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 an evening reception at the National Museum, followed by a day of conference on Friday 11 October at the University of Cardiff. The day will conclude with a Gala Dinner at the Castle. On Saturday 12 October, there will be an excursion in Cardiff. 

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, (3) the Gala Dinner on Friday 11 October, and (4) the Excursion on Saturday The costs for each of these events will be announced shortly. 

AJFB-FBLS: Annual Colloquium 2024

We are pleased to announce that the Society will be holding its Annual Colloquium in person in Cardiff, Wales, in October. The colloquium will begin on Thursday 10 October with an evening reception at the National Museum, 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. On Saturday 12 October 2024, there will be an excursion around Cardiff. 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. Please let the us know if you are interested in attending (1) the Reception on Thursday 10 October, (2) the Conference on Friday 11 October, (3) the Gala Dinner on Friday 11 October, and (4) the Excursion on Saturday 12 October. The costs for each of these events will be announced shortly.

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

9h30 – 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

Brice Laniyan, Notre Affaire à Tous

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

Marie Brousseau-Navarro, Deputy Commissioner and Director for Health, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Baroness Young of Hornsey, TBC

Séverine Saintier, Professor of Law, Cardiff University

 

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, TBC Pinsent Masons, ESG

Pinsent Masons, ESG

Capital Law, Partner

Bouygues, TBC

 

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