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Datum/Zeit
Date(s) - 07/06/2018 - 08/06/2018
10:00 - 16:00

Veranstaltungsort
Conference Center

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Objective
The conference aims to keep media law practitioners up-to-date by providing an overview of the
latest policy developments, legislative initiatives and case law in this field.

Key topics

  • Status quo of legislative packages contributing to the Digital Single Market
  • Future framework for Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS Directive): finalisation of the trilogueand first view to the transposition requirements in Member States ; focus on video sharing platforms
  • Enforceability of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) from 25 May 2018: key changes for the media and IT sector
  • The forthcoming e-privacy Regulation: where do we stand?, relationship to GDPR, future of cookies, advertising and other marketing measures
  • SatCab Regulation between country of origin principle and principle of territoriality
  • Ongoing competition law investigations concerning platforms and affecting media companies
  • Impact of Brexit on the media market
  • Liability approaches in copyright: conflict or interaction with e-commerce rules?
  • Latest jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and of the European
  • Court of Human Rights (EctHR) relevant for the media sector

Who should attend?
Lawyers in private practice specialised in media law and information technology, in-house counsel
and other legal practitioners in the media sector.

Speakers

  • Mark D. Cole, Professor, University of Luxembourg; Director for Academic Affairs, Institute of European Media Law (EMR), Saarbrucken
  • Vincent de Dorlodot, General Counsel, RTL Group, Luxembourg
  • Nico van Eijk, Professor of Information Law, Media and Telecommunication, University of Amsterdam
  • Laurent Garzaniti, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Brussels
  • Anna Herold, Head of Unit, AVMS Policy, DG CNECT, European Commission, Brussels
  • Michael R. Kogler, Legal Adviser, Audiovisual, Media Law, Austrian Federal Chancellery, Vienna
  • Dominique Moore, Member of the Legal Service, European Parliament, Brussels
  • Eric Peters, Expert of Cabinet, Digital Economy and Society, European Commission, Brussels
  • Grégoire Polad, Director General, Association of Commercial Television in Europe, Brussels
  • Tobias Schmid, Director, Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (LfM), Düsseldorf
  • Eleni-Tatiani Synodinou, Associate Professor, Department of Law, University of Cyprus

Programme

Thursday, 7 June 2018
09.00 Arrival and registration of participants
09.30 Opening of the seminar
Florence Hartmann-Vareilles and Mark D. Cole
  Keynote speech: Preparing the EU Single Market to the Digital World
Eric Peters
10.15 Discussion
  I. THE AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA SERVICES LEGAL LANSDCAPE UNDER REVIEW
10.30 Reform of the AVMSD: where do we stand?

  • Update on interinstitutional negotiations
  • Main points of contention
  • First review of the transposition requirements in Member States

Anna Herold

10.50 Coffee break
11.15 Reform of the AVMSD: the different perspectives at stake
Michael R. Kogler
Grégoire Polad
Tobias Schmid
12.15 Discussion
12.45 Lunch
  II. PLATFORMS AS NEW OBJECTS OF MEDIA REGULATION
14.15 More responsibilities for online media platforms?
EU legal framework and proposals in the pipeline
Nico van Eijk
14.45 Discussion
15.00 Round table discussion:
The future role and responsibilities of online platforms in case of illegal and harmful content

  • Definition
  • Protection of minors
  • Content containing incitement to violence or hatred (“hate speech”)
  • Fake news

Vincent de Dorlodot

16.15 Discussion
16.30 Coffee break
  III. IMPACT OF THE EU COPYRIGHT REFORM ON THE MEDIA SECTOR
17.00 Impact of the EU copyright reform on audiovisual media services and the online press

  • Digital use of publications: a statutory presumption instead of a publisher’s right?
  • Future rules for the clearance of rights for broadcasters

Eleni-Tatiani Synodinou

17.30 Discussion
17.45 End of first conference day
18.00 Networking reception
Friday, 8 June 2018
  IV. OTHER KEY EU INITIATIVES IMPACTING THE MEDIA SECTOR
09.00 Entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation: getting in line with the requirements
09.30 Discussion
09.45 The new e-Privacy Regulation:

  • Relationship to the GDPR
  • The future of cookies
  • Advertising and other marketing measures
  • A challenge for online business models?

Dominique Moore

10.30 Discussion
10.45 Coffee break
11.15 Competition law and digital media: online platforms in focus
Laurent Garzaniti
11.45 Discussion
  V. CASE LAW UPDATE RELEVANT FOR THE MEDIA SECTOR
12.00 Recent and pending cases from the CJEU and ECtHR
Mark Cole
12.30 Discussion
13.00 End of the conference

 

You can download Programme (Annual Conference of European Media Law 2018) also in pdf version. 

More information and registration at the website of the Academy of European Law

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