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Manila Workshop 2026




Ascola Asia Workshop





27 & 28 January 2026

Venue: UP Law Center

University of the Philippines College of LawBocobo Hall, Magsaysay Avenue UP Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines

Programme

Day 1 (27 Jan) 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (invitation only)

Enforcers' Workshop on Cartels and ASBP​

Day 2 (28 Jan) 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Issues in the Competition Law and Policy
Moderator: Prof Charles David Icasiano,

Senior Lecturer and Director, University of the Philippines Competition Law and Policy Program (UP CLPP)

1. Competition Law Fundamentals: Focusing on Cartel Regulation

Prof Masako Wakui, Kyoto University

2. The Patent-Competition Interface from a Development Perspective

Prof Thomas Cheng, University of Hong Kong

3. EU Financial Regulation and Competition

Prof Thomas Weck, Frankfurt School, Germany

Day 2 Registration: Click here.


Host: UP CLPP & Ascola Asia

​Co-host: Global Dokkin Project (JSPS 24H00013)

Photo by Alexes Gerad on Unsplash



Tokyo Winter Workshop



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5 February 2026 13:00-17:30

Venue: tba (Tokyo)


1. Thomas Cheng, The University of Hong Kong

Algorithmic Exclusion

2. Thomas Weck, Frankfurt School

Developments in the EU

3. Yo Sop Choi, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Presuming Digital Dominance: Financial Strength


Host: Ascola Asia in collaboration with Global Dokkin Project (JSPS 24H00013))

Photo by Note Thaun on Unsplash



East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy (EAC)





6 February 2026

Venue: Courtyard Tokyo Ginza Hotel

1. KFTC & JFTC on Digital

2. Building Together, Adopting Smart: Digital Competition Policy for Asia's Diverse Economies

3. Indonesia Competition Law Landscape

Host: Ascola Asia in collaboration with the Japan Fair Trade Commission (​Co-host: Global Dokkin Project (JSPS 24H00013))

Photo by Kaori Kubota on Unsplash



PAST EVENTS



Ascola Asia Regional Workshop 2025




Ascola Asia Workshop





10 & 11 October 2025

Venue: Kyusyu University Hakata Station Office


Photo by Tayawee Supan on Unsplas


Ascola Asia 2025 Special Website

Uber and Foodpanda Merger




Ascola Asia Workshop in collaboration with Global Dokkin Project





4 July 2025 18:00 - 19:00 (KST & JST) / 17:00 - 18:00 (Taiwan Time)


Speaker: Ya-Lun Yen

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan


Online (ZOOM) WS. Please contact m_wakui@nifty.com for the ZOOM link.

.Photo by Lisanto on Unsplash



Keio University / UCL Workshop




In collaboration with Ascola Asia





22 May 2025 17:00 - 19:00 (KST & JST)


Ioannis Lianos (UCL)

Synthetic Futures and Competition Law: AI and Precautionary Principle


Stavros Makris (UCL)

A Smithian Political Economy Approach for the Competition Law of the 21st Century


Venue: Keio University (Mita Campus) North Build. #1 Meeting Room

https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/maps/mita.html (No. 10 on the map)


Please contact m_wakui@nifty.com for the ZOOM link.

​Photo by Rchard Liu on Unsplash



Navigating the Future of Indonesia's Competition Policy in the Digital Era: Quo Vadis?




Ascola Asia Workshop in collaboration with Global Dokkin Project





20 May 2025 18:00 - 19:00 (KST & JST)


Speaker: Muhammad Rifky Wicaksono Universitas of Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia & Oxford University

Online (ZOOM) WS. Please contact m_wakui@nifty.com for the ZOOM link.

​Photo by Muhammad Rizki on Unsplash



On Draghi Report




Ascola Asia Workshop in collaboration with Global Dokkin Project





15 April 2025 18:00 - 19:00 (KST & JST)


Speaker:

Tommaso Valletti

Imperial College Business School, London


Online (ZOOM). Please contact m_wakui@nifty.com for the ZOOM link.

Photo by Christian Lue on Unsplash



The Data Portability and Competition Law




Ascola Asia Workshop





27 February 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 (KST & JST)


Speaker:

Yo Sop Choi

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul


Online & In person

In-person venue: "Small Meeting Room", Main building of the faculties of law and economics 3rd floor Kyoto University Yoshida Campus. For online (zoom), please contact wakui@law.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Photo by Maggie Yap on Unsplash



News Media and Digital Platform




Comparative Competition Law and Policy





Workshops took place from 2022 - 2024.

The project was completed on 6 December 2024.



Host: Kobe University & University of Aberdeen

Partner: Ascola Asia & Ascola Eurasia




Photo by Clay LeConey on Unsplash



The Diffusion of Digital Competition Regulations in Asia




Ascola Asia Online Workshop





19 November 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (KST & JST)


Speaker:

Gunn Jiravuttipong

University of California, Berkeley


Photo by Nathan Barteau on Unsplash



Ascola Asia Regional Workshop 2024





25 & 26 October 2024, 10:00 - 17:00 (KST & JST)


Keio University (Mita Campus), Tokyo

2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345

Conference Room No.2​, 1st Floor, North Building


See Ascola Asia 2024 website for further details.


Photo by Takashi Miyazaki on Unsplash



The Efficiency Consideration in DMA Procedures




ASCOLA ASIA ONLINE WORKSHOP





Date and Time: 23 August 2024 (Fri) 18:00 - 19:30 (KST & JST)


Speaker:

Prof. Dr Eckart Bueren

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

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Co-host: JSPS Global 'Dokkin' Project (JSPS 'Kakenhi 24H00013)



Photo by Shubham Dhage on Unsplash.



Competition Law Advocacy and the Role of Cross-National Collaboration: In Case of East Asia and the ASEAN Region




Newcastle (UK) in Singapore - Ascola Asia Roundtable





Date: 26 July 2024 2:00 - 4:00 PM (SST)

​Venue: Singapore Management University (SMU)

Yong Pung How School of Law,

Seminar Room 2.01 (on Level 2)


Attendees:

Wan Liza Md. Amin, MARA Technological University (UiTM) Malaysia

Thomas K Cheng, The University of Hong Kong

Corrine Chew, Drew & Napier

Yo Sop Choi, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea

Jonathan Galloway, Newcastle University (UK) in Singapore

Sven Gallasch, Deakin Law School, Australia

Kenneth Khoo, National University of Singapore

Nasarudin Bin Abdul Rahman, International Islamic University Malaysia

Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau

Arisa Wakabayashi, Komazawa University, Japan

Masako Wakui, Kyoto University, Japan


Host: Ascola Asia & Newcastle University (UK) in Singapore

Co-host: Global 'dokkin' project (JSPS Grant # 24H00013)

Contact: m_wakui@nifty.com


Photo by Kelbin Zyteng on Unsplash



On Responsive Competition Law Enforcement




ONLINE WORKSHOP





Date and Time: 18:00 - 19:30, 24 April 2024 (KST & JST)


Speaker:

Dr Stavros Makris

University of Glasgow

The author of 'EU Competition Law as Responsive Law' in Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies (2021; 23: 228-268) [1] and 'Responsive Competition Law Enforcement: Lessons from the Greek Competition Authority' World Competition (2023; 46(2) 205-244) [2].​


Host: JSPS Global 'Dokkin' Project (JSPS 'Kakenhi 24H00013)

Co-​host: Ascola Asia

Photo by Paulina B on Unsplash


SSRN Paper 2 SSRN Paper 1 Japanese tr. of SSRN Paper 2

Taking Stock of Google’s Antitrust Troubles as the World Turns Against It




ASCOLA ASIA HYBRID WORKSHOP





Date and Time: 16:00 - 17:00, 6 March 2024 (KST & JST)


Speaker:

Prof Christian Bergqvist

University of Copenhagen, Denmark


In person venue: Room 606, 6F, Boissonade Tower, Hosei University (Ichigaya Campus).


Seminar is arranged by Prof Yuka Aoyagi, Hosei University, Japan.

​Host: Ascola Asia

Photo by Nick Karvounis on Unsplash


Reference

Digital Regulation in Korea and Japan: Comparative Studies and Dialogue





26 January 2024


14:30-15:45 Open Hybrid Workshop

Self-preferencing in Korea and Japan

Speakers:

Prof. Yo Sop Choi,

Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea

Prof. Kazuhiko Fuchikawa

Associate Professor, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan


16:00 - 17:00 In-person & Invitation Only Colloquium

Dealing with Global and Domestic Big Techs: Policy and Practices (tentative)


Venue: Osaka Metropolitan University (Umeda Satellite)


Host:

JSPS Research Project 23K01133 (Leader: Prof. Kazuhiko Fuchikawa)

JSPS Research Project 21H00702 (Leader: Prof. Yosuke Okada)

Co-host: Ascola Asia


Photo by Clark Gu on Unsplash



Article 102: from Guidance to Guidelines




Ascola Asia EU Competition Law Special Workshop





Date:

27 December 2023 14:00 - 16:30 KST/JST


Speaker:

Prof. Giorgio Monti

Tilburg Law School, Netherland


Venue: Rikkyo University, Ikebukuro, Tokyo & Online (Zoom)


Host: Ascola Asia


Organiser: Prof Yuka Aoyagi, Hosei University, Japan.

Photo by Mark Kieboom on Unsplash



ASCOLA ASIA REGIONAL WORKSHOP 2023








1 December 2023, 10:00 - 17:00 (KST & JST)


ZOOM & Kyoto University Main Campus



Photo by Sen Lee on Unsplash


*For a technical reason, only a few videos are made available on YouTube from the WS.



Video: Kenneth Khoo Video: Sei Shishido

Antitrust academia meets the real world.





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