Monday 29 August
- Keynote speaker: Mr Karl Falkenberg, Director-General of the DG Environment, European Commission
- Prospects for sustainable companies and effective enforcement of environmental laws: rethinking legal concepts, powers and strategies: Professor Jonas Ebbesson, University of Stockholm
- Prepared comment: Dr. Ottavio Quirico, European University Institute
Presentation of papers on the three main debates concerning companies
- The Continuing Role Of Independent Directors On Our Corporate Boards: Professor Blanaid Clarke, University College Dublin
- Prepared comment: Professor Jan Andersson, University of Stockholm
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: Professor David Millon, Washington and Lee University
- Prepared comment: Professor Erika George, The University of Utah
- Can Financial Markets Promote Sustainable Companies?: Professor Benjamin Richardson, The University of British Columbia
- Prepared comment: Professor Ola Mestad, University of Oslo
Tuesday 30 August
Presentation of cross-jurisdictional analysis on the barriers and possibilities for the promotion of sustainable companies
- Barriers and Possibilities for Sustainable Companies in Core Company Law: Professor Beate Sjåfjell, University of Oslo
- Prepared comment: Dr. Andrew Johnston, University of Queensland
- Barriers and possibilities for sustainable companies in accounting rules: a cross-jurisdictional exploration: Professor Charlotte Villiers, University of Bristol
- Prepared comment: Professor Gudula Deipenbrock, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
- Regulation of Groups of Companies: Barriers and Possibilities for Sustainable Companies: Dr. Muzaffer Eroglu, University of Kocaeli
- Prepared comment: Dr. Tineke Lambooy, University of Utrecht