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Former Chancellor Dr. Klaus Anderbrügge in conversation

A very colourful, personal and entertaining interview with Dr. Klaus Anderbrügge, the former Chancellor of the University of Münster. We talk about his impressive career, the future of the University of Münster and the prospects for the city of Münster as a whole. A conversation with lots of insights, memories and clear assessments. Definitely worth […]

LDE – the third

Law of the Digital Economy is back. Digital markets, data, AI, platforms and cybersecurity are no longer niche topics. They define the legal infrastructure of modern business. The LDE programme at the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law, University of Münster, offers a compact and practice-oriented introduction to the legal framework of the digital […]

Listening at the 2026 Data Protection Conference

Today (May 19) presentation at the Handelsblatt Data Protection Conference in Berlin: “Digital sovereignty – data protection as a strategic success factor for cloud, data rooms and AI”. The focus was on the question of how Europe can operationalize digital sovereignty in practice: not as a buzzword, but as a legally, technically and economically resilient […]

Best of ITM Seminar: Winter semester 2026/27

In the upcoming winter semester 2026/27, Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren will hold a seminar on the “Best of” of the ITM. In terms of content, the students will deal with the doctoral theses of ITM scientists. The seminar is expected to take place in November 2026(06.11.2026) as a one-day block event on the premises of […]

Last step: TSUL

Last and most important step of my LDE journey through Central Asia: the TSUL at Tashkent. Here we had an extraordinary hybrid conference with Dr. Gunnar Wolf (EU Commission) and Prof. Dr. Said Gulyamov (TSUL) on the DMA. More than 100 students offline and about 100 EU experts online discussed with us questions from Uzbekistan […]

Listening in Bishkek

As part of a cooperation trip through Kyrgyzstan, I had the opportunity to present LDE to students at Ala-too International University. The international LDE course combined with Zoom and YouTube allows students to get an impression of European digital business law free of charge. The audience in Bishkek was highly motivated and asked many questions.

Volkswagen and European data management law/LDE

The second part of the additional training course Law of the Digital Economy (LDE) began today with a brilliant lecture. The speakers were Stefan Pinelli, Head of the Digital Law Department at the Group Legal Department of Volkswagen AG, and senior VW employees. They impressively described how European digital law is permanently changing the tasks […]