DMA Implementation: Two Years Later, Where Do We Stand?
Presented by The Capitol Forum and Geradin Partners
Brussels | October 7, 2025
In September 2023, the European Commission designated the first “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), ushering in a new era of regulatory oversight for digital platforms across the EU. Two years on, the DMA’s contestability and fairness obligations are reshaping the competitive dynamics of digital markets—and raising urgent questions for enforcers, platforms, and the broader tech ecosystem.
Join leading voices from DG COMP, DG Connect, Spotify, BEUC, and other stakeholders for a full-day conference examining the practical impact and future trajectory of the DMA.
Through keynote remarks and expert-led panels, we’ll explore enforcement progress, emerging tensions between innovation and regulation, and the DMA’s evolving role in shaping digital and AI strategies in the EU and beyond
Agenda Highlights:
Two Years Since the First Designations: Where do we stand?
The DMA and Mobile Ecosystems: Implementation challenges and industry response
DMA and AI: How do new obligations intersect with fast-moving AI developments?
Private Enforcement: Emerging trends and legal theories under the DMA
This timely and highly curated event offers a platform for rigorous dialogue and actionable insights. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how the DMA is influencing business models, shaping platform behavior, and setting the tone for global digital regulation.
Networking coffee, lunch, and a closing drinks reception are included. Space is limited—advance registration is required.
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The Hotel Brussels
Address: Bd de Waterloo 38, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
On the Web: https://www.thehotel-brussels.be
A 2-minute walk from a metro station, this hotel is 10 minutes on foot from the Magritte Museum, and 15 minutes’ walk from the iconic Manneken Pis statue.
Questions? Contact The Capitol Forum team at info@thecapitolforum-news.com
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DMA Implementation: Two Years Later, Where Do We Stand?
Presented by Geradin Partners and The Capitol Forum
Brussels | October 2025
08:45 – 09:15 – Registration and Networking Coffee
09:15 – 09:30 – Introductory Remarks
09:30 – 10:00 – Opening Keynote
10:00 – 11:15 – Panel 1: Two Years Since the First Designation Decisions: Where Do We Stand?
11:15 – 12:30 – Panel 2: The DMA and Mobile Ecosystems
12:30 – 13:45 – Networking Lunch
13:45 – 14:15 – Afternoon Keynote
14:15 – 15:30 – Panel 3: DMA and AI—How Do They Fit?
15:30 – 15:45 – Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:00 – Panel 4: DMA and Private Enforcement
17:00 – 18:30 – Closing Drinks Reception
This panel will assess the impact of the Commission’s first designation decisions under the DMA and the evolving state of compliance and enforcement. Panelists will explore:
Whether the DMA has achieved its goals of promoting fairness and contestability
How designated gatekeepers have changed their business models
Emerging tensions in enforcement, regulatory engagement, and global tech diplomacy
Early litigation trends and the broader implications for EU digital governance
Insights into the Commission’s 2025 review of the DMA, particularly amid rapid developments in AI and platform services
With the DMA introducing sweeping changes to mobile platforms, this panel will examine:
How obligations such as alternative app store access, sideloading, and anti-steering are shifting the competitive landscape
The evolving role of Apple and Google in enabling or resisting regulatory mandates
Key implementation challenges across operating systems and app developer ecosystems
Concerns over device security, data privacy, and user protection in a newly fragmented mobile environment
As generative AI technologies reshape platform services, this session will explore the complex interface between the DMA and the AI Act. Panelists will address:
Whether AI-powered services qualify as “core platform services” under the DMA
How existing DMA obligations apply to AI systems embedded in search engines, social media, and other platforms
Legal and policy concerns surrounding self-preferencing and AI-driven gatekeeping
What the rise of AI means for the future of DMA enforcement and digital market governance
This panel will examine how the DMA opens the door for private enforcement in national courts and what that means for businesses, consumers, and digital competition:
Legal pathways for business users and consumers to assert DMA rights
The relationship between public enforcement by the Commission and private actions in national courts
Collective redress mechanisms, damages claims, and interim relief
Jurisdictional coordination challenges and early case studies of DMA-related private litigation
DMA Implementation: Two Years Later, Where Do We Stand?
Presented by The Capitol Forum and Geradin Partners
Brussels | October 7, 2025
In September 2023, the European Commission designated the first “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), ushering in a new era of regulatory oversight for digital platforms across the EU. Two years on, the DMA’s contestability and fairness obligations are reshaping the competitive dynamics of digital markets—and raising urgent questions for enforcers, platforms, and the broader tech ecosystem.
Join leading voices from DG COMP, DG Connect, Spotify, BEUC, and other stakeholders for a full-day conference examining the practical impact and future trajectory of the DMA.
Through keynote remarks and expert-led panels, we’ll explore enforcement progress, emerging tensions between innovation and regulation, and the DMA’s evolving role in shaping digital and AI strategies in the EU and beyond
Agenda Highlights:
Two Years Since the First Designations: Where do we stand?
The DMA and Mobile Ecosystems: Implementation challenges and industry response
DMA and AI: How do new obligations intersect with fast-moving AI developments?
Private Enforcement: Emerging trends and legal theories under the DMA
This timely and highly curated event offers a platform for rigorous dialogue and actionable insights. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how the DMA is influencing business models, shaping platform behavior, and setting the tone for global digital regulation.
Networking coffee, lunch, and a closing drinks reception are included. Space is limited—advance registration is required.
Add event to calendar
The Hotel Brussels
Address: Bd de Waterloo 38, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
On the Web: https://www.thehotel-brussels.be
A 2-minute walk from a metro station, this hotel is 10 minutes on foot from the Magritte Museum, and 15 minutes’ walk from the iconic Manneken Pis statue.
Questions? Contact The Capitol Forum team at info@thecapitolforum-news.com
Add event to calendar
DMA Implementation: Two Years Later, Where Do We Stand?
Presented by Geradin Partners and The Capitol Forum
Brussels | October 2025
08:45 – 09:15 – Registration and Networking Coffee
09:15 – 09:30 – Introductory Remarks
09:30 – 10:00 – Opening Keynote
10:00 – 11:15 – Panel 1: Two Years Since the First Designation Decisions: Where Do We Stand?
11:15 – 12:30 – Panel 2: The DMA and Mobile Ecosystems
12:30 – 13:45 – Networking Lunch
13:45 – 14:15 – Afternoon Keynote
14:15 – 15:30 – Panel 3: DMA and AI—How Do They Fit?
15:30 – 15:45 – Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:00 – Panel 4: DMA and Private Enforcement
17:00 – 18:30 – Closing Drinks Reception
This panel will assess the impact of the Commission’s first designation decisions under the DMA and the evolving state of compliance and enforcement. Panelists will explore:
Whether the DMA has achieved its goals of promoting fairness and contestability
How designated gatekeepers have changed their business models
Emerging tensions in enforcement, regulatory engagement, and global tech diplomacy
Early litigation trends and the broader implications for EU digital governance
Insights into the Commission’s 2025 review of the DMA, particularly amid rapid developments in AI and platform services
With the DMA introducing sweeping changes to mobile platforms, this panel will examine:
How obligations such as alternative app store access, sideloading, and anti-steering are shifting the competitive landscape
The evolving role of Apple and Google in enabling or resisting regulatory mandates
Key implementation challenges across operating systems and app developer ecosystems
Concerns over device security, data privacy, and user protection in a newly fragmented mobile environment
As generative AI technologies reshape platform services, this session will explore the complex interface between the DMA and the AI Act. Panelists will address:
Whether AI-powered services qualify as “core platform services” under the DMA
How existing DMA obligations apply to AI systems embedded in search engines, social media, and other platforms
Legal and policy concerns surrounding self-preferencing and AI-driven gatekeeping
What the rise of AI means for the future of DMA enforcement and digital market governance
This panel will examine how the DMA opens the door for private enforcement in national courts and what that means for businesses, consumers, and digital competition:
Legal pathways for business users and consumers to assert DMA rights
The relationship between public enforcement by the Commission and private actions in national courts
Collective redress mechanisms, damages claims, and interim relief
Jurisdictional coordination challenges and early case studies of DMA-related private litigation
