This annual conference will facilitate the exchange of experiences among legal practitioners on current developments and future initiatives in the field of EU criminal justice. This year’s event will focus on 15 years of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) and on so-called “future crimes” or “crimes 2.0”. High-ranking representatives of the EU institutions, academics and national experts will discuss and debate the key priorities within the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice for the year ahead.
Speakers and chairs
Laviero Buono, Head of European Criminal Law, ERA, Trier
Rodney Dixon QC, Barrister, Temple Garden Chambers, London
David Fennelly, Practising Barrister, Assistant Professor at the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin
Francisco Fonseca Morillo, Deputy Director-General, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission, Brussels
Wolfgang Heusel, Director, ERA, Trier
Ola Löfgren, Secretary to the European Judicial Network (EJN), The Hague
Federico Paesano, Senior Financial Investigation Specialist, International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), Basel Institute on Governance, Basel
Kasper van der Schaft, Public Prosecutor, International Legal Assistance Centre (IRC), Amsterdam
Gert Vermeulen, Professor of Criminal Law, Ghent University; Director, Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP), Ghent
Anne Weyembergh, President, Institut d’Etudes européennes – ULB, Brussels