Half-Year December Conference
Hamburg , Germany
03 December 2025 - 06 December 2025
Track #1: Transformative Transport – Cutting Edge Sustainable Innovations in Trade and Transportation Across Land, Sea, Air and Cyber Space
Wednesday 03 December 2025 | |
| 14:00 » 18:00 | Registration & Open Welcome Desk at Empire Riverside Hotel Address: Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 97, 20359 Hamburg, Germany |
| 14:30 » 17:30 | Extended Bureau Meeting |
| 15:30 » 17:30 | SCILL Public Speaking Crash Course (only for speakers & moderators) |
| 18:30 » 20:30 | Welcome Reception at Miniatur Wunderland Address: Kehrwieder 2/Block D, 20457 Hamburg, Germany |
| 20:30 | Optional Dinner at Historischen Speicherboden Address: Kehrwieder 2, 20457 Hamburg, Germany |
Thursday 04 December 2025 | |
| 07:00 » 08:00 | AIJA Run for Human Rights |
| 08:00 » 18:00 | Registration & Open Welcome Desk at Empire Riverside Hotel Address: Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 97, 20359 Hamburg, Germany |
| 09:00 » 10:00 | Welcome Address & Keynote Presentation |
| 10:00 » 11:15 | Session 1 - The Law in the Driver’s Seat? Litigating Autonomous and Cross-Border Transport Organised by the Transport and Logistics Law and Litigation Commissions |
| 11:15 » 11:45 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 11:45 » 13:00 | Session 2 - Safe Harbour in Turbulent Waters: Maritime Arbitration in a Transforming World Organised by the Arbitration Commission |
| 13:00 » 14:00 | Networking Lunch |
| 14:00 » 15:15 | Session 3 - Lost in Space: How Finance and Insolvency Principles Will Impact the Future of Aviation and Cyberspace Organised by the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets and Insolvency Commissions |
| 15:15 » 15:45 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 15:45 » 17:00 | Session 4 - Zero Emissions Ahead: Innovations Driving Sustainable Trade Organised by the Environmental and Energy Law and T.R.A.D.E. Commissions and the Sustainability Board |
| 17:15 » 18:15 | First Timers' Gathering Is this your first AIJA event? Come and meet other first-timers, more experienced attendees, and AIJA officers. Get to know the AIJA spirit and enjoy the event to the fullest! |
| 19:00 » 19:30 | Departure from the Hotel to the Conference Dinner Venue |
| 19:30 » 02:00 | Conference Dinner & Afterparty at Süllberg Address: Süllbergsterrasse 12, 22587 Hamburg, Germany |
Friday 05 December 2025 | |
| 08:00 » 18:00 | Registration & Open Welcome Desk at Empire Riverside Hotel Address: Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 97, 20359 Hamburg, Germany |
| 08:45 » 09:45 | Joint Academic Programme Committee (APC) & Officers of the Commissions Committee (OCC) Meeting |
| 08:45 » 09:45 | National Representatives Committee (NRC) Meeting |
| 10:00 » 11:00 | OC Seminar Crash Course – top tips for organising a seminar The OC Seminar Crash Course provides a comprehensive guide on successfully organising AIJA seminars. Open to all members—whether experienced event organizers, new members, or First Timers—the course is designed to equip anyone interested in contributing to seminar organisation with the essential skills and knowledge for successful AIJA event planning. |
| 11:00 » 11:30 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 11:30 » 12:45 | In-House Counsel Board Plenary Session - Healthy transformation - Leading an (international) legal team - challenges, insights, tricks |
| 12:45 » 13:45 | Networking Lunch |
| 13:45 » 15:15 | Executive Committee Meeting |
| 15:15 » 15:30 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 15:30 » 16:15 | Commission Meetings I |
| 16:15 » 17:00 | Commission Meetings II |
| 17:00 » 17:45 | Commission Meetings III |
| 19:00 » 19:30 | Departure from the Hotel to the Gala Dinner Venue |
| 19:30 » 03:00 | Gala Dinner & Afterparty at Cap San Diego Address: Überseebrücke, 20459 Hamburg, Germany |
Saturday 06 December 2025 | |
| 09:00 » 12:00 | Registration & Open Welcome Desk at Elbphilharmonie Address: Platz d. Deutschen Einheit 4, 20457 Hamburg, Germany |
| 10:00 » 11:15 | Keynote with Orchestra |
| 11:15 » 11:45 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 11:45 » 12:45 | SCILL Board Plenary Session - Legal Tech and Mental Health: Navigating the Future of Law with Resilience and Innovation |
| 14:30 » 16:30 | Optional City Tours |
| 19:30 » 23:00 | Home Hospitality Dinner |
| 23:00 » 03:00 | Home Hospitality Afterparty at Schöne Aussichten Address: Gorch-Fock-Wall 4, 20354 Hamburg, Germany |
Track #2: Brave New Work - Health is Wealth? Revolutionary Innovations, Emerging Technologies and Cultural Transformation
Wednesday 03 December 2025 | |
| 14:00 » 18:00 | Registration & Open Welcome Desk at Empire Riverside Hotel Address: Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 97, 20359 Hamburg, Germany |
| 14:30 » 17:30 | Extended Bureau Meeting |
| 15:30 » 17:30 | SCILL Public Speaking Crash Course (only for speakers & moderators) |
| 18:30 » 20:30 | Welcome Reception at Miniatur Wunderland Address: Kehrwieder 2/Block D, 20457 Hamburg, Germany |
| 20:30 | Optional Dinner at Historischen Speicherboden Address: Kehrwieder 2, 20457 Hamburg, Germany |
Thursday 04 December 2025 | |
| 07:00 » 08:00 | AIJA Run for Human Rights |
| 08:00 » 18:00 | Registration & Open Welcome Desk at Empire Riverside Hotel Address: Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 97, 20359 Hamburg, Germany |
| 09:00 » 10:00 | Welcome Address & Keynote Presentation |
| 10:00 » 11:15 | Session 1 - Innovations and Inequities: ensuring reproductive justice in an era of rapid scientific change Organised by the Healthcare and Life Sciences Commission, the Human Rights Committee and the AIJA Women Network |
| 11:15 » 11:45 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 11:45 » 13:00 | Session 2 - Navigating the Future of M&A in Healthcare and Technology: Legal Perspectives on IP Strategies, Ethics, and Emerging Technologies Organised by the Corporate and M&A and IP/TMT Commissions |
| 13:00 » 14:00 | Networking Lunch |
| 14:00 » 15:15 | Session 3 - From Code to Control: Legal Challenges related to Employee Creations and Employee Wellbeing in the Modern Workplace Organised by the Labour Law and IP/TMT Commissions |
| 15:15 » 15:45 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 15:45 » 17:00 | Session 4 - Unlocking innovation: Access and use of healthcare data to shape Personalized Medicine considering antitrust, contractual and regulatory challenges Organised by the International Business Law, Healthcare and Life Sciences and Antitrust Commissions |
| 17:15 » 18:15 | First Timers' Gathering Is this your first AIJA event? Come and meet other first-timers, more experienced attendees, and AIJA officers. Get to know the AIJA spirit and enjoy the event to the fullest! |
| 19:00 » 19:30 | Departure from the Hotel to the Conference Dinner Venue |
| 19:30 » 02:00 | Conference Dinner & Afterparty at Süllberg Address: Süllbergsterrasse 12, 22587 Hamburg, Germany |
Friday 05 December 2025 | |
| 08:00 » 18:00 | Registration & Open Welcome Desk at Empire Riverside Hotel Address: Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 97, 20359 Hamburg, Germany |
| 08:45 » 09:45 | Joint Academic Programme Committee (APC) & Officers of the Commissions Committee (OCC) Meeting |
| 08:45 » 09:45 | National Representatives Committee (NRC) Meeting |
| 10:00 » 11:00 | OC Seminar Crash Course – top tips for organising a seminar The OC Seminar Crash Course provides a comprehensive guide on successfully organising AIJA seminars. Open to all members—whether experienced event organizers, new members, or First Timers—the course is designed to equip anyone interested in contributing to seminar organisation with the essential skills and knowledge for successful AIJA event planning. |
| 11:00 » 11:30 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 11:30 » 12:45 | In-House Counsel Board Plenary Session - Healthy transformation - Leading an (international) legal team - challenges, insights, tricks |
| 12:45 » 13:45 | Networking Lunch |
| 13:45 » 15:15 | Executive Committee Meeting |
| 15:15 » 15:30 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 15:30 » 16:15 | Commission Meetings I |
| 16:15 » 17:00 | Commission Meetings II |
| 17:00 » 17:45 | Commission Meetings III |
| 19:00 » 19:30 | Departure from the Hotel to the Gala Dinner Venue |
| 19:30 » 03:00 | Gala Dinner & Afterparty at Cap San Diego Address: Überseebrücke, 20459 Hamburg, Germany |
Saturday 06 December 2025 | |
| 09:00 » 12:00 | Registration & Open Welcome Desk at Elbphilharmonie Address: Platz d. Deutschen Einheit 4, 20457 Hamburg, Germany |
| 10:00 » 11:15 | Keynote with Orchestra |
| 11:15 » 11:45 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 11:45 » 12:45 | SCILL Board Plenary Session - Legal Tech and Mental Health: Navigating the Future of Law with Resilience and Innovation |
| 14:30 » 16:30 | Optional City Tours |
| 19:30 » 23:00 | Home Hospitality Dinner |
| 23:00 » 03:00 | Home Hospitality Afterparty at Schöne Aussichten Address: Gorch-Fock-Wall 4, 20354 Hamburg, Germany |
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