We are pleased to present (listed here in alphabetical order) the nominees for the 2026 EEEI Award. The award was presented in the first quarter of 2026….
Michel Cohas
He holds a Doctorate in Science, is a European engineer and an engineer from the Conservatoire national des arts
et métiers (CNAM), and is a graduate of the Institut français du froid industriel (IFFI). He is the author of several books and articles in various specialist journals on thermodynamics, air quality and expert assessment.
He is an expert witness at the Paris Court of Appeal and the Lyon Administrative Court of Appeal, as well as a sworn member of the High Court of Justice of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and an advisor on the Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE).
Michel Cohas has submitted his application for the 2026 EEEI Prize for:
- an article entitled "Expert reports on professional kitchen extractor hoods" published in the June 2022 issue of Revue EXPERTS. It is a scientific and technical feature.
- a book entitled "Thermodynamics of Humid Air: From Polluted Air to Purified Air", published by EDIPA.
Nico Keijser
Nico Keijser is an IT expert. He has been a member of the EEEI since 2012 and served as its vice-president between 2016 and 2023. He is secretary to the board of directors of the Dutch Register of Court Experts (LRGD).
The third edition (2025) of the book *Deskundig in de rechtspraktijk (3rd edition)*, written by Nico Keijser, Jacques Honkoop and Ernst Peter Tamminga, and published by Uitgeverij Paris, has been nominated for the 2026 prize.
This edition incorporates the latest legislative developments in the Netherlands, notably the Act on the Simplification and Modernisation of the Law of Evidence (Wet vereenvoudiging en modernisering bewijsrecht), and provides an up-to-date framework regarding the role of experts in legal proceedings.
Chapter 20, entitled ‘Deskundigen in Europa’, is particularly relevant to the European dimension of the EEEI Award. Included in this third edition, it examines the cross-border perspective of forensic expertise within the European Union and directly supports the objectives of the EEEI.
As Nico Keijser is a member of the EEEI Executive Committee, his nomination for the 2026 EEEI Prize could not be considered by the Scientific Committee (for ethical reasons!).
He has submitted his application for the 2026 EEEI Award for his book entitled “Successful Judicial Expertise in Civil Matters“.
Objectives:
- to raise public awareness of the intricacies of a procedure that is both lengthy and costly,
- to reveal to judges and solicitors the lesser-known aspects of a fundamental element of their professional practice,
- and pass on to the experts the expertise we have built up over a period of 40 years in this field.
Alain Volclair
Alain Volclair, a court-appointed expert and sworn translator and interpreter, is Director of the IEMT (European Institute of Translation Professions – University of Strasbourg).
The paper submitted for the 2026 EEEI Award addresses the issue of using generative AI to translate official documents in the role of a court-appointed translator and interpreter. More specifically, it discusses the challenges involved in translating lawyers’ correspondence from Italian into French.
Prof. Dr. Tatjana Zoroska Kamilovska
Dr Tatjana Zoroska Kamilovska is a full professor of civil procedural law at the University of Sts Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, at the “Iustinianus Primus” Faculty of Law, where she teaches civil procedure, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution and cross-border civil proceedings in the EU. She heads the Department of Civil Procedure and doctoral studies in civil law (substantive and procedural) at the same faculty. She is a member of the University Senate (2023–2026).
He was awarded the 2024 EEEI Prize, jointly with Tea Micevska, for the article *Same Expert Evidence in Multiple Court Proceedings*.
She submitted her application for the 2026 EEEI Award for the article “Party-appointed vs Court-appointed Experts: Considerations in Light of the Macedonian Experience”, published in the edited volume “The Heroes of Judicial Periphery, Court Experts, Court Clerks, and Other Actors in the Shadows” (Hart Publishing – Bloomsbury 2025).
The jury, wishing to refresh the list of candidates from one year to the next, did not consider her application.
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