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.
Free Day / Journée libre
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