Dear and esteemed colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Second Annual Online Conference on Fairness in Digital Markets and Artificial Intelligence to be held online on 15 May 2026.
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You can find the conference details in the attachment below.
FIDMA Second Online Conference on Fairness in Digital Markets and Artificial Intelligence
Conference Programme
09:30–9:45 Welcoming Address
Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell, President of the European Law Institute will mark ELI’s 15th Anniversary as part of the ELI in the World series
9:45–10:00 Introduction
Fabrizio Esposito, Behrang Kianzad, Emilia Mišćenić, Nada Ina Pauer, Contributing to Digital Fairness with Synthetic Imagination
10:00-11:00 Panel 1 – Fairness & Fundamental Rights (moderator Emilia Mišćenić)
Petra Weingerl, The Notion of Consumer in EU Law: Between Traditional Concepts and Digital Realities
Jess Haynie-Lavelle, Ethical Challenges of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Andrés Chomczyk Penedo, A New Imaginary for Fairness? How the Common European Data Spaces Bridge Between Human-centric Protection and a Competitive Economy
11:00 – 11:10 Break
11:10-12:30 Panel 2 – AI & Dark Patterns (moderator Fabrizio Esposito)
Aytaj Almammadova, What is the “Meaning” of Meaningful Information? Crucial Fairness Criteria in AI Decision-Making
Roberta Montinaro, AI Chatbots, Digital Addiction, and Emotional Dependence: A Fairness Analysis under EU Law
Monica Schellemans, The Consumer and Creator Implications of Fairness in Music Recommender Systems
Sarah de Heer, Who Needs to Know? Transparency in Medical AI for Patients, Physicians, and Supervisory Authorities
12:30 – 13:00 Break
13:00 – 14:00 Panel 3 – Data Protection & Online Platforms (moderator Behrang Kianzad)
Leonardo Lazzaro, Beyond Consent: Rethinking Digital Fairness in the Age of Generative AI
Miłosz Malaga, From Fairness to Effectiveness: The DMA’s Rights-Centred Architecture
Maura Mattalia and Matteo Pignatti, Digital Sovereignty and the Euro: Legal Frameworks for State Control over Digital Service Providers in the European Union
14:00 – 14:15 Break
14:15 – 15:15 Panel 4 – Enforcement (moderator Nada Ina Pauer)
Laura Zoboli and Joanna Mazur, Enforcement Design in EU Digital Regulation: Lessons for the Digital Fairness Act
Viktória Harsági, The Role of Algorithms in Enforcing Claims in Civil Justice – AI in Decision-Making Process and Beyond
Talia Schwartz-Maor Berkley/Haifa, GenAI as an Inclusion Mechanism in Judicial Decision-Making
15:15-15:30 Closing Remarks
The Organising Committee
Emilia Mišćenić (University of Rijeka) • Fabrizio Esposito (NOVA School of Law and CEDIS) • Behrang Kianzad (Malmö University) • Nada Ina Pauer (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition)
The conference is supported by Institute for Global Political Studies, Malmö University; Nova School of Law; European Law Institute Croatian Hub