Conference in Honour of Paul Lagarde

On 26 and 27 September 2024, an international conference in honour of professor Paul Lagarde, on the occasion of his 90th  birthday, will take place in Paris, at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Centre Sorbonne, Liard Auditorium). It will deal with the international sources of private international law, drawing on the major role that Paul Lagarde has played in this respect, both at the global and European level.

Organised by the Institut de recherche juridique de la Sorbonne (IRJS, Paris 1 University) and the Laboratoire de droit des affaires et nouvelles technologies (DANTE, Paris Saclay University), the conference will bring together renowned experts in private international law, who had the great opportunity to work alongside and with Paul Largarde. They are invited to explain and analyse his strong academic influence and the active contribution he made to the development of contempory PIL on a variety of issues.

The conclusions of the conference will be delivered by Paul Lagarde himself.

The list of speakers includes Fabienne Jault-Seseke (Paris Saclay University), Etienne Pataut (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University), Karl Kreuzer (Würzburg University), Catherine Kessedjian (Paris Panthéon Assas University), Hans Van Loon (Hague Conference on Private International Law), Fausto Pocar (Milan University), Karine Parrot (Cergy-Pontoise University), Sabine Corneloup (Cour de cassation & Paris Panthéon Assas University), Hélène Gaudemet-Tallon (Paris Panthéon Assas University), Marc Fallon (UCLouvain), Natalie Joubert (Bourgogne Franche-Comté University), Christian Kohler (Saarland University), Petra Hammje (Nantes University) and Estelle Gallant (Toulouse Capitole University).

The conference will be held in French. The full programme is available here.

Registration is required at https://urlr.me/3qVLR

For information: irjs@univ-paris1.fr