Round Table Discussion and Dinner - Artificial Intelligence, Competition and Data

Event date
1 May 2025
Event time
14:30 - 20:30
Oxford week
TT 1
Venue
Harold Lee Room - Pembroke College
Speaker(s)

Participation by invitation only. 

The emergence of generative AI and foundation models has captured the imagination of many. These models are trained on vast amounts of data, rely on deep learning to create new content, and can be adapted to execute a wide range of operations. Prominent, among foundation models, are ‘large language models’ and ‘image generation models’ that enable creative text, video, and audio, and as such differ from other technologies used to analyse existing data.

Foundation models have already been integrated into many facets of our life and business, to facilitate search, improve software, communications, text completion, text-to-speech conversion, content creation, entertainment, financial services, legal services, healthcare, education, pharma, fashion, marketing, insurance and more. These technologies promise to shake up the status quo in many industries, as they drive new business ventures, creativity, efficiency, and innovation. Not surprisingly, the market has reacted with excitement resulting in high valuations of the leading players and expectations for exponential growth in the coming years.

Alongside the expected benefits from Generative AI and Foundation Models, concerns have been raised as to its potency, limitations, development, and deployment of the technology. Concerns relate to the effects on privacy, autonomy, accountability, and legal rights, as well as the impact the technology may have on disinformation, societal structure, economic power, political stability, and the market for ideas.

The round table discussion will explore the rise of generative AI, the implications for competition, and the relevant regulatory environment, with particular attention to the impact of data. It will consider the adequacy of existing regulatory instruments, including the EU AI Act, Data Act, GDPR, DMA, DSA, and their future trajectory.

Presentations and discussions will be subjected to the Chatham House Rule. 

Participation by invitation only. 

 

Programme

 

14h00-14h30

Arrival, registration and coffee/tea 

14h30-14h40

Introduction

14h40-16h30

Round One –  ‘AI, Market Power, Regulation and Industrial Policy’

16h30-17h00

Coffee and tea break

17h00-18h50

Round Two -  ‘AI, Data, IP and Consumer Autonomy’

18h50-19h00

Concluding remarks

19h15

Dinner 

 

 

Attendees

 

Name

Affiliation

  1. Andrea Appella

OpenAI

  1. Cristina Caffarra

Independent consultant

  1. Andrea Coscelli

Keystone

  1. Ignacio Cofone

University of Oxford

  1. Tim Cowan

Preiskel & Co

  1. Karen Croxson

CMA

  1. Giuseppe Daurelio

Scale AI

  1. Fernanda Dias

University of Oxford

  1. Ariel Ezrachi

University of Oxford

  1. Miriam Ezrachi

Lenovo

  1. Jane Finlayson-Brown

A&O Shearman

  1. Jordan Ellison

Slaughter and May

  1. Dev Gangjee

University of Oxford

  1. Johanna Gedik

University of Salzburg

  1. Damien Gerard

Belgian Competition Authority

  1. Miriam Goldby

Queen Mary University of London

  1. Ondrej Hajda

University of Oxford

  1. Simon Holmes

Competition Appeal Tribunal

  1. Mikaël Hervé

Charles River Associates

  1. David Jevons

Oxera

  1. Shan (Sherman) Jiang      

School of Law University of International Business and Economics, China

  1. Hee-Eun Kim

Meta

  1. Ioannis Lianos

University College London

  1. Oliver Latham

Charles River Associates

  1. Orla Lynskey

University College London

  1. Chloe MacEwen

Microsoft

  1. Ulrike Menden

Bundeskartellamt

  1. Kristina Nordlander

Independent consultant

  1. Simon Pritchard

Latham & Watkins

  1. Didem Polad

Helsinki University

  1. Elizabeth Sinclair

Amazon

  1. Tom Smith

Geradin Partners

  1. Sayako Takizawa

University of Tokyo

  1. Greg Taylor

Oxford Internet Institute

  1. Andrea Venanzetti

AGCM

  1. Max von Thun

Open Markets Institute

  1. Lisa Völzmann

University of Oxford

  1. Rebecca Williams

University of Oxford

  1. Chun Zhong

Jinan University, China

  1. Milly Zimeta

Which?

 

Found within

Competition Law