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The ICON•S Conference on Global Problems and Prospects in Public Law is one of the most important public law events of 2022. Featuring plenary sessions, concurrent panels, interest groups, workshop, and social events, it will bring together scholars and practicioners from all parts of the world and all areas of public law—administrative, constitutional, international and beyond.

Plenary Events

All plenary events will be held in person and will be broadcast live on the ICON•S YouTube channel.

The KEYNOTE SPEECH will be delivered by Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

PLENARY PANELS will each feature invited speakers who will address a key theme of the Conference. Plenary panels scheduled for this year are as follow: ① Fiction Writers and Public Lawyers: Explaining and Solving Global Problems – Conversation with Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel Prize Winner in Literature ② Healing the World: Global Public Health Challenges and Perspectives ③ War, Conflict, and Migration: Governance of Migration in Times of Crises

OPENING and CLOSING CEREMONIES are two key moments in the ICON•S Annual Conference. During these ceremonies, important announcements will be made and the ICON•S Book Prize will be awarded.

OPENING CEREMONY

July 4
11:00 – 11:30 CEST

Marta Cartabia
Marta Cartabia

Co-President of ICON•S

Short biography

 

Richard Albert
Richard Albert

Co-President of ICON•S

Short biography

Katja Meier
Katja Meier

Saxon State Minister of Justice and for Democracy, European Affairs and Equality

Short biography

Jacek Sutryk
Jacek Sutryk

Mayor, city of Wrocław

Short biography

Dariusz Adamski
Dariusz Adamski

Vice-Rector of the University of Wrocław

Short biography

 

KEYNOTE
SPEECH

On the Rule of Law and Democracy

July 4
11:30 – 12:30 CEST

Koen Lenaerts
Koen Lenaerts

President of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)

Short biography

 

Fiction-Writers and ­Public Lawyers: Explaining and Solving Global Problems

Conversation with Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel Prize Winner in Literature

July 4
15:00 – 16:00 CEST

Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk

Keynote speaker

Short biography

Photo Credit: Karpati&Zarewicz/ZAiKS

Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram
Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram

Co-moderator

Short biography

Adam Bodnar
Adam Bodnar

Co-moderator

Short biography

Healing the World

Global Public Health Challenges and Perspectives

July 5
14:00 – 15:45 CEST

Phoebe Okowa
Phoebe Okowa

Professor of Public International Law at Queen Mary, University of London and an advocate of the High Court of Kenya

Short biography

Siri Gloppen
Siri Gloppen

University of Bergen

Short biography

Judit Sandor
Judit Sandor

Central European University

Short biography

Pedro A. Villarreal
Pedro A. Villarreal

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Short biography

War, Conflict, and Migration

Governance of Migration in Times of Crises

July 6
14:15 – 15:45 CEST

Jorrit Rijpma
Jorrit Rijpma

Professor of European Law, University of Leiden

Short biography

Mayra Feddersen Martinez
Mayra Feddersen Martinez

Professor of Administrative Law, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez

Short biography

Carmen Pérez
Carmen Pérez

Professor of Public International Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Short biography

Patrycja Matusz
Patrycja Matusz

Moderator, Professor and Vice Rector for Projects and International Relations, University of Wrocław

Short biography

Closing Ceremony

July 6
18:00 – 20:00 CEST

MODERATOR

Eszter Bodnár
former co-chair of the ICON•S CEE chapter

Participants

Richard Albert
Co-President of ICON•S

Marta Cartabia
Co-President of ICON•S

Michaela Hailbronner
Deputy Secretary General, ICON•S

Sergio Verdugo
Secretary General, ICON•S

Anna Śledzińska-Simon
University of Wroclaw

Gráinne de Búrca
Co-Editor-in-Chief of I•CON

Members of the ICON•S book prize committee

Giulio Napolitano (Chair)
Roma Tre University

Paola Bergallo
Torcuato Di Tella University

Mark Graber
University of Maryland

Anne van Aaken
University of Hamburg

Winner of ICON•S Book Prize:
to be announced during the ceremony

Winner of International Journal of Constitutional Law best paper
prize: to be announced during the
ceremony

ICONnect Team:
Antonia Baraggia Milano Statale University

IberICONnect Team:
Ana Micaela Alterio Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México /
Maria Argelia Queralt Jimenez University of Barcelona

A Representative of the ­Wellington team in charge of organizing the 2023 ICON•S Annual Conference

Panel Sessions

Spread across 18 SESSIONS, the Conference’s 236 PANELS offer an opportunity to present ongoing and finalized research to an academic public, receive feedback, and engage in an exchange. Panels will be run both in person and online. In-person sessions will be pegged to Central European Standard Time (CEST) while online sessions will be scheduled across a broader range of time slots to account for the geographical diversity of presenters and attendees.

Workshop

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Peer Review But Were Afraid to Ask

Workshop with Joseph H.H. Weiler

July 5
08:30 – 09:20 CEST

HH_Weiler
Joseph H.H. Weiler

Honorary President of ICON•S / Conference Organizing Committee

Short biography

 

Social Events

Networking and social events complement the academic exchanges of any conference and #iconswroclaw is not an axception. Social events this year will include a WOMEN’S reception, a DIVERSITY reception, and a LGBTQI+ reception. They will be informal and inclusive environments intended to promote both the exchange of ideas and networking.

All social events will be held in person, and you are required to register your attendance by June 14. Please find registration links in the description of each event.

Interest Groups and Fora

Interest groups and fora gather a core group of ICON•S members and interested attendees for discussion on a broad topic. However, while fora are intended to enable discussion around a topic of general interest at the conference, interest groups are intended to enable academic cooperation and debate around a topic in the longer run and thus beyond the annual conference.

Interest groups and fora hosted by ICON•S members will facilitate networking and exchange on specific subject and topics areas and take place both online and in person.