The Ius Commune Research School is a collaboration between the law faculties of KU Leuven, Maastricht University, Utrecht University, and the University of Amsterdam. Each year, the conference serves as a flagship event in the School’s calendar, bringing together scholars, practitioners, and postgraduate researchers from across Europe and beyond.

The two days will consist of keynote speeches and workshops:
• Thursday 27 November:
Keynote speeches by Hans Micklitz and Michael Faure. 
Workshops:
- Company Law
- Ius Commune in the Making: Meaning in Law
- Family Law
- PhD Workshop: Intellectual Property Law, Innovation and Trade
- Property law
- Generative AI in Legal Education
- EU Value Chain Regulation in a Changing Global Economic Order.

• Friday 28 November: 
Workshops: 
- Intellectual Property, Trade and Sustainability
- Contract Law
- Environmental Law
- Global Legal Order: The United Nations at 80: Can we make it last? (I)
- Competition Law & Internal Market Law (I)
- Effective Judicial Protection in EU Law (I)
Keynote speeches by Bertram Lomfeld and Laura Burgers. 
Workshops:
- Global Legal Order: The United Na­tions at 80: Can we make it last? (II)
- Competition Law & Internal Market Law (II)
- Effective Judicial Protection in EU Law (II)