Prague-matic Convergence: From Property and Transport to People and Work
Prague, Czech Republic
22 October 2026 - 24 October 2026
Real Estate and Transport Track
Thursday 22 October 2026 | |
| 17:45 | Registrations open at OREA Hotel Andel's Prague
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| 18:00 | Welcome reception at OREA Hotel Andel's Prague
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| 20:00 | Dinner at Manifesto Market Anděl Address: Ostrovského 34, 150 00 Praha 5-Anděl |
Friday 23 October 2026 | |
| 08:30 | Registrations open at OREA Hotel Andel's Prague
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| 09:00 » 09:30 | Opening speech by AIJA President |
| 09:30 » 10:30 | Session 1 - Connecting Commerce: Legal Frameworks for Logistics Hubs and Transport Infrastructure This panel will address the current legal, regulatory, and practical challenges involved in redeveloping sites into modern logistics hubs. As e-commerce and evolving supply chain models reshape demand, the intersection of real estate and transport law is increasingly influenced by urban planning changes, sustainability initiatives, infrastructure modernization, and enhanced transport connectivity. The discussion will cover transport-related regulatory hurdles such as permitting for freight corridors, integration with public and private transport networks, and compliance with safety and environmental standards. Panelists will also explore best practices for managing traffic flows, multimodal transport solutions, and the legal implications of connecting logistics hubs to urban and regional transport infrastructure. The session will reflect the latest developments in urban planning, logistics, and transport law, offering practical strategies for the efficient and sustainable transformation. |
| 10:30 » 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 » 12:00 | Session 2 - Risk, Liability, and Insurance Across the Supply Chain and Built Environment This panel will explore how to manage cross-sectoral risks at the intersection of real estate and transport law, focusing on risk allocation in logistics facilities and transport corridors—including delays, damage, and regulatory risks (building and environmental regulation). The discussion will highlight innovative insurance solutions that bridge property and transport coverage, such as combined cargo and facility insurance, and examine contractual chain responsibility, including supply chain due diligence obligations and environmental liability. Special attention will be given to the role of lease agreements in allocating risk and liability between parties in logistics and transport operations, addressing issues such as maintenance, indemnities, and compliance with regulatory requirements, incl. freezing assets, seizing equipment, shutting down sites. The panel will also address dispute resolution to provide practical strategies for lawyers navigating risk and liability across the supply chain and built environment. |
| 12:00 » 13:00 | Session 3 - Zero-emission logistic hub: real estate and transport dream or nightmare This panel will critically examine whether the vision of a zero-emission logistic hub is a realistic and achievable goal or an overly ambitious challenge for the real estate and transport sectors. The discussion will focus on the legal, regulatory, and practical hurdles as well as the opportunities that come with developing and operating such hubs. Key topics will include the evolving EU and national legal frameworks, such as the Green Deal and Fit for 55, and the challenges of permitting, compliance, and enforcement. On the operational side, the panel will explore the electrification of fleets, the use of hydrogen and alternative fuels, and the legal and technical barriers to their adoption. |
| 13:00 » 14:15 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15 » 15:15 | Session 5 - Urban Logistics and the Mobility Transition Urban logistics is undergoing a ‘last-mile’ revolution, driven by innovations such as micro-hubs, cargo bikes, drones, and shared mobility systems, which are transforming delivery efficiency and sustainability in cities. This evolution raises complex legal questions around permitting, zoning, environmental and emission regulations, and the integration of new technologies into existing legal frameworks. The interface between real estate and logistics is increasingly important, as logistics elements are incorporated into mixed-use developments and urban cores, requiring new contractual relationships and regulatory approaches. |
| 15:15 » 15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 » 17:00 | Session 5 - Legal Rewiring of Real Estate, Transport Regulation, and Supply Chain Resilience The shift from “Just-in-Time” to “Just-in-Case” supply chain strategies is fundamentally reshaping the legal architecture governing logistics, industrial real estate, and transport infrastructure. As companies pursue nearshoring and friend-shoring strategies in response to geopolitical risks, trade disruptions, and regulatory fragmentation, new legal pressures emerge across planning law, transport regulation, and cross-border compliance frameworks. This transition is driving intensified demand for strategically located logistics assets, including warehouses, intermodal terminals, and customs-adjacent facilities, triggering complex legal challenges in zoning, spatial planning, and land-use designation. At the same time, permitting procedures are becoming increasingly contentious, particularly where accelerated industrial development intersects with environmental protection regimes, and public participation requirements, often resulting in litigation risk and procedural delays. From a transport law perspective, shifting supply chain patterns raise issues of capacity allocation, infrastructure charging, and regulatory coordination across jurisdictions, particularly in cross-border corridors where differing national regimes on road transport, rail access, and customs enforcement create legal friction. Contractual frameworks are also evolving, with increased focus on long-term take-or-pay logistics agreements, risk allocation for disruption events, force majeure clauses, and regulatory change provisions in supply chain contracts. |
| 17:00 » 17:30 | Commission meetings |
| 20:00 | Dinner and drinks at Mlýnec Address: Novotného lávka 9, 110 00 Staré Město |
Saturday 24 October 2026 | |
| 09:30 | Registrations open at OREA Hotel Andel's Prague
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| 10:00 » 11:00 | Joint session 1 - FROM BURNOUT TO BALANCE: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE LEGAL CAREER The legal profession is increasingly confronted with burnout, mental pressure, and a growing sense that traditional models of success are no longer sustainable. Long hours, constant availability and an identity built almost exclusively around performance and billable hours leave many lawyers feeling exhausted, disconnected and trapped in careers they never consciously designed. This panel will explore lawyer wellbeing not as a “soft” topic, but as a core element of long-term professional success. Focusing on the transition from burnout to balance, the discussion will address how lawyers can build sustainable legal careers without sacrificing their mental health, personal identity or quality of life. The panel will examine why wellbeing is not only an individual responsibility, but also a strategic issue for law firms and legal organisations, directly affecting performance, retention and client relationships. Attention will be paid to the role of mindset, boundaries, and intentional career choices, as well as to how visibility and personal positioning can reduce pressure rather than intensify it. Drawing on practical experience at the intersection of legal business, personal branding and professional development, the panel will offer concrete insights into redefining success in the legal profession and designing a legal life that works — both for lawyers as individuals and for the institutions they work in. |
| 11:00 » 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 » 13:00 | Joint session 2 - THE LAW FIRM OF THE FUTURE What will a successful law firm look like in the age of artificial intelligence—and who will lead it? This panel explores how legal practice is being reshaped by AI, data, and new ways of working. Moving beyond theory, the discussion focuses on what is already changing inside firms today: from the way legal work is organised, to how decisions are made, how teams collaborate, and how value is delivered to clients. The panel will combine current, hands-on experience from practising lawyers with expert insights and perspectives on future developments, offering both practical reality and forward-looking analysis. Panellists will examine how AI tools and data-driven insights are influencing core aspects of legal practice, including workflow design, resource allocation, pricing strategies, and risk management. The session will also explore the growing importance of structured processes and LegalOps principles as a foundation for meaningful technology adoption. Beyond technology, the discussion will focus on people and leadership: what skills, mindsets, and roles will define successful lawyers and firm leaders in the coming years. Special attention will be given to how agile thinking and experimentation with new tools are already changing day-to-day legal work. Finally, the panel will address the evolving lawyer–client relationship in an AI-enabled environment. As clients become more demanding, data-driven, and cost-sensitive, what do they now expect from their advisors—and how can firms adapt to remain relevant and competitive? |
| 13:00 » 14:00 | Lunch |
| 15:00 » 18:00 | Optional activities OPTION 1: Historical Tram Ride through Prague Explore Prague’s architectural gems from the wooden seats of a beautifully restored vintage tram. This private guided journey winds through the city’s most iconic districts, including the Old Town, Lesser Town and Prague Castle area, offering a stylish way to experience the city's major landmarks and providing unique perspectives of the "City of a Hundred Spires", in one seamless, comfortable ride.
Immerse yourself in the story of the world’s first Pilsner beer through an interactive sensory tour that brings the history of Czech brewing to life. Following the tour, you will learn how to master the art of the perfect pour at the Tapster Academy. Under the guidance of expert tapsters, you will learn to draft the three traditional Czech beer styles - hladinka, šnyt, and mlíko. Tasting included!
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| 19:00 | Optional dinner at Červený jelen Housed in the historic bank vault of the Špork Palace, Červený Jelen is a modern premium restaurant that offers a quintessential Czech experience, combining upscale local classics and international cuisine with perfectly poured beer. Address: Hybernská 1034/5, 110 00 Nové Město |
Labour Law Track
Thursday 22 October 2026 | |
| 17:45 | Registrations open at OREA Hotel Andel's Prague
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| 18:00 | Welcome reception at OREA Hotel Andel's Prague
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| 20:00 | Dinner at Manifesto Market Anděl Address: Ostrovského 34, 150 00 Praha 5-Anděl |
Friday 23 October 2026 | |
| 08:30 | Registrations open at OREA Hotel Andel's Prague
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| 09:00 » 09:30 | Opening speech by AIJA President |
| 09:30 » 10:30 | Session 1: The Future of Employment Status: Beyond Binary Classifications This session will explore whether the traditional “employee vs. contractor” divide remains sustainable in the era of platform work, AI collaboration, and portfolio careers. This session will explore how legal regimes are moving beyond binary “employee vs self‑employed” classifications. The discussion will focus on cases refining the “worker” category (control, substitution, integration) as well as new trends related to concept of worker including the platform work regulations. The session will explore what legal innovations or other models have emerged or may emerge in the future. |
| 10:30 » 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 » 12:00 | Session 2: Global mobility and its challenges This session will focus on the key issues employers face navigating remote working. The challenges and opportunities remote working presents, including in relation the extra territorial reach of employment rights, illegal working etc. |
| 12:00 » 13:00 | Session 3: The Global Right to Disconnect: Aspirational Principle or Enforceable Right? A legal analysis of working time boundaries in a “24/7 availability” culture. This session will explore the evolving “right to disconnect” across Europe and beyond: from binding national laws in several EU Member States to softer codes of practice and employer policies. Discussion will address enforceability, intersection with working time, health and safety, data/privacy, and cross‑border team management. The aim of the session is to present practical takeaways include policy design, collective bargaining, technology controls, and compliance monitoring. |
| 13:00 » 14:15 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15 » 15:15 | Session 4: Pay Transparency: The Implications for Employees and the Workplace The EU Pay Transparency Regulations aims to close the gender pay gap by increasing transparency and strengthening enforcement for equal pay. The session will explore how the planned and already implemented regulations should be interpreted to guarantee proper balance between protection of employees and business-wise approach sought by employers. This session will explore how gender pay regulations will operate in practice, the challenges employers are likely to face and the impact on multinationals operating in the EU and other countries. |
| 15:15 » 15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45 » 17:00 | Session 5: Reconciling Freedom of Speech and the Right to Protection from Discrimination This session with explore the tension between freedom of expression and speech and protection from discrimination, particularly in a divided geopolitical climate. In an era marked by polarized public debate and rising geopolitical tensions, societies and institutions increasingly face the challenge of balancing these two fundamental values. The discussion will examine how legal systems, employers, and public institutions navigate this intersection—where the expression of personal beliefs may conflict with efforts to create inclusive and respectful environments. The session will also consider recent case law, policy developments, and practical approaches to managing these issues in both workplace and public discourse contexts. |
| 17:00 » 17:30 | Commissions meetings |
| 20:00 | Dinner and drinks at Mlýnec Address: Novotného lávka 9, 110 00 Staré Město |
Saturday 24 October 2026 | |
| 09:30 | Registrations open at OREA Hotel Andel's Prague
|
| 10:00 » 11:00 | Joint session 1 - FROM BURNOUT TO BALANCE: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE LEGAL CAREER The legal profession is increasingly confronted with burnout, mental pressure, and a growing sense that traditional models of success are no longer sustainable. Long hours, constant availability and an identity built almost exclusively around performance and billable hours leave many lawyers feeling exhausted, disconnected and trapped in careers they never consciously designed. This panel will explore lawyer wellbeing not as a “soft” topic, but as a core element of long-term professional success. Focusing on the transition from burnout to balance, the discussion will address how lawyers can build sustainable legal careers without sacrificing their mental health, personal identity or quality of life. The panel will examine why wellbeing is not only an individual responsibility, but also a strategic issue for law firms and legal organisations, directly affecting performance, retention and client relationships. Attention will be paid to the role of mindset, boundaries, and intentional career choices, as well as to how visibility and personal positioning can reduce pressure rather than intensify it. Drawing on practical experience at the intersection of legal business, personal branding and professional development, the panel will offer concrete insights into redefining success in the legal profession and designing a legal life that works — both for lawyers as individuals and for the institutions they work in. |
| 11:00 » 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 » 13:00 | Joint session 2 - THE LAW FIRM OF THE FUTURE What will a successful law firm look like in the age of artificial intelligence—and who will lead it? This panel explores how legal practice is being reshaped by AI, data, and new ways of working. Moving beyond theory, the discussion focuses on what is already changing inside firms today: from the way legal work is organised, to how decisions are made, how teams collaborate, and how value is delivered to clients. The panel will combine current, hands-on experience from practising lawyers with expert insights and perspectives on future developments, offering both practical reality and forward-looking analysis. Panellists will examine how AI tools and data-driven insights are influencing core aspects of legal practice, including workflow design, resource allocation, pricing strategies, and risk management. The session will also explore the growing importance of structured processes and LegalOps principles as a foundation for meaningful technology adoption. Beyond technology, the discussion will focus on people and leadership: what skills, mindsets, and roles will define successful lawyers and firm leaders in the coming years. Special attention will be given to how agile thinking and experimentation with new tools are already changing day-to-day legal work. Finally, the panel will address the evolving lawyer–client relationship in an AI-enabled environment. As clients become more demanding, data-driven, and cost-sensitive, what do they now expect from their advisors—and how can firms adapt to remain relevant and competitive? |
| 13:00 » 14:00 | Lunch |
| 15:00 » 18:00 | Optional activities OPTION 1: Historical Tram Ride through Prague Explore Prague’s architectural gems from the wooden seats of a beautifully restored vintage tram. This private guided journey winds through the city’s most iconic districts, including the Old Town, Lesser Town and Prague Castle area, offering a stylish way to experience the city's major landmarks and providing unique perspectives of the "City of a Hundred Spires", in one seamless, comfortable ride.
OPTION 2: The Original Beer Experience + Tapster Academy Immerse yourself in the story of the world’s first Pilsner beer through an interactive sensory tour that brings the history of Czech brewing to life. Following the tour, you will learn how to master the art of the perfect pour at the Tapster Academy. Under the guidance of expert tapsters, you will learn to draft the three traditional Czech beer styles - hladinka, šnyt, and mlíko. Tasting included!
|
| 19:00 | Optional dinner at Červený jelen Housed in the historic bank vault of the Špork Palace, Červený Jelen is a modern premium restaurant that offers a quintessential Czech experience, combining upscale local classics and international cuisine with perfectly poured beer. Address: Hybernská 1034/5, 110 00 Nové Město |
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