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Consumers in the digital world: safeguarding youth and enforcing laws

14:00 - 14:30 | Registration and welcome coffee

14:30 - 14:45 | Opening

Moderator of the day: Filip Van den Abeele

  • Sandra PARTHIE, President of the EESC Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption
  • Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Member of the European Parliament (online) – Rapporteur of an own-initiative report on Addictive design of online services and consumer protection in the EU single market

14:45 - 15:15 | Keynote speech

Consumer forensics: A research agenda for public interest technology and European law enforcement

  • Catalina GOANTA, Associate Professor, Utrecht University School of Law

Questions and answers

15:15 - 16:15 | Panel 1: Future of enforcement of the EU consumer law – Challenges and opportunities

  • Ursula PACHL, Deputy Director General of the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC)
  • Marie-Paule BENASSI, Head of Unit - Consumer Enforcement and Redress, DG JUST, European Commission
  • Antonio MANCINI, Senior Expert, Italian Competition Authority (AGCM)

PRACTICAL EXAMPLE: e-surveillance web crawler

  • Petar PARUSHEV, European Commission, DG JUST B.4 Product Safety and the Rapid Alert system

Questions and answers

16:15 - 17:10 | Panel 2: Protecting youth in the digital age

  • Fabiola BAS PALOMARES, Policy & Advocacy Officer on online safety, Eurochild
  • Gwenaëlle MERCIER, Policy Associate, DOT Europe
  • Taylor ANNABELL, Researcher, Utrecht University School of Law

PRACTICAL EXAMPLE: digital awareness-raising programme

  • Leena PYLKKÖ, Communication designer, Safer Internet Centre, National Audiovisual Institute, Finland

Questions and answers

17:10 - 17:30 | Closing remarks

  • José Manuel ARGILÉS MARÍN, Counsellor for Consumers Affaires, Permanent Representation of Sapin to the EU (on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU)
  • Isabelle PERIGNON, Director for Consumers, DG JUST, European Commission

17:30 | End of the conference and networking cocktail

Participants may speak in Spanish, English, French. During the discussions, interpretation will be provided into Spanish, English, French.