At the Business & Law PhD Day 2026, six PhD researchers from our research group will present their research. Each presentation will be followed by a discussion led by experts from academia, industry, and the judiciary.
PROGRAMME
| Date: 22 May 2026 | ||||
| Venue: S.R.-Annex (Rodestraat 14, 2000 Antwerpen) | ||||
| Time | Presenter | Topic | Discussant(s) | Moderator |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Business & Law General Assembly | |||
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Grace (Mafunda) Nolasco | Consumer Protection Against Defective Goods Purchased via Online Platforms in Tanzania | Bram Devolder (Professor, KU Leuven) Ubena John (Judge, Court of Appeal, Tanzania) | Viola Heutger |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Julie Van Vaerenbergh | Rethinking the contractual guarantee obligation: a reinforced result obligation or a category of its own? | Sébastien de Rey (Professor, University of Amsterdam) | Sharon Waeytens |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |||
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Benjamin Gonzales | Targeting the consumer, foreclosing the market: algorithmic targeting and AI-personalized pricing at the intersection of data protection and competition law. | Qian Li (Postdoc; Maastricht University) Enzo Marquet (Senior Privacy Consultant & Specialist AI, Cranium) | Pierfrancesco Mattiolo |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Nour El Alaoui | Classifying Digital Freight Logistics Platforms: A Control-Based Framework Across Transport Conventions and Digital Regulation. | Marta Kołacz (Assistant Professor, Maastricht University) Peter Van De Vijver (UGent, Lawyer) | Anthony Mark Omona |
| 15:00 -15:15 | Break | |||
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Helena Verhuyck | Misclassification and Worker Protection in the Gig Economy: A Comparative Analysis of the EU, US and Australia. | Christina Hiessl (Professor, KU Leuven) Silvia Rainone (Senior Researcher, European Trade Union Institute) | TBD |
| 16:15 – 17:15 | Xander Geerts | The Influence of Supporters in Football: A Case Study for the Regulatory Cockpit | Steve Nuyts (CEO, Belgian Football Club Beerschot VA) Niels Appermont (Professor, UHasselt) | Jasper Smet |