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FPS Justice, Brussels
25 & 26 A
PRIL
2019
Provisional Programme
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HURSDAY
25
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PRIL
09.00–09.30 Welcoming Remarks
▪ Anne Weyembergh and Chloé Brière, Institute for European Studies, Université libre de Bruxelles.
09.30–12.30 Session 1 – The Future of Police Cooperation
09.30 – 10.30: Setting the scene
Chair: Vanessa Franssen, University of Liège.
▪ Sir Rob Wainwright, Senior Cyber Partner, Deloitte, former Executive Director of Europol.
▪ Saskia Hufnagel, Senior Lecturer in Criminal law, Queen Mary University of London.
10.15 – 10.30: Q & A
10.30 – 10.45: Coffee break
10.45 – 12.30: Future perspectives on police cooperation
Chair: Robert Kert, University of Vienna, Member of ECLAN Management Committee.
▪ Hazel Cameron, Justice and Home Affairs section, UK Permanent mission to the EU.
▪ Cyrille Fijnaut, Tilburg University.
▪ Paul Swallow, Canterbury Christ Church University.
▪ Martin Van Steenbrugge, Fugitive Active Search Team, Belgium (TBC). 12.15 – 12.30: Q & A
14.00–14.30 High-level Dialogue
▪ Koen Geens, Minister for Justice, Belgium. ▪ Félix Braz, Minister for Justice, Luxembourg.
14.30–18.00 Session 2 – The Future of Judicial Cooperation
Chair: Pedro Caeiro, Coimbra University, Member of the ECLAN Management Committee.
14.30 – 15.00: Setting the scene
▪ Martijn de Grave, Permanent Representation of The Netherlands to the EU.
▪ Daniel Flore, SPF Justice and University of Liège.
15.00 – 16.00: Replacing the European Arrest Warrant
▪ Baroness Sarah Ludford, Former Member of the European Parliament, House of Lords.
▪ Myles Grandison, Barrister, Temple Garden Chambers.
▪ Thomas Wahl, Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg.
16.00 – 16.30: Q & A
16.30 – 16.45: Coffee break
16.45 – 18.00: Cooperation in the collection of evidence
Chair – Daniel Nitu, University of Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ECLAN Contact Point for Romania.
▪ Lorena Bachmaier, Complutense University, Madrid. ▪ John Vervaele, Utrecht University.
▪ David Dickson, Solicitor Advocate, EJN Contact Point, Edinburgh (TBC). 17.45 – 18.00: Q & A
18.00 End of the first day
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09.00–11.00 Session 3 – Impact on the EU Criminal Justice Actors
Chair: Katalin Ligeti, University of Luxembourg.
09.00 – 10.00: General considerations on the impact of Brexit on EU actors
▪ Nicholas Franssen, Ministry of Justice and Security of the Netherlands. ▪ Valsamis Mitsilegas, Queen Mary University of London.
▪ Holger Matt, Lawyer, previous Chairman of ECBA.
▪ Zlata Durdević, University of Zagreb, ECLAN Contact Point for Croatia.
10.00 – 11.00: Focus on key EU actors
▪ Dietrich Neuman,Head of Business of Corporate Services, Europol. ▪ María Poza Cisneros, Deputy to the National Member for Spain and
Chair of the Judicial Cooperation Instruments Team, Eurojust. ▪ Ola Löfgren, Secretary of the European Judicial Network. 10.30 – 11.00: Q & A
11.00 – 11.15: Coffee break
11.15–12.15 Roundtable
Chair: Rosaria Sicurella, University of Catania.
• John Spencer, University of Cambridge, former ECLAN Contact Point for the UK.
• Adam Łazowski, University of Westminster, ECLAN Contact Point for Poland.
• Gerard Conway, Brunel University London, ECLAN Contact Point for Ireland.
12.15–12.30 Final Words
▪ Anne Weyembergh, and Chloé Brière, Institute for European Studies, Université libre de Bruxelles.