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programme

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13.00-13.20 - Registration

13.20-13.30 - Welcome

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13.30-14.45 - Video games as copyright works and interactive storytelling

The speakers will address the legal qualification of video games as a computer programme or a copyright work. Also, the legal protection for board games and how that may change when games are offered in a digital context will be addressed.

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Chair: Gaetano Dimita (Queen Mary University of London)

“Games according to Dutch law: copyright work or computer programme?”

Rene Otto (Laywer Van Iersel Luchtman Advocaten)

“Legal Protection of Board Games from classic to digital”

Philip Usadel (Legal Counsel Ravensburger AG)

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14.45-15.15 - Break

15.15-16.30 - Serious games in health care

This panel will address the impact of medical device law and the GDPR on the development and functioning of games used in healthcare.

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Chair: Anke Moerland (Maastricht University)

Speakers:
Rik Geurts (Lawyer Van Iersel Luchtman Advocaten)
Jurriaan van Rijswijk (Games for Health Foundation)

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16.30-17.15 - Fireside chat on the role of competition law in the video game industry and platform
dominance

Chair: Anselm Kamperman Sanders (Maastricht University)
Speakers:
Andrea Rizzi (Partner Insight Studio Legale)
Thomas Graf (Lawyer Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP)

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17.15-18.00 - Networking snacks and drinks