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CCC to discuss competition and consumer law on the panel of the ICC Inaugural Conference

The Institute for Competition and Consumers (ICC), Queen Mary University of London, will hold an inaugural conference on “The Limits of Consumer Empowerment in times of crisis: how to empower consumers while protecting the vulnerable?", on 21 April 2023 - 15h-17h UK time.

The event aims to reflect on the role and limits of competition law in empowering consumers as well as protecting vulnerable consumers in times of fast changing market dynamics. Equally, it will question the role of consumer law in empowering and protecting consumers and examine potential synergies between the two frameworks.

Speakers

Inge Bernaerts, Director for Strategy and Policy - DG Competition, European Commission, EU

Jason Freeman, Director, Consumer Law, Director, Consumer Law · Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), UK

Teresa Moreira, Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UN

Nievia Ramsundar, Executive Director, CARICOM Competition Commission, Caribbean Community

Agustin Reyna, Director of Legal and Economic Affairs, The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC)

Chairs:

Iris Benöhr, Deputy Director for Consumers, ICC, QMUL

Maria Ioannidou, Deputy Director for Competition, ICC, QMUL

Introduction:

Eyad Dabbah, ICC, QMUL

Please find below the link to the event and the Eventbrite page:  

http://www.icc.qmul.ac.uk/events/items/the-limits-of-consumer-empowerment-in-times-of-crisis-how-to-empower-consumers-while-protecting-the-vulnerable.html

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-institute-for-competition-and-consumers-icc-qmul-tickets-596876251937