Nicolo Zingales
Professor and Director of the E-commerce Center at FGV Rio Law. Research Lead on Platform Governance at the Centre for Technology and society. UNDP consultant and Non-Governmental Advisor for CADE (the Brazilian competition authority). Director of CPDP LatAm and Founder of the BRICS + Digital Competition Forum. PhD in International Law and Economics from Bocconi University and a JD from the University of Bologna. Over the past 15 years, he has widely researched and consulted on law, technology and regulation, particularly with a focus on the digital economy.
Sessões
Speakers and attendees will be welcomed to the OFA Symposium 2025 during this time, during which coffee and light refreshments will be provided and participants can get settled in to the event.
Opening remarks for the day will be provided by OpenForum Europe (OFE) and the team at FGV Rio. Participants will be welcomed to the event and the events of the next day will be previewed in some depth.
In conversation with Professor Nicolo Zingales, technology expert and competition lawyer Marcela Mattiuzzo will join the OFA Symposium for an engaging session exploring openness in the Brazilian market, looking at how open banking and competition policy are shaping the open technology landscape in Brazil. Marcela will discuss landmark cases including the Apple-Mercado Livre dispute over anticompetitive behaviour in Apple's App Store, as well as draw from her research on open finance and the latest legislative proposals to examine the idea of interoperability as a tool for remediation. The session will also examine the broader implications of competition policy in the region's digital economy, drawing parallels with what is happening in other regions and its implications for open technology governance globally.
This Q&A panel will allow attendees the chance to engage in conversation with the paper presenters and to dive into some of the key questions behind the research they have presented as part of the Open Source and AI track.
Speakers and attendees will be welcomed to the OFA Symposium 2025 during this time, during which coffee and light refreshments will be provided and participants can get settled in to the event.
Closing remarks for the day will be provided by OpenForum Europe (OFE) and the team at FGV Rio. Participants will host a discussion with some special speakers and guests to help conclude the event.