The 2020 Annual Conference and Meetings
Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, ELI Annual Conference and Meetings 2020 took place online from 8–11 September 2020.
The Conference started on 8 September (18:00–19:45 CET) with the Second Ole Lando Memorial Lecture on Contract Law and Human Dignity, which was given by Christian von Bar.
The official launch of the Annual Conference took place on 9 September with welcome addresses from the ELI President, Christiane Wendehorst, and the Austrian Minister of Justice, Alma Zadić, as well as a keynote speech given by the European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders.
Panels on the developments of ELI projects and feasibility studies took place on 10 and 11 September.
A detailed agenda is available here.
The recordings of the webinars are available here:
- Welcome and Introduction: In Memoriam Ole Lando and Second Ole Lando Memorial Lecture: Contract Law and Human Dignity by Professor Christian von Bar
- Welcome Addresses by the Austrian Minister of Justice Alma Zadić and the ELI President Christiane Wendehorst and Keynote Speech by the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders
- ELI Young Lawyers Award and ELI SIG and Hub Awards
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Public Administration - Developing Impact Assessments and Public Participation for Digital Democracy
- Admissibility of Criminal Evidence in the Digital Age
- Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts
- Principles for a Data Economy
- Access to Digital Assets
- ELI-UNIDROIT European Model Rules of Civil Procedure
- Rescue of Business in Europe - Book Launch
- Business and Human Rights - Access to Justice and Effective Remedies
- Independence of Judiciary
- Fundamental Constitutional Principles
- The Concept and the Role of Courts in Family and Succession Matters
- EU Conflict of Laws for Companies
- Corporate Sustainability, Financial Accounting and Share Capital
- Coronavirus and the Law - Book Launch
The Conference was supported by:
The University of Vienna
Founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 the University of Vienna is one of the oldest universities in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich history, the University of Vienna has developed into one of the largest universities in Europe, and also one of the most renowned. An extended Framework Partnership Agreement will see ELI receive further funding from 2019–2023.
European Union
Following the specific call for proposals aiming at establishing four-year framework partnership agreements with EU-level networks for 2018–2021 and Operating Grants for the respective years, ELI was selected for co-financing by the European Union. This year's Conference is in supported under this scheme.
City of Vienna
The Vienna City Council sponsors certain public events in a bid to promote cultural diversity. ELI’s Annual Conference is one such sponsored event.
Interleges
Interleges is a well-established and closely linked alliance of independent law firms with offices across the countries of the European Union, Eastern Europe, Middle East and America. One of the first networks of its kind, Interleges was created in 1989, and now includes firms in over 20 countries as well as correspondents approved by Interleges in many other countries.