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Keynote lectures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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#1 \u2013 plenary session \u2013 Thursday, 13:15-14:45 \u2013 auditorium i<\/h6>\n\n\n
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Prof<\/strong>. Maciej<\/strong> Szpunar <\/strong>(University of Silesia in Katowice) \u2013 First Advocate General at the European Court of Justice,\u00a0previously served as Undersecretary of State at the Office of the Committee for European Integration and at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.\u00a0

“Legal Challenges of New Technologies<\/strong>“
What are the most important legal challenges related to new technologies (including AI) on the basis of the existing case law of the Court of Justice? How these experiences make us re-examine established legal concepts? The lecture will focus on issues such as the principle of territoriality, the protection of personal data, the role of the Internet platform, and liability for infringements committed via the internet.

Chair: Dr. Jaros\u0142aw Be\u0142dowski<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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#2 \u2013 plenary session \u2013 Friday, 11:00-12:15 \u2013 Auditorium a2<\/h6>\n\n\n
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Prof<\/strong>.\u00a0W. Bentley MacLeod\u00a0<\/strong>(Yale University, Columbia University) \u2013 \u00a0former president of the American Law and Economics Association, whose research focuses on labour economics, with particular emphasis on organisational economics.

“Law and Economics in the Age of Computers \u2013 What Are the Implications of Computational Complexity of Law and Economics?<\/strong>“
The purpose of the talk is to discuss the role of economic models in law and and economics. Models provide useful decision aids that not only explain some features of observed laws, but also provide a framework for creating new law. This lecture discusses different types of economic models, and how the AI challenge requires new models, and an explicit discussion of the role of values for judicial decisions.

Chair: Prof. Jacek Lewkowicz<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Special sessions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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#1 \u2013 parallel session \u2013 Thursday, 16:45 \u2013 18:15 \u2013 room 2e<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Evolution of Law and Economics <\/strong>
What are the different perspectives of Law and Economics in the European Union? How strong is Law and Economics in some states in Europe? Join us to discuss about the past and future of Law and Economics on European soil.

Chair<\/strong>: Dr. Jaros\u0142aw Be\u0142dowski
Participants<\/strong>:
Prof. Luigi Alberto Franzoni
Prof. Fernando Gomez-Pomar
Prof. Stefan Voigt<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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#2 \u2013 parallel session \u2013 Friday, 9:00-10:30 \u2013 room 2.6<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Rethinking teaching Law & Economics: Does our field need its own Core-Econ?<\/strong>
Is the way we teach Law and Economics stuck in the early tradition? The empirical revolution and modern policy challenges have reshaped our discipline. If we rebuilt the introductory Law and Economics course from scratch today, what would we drop, what would we add? Join us to debate about how to rethink teaching introductory Law and Economics for today\u2019s students.

Chair<\/strong>: Prof. Alessio Pacces
Participants<\/strong>:
Prof. Libor Dusek
Prof. Marie Obidzinski
Prof. Shay Lavie
Dr. Jaros\u0142aw Be\u0142dowski<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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#3 \u2013 parallel session \u2013 Friday, 15:15-16:45 \u2013 room 2.6<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Simplification of EU financial law: practical applications<\/strong>
Can theory meet practice? Can academia bring added value to the market? The answers seem obvious, but this time we bring the example of such contribution and we concentrate on the discussion how the bridges may be maintained. Join us to the discussion how the financial law may become more efficient in the European Union.

Chair: <\/strong>Dr. Jaros\u0142aw Be\u0142dowski (Warsaw School of Economics, Vice-President of Association of Polish Economists, former President of Polish Law & Economics Association)

Participants:<\/strong>
Prof. Christos Gorstos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Europa-Institut of the University of Saarland, President of the Academic Board of the European Banking Institute)
Dr. Tadeusz Bia\u0142ek (President of Polish Bank Association)
Dr. Piotr Stolarczyk (Head of Financial and Banking at \u0141azarski University)

Concluding remarks<\/strong>: Prof. Henrik Lando (Copenhagen Business School)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n


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