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Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE DIGITAL AGE: How Can Digital Self-Determination Be Guaranteed?
event date
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
event location
Location : Virtual
Digitalization comes with important benefits for consumers. But it also poses risks to their privacy, safety, and self-determination. 
 
The virtual conference provides a forum for the exchange between policymakers, academics, practitioners, and the public in Germany and in ASEAN. It serves to highlight emerging issues and innovative solutions to empower consumers in the digital age.
 
Sessions will zoom in on two sub-themes:
 
DAY 1: 14 SEPTEMBER 2021 
Time: 9:00-12:00 CEST
Promoting Digital Self-Determination for Consumers
Agenda Highlights:
Consumer policy in Digital ages- Challenge and perspectives
ASEAN’s priorities in strengthening consumer protection in the digital age
Consumer risks in the evolving digital landscape in ASEAN
Digital empowerment, with a focus on vulnerable consumers
Best practices on “consumer-enabling technologies”
 
DAY 2: 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Time: 14:00- 17:00 WIB
Access to Justice and New Technologies
Agenda Highlights: 
 
New technologies to increase consumer access to redress
Role of civil society, businesses, and policymakers/regulators in digital consumer policy
 

The conference is co-organized by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) of Germany and the ASEAN Committee on Consumer Protection (ACCP), with support by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

Administrative note: Held via Zoom, with English as the working language.

Audience: Representatives of relevant government authorities, international organizations, private sector, and civil society 

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