EWLA 10 YEARS: Law as politics - in societies at a crossroads
A Conference held in Brussels on 3 and 4 June 2010
Picture above is taken at EWLA's annual congress in Budapest in May 2006.
Wednesday 2 June 2010
19:00 Welcome reception at the prestigious restaurant La Chaloupe d'Or at the Grand Place of Brussels
Thursday 3 June 2010
Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union
77 Rue Wiertz, 1000 Brussels
9:00-9:30 Welcome by the President of EWLA, Professor Dr. Herdís Thorgeirsdóttir
and the Head of the Repre-sentation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union, Dr. Angelika Schlunck
9:30-10:00 Key note speaker: President of the European Council Mr Herman van Rompuy
10:00-10:30 Panel discussion with founders and presidents of EWLA:
EWLA in Law and Politics - Achievements and future goals
Chaired by Sophia Spiliotopoulos, past vice-president of EWLA
Past president of EWLA Ursula Nelles
Past president of EWLA Elisabeth Kotthaus
Past president of EWLA Leena Linnainmaa
President of EWLA Herdís Thorgeirsdóttir
From EWLA 2000 congress; Elisabeth Kotthaus and Cherie Booth Blair.
From EWLAs 9th congress in Iceland 2009; three presidents.
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-11:25 Key note Speaker: Diana Wallis, Vice-President of the European Parliament:
How we must take aim at male elite
11:25-11:40 Discussion
11:40-13:00 Panel discussion: Women and management in a changing business world
Chaired by Myriam van Varenbergh, Founding Partner, Keuleneer-Storm-Vannest-Van Varenbergh-Verhelst
* Ann de Jaeger, Managing Partner, Executive Learning Partnership
* Mechthilde Maier, Head of Group Diversity Management, Deutsche Telekom
* Anu Sajavaara, Senior Adviser, Confederation of Finnish Industries EK
* Christel Verschaeren, Director, IBM Belgium NV
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
15:00 - 17:00 Parallel workshops:
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The influence of globalisation on the changing landscape of human rights protection and politics in Europe
Chaired by Professor Dr. Beate Rudolf, Director of the German Institute for Human Rights
- Tanja Kleinsorge, Council of Europe (Head of Secretariat, Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee, Parliamentary Assembly)
Other speakers of the work shop will be announced soon
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The influence of globalisation on financial crisis and risk management
Chaired by Vanessa Williams, partner Rochman Landau
- Marie Donnay, Senior Economist, Directorate Macrofinancial Stability, DG ECFIN
- Maire Laitinen, Head of Segment / B2B, Fondia Finland
- Sibylle Spitzer, Deputy General Counsel, Recticel Belgium
- Corinna Ullrich, Senior Policy Officer, European Commission, DG MARKT
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The influence of globalisation on the position of women in the labour market
Chaired by Dr. Daniela Bankier, Head of unit Equality between women and men, European Commission,
DG Employment, Social Affairs, Equal Opportunities
- Catelene Passchier, Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
- Edit Bauer, MEP, member of Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
- Minna Etu-Seppälä, BUSINESSEUROPE
- Béatrice Castellane, Business Lawyer (Corporate Law and Arbitration)
Work shops will have a coffee break
17:00 – 17:30 Setting up EWLA working groups (for EWLA members only)
EWLA Working Group on Fundamental Rights
EWLA Working Group on Gender Equality
EWLA Working Group on Corporate and Business Matters
19:30 Gala dinner at Club de Warande in the Royal district of Brussels, Rue Zinner 1, 1000 Brussels
Friday 4 June
9:00- 9:45 Speech on the impact of new social media by Ben Caudron
9:45 -11:00 Panel discussion: Gender equality on the European agenda
Chaired by Lenia Samuel Deputy Director General, DG Employment, Social Affairs and EQUAL Opportunities, European Commission
* Capitolina Díaz Martínez, Director General of Equality in Employment, Equality Ministry of Spain
* Belinda Pyke, Director, European Commission, DG Employment
* Annemie Pernot Belgian Permanency at EC on Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
11:00-11:30 Coffee
11:30-13:00 Parallel workshops
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Corporate governance and gender diversity
Chaired by attorney-at-law Dace L. Luters-Thuemmel, MELS, Partner, Heitmann Vermeer Kolle, Duesseldorf/Germany and Sikora & Partners, Riga/Latvia
- Livia Aliberti Amidani, Founder, Aliberti Governance Advisors
- Dominique de La Garanderie, founding partner, La Garanderie & Partners
- Elin Hurvenes, Founder, Professional Boards Forum (tbc)
- Gabriele C. Klug, City Treasurer, Deutscher Juristinnenbund
- Leena Linnainmaa, Director, Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland
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The influence of globalisation on family law
Chaired by EWLA vice president, Prof. Dr. Regula Kägi-Diener, University of St. Gallen
- Maria del Rosaria Garcia Mariscal, attorney at Law, García- Mariscal International Law Firm
- Dr. Katalin Daskalovics, attorney-at-law, specialized in family law, Budapest
- Susanne Koehler, attorney-at-law, Staab & Kollegen, Dresden
- Dr. Afat Mourad-Buehler, Managing Director of German Arab Consultancy (GAC), Munich-Moscow-UAE-Qatar-Bahrain-Oman-Cario-Beirut, CEO of German Center Lebanon Private Branch (GLCPB) in Lebanon.
Other speakers of the work shop will be announced soon
13:00- 14:00 Lunch
14:00- 15:00 Closing session, EWLA working-groups and General Assembly of EWLA
15:30 Special guided tour of the tourist attractions of Brussels or of the European Parliament
The European Women Lawyers' Association thanks the following for their support in preparing EWLA's 10th Anniversary Congress:
The Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union
