In celebration of the launch of their book ‘Empirics and Consumer Law in Changing Markets’ the authors are organizing a conference. The conference starts with an introduction by the authors: Gitta Veldt, Kimia Heidary and Vanessa Mak.

The conference consists of three parts with the following speakers and subjects:

Part 1: Evidence based policy and compliance
• Anne Lise Sibony: Policy driven empirical research in consumer law.
• Catalina Goanta: The edge of empiricism in European consumer law and policy: proposing a framework for the assessment of scientific evidence.
• Felix Pflücke: Ensuring compliance in the digital age: a data driven approach to EU consumer contract.

Part 2: Consumer data: applications and implications
• Przemyslaw Palka: Consumers, online environments and privacy.
• Franziska Weber: Sharing others’data in consumer transactions.
• Fabrizio Esposito: Empirical insights into personalised pricing.

Part 3: Access to (goods), safety and justice
• Gitta Veldt: Empirical research to better inform product safety and product liability regarding liable economic operators en e-commerce.
• Delia Ferri: Empirical insights into access to goods and services for persons with disabilities.
• Naomie Creutzfeldt: Consumers and (digital) conflict resolution: considering dimensions of access to justice.