Programme

Wednesday 3 November 2021

12:00 – 18:00   Registration of Participants in Congress Venue (The Hague Conference Centre New Babylon (right next to train station Den Haag Centraal Station)

12.30 – 13.00   Welcome Coffee and Tea for the Steering Committee (Location: Pels Rijken, New Babylon)

13.00 – 14.00   Lunch of the Steering Committee (Location: Pels Rijcken, New Babylon)

14.00 – 16.00   Meeting of the FIDE Steering Committee (Location: Pels Rijcken, New Babylon)

17.30                Transfer to the Welcome Reception by foot (the transfer is a 10 minute walk from the congress venue)

18.00 – 20.00   Welcome Reception (Hall of the Knights at the Binnenhof)
Welcome speech by Thom de Graaf, Vice-president of the Dutch Council of State

Thursday 4 November 2021

08.30 – 09.30   Welcome Coffee and Tea and Registration of Participants (The Hague Conference Centre New Babylon)

08.30 – 18.00   Exhibition open

09.15 – 09.30   Opening music: A truly European collection of pieces for Piano Trio, from Kreisler to Widor and from Brahms to the Trio’s own arrangement of the European tune that unites us all

Performed by:
Despoina Kornilaki (Political Administrator, Council of the European Union) – cello
Ina Söderlund (Legal Service, European Commission) – violin
Clio Zois (Legal Service, European Commission) – piano

09.30 – 10.45   Opening Ceremony – Welcome addresses
Corinna Wissels, President of FIDE 2018 to 2021: Welcome to FIDE 2021!
Intermezzo: Poem by Hanneke van Eijken 
Dineke de Groot, President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands: Some observations about the role of courts in dispute resolution and the development of EU law
Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union: Constitutional Relationships between Legal Orders and Courts within the European Union
Marc van der Woude, President of the General Court of the European Union: The place of the General Court in the institutional framework of the Union
Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission, Online video speech

10:45 – 11:15   Coffee and Tea break

11.15 – 11.30   Speech by Paul Craig, Emeritus Professor of English law, Oxford University: Brexit: Four Legal Lessons

11:30 – 12:45   Plenary panel discussion – Fit for the Future: What Role for Europe at Home and in the World?
Caroline de Gruyter, Journalist, Writer and Speaker
Luuk van Middelaar, Professor, Europa Institute, Leiden Law School
George Papaconstantinou, Professor of International Political Economy, European University Institute, School of Transnational Governance
Moderator: Christa Tobler, Professor of European Law, Europa Institute, Leiden University and University of Basel

12:45 – 14:00   Lunch

14:00 – 15:30   Parallel Working Groups – Session (I)

Topic 1: National Courts and the Enforcement of EU Law 

Short reflection on the Young FIDE Seminar
Young rapporteur: Sim Haket, Assistant Professor of constitutional law at Utrecht University

Subtopic: Direct effect: Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights / General Principles of EU Law to Private Individuals
Moderator: Sacha Prechal, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union 
General rapporteur: Anna Wallerman 
Institutional rapporteur: Michal Bobek

Topic 2: The New EU Data Protection Regime

Short reflection on the Young FIDE Seminar
Young rapporteur: Teresa Quintel, Senior Lecturer at the Maastricht European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity

Subtopic: (Impediments to) the enforcement of the GDPR
Moderator: Maria Jose Costeira, Judge at the General Court of the European Union 
General rapporteur: Orla Lynskey 
Institutional rapporteurs: Herke Kranenborg and Anna Buchta 

Topic 3: EU Competition Law and the Digital Economy 

Short reflection on the Young FIDE Seminar
Young rapporteur: Daniel Mandrescu, PhD Fellow at the Europa Institute of Leiden University 

Subtopic: Market definition and market power in digital markets
Moderator: Pablo Ibáñez Colomo, Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair in Competition and Regulation at London School of Economics and Political Science 
General rapporteurs: Nicolas Petit and Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel 
Institutional rapporteur: Thomas Kramler 

15:30 – 16:00   Coffee and Tea Break

16:00 – 17:30   Parallel Working Groups – Session (II)

Topic 1: National Courts and the Enforcement of EU Law 

Subtopic: Supremacy of Union Law: CJEU and National Perspectives on the Limits of the Principle of Primacy
Moderator: Nina Póltorak, Judge at the General Court of the European Union
General rapporteur: Anna Wallerman
Institutional rapporteur: Michal Bobek

Topic 2: The New EU Data Protection Regime

Subtopic: Beyond NSAs: the role of other actors in developing data protection
Moderator: Hielke Hijmans, Director at the Belgian Data Protection Authority
General rapporteur: Orla Lynskey
Institutional rapporteurs: Herke Kranenborg and Anna Buchta

Topic 3: EU Competition Law and the Digital Economy 

Subtopic: Vertical restraints and digitisation
Moderator: Elske Raedts, Principal Associate Antitrust, competition and trade, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
General rapporteurs: Nicolas Petit and Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel
Institutional rapporteur: Thomas Kramler

19:00 – 22:00 YEL Event – Drinks reception and social event by the Young European Lawyers Society (open to all FIDE participants) at Pulchri Art Studio, Lange Voorhout 15, The Hague
Opening speeches by Marc van der Woude, President of the General Court of the European Union and Alexander Kornezov, Judge at the General Court of the European Union

Friday 5 November 2021

08:30 – 09:30   Welcome Coffee and Tea

08:30 – 18:00   Exhibition open

09:30 – 11:00   Parallel Working Groups – Session (III)

Topic 1: National Courts and the Enforcement of EU Law 

Subtopic: Effective Judicial Protection: Independence of the Judiciary
Moderator: Daniel Sarmiento, Professor of EU and Administrative Law at the University Complutense of Madrid
General rapporteur: Anna Wallerman
Institutional rapporteur: Michal Bobek

Topic 2: The New EU Data Protection Regime 

Subtopic: Data protection in the pandemic
Moderator: Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou, Professor of European Law and Reform, UCLan Cyprus
General rapporteur: Orla Lynskey
Institutional rapporteurs: Herke Kranenborg and Anna Buchta

Topic 3: EU Competition Law and the Digital Economy 

Subtopic: Data and EU Competition
Moderator: Anna Gerbrandy, Professor of Competition Law, Europa Institute, Utrecht University
General rapporteur: Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel
Institutional rapporteur: Thomas Kramler

11:00 – 11:30   Coffee and Tea break

11:30 – 13:00   Parallel Working Groups – Session (IV)

Topic 1: National Courts and the Enforcement of EU Law 

Subtopic: Effective Judicial Protection: Impact of Union law on National Standing Requirements
Moderator: Hanna Sevenster, State Councillor at the Dutch Council of State
General rapporteur: Anna Wallerman
Institutional rapporteur: Michal Bobek

Topic 2: The New EU Data Protection Regime 

Subtopic: Public policy, public security and national security
Moderator: Irmantas Jarukaitis, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union
General rapporteur: Orla Lynskey
Institutional rapporteurs: Herke Kranenborg and Anna Buchta

Topic 3: EU Competition Law and the Digital Economy 

Subtopic: Algorithmic decision making and EU competition law
Moderator: Alexander Kornezov, Judge at the General Court of the European Union
General rapporteur: Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel
Institutional rapporteur: Thomas Kramler

13:00 – 14:15   Lunch

14:15 – 15:30   Parallel Working Groups – Session (V)

Topic 1: National Courts and the Enforcement of EU Law 

Subtopic: Preliminary References
Moderator: Nuno José Cardoso da Silva Piçarra, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union
General rapporteur: Anna Wallerman
Institutional rapporteur: Michal Bobek

Topic 2: The New EU Data Protection Regime 

Subtopic: EU data protection law in a global context
Moderator: Cecilia Alvarez, EMEA Privacy Policy Director at Facebook
General rapporteur: Orla Lynskey
Institutional rapporteurs: Herke Kranenborg and Anna Buchta

Topic 3: EU Competition Law and the Digital Economy 

Subtopic: Interplay regulation and EU competition law
Moderator: Assimakis Komninos, Partner, White & Case LLP
General rapporteur: Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel
Institutional rapporteur: Thomas Kramler

15:30 – 16:00   Coffee and Tea break

16:00 – 17:30   Parallel Working Groups – Session (VI)

Topic 1: National Courts and the Enforcement of EU Law 

Subtopic: The Limits of Mutual Recognition
Moderator: Tamara Capeta, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union
General rapporteur: Jurian Langer
Institutional rapporteur: Michal Bobek

Topic 2: The New EU Data Protection Regime 

Subtopic: AI, Gatekeepers and Data Altruism: situating data protection amongst new regulatory initiatives
Moderator: Maciej Szpunar, First Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union
General rapporteur: Orla Lynskey
Institutional rapporteurs: Herke Kranenborg and Anna Buchta

Topic 3: EU Competition Law and the Digital Economy 

Subtopic: The opportunities and challenges of mergers and acquisitions in the digital economy
(Session organized and sponsored in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy)
Moderator: Patrick van den Berghe, Legal Counsel to the Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
Panel members:
Cristina Caffara, Senior consultant for Charles River Associates
Helen Gornall, Partner at De Brauw, Blackstone Westbroek
Bjorn Vroomen, Head of Unit at The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets
Kay Jebelli, Competition & Regulatory Counsel, CCIA Europe
Hans Schenk, Emeritus Professor, Utrecht University

18.45 – 19:30   Transfer to the Kunstmuseum by bus (departure from Hotel New Babylon) Please wear your face mask in the bus

19.45 – 22:30   Walking Dinner at the Kunstmuseum, Stadhouderslaan 41, the Hague
Speeches by Jan van Zanen, Mayor of The Hague and Tom de Bruijn, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation

22:30                Transfer back to the Hotel New Babylon (buses depart from 21:45 onwards)

Saturday 6 November 2021

08:30 – 09:00   Welcome Coffee and Tea

08:30 – 13:30   Exhibition open

09:00 – 09:45   Reports on the Working Group Sessions by the General Rapporteurs
Topic 1:  Anna Wallerman Ghavanini
Topic 2: Orla Lynskey
Topic 3: Pieter van Cleynenbreugel
Moderator: Sacha Prechal, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union

09:45 – 11:15   Panel Discussion: The Role of Courts in Upholding the EU’s Foundational Values in Article 2 TEU
David Kosar, Associate Professor, Judicial Studies Institute, Masaryk University
Siofra O’Leary, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Lucia Serena Rossi, Judge at the Court of Justice of the EU
Kees Sterk, Senior Judge and Professor, Maastricht University
Rajko Knez, President of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia
Moderator: Rick Lawson, Professor, Europa Institute, Leiden University  

11:15 – 11:45   Coffee and Tea break

11:45 – 12:00   Speech by Laura Kövesi, the European Chief Prosecutor: EU criminal law cooperation and the role of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office

12:00 – 12:30    Presentation of the XXX FIDE Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, and final acknowledgements
Alexander Arabadjiev , Future President of FIDE, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union
Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Corinna Wissels, President of FIDE 2018 to 2021

13:00                  Closing