The Annual Scientific Seminar, organised jointly by the Florence School of Regulation, Communications & Media (FSR C&M), the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) and the Florence Competition Programme in Law and Economics (FCP), is at the frontier of research in electronic communications, Internet and media. It brings together scholars in the fields of social sciences, economics, law and journalism, as well as practitioners.
Keynote Speaker:
Hal Varian
Chief Economist, Google
Emeritus Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley
Presentation: Artificial Intelligence and Antitrust – Hal Varian
After giving the keynote speech at the 2018 Annual Scientific Seminar on the Economics, Law and Policy of Communications and Media, “Competition, Regulation and Pluralism in the Online World” held at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, Hal Varian (Chief Economist, Google & Emeritus Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley) gave an interview on the Future of the Internet and Media Pluralism with Pier Luigi Parcu, Director of the Florence School of Regulation, Communications & Media (FSR C&M), the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) and the Florence Competition Programme in Law and Economics (FCP).”
Economic Models for the Internet – Hal Varian – Part I
Media Pluralism and the Internet – Hal Varian – Part II
Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe). 
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