Speakers & Moderators

For more detailed information and the latest updates, please consult the programme.

Speakers

Thom de Graaf, Vice-president of the Dutch Council of State
Welcome speech (click to download in PDF)

Corinna Wissels, President of FIDE 2018 to 2021
Welcome to FIDE 2021! (click to download in PDF)

Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Constitutional Relationships between Legal Orders and Courts within the European Union (click to download in PDF)

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 (click to download in PDF)

Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission
Online video speech

Paul Craig, Emeritus Professor of English law, Oxford University
Brexit: Four Legal Lessons (click to download in PDF)

Jan van Zanen, mayor of The Hague

Tom de Bruijn, minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
Speech (PDF)

Laura Kövesi, European Chief Prosecutor
EU criminal law cooperation and the role of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office

Alexander Arabadjiev, 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

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

The Role of Courts in Upholding the EU’s Foundational Values in Article 2 TEU

Rajko Knez, President of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia

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

Moderator: Rick Lawson, Professor, Europa Institute, Leiden University

Sacha Prechal (TBC), Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union (Prof. dr.)
Nina Półtorak, Judge at the General Court of the European Union (Prof. dr.)
Daniel Sarmiento, Professor of EU and Administrative Law at the University Complutense of Madrid (Prof. dr.)
Hanna Sevenster, State Councillor at the Dutch Council of State (dr.)
Nuno José Cardoso da Silva Piçarra, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union (Prof. dr.)
Tamara Capeta, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union

Maria Jose Costeira, Judge at the General Court of the European Union
Hielke Hijmans, Director at the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Prof. dr.)
Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou, Professor of European Law and Reform, UCLan Cyprus (Prof. dr.)
Irmantas Jarukaitis, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union (dr.)
Cecilia Alvarez, EMEA Privacy Policy Director at Facebook
Maciej Szpunar, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (Prof. dr.)

Pablo Ibáñez Colomo, Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair in Competition and Regulation at London School of Economics and Political Science
Elske Raedts, Principal Associate Antitrust, competition and trade, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Anna Gerbrandy, Professor of Competition Law, Europa Institute, Utrecht University School of Law (Prof. mr. dr.)
Alexander Kornezov, Judge at the General Court of the European Union
Assimakis Komminos, Partner, White & Case LLP (Dr.)
Patrick van den Berghe, Legal Counsel to the Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy