Event

PPI’S Alec Stapp Joins the App Association for a discussion on antitrust and the app economy.

Join us ACT | The App Association and Engine for a timely discussion on how antitrust and competition policy proposals directed at software platforms could impact small, innovative companies in the app economy. Antitrust is a hot topic in Congress and in legislatures and courts across the nation, especially as it applies to tech-driven markets. With much of this attention directed to the more sensational disputes around Amazon’s retail, Facebook’s social media, and Google’s search platforms, the antitrust debate around software distribution deserves a close look as well. This event will focus on some of the main proposals and aspects of the antitrust debate as they apply to the app economy:

  –       Proposals to lower thresholds for merger challenges;

  –       Proposals to reorient liability for antitrust violations to focus more on harm to competitors than to consumers;

  –       Proposed regulatory regimes mandating nondiscrimination, interoperability, or portability; and

  –       Proposals to increase resources for antitrust enforcement.

Panel participants will include:

  –       Kate Tummarello, Executive Director, Engine (Moderator)

  –       Graham Dufault, Senior Director for Public Policy, ACT | The App Association

  –       Mark Jamison, Gerald L. Gunter Memorial Professor and Director, Public Utility Research Center, University of Florida Warrington College of Business

  –       Sarah Richard, Policy Counsel and Head of U.S. Policy, App Developers Alliance

  –       Alec Stapp, Director of Technology Policy, Progressive Policy Institute

When: Thursday, April 29, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. ET

This is a widely attended event and is open to the press.

Register for the event here.