A Vision for a More Competitive Europe

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Restoring the Balance To Digital Competition: Rupprecht Podszun Professor, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Philip Marsden Deputy Chairman, Bank of England / UK Digital Competition Panel, Professor, College of Europe Following a discussion with Thorsten Käseberg Head of Unit for Competition and Consumer Policy in the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany Andreas Mundt President of the German Federal Cartel Office

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Four Options for the Platforms at the Gate: Paul de Bijl Radicand Economics Oliver Bethell Google / Director Competition Andreas Schwab Member of the European Parliament, EPP Rebekka Weiß BITKOM Wolfgang Kopf Deutsche Telekom AG

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New tool for “winner-takes-most” scenarios: Silke Hossenfelder (via video call) German Federal Cartel Office Marieke Scholz European Commission, The Directorate-General for Competition Ben Schroeter Booking.com, Amsterdam Natalie Harsdorf Deputy Managing Director Austrian Federal Competition Authority

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When privacy meets competition: Ioannis Lianos President of the Hellenic Competition Commission Aline Blankertz Stiftung Neue Verantwortung Sebastian Louven Louven Legal Simonetta Vezzoso University of Trento Wolfgang Kerber Philipps-University Marburg

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Framework for the governance of common European Data Spaces & GAIA X: Malte Beyer-Katzenberger (via video call) European Commission Boris Otto International Data Space Association Jaana Sinipuro Sitra, The Finnish Innovation Fund Thomas Heilmann CDU/CSU, MP Marco Alexander-Breit Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany

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Two years of application of the GDPR / Empowering individuals to control their data?: Teemu Ropponen MyData Global Finland Frederick Richter Stiftung Datenschutz Paul-Olivier Dehaye (via video call) PersonalData.IO Matthias Pfeffer Journalist and Producer, Co-Author Prinzip Mensch

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Data altruism – making data available for the common good: Barbara Prainsack Member of the Austrian Bioethics Commission;Member of the European Group on Ethics Dirk Brockmann Robert-Koch-Institut / Humboldt University Sebastian Graf von Kielmansegg Christan-Albrechts-University Kiel Johanna Seppänen (via video call) Director, Findata - Health and Social Data Permit Authority, Finland

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Data Trust as part of the European Strategy on Data: Anouk Ruhaak Mozilla Fellow, Amsterdam Martin Schallbruch Deputy Director, Digital Society Institute Co-Chair, Commission on Competition Law Malte Beyer-Katzenberger (via video call) European Commission, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology Shiv Malik Head of Growth at Streamr, a co-founder of the Intergenerational Foundation think tank

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How the re-use of Open Data helps address COVID-19: Lucia Chauvet (via video call) OECD, Paris Paul Maassen / Helen Turek Open Government Partnership Jeni Tennison (via video call) Vice President & Chief Strategy Adviser, The OD Ania Calderon Executive director, International Open Data Charter

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Boosting the EU Data Strategy: a human-centric approach to Personal Data Spaces: Antti Poikola MyData Global Board, Technology Industries of Finland Viivi Lähteenoja (via video call) City of Helsinki Ingrid Schneider University of Hamburg Thorsten Dittmar polypoly

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Single market for open data with a coherent regulatory regime: Thierry Breton (via video call) Commissioner, European Commission

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The scope of the high value datasets / How common is the list /Approach on HVD potentially identified on the side of public undertakings: Michal Kubáň National Open Data Coordinator, Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic Jiri Pilar (via video call) European Commission Anna Ludin Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany Martin Semberger Federal Ministry for digital and Economic Affairs,Austria

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Essential elements of the delegated act at the EU-Level: Szymon Lewandowski European Commission Simon Chignard Conseiller stratégique data chez Etalab Lina Bruns Fraunhofer Institut Klímek Jakub Technical lead / Open Data Task Force, Czech Republic

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Unlocking the value from data held by public sector bodies the use of which is conditional on the respect of rights of others: Heiko Richter Max-Planck-Institut Eileen Fuchs Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, Germany Andrea Katalin Tóth (via video call) European Commission​​​​​​​ Andreas Hartl Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany

With the European Strategy on Data published on February 19th, 2020, the European Commission formulated its vision for Europe’s data economy. Several so-called Inception Impact Assessments from the European Commission contain various regulatory options. The problems have been analyzed and options have been identified for regulating the platform and data economy. At the Summit, we addressed and critically examined almost all of them. In addition to the urgency of a more efficient reactive policy in dealing with powerful digital players, the message of the Summit was that Europe must increasingly focus on a proactive digital policy.

During the conference, the KAS presented two studies it commissioned: Philip Marsden and Rupprecht Podszun dealt with the restoring of digital competition in Europe. Carolina Dackö presented her preliminary findings on ensuring a "level playing field" between European companies and state-subsidized or controlled companies from third countries, such as China or the USA.

Both studies framed the topics of the summit: From platform regulation to data trust, from data altruism to open data - for three days, "leveling the playing-field" in digital Europe was discussed.

What is the role GAIA-X plays regarding digital sovereignty in Europe? How can a legal framework for data trustees be designed? What is meant by data donations? And what can we learn from Findata, the Finnish innovation fund Sitra, or the British Open Data Institute? How does the Robert Koch Institute's data donation app work, and why is data donation so important for science? Is it justifiable to exempt certain data from the list of high value data sets because of additional financial and organizational burdens on the side of public undertakings? Is the Facebook case of the German Federal Cartel Office also a guideline for other cartel authorities in Europe?

The Covid 19 crisis has made us all aware of the importance of data in crisis management. After the crisis, Europe must be more competitive. That's why the concrete design of the Digital Service Act is so important. We need more competition, not less! The way we handle data will make a decisive contribution to Europe's economic recovery after the crisis.

On our website, you will find all panels, keynotes, interviews, and photos. In the coming months, we will review the results of the third European Data Summit and formulate concrete recommendations for action.