RightsCon Toronto 2018

After decades of relative obscurity, antitrust is back in the headlines. In the European Union, the European Commission is actively pursuing antitrust cases against digital platforms. In the United States, the Department of Justice is assessing media ownership takeovers. In Brazil the antitrust authority is dealing with issues like zero-rating, net neutrality and vertical integration (paid TV and Internet).
People are increasingly worried about market concentration and power distribution in the Internet. And antitrust seems like the natural answer to all these concerns. But is it? What are the limits of antitrust advocacy considering the lack of expertise in this field inside the digital rights community?
In this panel, we will bring the visions of recognized antitrust experts of Brazil and the United States developing a north-south approach to antitrust policy and enforcement.
The substantive experts leading the conversation are Vinicius Marques de Carvalho, Former President of CADE, the Brazilian Antitrust Authority, and Professor of Commercial Law at the University of São Paulo; and Gene Kimmelman, President and CEO of Public Knowledge and the Former Chief Counsel for Competition Policy at the US Department of Justice. Rafael Zanatta from IDEC (Brazil) and Veridiana Alimonti from Intervozes (Brazil) will bring the civil society perspective. Marcela Mattiuzzo, former member of CADE and researcher at the University of São Paulo, will join the conversation. Gus Rossi, from Public Knowledge, will moderate the conversation.