The European Law Institute’s Annual Conference serves as a platform for actionable proposals that shape ELI projects and address key legal challenges.

The European Law Institute’s Annual Conference represents one of the key avenues through which ELI projects gain invaluable critical input from its members and esteemed experts across various fields. Of ELI's fourteen ongoing initiatives, subsumed under three pillars, five are prominently featured this year, including Enterprise Foundations in Europe, Corporate Criminal Liability in the European Union, ELI Climate Justice – New Challenges for Law and Judges, Succession of Digital Assets, Data and other Digital Remains and Advance Choices for Future Disablement.

This year, critical issues surrounding the environment and fundamental rights will take center stage, with dedicated panels focusing on greening supply chains, environmental rights and green finance and investment.

To register, visit ELI's website. 

Key Guests and Speakers include:

Ambassadors:

• HE Ms Aurora Mejía Errasquín (Spanish Ambassador)
• HE Mr Jean Graff (Luxembourgish Ambassador)
• HE Ms Lindsay Skoll (United Kingdom Ambassador)
• HE Mr Peter Potman (Dutch Ambassador)
• HE Ms Salome Meyer (Swiss Ambassador)

Speakers of European/International Organisations:

• Dr Jane Goodall (Zoologist, Primatologist and Anthropologist)
• Sirpa Rautio (Director, Fundamental Rights Agency)
• Arnfinn Bårdsen (Vice-President, European Court of Human Rights)
• Siofra O’Leary (Former President, European Court of Human Rights)
• Adil Najam (President, World Wide Fund for Nature International)
• Michelle Jonker-Argueta (Senior Legal Counsel, Greenpeace International)
• Michael Strauss (General Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
• Zoé Jacquemin (President, Trans Europe Experts)
• Heidrun Mollenkopf (President, AGE Platform Europe)
• Ingrid Breit (Team Leader, Procedural Criminal Law, DG JUST, European Commission)
• Geneviève Helleringer (Vice-Chair, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI))

Speakers of Host Country Organisations

• Anna Sporrer (Austrian Federal Minister of Justice)
• Brigitta Zöchling-Jud (Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna)
• Michael Umfahrer (President, Austrian Civil Law Notaries)
• Armenak Utudjian (President, Austrian Bar Association)
• Christiane Wendehorst (President, HSS, Austrian Academy of Sciences)

 Supreme Court Judges and Chief Justices

• Donal Gerard O'Donnell (Chief Justice of Ireland)
• François Chaix (President, Swiss Supreme Court)
• Georg E Kodek (President, Austrian Supreme Court)
• Danguolė Bublienė (President, Supreme Court of Lithuania)

Industry Speakers

• Pelle Munk-Poulsen (General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Legal, Novo Nordisk Foundation)
• James Norris (Founder, Digital Legacy Association)

ELI Projects Co-Reporters

• Edina Harbinja (Professor, University of Birmingham)
• Fabio Nicolicchia (Researcher, University of Ferrara)
• Henrik Andersen (Professor, Copenhagen Business School)
• Adrian D Ward (Founder Chairman, NHS Trusts and a Mental Health Association)
• Anne Sanders (Professor, University of Bielefeld)

Moderator

• Owen Bowcott (Former Correspondent, The Guardian)

We are pleased to note that the Conference is gaining significant media attention, including a mention in Forbes.