Third FL-EUR Conference - Friday 2 May 2025

Third FL-EUR Conference 'European pathways for supporting and protecting adults: insights and best practices across Europe' - 2 May 2025

On Friday 2 May 2025, FL-EUR - together with the Amsterdam Centre for Family & Law - will organise the conference 'European pathways for supporting and protecting adults: insights and best practices across Europe'.

This conference will explore the latest developments in statutory measures, ex lege measures, and voluntary measures, offering a comparative overview based on the FL-EUR national reports. It will also highlight insights and best practices by examining both the law in the books and its application in practice in pioneering countries.

The conference is of particular interest to academics, legislators, policy makers and other professionals working in the field of adult support and protection.

Registration for the conference is now open and possible via this form.

Early registration fee before 15 March 2025:

  • Regular participants: €120,- 
  • PhD students: €60,-
  • Speakers, FL-EUR members & reporters: free of charge 

Regular fee after 15 March 2025: 

  • Regular participants: €150,-
  • PhD students: €75,- 
  • Speakers, FL-EUR members & reporters: free of charge


PROGRAMME 2 May 2025


9.15 - 9.45 Registration coffee & tea

9.45 - 10.00 Opening 'The FL-EUR project and its first subject: Support and protection of adults'
Prof. Masha Antokolskaia (Chair FL-EUR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL)

10.00 - 12.00 Session I: Statutory measures
Introduction: Comparative overview of statutory measures based on the FL-EUR reports.
Prof. Tim Wuyts, (FL-EUR, University of Hasselt, Belgium)
Best practices in European countries: law in action and law in the books

  • Ireland
  • Norway
  • Germany

Discussion

12.00-12.15 Break: coffee & tea

12.15- 13.00 Session II: Ex- lege measures
Introduction: Comparative overview of Ex- lege measures based on the FL-EUR reports
Prof. Wendy Schrama (FL-EUR, Utrecht University, NL), Dr. Femke de Kievit (Utrecht University, NL)
Best practices in European countries: law in action and law in the books

  • Austria – prof. Marianne Roth (FL-EUR, University of Salzburg) & dr. Ingeborg Mottl (FL-EUR, University of Salzburg)

Discussion

13.00-14.00 lunch

14.00-15.30. Session III: Voluntary measures
Introduction: Continuing Powers of Attorney: Current status and future directions – an overview of the European Landscape measures based on the FL-EUR reports
Prof. Katrine Kjærheim Fredwall (FL-EUR, University of Oslo, Norway), Prof. Jordi Ribot (FL-EUR, University of Girona, Spain), Dr. Rieneke Stelma-Roorda (FL-EUR, Vrije University Amsterdam), Prof. Paula Távora Vítor (FL-EUR, University of Coimbra, Portugal);
Understanding the practical application of CPAs: Insights from empirical research in three European countries

  • Spain – Prof. Jordi Ribot (FL-EUR, University of Girona, Spain)
  • The Netherlands – Dr. Rieneke Stelma-Roorda (FL-EUR, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • Norway – Prof. Katrine Kjærheim Fredwall (FL-EUR, University of Oslo, Norway)

Discussion

15.30-16.00 Break: coffee & tea

16.00-17.45 Session  IV: PHD Research projects using FL-EUR data

  • Fiore Schuthof (PhD candidate Utrecht University, NL)
  • Amber Jans (PhD candidate University of Hasselt, Belgium)
  • Marie-Laure Luykx (PhD candidate University of Hasselt, Belgium)
  • John Ek (PhD candidate Oxford University, UK)

Discussion

18.30 Conference dinner De Veranda