Conferences

2025

1. Gentjan Skara, ‘Albanian challenges in aligning Competition and Consumer protection frameworks for Digital Markets‘ presentation given at the International forum on the interface between competition and consumer protection policies organised by UNCTAD and Albanian Competition Authority, 22 January 2025.

2024 

1. Gentjan Skara, “Albania vs Bulgaria judicial review in competition law” paper presented at Conference “Crosscountry pollination: competition law systems in Eastern Europe” organised by Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, 13 December 2024.https://apps.eui.eu/EUI_API/ EVENTSV2/ Attachments/Index?id=29963

2.  Gentjan Skara and Gledis Nano, ‘Transposition of the 6 Anti-Money Laundering Directive into the Albanian Legal System’ paper presented at the International Scientific Conference “Challenges and Cooperation of Albania’s Integration in the European Union” organised by Sapienza Universita di Roma, University of Tirana and Universitá di Siena, 13-14 December 2024, Tirana Albania

3.  Gentjan Skara, “Enforcement of EU Competition Acquis before EU Accession of Candidate Countries: The Role of Albanian Competition Authority in Albania” paper presented at International Scientific Conference “The Process of Approximation of Albanian Legislation with EU Law and the Experience of Other Countries: Problems of Theory and Practice” organised by Faculty of Law, University of Shkodra Luigj Gurakuqi and Faculty of Law, University of Florence, 5 December 2024, Shkodra, Albania

4. Gentjan Skara, ‘Transformation of the Legal Services in the Era of Digitalisation’ paper presented at the International Conference “Future-Proof Legal Services. How Innovation, Legal Tech and AI Have Been Reshaping the Legal Market”, University of Torino, Torino, 15 November 2024

5. Gentjan Skara, Giuseppe Ciccone and Bojana Hajdini, ‘The Impact of the European Media Freedom Act on assessing the market concentration in the Candidate Countries: the case of Albania’ paper presented at the 3^rd International Conference “Creativity and Innovation in the Digital Economy”Ploiești, Romania, November 14-15, 2024

6. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, Gentjan Skara, Alexandr Svetlicinii, ‘Competition law systems in the Western Balkans: Comprehensive analysis’ paper presented at International Conference “Possibilities and Limits of Competition Law: Global Trends, Regional Perspectives” organised by Jean Monnet South and East European Competition Law Center of Excellence and Croatian Association for Competition Law and Policy, Osijek, Croatia 3-5 October 2024

7. Gentjan Skara, ‘Transformation of the Legal Services in the Era of Digitalisation’ paper presented at 3rd IE Lawtomation Days Computing the law, regulating the algorithm: the transformative power of digital ecosystems, IE University, Madrid, 26-27 September 2024

8. Gentjan Skara, Bojana Hajdini and Najada Kilic, ‘The Role of the EU as a Promoter of Judiciary Reform in Candidate Countries: the Case of Albania’ paper presented at the Virtual Panel 302: EU External Relations and Third Country at the UACES 2024 Conference, 9 September 2024

9. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, Gentjan Skara, Alexandr Svetlicinii, ‘Competition law systems in the Western Balkans: Comprehensive analysis’ paper presented at 19th ASCOLA Annual Conference organized by the Law Faculty of JuliusMaximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany 4-7 July 2024

10. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, Gentjan Skara, Alexandr Svetlicinii, ‘Competition law systems in the Western Balkans: Comprehensive analysis’ paper presented at Joint Sessions of Workshops European Union’s Eastern enlargement(s) Lessons, challenges, prospects organized by Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 17-21 June 2024

11. Gentjan Skara, Bojana Hajdini and Najada Kilic, ‘The Role of the EU as a Promoter of Judiciary Reform in candidate countries: the Case of Albania‘ paper presented at the 6th International Scientific Conference on EU and Comparative Law Issues and Challenges (ECLIC 2024) EU at the Crossroads – Ways to Preserve Democracy and Rule of Law, organised by Faculty of Law, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia, 13-14 June 2024

12.  Gentjan Skara and Najada Kilic, ‘Competition Law Enforcement in Albania: Challenges from Online Giants’ paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Way of new Life: Bridging Horizons in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Cybersecurity, Smart Cities and Digital Economies (4th ICITTBT 2024 Conference), organised by Canadian Institute of Technology, Tirana, Albania, 30-31 May 2024

13. Gentjan Skara and Najada Kilic, ‘Competition Law Enforcement in Western Balkan Countries: Challenges from Online Giants’ paper presented at the 16th International Conference on Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries (EBEEC 2024) Resilience, Sustainability, and Social Progress, organised by International Hellenic University, Department of Finance and Accounting (Greece) and Mykolas Romeris University, Faculty of Public Governance and Business, Vilnius, Lithuania, 17-19 May 2024

14. Gentjan Skara and Bojana Hajdini, ‘Transposition of the ECN+ Directive in Albania as an EU candidate country: the impact and challenges in the Albanian digital environment’ paper presented at ASCOLA Conference 2023, Athens 23-24 June 2022

15. Ferdinand Xhaferaj and Gentjan Skara, ‘Albanian Public Administration in the Light of Opening Accession Negotiations: Challenges and Perspectives‘ paper to be presented at 13th International Conference “Development of Public Administration” organised by College of Applied Sciences “Lavoslav Ružička” in Vukovar, Otočki Virovi, June 1-2, 2023

16. Ferdinand Xhaferaj and Gentjan Skara, ‘The Impact of Judgment P Spain v Commission (Kosovo) on EU Membership‘ organised by International Institute for Private – Commercial and Competition Law (Austria) in partnership with Institute of History and Political Science of the University of Białystok (Poland-EU), Keiser University (USA), Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (Germany), School of American Law (Greece), Brussels, April 20, 2023

17. Gentjan Skara and Bojana Hajdini, ‘Transposition of the ECN+ Directive in Albania as an EU candidate country: the impact and challenges in the Albanian digital environment’ paper presented at Internatio nal Conference ‘Competition & IP in the Digital Markets: A comparative & inter-disciplinary perspective’ org anized by University of Maastricht, 23-24 June 2022

18. Gentjan Skara (Intervention concerning), “Restrictive tools to censorship the access to internet” at “Connecting struggles to stay connected: Tackling internet shutdowns and censorship” Lab Debate organized by European Commission under the framework of European Development Day 2022, 21 June 2022

19. Bojana Hajdini and Gentjan Skara, ‘The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Prevention of Corruption in Albanian Judiciary System’ paper presented at international conference on ‘The Role of Technology in Preventing and Combating Organized Crime, Financial Crimes and Corruption’ organized by OSCE Presence in Albania, Faculty of Law (University of Tirana) and Centro di Ricerca e Cooperazione con l’Eurasia, il Mediterraneo e l’Africa Sub-sahariana (Sapienza University di Roma) 21 June 2022

20. Bojana Hajdini and Gentjan Skara, ‘The Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly during the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Light of ECHR Standards’ paper presented at 6th International Scientific Conference on EU and Comparative Law Issues and Challenges ‘The Recovery of the EU and Strengthening the Ability to Respond To New Challenges – Legal And Economic Aspects’ organized by Faculty of Law, University of Osijek, 9-10 June 2022

21. Gentjan Skara, ‘Artificial Intelligence Act and Its Impact on Human Rights’ paper presented at Internati onal Conference‘New Technologies and Human Rights’ organised by Mediterranea International Centre for Human Rights Research (Italy); Department of Civil, Economic and Private International LawCracow University of Economics (Poland); Rede de Pesquisa Direitos Humanos e Transnacionalidade (Brazil) 18 February 2022

22. Gentjan Skara, ‘The Transposition of the Antitrust Damages Directive in Albania’ paper presented at the International Conference Business Law, Consumer Protection and Antitrust Rules organized by Mediterranea International Centre for Human Rights Research (Italy); Department of Civil, Economic and Private International Law-Cracow University of Economics (Poland); Rede de Pesquisa Direitos Humanos e Transnacionalidade (Brazil); Faculty of Law- ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ University of Bitola (North Macedonia); Programa de Mestrado e Douorado em Direito Empresarial e Cidadania do Centro Universitario Curitiba (Brazi) and Programa de Doutirado da Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brazil) 25-26 June 2021

23. Bojana Hajdini and Gentjan Skara, ‘The Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly during Covid 19: Albanian Case’ paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Law Perspectiveson Covid-19: Challenges, Solutions, and Opportunities” organised by Faculty of Humanities and Law, ‘Bedër’ University College (Tirana) 27 May 2021

24. Gentjan Skara, ‘Private Enforcement in Italy after Transposition of the EU Directive on the Right to Damages’ paper presented at the International Conference ‘30 Anos da lei Italiana Antitruste e do Código de Defesa do Consumidor Brasileiro’ organized by Universidade de Caxias do Sul, 10 October 2020

25. Gentjan Skara and Bojana Hajdini, ‘The Adjustment of Albanian Competition Law with the EU Competition Law’ paper presented at the International Scientific Conference ‘The Challenges and Perspectives of Private Law’ organized by the Faculty of Law of University of Tirana, 20 – 21 October 2017, Tirana, Albania.

26. Gentjan Skara and Bojana Hajdini, ‘Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in Albania”, paper presented at the International Conference ‘Tradition of the Law and the Law in Transition: Social, Political and Normative Processes in a Comparative Perspective’, organized by the Faculty of Law of University of Tirana in co-operation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Rule of Law Program South East Europe, 28 – 29 April 2016, Tirana, Albania