International conference: "The Role of Judges in Amicable Dispute Resolution in Europe" 24.04.2026

"The Role of Judges in Amicable Dispute Resolution in Europe: Judicial Mediation and Judicial Conciliation in Comparative Perspective" – 24th April 2026

🔴 Opening:
Judge Monika Włodarczyk – Vice-President of GEMME EUROPE, President of the Polish section of GEMME EUROPE
Judge Frédérique Agostini (GEMME France) – President of GEMME EUROPE
Dariusz Mazur – Deputy Minister of Justice in Poland
Judge Rafał Wagner – Vice-President of the Regional Court in Warsaw, GEMME member
Professor Piotr Rylski – Director of the Institute of Justice in Warsaw

🔴 Keynote speech:
Professor Michal Albertstein (Israel)
Vanishing legal justice, the changing role of judges in an era of settlement and plea bargains

🔴 Panel I. Presentations on judicial conciliation/judicial mediation
Moderator: Clément Doute (France)
∙ Kai Harmand – Estonia
∙ Monika Rhein – Germany
∙ Dalia Vasariene – Lithuania
∙ Caroline Verbruggen – Belgium
Q&A

🔴 Mediation in European Union Intellectual Property Office
Mr. Sven Sturman from EUIPO

🔴 Panel II. Roundtable – judges presenting their experiences and approaches to judicial conciliation and judicial mediation
Moderator: Srdan Simac (Croatia)
∙ Laura Durin – France
∙ Naomi Hawkes – Great Britian
∙ Timi Kimiskidou – Greece
∙ Daniel Stoll – Switzerland
∙ Margot J. van Cleef-Metsaars – the Netherlands
Q&A

🔴 Closing the conference with final remarks
Judge Karolina Toczyńska – Mediation Coordinator of Regional Court in Warsaw, GEMME member
Judge Jakub Petkiewicz – judge, GEMME member
Conference organized by:
GEMME Europe,
GEMME Poland,
the Regional Court in Warsaw,
the Institute of Justice in Warsaw.

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