Track D: Regulating Sectors in Transition: Energy, Finance & Health
In track D we discuss how regulation should cope with ongoing transitions in three key sectors for the economy and society: energy, finance and health care.
Innovations in financial market infrastructure and payments and the digital transformation are changing the way business is conducted in financial markets, creating new challenges for lawmakers and supervisory authorities. Russia’s war against Ukraine emphasizes the need for regulation to adapt in a changing global environment to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 without risking energy security. Similar challenges are faced in the health sector, where regulation might be needed to deal with emerging markets and technologies.
Against this background, this research track welcomes contributions on the following or related topics:
- Competition and regulation of the energy transition and in the energy markets, including new technologies such as green hydrogen.
- Regulatory goals and principles in energy markets such as energy solidarity, security of supply, affordability of energy services, energy efficiency, sustainability and energy justice.
- Digitalization in energy markets: the convergence of data and energy regulation; legal and ethical challenges of using AI and other digital technologies in energy systems; the rights of consumers in the digitalized energy sector; regulation of P2P trading; regulation of energy communities; the emergence of local energy markets.
- Competition and regulation in financial markets: financial stability and competitiveness; the Banking Union.
- Digital transformation in financial markets: Innovation in financial market infrastructure and payments; FinTech and cryptocurrencies; use of technology by regulators (RegTech).
- Competition and regulation in (emerging) health markets including direct-to-consumer healthcare; developments in data-driven health markets (role of Big-Tech, killer acquisitions, AI and ensuring quality of care).
- New technologies (AI, telemedicine etc.) and digital platforms for healthcare, the role of big tech companies in providing innovative healthcare technologies, European health data space and the governance of health data; EU health union.
Deadline for submitting extended abstracts and proposals for panels/interactive workshops via the EasyChair conference system: January 31, 2024
For questions about possible presentations for this track, please contact Dr. Max Baumgart: m.baumgart@tilburguniversity.edu