Ladies and Gentlemen
Esteemed Colleagues and Distinguished Guests

Gdansk Bar Association of attorneys-at-law

(FBE)
Speakers
Programme
Registration
Location: Mercure Gdansk Stare Miasto Hotel (Jana Heweliusza 22 Street, Gdansk)
Meeting of the FBE Presidency
Location: Mercure Gdansk Stare Miasto Hotel (Jana Heweliusza 22 Street, Gdansk)
FBE Presidency meeting with Presidents of the Commissions
Location: Mercure Gdansk Stare Miasto Hotel (Jana Heweliusza 22 Street, Gdansk)
Coffee break
Location: Mercure Gdansk Stare Miasto Hotel (Jana Heweliusza 22 Street, Gdansk)
Meeting of the Commissions FBE
Location: Mercure Gdansk Stare Miasto Hotel (Jana Heweliusza 22 Street, Gdansk)
Welcome Reception
Location: Artus Court (Długa 46/47 Street, Gdańsk)
Dress code: business casual
Registration
Location: European Solidarity Centre (Solidarności 1 Street, Gdańsk)
Translations: PL EN DE ES FR IT
Opening and Welcome Addresses
Izabela Konopacka, attorney-at-law, President of The European Bars Federation, Poland
Guests speeches:
Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Mayor of Gdańsk, Poland
Basil Kerski, Director of the European Solidarity Centre
Włodzimierz Chróścik, attorney-at-law, President of the National Bar Council of Attorneys-at-Law
Professor Wojciech Zalewski, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdansk, Poland
Bartosz Golejewski, attorney-at-law, Dean of the Pomeranian Bar Association
Speech by the host of the Congress:
Magdalena Witkowska, attorney-at-law, Dean of the Council of the Gdansk Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law
Trajectories of the European Rule of Law. Assumed? Contested? Defended? Revealed?
Moderator:
Professor Tomasz Tadeusz Koncewicz, attorney-at-law, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Discussants:
Professor Tamara Ćapeta, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Professor Sir David A. O. Edward, Former Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, 1992-2004, University of Edinburgh, (online), United Kingdom
Raffaele Sabato, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, France
Tomasz Wardyński, attorney-at-law, Founding Partner of Wardyński & Partners, Poland
Professor Marc de Werd, Senior Justice at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Coffee break
Rebuilding Ukraine and Paving its path to Europe: What role for the law and the lawyers?
Moderator:
Joanna Wsołek, attorney-at-law, The Kraków Bar Association, Poland
Panelists:
Anna Adamska-Gallant, PhD, attorney-at-law, international key expert for PravoJustice.eu, Poland
Oleksandr Kravets, attorney-at-law, Partner at TEFFI Law Firm, former Judge of the Appellate Court in Odessa, Ukraine
Oleksandr Gryban, Investment Team Lead at Advantage Ukraine, former Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, (online), Ukraine
Volodymyr Halchenko, attorney-at-law, Kyiv Region Bar Association
Georg Ziegler, Advisor in the Ukraine Service in DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission, (online), Brussels
Lunch
The Implications of AI and ChatGPT for Lawyers and Legal Services
Moderator:
Maria Dymitruk, attorney-at-law, The Wroclaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law, Poland
Panelists:
Giulia Gentile, PhD, Essex Law School, (online), The United Kingdom,
Charles Kerrigan, Partner of International Law Firm CMS, (online), The United Kingdom
Francesco Spina, attorney-at-law, Member of the FBE New Technology Commission, Italy
Professor Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor, University of Gdańsk, European Union/Poland
Closing remarks
Gala dinner
Location: Olivia Star Top 34th Floor (Grunwaldzka 472 C Street, Gdańsk)
Dress code: black tie
Forum des Bâtonniers
Location: Mercure Gdansk Stare Miasto Hotel (Jana Heweliusza 22 Street, Gdansk)
Translations: PL EN DE ES FR IT
General Assembly
Location: Mercure Gdansk Stare Miasto Hotel (Jana Heweliusza 22 Street, Gdansk)
Lunch
Location: Mercure Gdansk Stare Miasto Hotel (Jana Heweliusza 22 Street, Gdansk)
Sightseeing for FBE members and accompanying persons
Welcome Reception
Location: Artus Court (Długa 46/47 Street, Gdansk)
Dress code: business casual
Cruise around Gdansk – Motława River
Location: Rybackie Pobrzeże Street, 80-888 Gdańsk
The organizer reserves the right to modify the presented part of the program, depending on the number of participants.
Gdansk Sightseeing
Location: Długa Street
Lunch at the European Solidarity Centre
Location: European Solidarity Centre (Solidarności 1 Street, Gdańsk)
Visit at the European Solidarity Centre - Permanent Exhibition
Location: European Solidarity Centre (Solidarności 1 Street, Gdańsk)
Gala dinner
Location: Olivia Star (Grunwaldzka 472 C Street, Gdańsk)
Dress code: black tie
Sightseeing for FBE members and accompanying persons
Mercure Gdańsk
Stare Miasto
Located in the vicinity of historic Gdańsk, the most beautiful views of the city skyline.
The Gdansk Bar Association of Attorneys-at-law Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Gdańsku
Nowe Ogrody 35 Street,80-803 Gdańsk,
Poland
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Registration closed
The FBE Intermediate Meeting is open to FBE Members and others who register their participation in the meeting on the basis of the application form sent to the Organizers via the application form below and pay the fee in accordance with the fee charged in the form.
FBE MEMBERS AND ACCOMPANYING PERSONS
The FBE Intermediate Meeting is open to FBE Members who register their participation in the meeting on the basis of the application form sent to the Organizers via the application form below and pay the fee in accordance with the fee charged in the form.
For participants, the registration fee is 490 euro and this fee includes the Welcome Reception on Thursday, the working sessions, the documents, the lunches and coffee breaks on Friday and Saturday as well as the Gala Dinner on Friday. Sightseeing on Saturday is also included.
For accompanying persons, the registration fee is 200 euro and this fee includes a one-day guided visit and the lunch on Friday, the Welcome Reception on Thursday, and the Gala Dinner on Friday. Sightseeing on Saturday is also included.