Annual conference on EU Law

Practically oriented conference for professionals engaged in EU law. Renowned academics and experts presenting current developments in five selected areas of European law.

Key speaker: Maciej Szpunar

Under the auspices of the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomas Petricek and his deputy Martin Smolek.

Only for registered participants. Admission free. The number of seats is limited.

Schedule

Conference program

Day 1

Thursday, 19 September 2019

Chair:

Martin Smolek, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Legal and Consular Matters

13:00 — 14:00

Registration + buffet

14:00 — 14:15

Welcome speech Pavel Svoboda, MEP

14:15—15:30

Competition Law: Kiran Desai, EY Law

15:30 — 16:45

Free movement of persons: Prof. Eleanor Spaventa, Durham University

16:45 —17:15

Coffeebreak

17:15 —18:30

Asylium and migration law: Flip Schüller, Prakken d’Oliveira, Amsterdam

Day 2

Friday, 20 September 2019

Chair:

Emil Ruffer, Czech Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe

8:30 — 8:45

Coffee wake-up

8:45 — 9:00

Salutatory speech of Gavin Synnott, WMCES

9:00 —10:15

Free movement of services: Prof. Catherine Barnard, Trinity College, University of Cambridge

10:15—11:30

Intellectual Property: Prof. Dr. Benjamin Raue,Trier University

11:30—12:00

Coffeebreak

12:00 —13:30

Keynote speech Maciej Szpunar, Advocate General at the EU Court of Justice: Modern Communication Technologies and the Need of change of thinking

13:30 —13:45

Concluding remarks – Pavel Svoboda, MEP

Contacts

Venue:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Loretánské náměstí 5
118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Date: Thu 19 September (1 p.m.) – Fri 20 September (1:45p.m.) 2019

Language: English with interpretation into Czech

Contacts

Jana D. PláteníkováConference Coordinator

Prague EU Law Days
Karlovo nám. 5, 120 00 Praha 2

conference@eulawprague.eu
+420 603 876 916

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partners

Conference partners

The Conference receives financial support from the European Parliament. Sole liability rests with the organiser, the European Parliament is not responsible for the activity.

Europäische Rechtsakademie (Trier, DE),
EY Law
Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí České republiky
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
Organized by: IKDP, z.ú

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