Programme
The official congress language will be English.
The plenary session and some workshops will be translated to / from Hungarian.
The program is subject to change.
Thursday 18th May 2006
Social program:
19.00
Tosca, Opera performance at the Hungarian State Opera House
Friday 19th May 2006
10.00-11.00 Registration
11.00 Welcome by the President of EWLA, Leena Linnainmaa and Dr Andrea Szucs, President of the Hungarian Women Lawyers Association
11.15 Opening of the congress
Ms Christine Stix-Hackl, First Advocate General, Court of Justice of the European Communities
Ms Katalin Lévai (HU), Vice-Chairwomen, Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament
Ms Kinga Gál (HU), Member of the European Parliament
12.00 Dr h.c. Renate Jaeger, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights: Sentenced to success: The reforms at the ECHR- increase of efficiency and cooperation with national counterparts (courts and advocates)
12.45-14.15 Lunch
14.15 THE PERIOD OF REFLECTION ON THE FUTURE OF THE UNION
Representative of the European Parliament,
Ms Jolanta Plakwicz, member of the European Economic and Social Committee (to be confirmed)
15.30 Coffee
16.00-18.00 Workshops
EU ENLARGEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ACCEDING STATES
Moderator: Dace L. Luters-Thümmel (LV), Partner, Dr. Denkl Dr. Mirow Haver J.D. (Düsseldorf, GER)/Sikora & Partners (Riga,LV)
Katja Tuominen, The European Commission, DG Enlargement, EU Enlargement and Gender Equality
Dr. Judit Fazekas, Deputy Undersecretary of State, the Ministry of Justice (HU)
Dr. Saule Vidrinskaite (LTU), Associated Professor of the Constitutional Law Department at the Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Moderator: Sabine Overkämping (GER), Regional Ministry for Health and Social affairs, Magdeburg
Gisela Lange (GER), Federal Ministry of Health, Bonn
Petra Ulshoefer, Director of the ILO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest
Severine Deboos, Technical expert Social Finance of the ILO SubRegional Office for Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest
20.00 Danube Dinner Cruise
Saturday 20th May, 2006
GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPLOYMENT
Moderators: Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho
Gender Equality Ombudsman Päivi Romanov (FIN): Gender Equality at the Workplace - The importance of planning
Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho (P), Professor of Labour Law at the Faculty of Law of Lisbon: Gender Equality and the Reconciliation of Family and Professional Life
Judit Wirth (HU), Board member of the European Women’s Lobby: How did “women” disappear from the EU equality directives by the time they got to Hungary?
LEGAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE - Will future changes make a difference for women?
Moderator: Judith Willis (UK), Professor of Legal Practice, BPP Professional Education
Professor. Gyula Bándi (HU) Head of the Environmental Law Chair and Dean of the Faculty of Law at Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Professor Maria Tighe(UK), Leeds Metropolitan University
Ulrike Schultz (GER), Distance Learning University of Hagen (FernUniversität Hagen)
Dr Julian Lonbay (UK), University of Birmingham and Chair of the CCBE's training committee, speaking via DVD
BUSINESS LAW – Corporate Governance, Part I
Moderator : Vanessa Williams (UK), Solicitor
Anne Jonlet (B), Marx, Van Ranst, Vermeersch & Partners, (Brussels), General Introduction
Professor Sárközy (HU)
Dr. Ina Frost (GER), Associate, Hengeler Mueller (Frankfurt), Corporate Governance: A German perspective
Dominique de la Garanderie (F), La Garanderie & Associés (Paris), Corporate Governance: French perspective
11.30 Lunch
13.00 Workshops
TRAFFICKING The Protection of Victims' Rights: New Legislation and Strategies
Moderator: Maria Grazia Giammarinaro (I), Judge, Criminal Court of Rome
Dr. Helga Konrad, OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
Jill Heine, Amnesty International
Dr. Zsuzsanna Végh (HU), General Director of the Hungarian Office of Immigration and Nationality, The current problems of Trafficking and illegal Migration
Györgyi Tóth (HU), Programme Coordinator on Trafficking Prevention, NANE
Women's Rights Association
BUSINESS LAW – Corporate Governance Part II
The program continues
Leena Linnainmaa (FIN), Senior Deputy Director, the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland, Current developments – listed and unlisted companies
Karen Larsen ( DK ), Partner, Kyed & Jybaek (Copenhagen)
Vanessa Williams (UK), Solicitor, Corporate Governance - a UK Perspective
Carol Xueref (F), Director for Legal Affairs and Group Development, Essilor International (France) and secretary-general of the AFFJ, The day to day application of corporate governance by French companies
THE FUTURE OF THE UNION AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
Moderator: Sophia Spiliotopoulos (GR) lawyer, member of the European Commission’s Gender Equality Legal Network
Dr. Csilla Kollonay Lehoczky (HU), Professor of Law, Central European University, Budapest,
Mr Gerassimos Zorbas (BE), Lecturer in EC law at the Universite Libre de Louvain, former member of the cabinet of Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou,
14.45 Closing of the congress
Dr. Katalin Daszkalovics (HU), Vice President of EWLA
Presentation of 7th EWLA Congress, 2007
15.00 Coffee
15.20-18.30 General Assembly of EWLA
• Activities, Accounts, Elections, Resolutions
20.00 Gala Dinner
Continuing Professional Development points
CPD points are available for solicitors in England and Wales, 8 CPD hours (5 on Friday, 3 on Saturday) and the Law Society Course Code is JZ/AOWS.