EuCML Editors Annual Conference and Best Paper Award University of Ferrara; Winner gets 1000 EUR voucher.

EuCML Editors Annual Conference and Best Paper Award University of Ferrara; Winner gets 1000 EUR voucher.

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENFORCEMENT OF CONSUMER AND MARKET LAW EuCML Annual Conference and Best Paper Award

10-11 September 2026 University of Ferrara Rectorate Auditorium Santa Lucia Via Ariosto 35, 44121 Ferrara Livestreamed on Google Meet (no registration or password required): 10 September (13:30-19 CEST): meet.google.com/sms-zxyo-mkd 11 September (9-13:30 CEST): meet.google.com/kqp-orbn-xow

Participation is Free of Charge. Information and Registration for in-Person Participation: eucml.editors@unife.it

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Scope and Aims

The aim of the “EuCML Annual Conference and Best Paper Award” is to recognise and promote outstanding, innovative contributions to Consumer and Market Law. The 2026 EuCML Annual Conference brings together leading Experts from Europe and beyond, from Academia, Legal Practice, Judiciary, Enforcement Authorities, Legislative and Executive Bodies, analysing and discussing the new features of Consumer and Market Law, with a special focus on Digitalisation, Sustainability, and on Private and Public Enforcement. The first part of the Conference, on 10 September, will feature round tables with presentations by leading experts from Academia, Legal Practice, Judiciary, Enforcement Authorities, Legislative and Executive Bodies. The second part of the Conference, on 11 September, will feature the presentation and discussion of four Papers, selected by the EuCML Editors based on a call for papers. Each of the selected Papers will be assigned to the distinguished Chair and Discussants of the respective Session, all leading Experts in the field of Consumer and Market Law. After each Presentation (up to 15 minutes) by the finalist Speakers, each Discussant will have up to 5 minutes for their remarks, followed by a discussion (ca 15 minutes) with the further participants in the Conference. Speakers of the Sessions on 10 September, Chairs and Discussants will constitute the Jury awarding the “EuCML Award for the best Paper on Consumer and Market Law”. The four Finalist Papers presented at the conference will be published in issue 6/2026 of EuCML, a Special Issue with the winning Paper receiving a special mention. In addition, the Author of the winning Paper will receive a voucher, worth 1000 EUR, for books of the C.H. Beck/Hart/Nomos Series.

Scientific Committee Alberto De Franceschi (University of Ferrara / Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Mateja Durovic (King’s College, London / European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg) Beate Gsell (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich) Jorge Morais Carvalho (NOVA University, Lisbon) Kristin Nemeth (University of Innsbruck) Christine Riefa (University of Reading) Evelyne Terryn (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Thursday, 10 September 2026, University of Ferrara, Rectorate Via Ariosto 35, Ferrara, Auditorium Santa Lucia

12:30 Welcome Light Lunch, in front of the Auditorium

13:45 – Welcome Addresses Laura Ramaciotti (Rector of the University of Ferrara / President of the Italian Rectors’ Conference) Alberto De Franceschi (University of Ferrara / Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

I. – 14:00 – The EU Policy on Consumer and Market Law Chair: Teresa Rodriguez de las Heras Ballell (University Carlos III, Madrid / President of the European Law Institute)

Isabelle Pérignon (European Commission, Director at DG Justice and Consumers, Brussels)

II. – 14:30 – The Future of Consumer and Market Law Chair: Herbert Zech (Humboldt University, Berlin / Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin)

Rapidly Remedying Exploitation of Digital Vulnerability: Taking Time Seriously in Digital Regulation Frank Pasquale (Cornell Law School, Ithaca / Cornell Tech, New York)

Restoring Humanity and Reclaiming Consumer Law Christian Twigg-Flesner (University of Warwick)

Agentic Commerce and Consumer Protection Christoph Busch (University of Osnabrück)

III. – 15:30 – The Future of Consumer and Market Law Chair: Frank Pasquale (Cornell Law School, Ithaca / Cornell Tech, New York)

Bridging AI Transparency Obligations and Consumer Protection Frameworks Carmelo Fontana (Google, Milan)

Negotiating AI in the B2B SaaS Space: Deployers’ Key Concerns, Contractual Pitfalls, and Risk Allocation Remedies Gea Condorelli (LexroomAI, Milan)

LLM Hallucinations as Multi-Regime Legal Wrong in EU Law Mauro Mastropasqua (Nexi Group, Milan)

Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Liability Chain Gianluca Campus (PwC Italy, Milan)

16:30 – Coffee Break

IV. – 17:00 – Public Enforcement Towards the Reform of CPC Regulation Chair: Remo Caponi (Supreme Court of Cassation, Rome)

Beyond the Fines: Lessons From Early DSA and DMA Enforcement and the Shift to Structural Remediation Marco Scialdone (Euroconsumers, Brussels)

Public Enforcement in the Digital Sector: Emerging AI risks, Best Practices, Lessons Learned Antonio Mancini (Competition and Market Authority, Rome)

Public Enforcement in the Green Sector: Sustainability Claims and Greenwashing Paolo Cassinis (Competition and Market Authority, Rome)

Ilya Bruggeman (Eurocommerce, Brussels)

Ludovic Basset (European Advertising Standards Alliance, Brussels)

V. – 18:00 – Private Enforcement, Collective Redress and the Implementation of Directive 2020/1828 Chair: André Janssen (Radboud University, Nijmegen)

Does Europe Want Effective Consumer Collective Redress? Miguel Sousa Ferro (University of Lisbon / Sousa Ferro Law Firm, Lisbon)

Proceedings for Compensation on Behalf of Consumers Under Art. 82 GDPR Rodolfo Dolce (Dolce Lauda Law Firm, Frankfurt am Main)

Imelda Vital (The European Direct Selling Association, Brussels) (tbc)

VI. – 18:45 – The Politics of Consumer Protection in the EU Competitiveness Agenda Chairs: Christoph Busch (University of Osnabrück) and Rupprecht Podszun (University of Düsseldorf)

Agustin Reyna (BEUC – The European Consumer Organisation, Brussels)

19:15 Conclusion of the First Part of the Conference

20:00 Dinner at Restaurant Cusina e Butega, Corso Porta Reno 28, Ferrara (Conference Panellists are invited by the organisation. Additional guests can join at the at 50 Eur: please book a seat until 3rd September at eucm.editors@unife.it).

Friday, 11 September 2026, University of Ferrara, Rectorate Via Ariosto 35, 44121 Ferrara, Auditorium Santa Lucia

08:30 – Welcome Coffee

VII. – 9:00 – Dissuasiveness and EU Civil Remedies: An Analysis Chair: Giovanni Sartor (University of Bologna / European University Institute, Florence) Speaker: Jeroen van Hezewijk (Radboud University, Nijmegen) Discussants: Geraint Howells (University of Galway), Claudio Scognamiglio (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Christian Twigg-Flesner (University of Warwick)

VIII. – 09:45 – Shaping DMA Enforcement: Towards a More Proactive Role for National Enforcers? Chair: Thomas Streinz (European University Institute, Florence) Speakers: Belle Beems (University of Leiden), Jasper van den Boom (University of Leiden) Discussants: Josef Drexl (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich), Rupprecht Podszun (University of Düsseldorf), Marco Scialdone (Euroconsumers, Brussels)

10:30 – Coffee Break

IX. – 11:00 – Public Enforcement of Competition Damages: Towards an Enforcement Ecosystem for Consumers Chair: Hans-W. Micklitz (European University Institute, Florence) Speaker: Sofia Caruso (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Discussants: Hans Schulte-Nölke (University of Osnabrück), Stefano Pagliantini (University of Florence), Miguel Sousa Ferro (University of Lisbon / Sousa Ferro Law Firm, Lisbon)

X. – 11:45 – The Governance of Green Claims in Europe: Public-Private Regulation and Enforcement Chair: Anne-Christine Fornage (University of Lausanne) Speaker: Elena Marro (European University Institute, Florence) Discussants: Bert Keirsbilck (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Patrycja Gautier, (BEUC, Brussels), Anne-Lise Sibony (Université Catholique de Louvain)

12:30 – Deliberations by the Jury Committee for the EuCML Best Paper Award Jury Committee Members: Ludovic Basset, Ilya Bruggeman, Christoph Busch, Gianluca Campus, Remo Caponi, Paolo Cassinis, Gea Condorelli, Rodolfo Dolce, Josef Drexl, Carmelo Fontana, Anne- Christine Fornage, Patrycja Gautier, Geraint Howells, André Janssen, Bert Keirsbilck, Antonio Mancini, Mauro Mastropasqua, Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz, Stefano Pagliantini, Frank Pasquale, Isabelle Pérignon, Rupprecht Podszun, Agustín Reyna, Teresa Rodriguez de las Heras Ballell, Giovanni Sartor, Hans Schulte-Nölke, Marco Scialdone, Claudio Scognamiglio, Anne-Lise Sibony, Miguel Sousa Ferro, Thomas Streinz, Christian Twigg-Flesner, Imeda Vital, Herbert Zech.

13:00 – EuCML Best Paper Award Ceremony

13:15 – Concluding Remarks Beate Gsell (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich)

13:30 – Light Lunch