Annual Colloquium 2024
Annual Colloquium 11 October 2024, Cardiff
Dear Members and Friends,
We are delighted to announce that the Society will be holding its Annual Colloquium in person in Cardiff, Wales, in October 2024.
The colloquium will begin on Thursday 10 October with a Live Jazz Reception organised together with the Wales France Business Forum at the new Terra Mare restaurant, followed by a day of conference on Friday 11 October 2024 at the University of Cardiff. The day will conclude with a Gala Dinner at the Castle.
The main theme of the conference is Sustainability. We will be discussing four aspects of sustainability - environmental, social, corporate governance and dispute resolution - across four panels in the morning and the afternoon. The conference will be held at the University of Cardiff.
For more information, please visit the Events page on our website containing the draft programme of the Annual Colloquium: ajfb-fbls.org
We hope many of you will be able to join us.
For Registration
Please use the google form - Colloquium Attendance Survey Form - to indicate your attendance to (1) the Reception on Thursday 10 October, (2) the Conference on Friday 11 October and (3) the Gala Dinner on Friday 11 October.
The costs for each of these events are as follows:
- Members' price:
Conference and reception: £50
Conference and gala dinner: £90
Conference, reception and gala dinner: £140
- Non members' price:
Conference and reception: £70
Conference and gala dinner: £120
Conference, reception and gala dinner: £190
AJFB-FBLS: Annual Colloquium 2024
docs.google.com
For accommodation
there is a discount rate at the Clayton Hotel Cardiff with the promotional code: CAPI101024 and Radisson Blu hotel.
Programme of the AJFB/FBLS Conference
Friday 11 October 202
9h00 – 17h00 AJFB/FBLS Event at the University of Cardiff
Dr Catherine Pédamon & Céline Jones, Capital Law
Tea/coffee
Opening address
9h30 – 10h00
First Minister, Eluned Morgan
Panel 1 – Environmental Sustainability – Climate Change Risk, Pollution and Renewable Energies
10h – 11h15
Chair: Lord Hodge, UK Supreme Court
Airbus, Sustainability Team
Keith Davidson, Partner, Irwin Mitchell
Dr Lois Lane, Barrister, Cornerstone Barristers
11h15 – 11h45 Tea and coffees
Panel 2 – Social Sustainability: Challenges of Doing Business in Ways that Benefit Society and Protect People
11h45 – 13h00
Chair: Lady Justice Nicola Davies, Court of Appeal
Michelle Leavesley, Group Head of Sustainability, Admiral Group Plc
Marie Brousseau-Navarro, Deputy Commissioner and Director for Health, Future Generations
Commissioner for Wales
Séverine Saintier, Professor of Law, Cardiff University
Huw Thomas, Leader of Cardiff Council
13h00 – 14h00 Buffet lunch sponsored by Capital Law
Panel 3 – Corporate Governance and Impact on Sustainability: Governance Framework, Stakeholder Engagement and Triple Bottom Line
14h00 – 15h15
Chair: Lord Justice Lewis, Court of Appeal
Irene-Marie Esser, Professor of Corporate Law and Corporate Governance, Dean of the Graduate School, College of Social Sciences, School of Law, University of Glasgow
Roz Sullivan, Partner and Head of Public Law and Regulatory, Capital Law
Kathryn Davies, Legal, Bouygues UK
Sarah Whitehead, Companies House
15h15 – 15h45 Short break
Panel 4 – Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and Sustainability
15h45 – 17h
Chair: Lord Ericht, Court of Session, Scotland
Jean-François Le Gal, Pinsent Masons
Rupert Reece, Gide Loyrette Nouel
ClientEarth, Katie Scarlett Wetherall
Fabienne Schaller, Chambre Commerciale internationale, Cour d’appel de Paris, TBC
Closing remarks by Simon Horsington
17h-17h15