Welcome to Poznań, Poland
from Jean Monnet Team:
Katarzyna Klafkowska-Waśniowska,
Igor B. Nestoruk and Miłosz Malaga
June 16-17, 2025
Adam Mickiewicz University
Faculty of Law and Administration
Poznań, Poland
Registration is now open!
To attend the conference in person
register by May 18, 2025
The flows of data and information are the backbone of modern economy. Responsible governance of these flows is essential for fostering digital markets that are not only fair, robust, transparent and sustainable, but also vibrant, flourishing and attractive to the investors. With an unprecedented wave of EU legislation aimed at ensuring that the digital single market retains these standards (the cDSM, the DSA/DMA, the AI Act, the Data Act), the question as to what such governance should look like remains as relevant as ever.
Whether you are an academic, policymaker, or practitioner passionate about shaping the future of the digital single market, we cordially invite you to take part in the Digital Single Market & Free Flow of Information conference. The conference will be held in Poznań on June 16-17, 2025 at the Adam Mickiewicz University Faculty of Law by Jean Monnet Chair dig_INFlow.
The conference marks the culmination of a three-year Jean Monnet Chair project dedicated to advancing the education on the digital single market and data governance. Alongside its primary educational mission, the project has also facilitated international and interdisciplinary research in the subject areas. The event will showcase both aspects of the project, providing a platform for exchanging ideas and insights on the most pressing issues for the DSM, all the while promoting a deeper understanding of its fundamentals.
prof. UAM
Katarzyna Klafkowska-Waśniowska
Jean Monnet Chair Holder
Prof. Alberto De Franceschi
Università degli Studi
di Ferrara
Prof. Maria Lillà Montagnani
Università Bocconi
Prof. Martin Senftleben
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Prof. Pieter van Cleyenbreugel
Université de Liège
Dr. Hannah Thornton
Noerr PartGmbB
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Registration for the conference is now open!
If you wish to attend the conference in person as a speaker or an audience member, please submit the registration form available under THIS LINK by May 18, 2025.
Day 1 – 16/06/2025 – Flow of information in the Digital Single Market
Inauguration, plenary panels
Venue: Collegium Rubrum, 207 lecture hall (second floor)
| 9:30‑9:50 | Participant registration |
| 9:50‑10:00 | Inauguration of the conference |
| 10:00‑11:00 | Opening panel – debate: DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET REGULATION – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Moderators: Katarzyna Klafkowska-Waśniowska, Agnieszka Stobiecka-Kuik Participants: • Magdalena Sobkowiak – Undersecretary of State in the European Union Affairs Division, journalist and policy advisor • Rita Wezenbeek – Director of Platforms Policy and Enforcement in DG CONNECT, European Commission • Michał Boni – Former Minister of Digital Affairs and Member of the European Parliament; Coordinator of the Union of Enterpreneurs and Employers for the Polish Presidency of the EU Council Topics: • EU resilience and security as a key priority of the Polish Presidency in the EU and fighting disinformation and online manipulation; • European Commission priorities in shaping the Digital Single Market: effective enforcement of the current legal framework for ensuring secure digital environment; • Competitiveness and innovation in the digital and communication sectors. |
| 11:00‑11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30‑13:00 | Panel I: SINGLE MARKET, MEDIA, INFORMATION AND LAW Moderator: Katarzyna Klafkowska-Waśniowska Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam The copyright / DSA / AI Act regulatory thicket in the EU: Freedom of information challenges and opportunities Elda Brogi, European University in Florence Media pluralism from the regulatory perspective of the EMFA and the DSA: Different approaches and a quest for coherence? Małgorzata Kozak, University of Utrecht Media pluralism and the flow of information in the EU: Between market regulation and democratic values – is harmonisation achieved? Dominika Kuźnicka-Błaszkowska, University of Wrocław DSA as an attempt to build resilience and regulate deepfakes in the EU Jacob van de Kerkhof, University of Utrecht The DSA’s Tower of Babylon: on the Digital Services Coordinator and freedom of expression |
| 13:00‑14:00 | Lunch (Collegium Iuridicum Novum downstairs hall) |
| 14:00‑15:30 | Panel II: INTERPLAY BETWEEN EU COMPETITION LAW, THE DIGITAL MARKETS ACT AND THE FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION Moderator: Miłosz Malaga Maciej Bernatt, University of Warsaw Interplay of competition law, data protection and IP regimes in data sharing Kati Cseres, University of Amsterdam A consumer-citizen approach to free flow of information Katarzyna Sadrak, European Commission The DMA and national competition laws: Exploring synergies and opportunities Iga Małobęcka-Szwast, University of Warsaw Interplay between DMA and GDPR – is GDPR a barrier limiting the effectiveness of the DMA’s data obligations, or rather a driving force behind them? |
| 15:30‑16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00‑17:30 | Panel III: DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET AND CONSUMERS Moderator: Igor B. Nestoruk Alberto De Franceschi, Università degli Studi di Ferrara The new shapes of digital vulnerability in European private law Emilia Mišćenić, University of Rijeka Towards digital fairness: Is EU consumer law fit for purpose? Julija Kalpokienė, Vytautas Magnus University Transparency, informed consumers, and human-created marking Klaus Wiedemann, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition AI-based pricing methods in European data and consumer protection law Monika Namysłowska, University of Łódź Digital fairness without foundations? Revisiting the architecture of EU consumer law |
| 19:30 | Dinner for registered participants (Centrum Konferencyjne Młyńska 12) |
Day 2 – 17/06/2025 – Neurorights
Workshop, debates, closing of the conference
Venue: Collegium Iuridicum Novum
| 9:00‑10:00 | Workshop: APPLICATION OF COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE IN THE FIELD OF LEGAL RESEARCH Speaker: Mikołaj Ryśkiewicz |
| 10:00‑10:15 | Coffee break |
| 10:15‑10:40 | Speech: INTRODUCTION TO NEUROTECHNOLOGY Speakers: • Hannah Thornton– PhD, specialist in law of brain-computer interfaces, legal scholar in intellectual property and digital law; lawyer at Noerr PartGmbB • Marcin Naramowicz – Assistant Professor, Institute of English Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań; member of the AMU Cognitive Neuroscience Center; specialist in mood effects on language comprehension, bilingual processing and neural mechanisms; expert in neurotechnologies |
| 10:40‑11:30 | Panel I – debate: RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION: NEUROTECHNOLOGY FOR MEDICAL AND RESEARCH PURPOSES Moderator: Łukasz Szoszkiewicz Participants: • Tade M. Spranger– Adjunct Professor of public and biotechnology law at the Faculty of Law, University of Bonn, Germany, Head of the Centre for the Law of Life Sciences • Peter Yu – University Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law & Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University School of Law • Justyna Garnier – Neuromodulation expert and Chief Scientific Officer at Neuro Device; PhD candidate at SWPS University; Senior Teaching Assistant at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University |
| 11:30‑11:50 | Coffee break |
| 11:50‑13:00 | Panel II – debate: NEURORIGHTS IN THE EU: REGULATING CONSUMER NEUROTECHNOLOGY Moderator: Hannah Thornton Participants: • Stephen Damianos – Executive Director, The NeuroRights Foundation; research affiliate at the Neurotechnology Center, Columbia University; PhD in International Development, University of Oxford • Mikołaj Buchwald – PhD; cognitive neuroscience and machine-learning researcher at the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center, Polish Academy of Sciences More participants to be disclosed soon |
| 13:00‑14:00 | Lunch |
More details will be disclosed soon!
The conference venue is the Adam Mickiewicz University Faculty of Law complex located at Al. Niepodległości 53, 61-714 Poznań. The complex is made up of two buildings – Collegium Iuridicum Novum and Collegium Rubrum. Each of them will host one of the conference days.
The buildings are adapted for persons with limited mobility.
Paid (~1,5 €/h) municipal parking spaces are available in the close vicinity of the venue.
Getting around Poznań
You can get around Poznań using:
- the public transportation system (bus, tram);
- taxi/uber/bolt services.
To get more information on the functioning of the city’s public transportation, please refer to the official site of ZTM – Poznań public transportation system organiser (the site does not offer alternative language versions, but has the option to auto-translate its contents in the top right).
Getting to Poznań
It is possible to reach Poznań by different means depending on the starting point.
Plane
Poznań Ławica Airport receives direct flights from several locations – e.g. from Frankfurt, Munich, London, Rome, Amsterdam.
To get to the city from the airport hop on one of the buses running to the city’s train station or call a taxi/uber/bolt.
You can learn more about plane trips to and from Poznań at the airport’s official website.
Train
Poznań is connected by train with all the major cities in Poland. There are also several direct international railway connections, e.g. with Berlin and Prague.
Coach
Poznań can also be reached via FlixBus international coach services with direct connections from e.g. Berlin, Vienna, Bratislava, Prague.
