Shaping the Future or Being Shaped by It?: Competition, Industrial Policy, and Innovation
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About:
This conference revolved around a central question: How do regulation, industrial policy, and antitrust law shape technological change—and how, in turn, are they shaped by it? In a rapidly evolving global economy, innovation stands at the core of national strategy, competition policy, and industrial development. With Taiwan as a focal point, this event brought together leading voices from across jurisdictions to explore how regulation and antitrust law are adapting to —and possibly shaping— technological innovation against the backdrop of shifting geopolitical interests and national priorities.
The conference was organized around three core themes, each explored in separate but interconnected panels.
- Panel I: Industrial Policy & Innovation: The panel examined how industrial policy can promote or hinder innovation through, among other things, ex-ante digital platform regulation, IP policy, trade barriers, and merger control.
- Panel II: Dynamic Competition in Antitrust Analysis: The panel discussed the definition of “dynamic competition” in antitrust, strategies for integrating innovation into antitrust analysis, the interplay between IP and antitrust, and explore which policies are the most conducive to dynamic competition.
- Panel III: The Evolution of Global Antitrust Standards: The panel explored the evolution of global antitrust, the influence of the U.S. and EU on global standards, the role of consumer welfare in driving convergence, the viability of alternative standards, and the prospects for antitrust “universalism” amid diverse national contexts, with a special focus on the ASEAN region.
Speakers:
Reiko Aoki, Commissioner, Japan Fair Trade Commission
Andy Chen, Vice Chairperson & Acting Chairperson, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission
Thomas Cheng, Associate Dean & Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
Todd Henderson, Michael J. Marks Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
Dae-Sik Hong, Dean & Professor of Economic Law, Sogang University
Alvin Koh, Chief Executive, Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore
Hwang Lee, Professor of Law & Former Dean, Korea University School of Law
Yi-Jing Lin, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Taiwan
Payal Malik, Lead, ICRIER Prosus Centre for Internet and Digital Economy & Former Head, Economics Division, Indian Competition Authority
Geoffrey A. Manne, President & Founder, International Center for Law & Economics
R. Ian McEwin, Visiting Scholar Professor, National University of Singapore
Frank Qi, Senior Director, Qualcomm
Lazar Radic, Senior Scholar, International Center for Law & Economics & Assistant Professor of Law, IE University
Shivanghi Sukumar, Partner, Axiom5 Law Chamber
Kevin Shih, Deputy Director for Competition Law, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Toshiaki Takigawa, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, Kansai University
Ming-Li Wang, Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Industrial Economics, National Central University
Yalun Yen, Commissioner, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission
Vanessa Yanhua Zhang, Executive Vice President, Compass Lexecon
Event Highlights:
Keynote Speaker: Andy Chen (Taiwan Fair Trade Commission)
Panel I: Industrial Policy & Innovation
In this panel moderator Andy Chen (Taiwan Fair Trade Commission) and panelists Hwang Lee (Korea University School of Law), Payal Malik (ICRIER Prosus Centre for Internet & Digital Economy), Frank Qi (Qualcomm), Ming-Li Wang (National Central University), and Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Compass Lexecon) discussed how industrial policy can promote or hinder innovation through, among other things, ex-ante digital platform regulation, IP policy, trade barriers, and merger control.
Panel II: Dynamic Competition in Antitrust Analysis
In this panel moderator Geoffrey A. Manne (ICLE) and panelists Reiko Aoki (Japan Fair Trade Commission), Dae-Sik Hong (Sogang University), R. Ian McEwin (National University of Singapore), Kevin Shih (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), Yalun Yen (Taiwan Fair Trade Commission) discussed the definition of “dynamic competition” in antitrust, strategies for integrating innovation into antitrust analysis, the interplay between IP and antitrust, and explore which policies are the most conducive to dynamic competition.
Keynote Speaker: M. Todd Henderson (University of Chicago)
Panel III: The Evolution of Global Antitrust Standards
In this panel, moderator Lazar Radic (ICLE) and panelists Thomas K. Cheng (University of Hong Kong), Alvin Koh (Competition & Consumer Commission of Singapore), Shivanghi Sukumar (Axiom5 Law Chambers), and Toshiaki Takigawa (Kansai University) discussed the evolution of global antitrust, the influence of the U.S. and EU on global standards, the role of consumer welfare in driving convergence, the viability of alternative standards, and the prospects for antitrust “universalism” amid diverse national contexts, with a special focus on the ASEAN region.
Keynote Speaker: Yi-Jing Lin (Taiwan Ministry of Digital Affairs)
