ÌÇÐÄVlog

The conference intends to bring together scholars from Europe and beyond, senior members of the judiciary, and representatives of EU institutions to assess the scope, relevance, and effectiveness of EU law.

The objective is to explore the extent to which EU law is capable of addressing effectively the challenges faced by European society. This entails a discussion of two inter-related themes. First, whether EU law addresses the issues that should be addressed (the universe and scope of EU law) and secondly, where an EU legal framework exists, whether it is effective and how it can be improved (effectiveness). These two themes will be examined from different perspectives.

Please note that the programme is still subject to change.

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8 October 2026 (Luxembourg Centre for European Law)

• 14.00 – 17.00

  Young Scholars Conference
  Participants selected through Call for Papers

9 October 2026 (Chamber of Commerce)

• 8.45 – 9.00

  Welcome Addresses

  • Prof. Jens Kreisel (Rector, ÌÇÐÄVlog)
  • Stéphanie Obertin (Minister for Research and Higher Education, The Luxembourg Government) (tbc)
  • Elisabeth Margue (Minister of Justice, The Luxembourg Government) (tbc)
  • Representative from FNR (tbc)
  • Prof. Takis Tridimas (Director, Luxembourg Centre for European Law, ÌÇÐÄVlog)

• 9.00 – 11.15

  Keynote Speeches
  Chair: Judge François Biltgen (Court of Justice of the European Union)

  • Mrs Baiba Braže (Foreign Minister of the Republic of Latvia)
  • Mr Rossa Fanning (Attorney General of Ireland)
  • Ms Teresa Anjinho (The European Ombudsman)

• 11.15 – 11.30

  Coffee break

• 11.30 – 12.00

  What is Effectiveness of Law?
  Chair: Advocate General Laila Medina (Court of Justice of the European Union)

  Prof. Takis Tridimas (Director, Luxembourg Centre for European Law, ÌÇÐÄVlog)

• 12.00 – 13.00

  An Institutional Perspective
  Chair: (tbc)

  Dr Viviane Reding (former Vice-President of the European Commission) (tbc)

  A view from the Commission:
  Dr Clemens Ladenburger (Deputy-Director General, Legal Service of the European Commission)

  A view from the Council:
  Fred Naert (Director, Legal Service Directorate 1 (Competitiveness, environment, transport, telecom and energy), Council of the European Union)

  A view from the European Parliament:
  The value of trialogues: Richard Crowe (Legal Service of the European Parliament) (tbc)

  A view from the European Council:
  Marie-Jeanne dos Santos (Foreign Policy Advisor, Cabinet of the President, European Council) (tbc)

• 13.00 – 14.00

  Lunch

• 14.00 – 15.00

  A Perspective from the Courts
  Chair: Prof. Allan Rosas (former Judge Court of the European Union)

  Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta (Court of Justice of the European Union)

  Prof. Silvana Sciarra (former President, Italian Constitutional Court)

  Judge Michal Bobek (Supreme Administrative Court Czechia)

  Prof. Mateja Durovic (European Court of Human Rights)

  Judge Michael Reiertsen (EFTA Court)

• 15.00 – 16.00

  Values, the Charter, and Citizenship
  Chair: Prof. Lucia Serena Rossi (University of Bologna, former Judge, CJEU)

  Does Union Citizenship Advance the Effectiveness of EU Law?
  Prof. Niamh Nic Shuibhne (University of Edinburgh)

  Prof. Violeta Moreno Lax (Hertie School, Berlin)

  Prof. Jayanth K. Krishnan (Director, Stewart Center on the Global Legal Profession, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University)

• 16.00 – 16.15

  Coffee break

• 16.15 – 17.15

  Law and Technology
  Chair: (tbc)

  Prof. Jeremias Adams-Prassl (University of Oxford)

  Prof. Anastasia Iliopoulou-Penot (Paris II)

  Prof. Herwig Hofmann (ÌÇÐÄVlog) (tbc)

• 17.15 – 17.30

  Closing Remarks of the First Day
  Prof. Oliver Gerstenberg (University College London)

10 October 2026 (Luxembourg Centre for European Law)

• 9.00 – 9.30

  Keynote Speech
  Chair: Prof. Joana Mendes (Luxembourg Centre for European Law, ÌÇÐÄVlog)

  Judge Siniša Rodin (Court of Justice of the European Union) (tbc)

• 9.30 – 10.30

  Environmental Law
  Chair: JudgeTamara Perišin (General Court of the EU)

  Judge Suzanne Kingston (General Court of the EU)

  Prof. Veerle Heyvaert (London School of Economics and Political Science)

• 10.30 – 10.45

  Coffee break

• Parallel Panels 10.45 – 11.45

  The EU and International Law (Room tbc)
  Chair: Judge Krystyna Kowalik-Bańczyk (General Court of the EU)

  Prof. Panos Koutrakos (City University, London)

  Prof. Eleftheria Neframi (Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, ÌÇÐÄVlog)

  Labour Law (Room tbc)
  Chair: (tbc)

  Prof. Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge 

  Prof. Luca Ratti (Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, ÌÇÐÄVlog)

• Parallel Panels 11.45 – 12.45

  Financial Law
  Chair: Judge Ricardo Da Silva Passos (General Court of the EU)

  Prof. Niamh Moloney (London School of Economics and Political Science)

  Asst. Prof. Barbara Budinská (University of Leiden)

  Prof. Chiara Zilioli (Director General, Legal Service, European Central Bank) (tbc)

  Defence and Strategic Autonomy
  Chair: (tbc)

  Prof. Christophe Hillion (University of Oslo)

  Prof. Inge Govaere (University of Gent and College of Europe)

• 12.45 – 13.15

  Concluding Remarks
  tbc

• 13.15 – 14.15

  Lunch

The conference is organised by Professor Takis Tridimas, Director of the Luxembourg Centre for European Law, ÌÇÐÄVlog, with support from the (FNR) (Reference project: RESCOM/2026/LE/2000050).