13 MAY 2026 | 10:30 am – 5:00 pm
Room 301
10:30 – 11:00 am
Registration of participants
11:00 – 12:15 am
Institutional Welcoming
Pietro Sirena Bocconi School of Law
Does the Church of European Legal Integration Need a Reformation?Yes!
Joseph H.H. Weiler New York University
Chair: Marta Cartabia Bocconi University
12:15 am – 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
Room U02 and U03 lab
2:00 – 3:30 pm
PANEL 1 – The Protection of the Common European Values: the EU perspective
Ana Bobić Hertie School of Government
Matteo Bonelli Maastricht University
Dimitrios Spieker Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public and International Law / Humboldt University
Chair: Eleanor Spaventa Bocconi University
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Coffee Break
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Strategic Litigation and EU Values: A Troubled Relation in a Rush to Save Democracy
Daniel Sarmiento Complutense University Madrid
Chair: Graziella Romeo Bocconi University
14 MAY 2026 | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Room U02 and U03 lab
9:00 – 11:00 am
PANEL 2 – Protecting European Democracies: Domestic Perspectives
Mariano Croce University of Rome La Sapienza
Markus Ogorek Köln University
Eleonora Bottini Sciences Po Paris
Bianca Selejan-Gutan Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Barbara Grabowska-Moroz Central European University
Chair: Davide Paris Bocconi University
11:00 – 11:30 am
Coffee Break
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
PANEL 3 – European Defence: Where Are We?
Catherine Hoeffler University of Geneva
Christopher Thornhill University of Birmingham
Arianna Vedaschi Bocconi University
Alberto Miglio University of Torino
Chair: Rosalba Famà and Umberto Lattanzi Bocconi University
Concluding Remarks
ONLINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED