University)
17:20–18:00
Rethinking the Single Economic Entity Doctrine: Lessons from EU and US Approaches for China
Speaker: Tingting Song (University of Hong Kong)
October 11, 2025 (Saturday)
10:00–10:40
Predicting Consent Order Outcomes Following FTC Merger Complaints—Empirical Analysis of FTC's Merger Enforcement Data from 2007 to 2021
Speaker: Professor Thomas Y. Lu (National Sun Yat-sen University)
10:40–11:20
Regulation of Digital Platform from the "Ecosystem" Viewpoint—Taking a Cue from the Revision of the European Market Definition Notice
Speaker: Sakaya Habe (University of Tsukuba)
11:20–12:00
Theories of Harm for Platform Interoperability Denial: Rethinking Antitrust Toolkits in Digital
Markets Speaker: Shuyun Yi (University of Hong Kong)
Host: Professor Steven van Uytsel (Kyushu University)
Workshop Co-chairs: Prof Thomas Cheng (University of Hong Kong) & Prof Masako Wakui (Kyoto University)
Venue: Kyushu University Hakata School
Kyusyu University Business School Hakata Station Campus
JR Hakata City 9th Floor Meeting Room 4
(Hakata Station Entrance - Central Elevator)
Japan 〒812-0012 Fukuoka, Hakata-ku,
Hakata-eki, Chūō-gai 1-1
Photo by Johanna on Unsplash
