Friday, 2 March 2018
| 09:00 am | Registration |
| 09:30 am | Welcome addresses: The Europeanisation of Private International Law |
| Prof. Jürgen Basedow | |
| Prof. Giesela Rühl | |
| Dr. Andreas Stein | |
| Dr. Johannes Christian Wichard | |
| 1st part | EUROPEANNESS OF LEGAL SOURCES |
| 10:00 am | The relationship between EU and international Private International Law instruments |
| Speaker: Prof. Pietro Franzina | |
| Comment: Prof. Jürgen Basedow | |
| 10:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am | Coffee break |
| 11:45 am | The relationship between EU and Member State Private International Law |
| Speaker: Prof. Johan Meeusen | |
| Comment: Prof. Jan von Hein | |
| 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 01:00 pm | Lunch break |
| 2nd part: | EUROPEANNESS OF COURT PRACTICE |
| 02:00 pm | The application of European Private International Law and the ascertainment of foreign law |
| Speaker: Prof. Marta Requejo Isidro | |
| Comment: Prof. Paul Beaumont | |
| 02:45 pm | Discussion |
| 03:15 pm | Coffee break |
| 03:45 pm | The application of European Private International Law and the role of national judges |
| Speaker: Prof. Agnieszka Frąckowiak-Adamska | |
| Comment: Prof. Michael Hellner | |
| 04:30 pm | Discussion |
| 05:00 pm | The application of European Private International Law and the role of national court systems |
| Speaker: Prof. Xandra Kramer | |
| Comment: Prof. Pedro de Miguel Asensio | |
| 05:45 pm | Discussion |
| 06:15 pm | End of day 1 |
| 07:30 pm | Reception and dinner: Launch of the Encyclopedia of Private International Law |
| By invitation of the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung; Location: Restaurant of the Harnack-Haus Berlin |
Saturday, 3 March 2018
| 3rd part: | EUROPEANNESS OF ACADEMIC DISCOURSE AND LEGAL EDUCATION |
| 08:30 am | National styles of academic discourse and their impact on European Private International Law |
| Speaker: Prof. Sabine Corneloup | |
| Comment: Prof. Dário Moura Vicente | |
| 09:15 am | Discussion |
| 09:45 am | Coffee break |
| 10:15 am | Overriding mandatory laws, public policy and European Private International Law |
| Speaker: Prof. Marc-Philippe Weller | |
| Comment: Prof. Stéphanie Francq | |
| 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am | Legal education and European Private International Law |
| Speaker: Prof. Thomas Kadner Graziano | |
| Comment: Prof. Gilles Cuniberti | |
| 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:45 pm | Lunch break |
| 02:00 pm | Panel discussion: The future of European Private International Law in theory and practice |
| Chair: Prof. Eva-Maria Kieninger | |
| Prof. Gilles Cuniberti | |
| Dr. Jonathan Fitchen | |
| Prof. Johan Meeusen | |
| Prof. Marta Requejo Isidro | |
| Karen Vandekerckhove | |
| 04:00 pm | Concluding remarks |
| Prof. Jan von Hein |