European Group of Public Law: Reunion 2023

We are pleased to announce the 2023 Annual Reunion of the European Group of Public Law (EGPL) with subject Digital Transformation: Technology, Fundamental Rights, Public Administration scheduled to take place at the premises of European Public Law Organization in Legraina, from 15-17 September 2023. The Reunion of the European Group of Public Law, which serves as the European Scientific Council of the EPLO, will gather public law academics, high court judges and public law practitioners from all over the world.

2023 Provisional Programme

Digital Transformation: Technology, Fundamental Rights, Public Administration

9.15-13.00 First session / Première session

President / Président:

Technology and fundamental rights – Digital constitutionalism

The Internal market as the ‘platform’ for digital legislation: competence and fundamental rights
Prof. Ton van den Brink & Prof. Sybe de Vries, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

New and old rights in a digital world
Prof. Ana Maria Guerra Martins, Judge, European Court of Human Rights

11.00-11.15 Coffee break / Pause café

Freedom of expression, hate speech, fake news in a comparative perspective
Prof. Aniko Szalai, University of Szeged, Hungary

Challenges of Digital Constitutionalism
Prof. Argelia Queralt Jiménez, University of Barcelona, Constitutional Court, Spain

13.00-14.00 Lunch break / Pause déjeuner

14.00-17.30 Second session / Deuxième session

President / Président:

Technology and fundamental rights – Artificial Intelligence

Regulation and coregulation (and selfregulation?)

15.30-15.45: Coffee break / Pause café

European proposal for an AI regulation
Prof. Alicia Saavedra-Bazaga, CUNEF, Spain
Administrative Governance of AI in the European Union
Prof. Arne Pilniok, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany

European proposal for an AI regulation
Prof. Johannes Eichenhofer, University of Leipzig, Germany

9.15-13.00 Third session / Troisième session

President / Président:

Technology and public administration – Digital State

The evolution of the digital State
Prof. Lorenzo Casini, MT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy

New and old administrations vis a vis digitalization
Prof. Miguel Prata Roque, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Justification of automated decisions
Prof. Leonor Moral Soriano, University of Granada, Spain

Digital justice

A robot judge?


14.00-16.00 Fourth session / Quatrième session

President / Président

14.00-15.30 Workshops / Ateliers:

Administration 4.0
• Algorithmic administration in different countries
• Digital citizenship and public services
• Public adminsitrations on the Cloud
• E-procurement
• The new administration of cybersecurity


15.30-16.00 General Conclusions

Prof. Daria de Pretis, Judge, Italian Constitutional Court

16.00-17.30 Fifth session / Cinquième session

President / Président: Prof. Sabino Cassese, Justice emeritus, Italian Constitutional Court

Twenty-seventh meeting of the European Group of Public Law acting as the European Scientific Council of the European Public Law Organization; Report on the activities of the EPLO; Thesis Prize 2022; Report of the Thesis Prize Committee 2023 / Vingt-septe réunion du Groupe Européen de Droit Public agissant en tant que Conseil Scientifique Européen de la European Public Law Organization; Rapport sur les activités de l’EPLO; Prix de Thèse 2022; Rapport du Comité de Prix de Thèse 2023.

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