EU Presidency Conferences
ECGI provides a repository of reports from the EU Presidency Corporate Governance Conferences. To add reports to this repository please send an email to admin@ecgi.org
The conference series “European Company Law and Corporate Governance Conferences” was launched at a full-day public conference in The Hague on 18 October 2004 during the Dutch EU Presidency. In subsequent years, conferences have been held in several countries during their respective EU Presidency. Information about these conferences, if still available, can be found on various websites. The ECGI has collated documents into a single repository for the first time for the convenience of scholars, practitioners and policy-makers alike.
EU Presidency conferences on
European Company Law and Corporate Governance
2020 The 25th European Corporate Governance Conference - Croatia
18 June 2020
The 25th European Corporate Governance Conference took place virtually on the 18th of June 2020, under the auspices of Croatia's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The main theme of the conference was "Sustainability, Boards and Investment: What’s next for Corporate Governance?". In light of the pandemic, the discussion also reflected the impact of COVID-19 on corporate governance. The virtual conference was attended by high-level representatives of the Croatian Government and the European Commission, leading European institutions and organizations in the field of corporate governance, authoritative European experts from the academic community and the media.
2019 The 23rd European Corporate Governance Conference - Romania
2 April 2019
The 23rd European Corporate Governance Conference took place in Bucharest, Romania on the 2nd of April 2019, under the auspices of Romania's Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The main theme of the conference was "Corporate Governance as the enabler of sustainable growth". The forum was attended by high-level representatives of the Romanian Government and the European Commission, leading European institutions and organizations in the field of corporate governance, authoritative European experts from the academic community and the media.
2020 The 26th European Corporate Governance Conference - Germany
The 26th European Corporate Governance Conference - Global Responsibility of Global Enterprises, took place virtually on 6th October 2020, under the auspices of Germany's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The conference focused on corporate social responsibility as a corporate management task and on the liability of parent and subsidiary companies. One significant aspect in corporate law is the tension between wanting to apply European human rights standards to non-European subsidiaries, and having regulations in the relevant third countries which may conflict with this external influence. The aim of the event is to develop standards for appropriate and effective corporate management in the interest of better human rights protection.
2020 The 25th European Corporate Governance Conference - Croatia
The 25th European Corporate Governance Conference took place virtually on the 18th of June 2020, under the auspices of Croatia's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The main theme of the conference was "Sustainability, Boards and Investment: What’s next for Corporate Governance?". In light of the pandemic, the discussion also reflected the impact of COVID-19 on corporate governance.
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2019 The 24th European Corporate Governance Conference - Finland
The 24th European Corporate Governance took place in Helsinki on 12 December 2019 under Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
They studied the role of company law and corporate governance in the actions against climate change and other related global ecological threats. It aimed to provide a policy discussion that covered both the legal and the economic and environmental aspects and consequences of possible action.
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2019 The 23rd European Corporate Governance Conference - Romania
The 23rd European Corporate Governance Conference took place in Bucharest, Romania on the 2nd of April 2019, under the auspices of Romania's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The main theme of the conference was "Corporate Governance as the enabler of sustainable growth". The forum was attended by high-level representatives of the Romanian Government and the European Commission, leading European institutions and organizations in the field of corporate governance, authoritative European experts from the academic community and the media.
Watch the recording here.