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30 researchers from 9 countries will present the impact of GAFAM corporations (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft) in Europe
Final Conference
Europe and Big Tech: INCA Final Conference to Present Groundbreaking Research on Platform Power
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The influence of Big Tech companies at social, political, and economic levels includes their impact on public discourse in Europe, their pressure on regulatory processes, and the erosion of labour protections
Agenda
21st January
9:15
What do European citizens say when they talk about GAFAM?
● 9:15 – 9:45. Piret Ehin (University of Tartu), Presentation of the European citizens
Survey
● 9:45 – 10:15. Edoardo Mollona (University of Bologna) & Martin Molder (University
of Tartu), What do European media say when they talk about digital platforms?
Discourse analysis of European journals in the period 2007-2020.
10:45
Analysis of GAFAM political influence
● 10:45 – 11:15 Martin Molder (University of Tartu) & Edoardo Mollona (University of
Bologna), Lobbying the DSA/DMA: Analysis of political influence
● 11:15 – 11:45 Friso Bostoen (University of Tilburg), The influence of Big-Tech on the
implementation and interpretation of laws
● 11:45 – 12:30 Round table: Discussing policy briefs on how to improve regulation of
lobbying activity and effectiveness of the Transparency Register: Friso Boestoen
(University of Tilburg), Edoardo Mollona (University of Bologna), Werner Stengg
(member of the cabinet for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, EC).
15:00
GAFAM and Labour
● 15:00 – 15:30. Adam Mrozowicki, Szymon Pilch, Olga Gitkiewicz (University of
Wroclaw) and Dora Fonseca (Colabor), Labour power resources, industrial relations
and platformisation
● 15:30 – 16:00.- Fabiola Mancinelli (University of Barcelona), Hidden platform
governance: Secrecy and Control in Content Moderation Work
● 16:00 – 16:30. Franco Tomassoni (COLABOR), Problems and policies for labour
regulation in GAFAM
Coordination: Maurilio Pirone (University of Bologna)
22nd January
10:00
How to improve platform organisations?
● 10:00 – 10:30. Fabiola Mancinelli (University of Barcelona), The potentialities of
alternative platforms
● 10:30 – 11:00. Alina Kontareva (Alexander Von Humboldt – Institut Fur Internet Und
Gesellschaft), Methodological guidelines for action research and case reports from
action research pilots with platform organisations
● 11:00 – 11:30. Inge Graef (Tilburg University), Codes of conduct for a fairer corporate
governance in platform economy
● 11:30 – 12:00. Alexandre Ruiz (European Commission – DG CONNECT), The
achievements of the Digital Markets Act in promoting fairness and contestability
within the digital sector
Coordination: Mattia Frapporti (University of Bologna).