Registrations are now open!
Find an Expert II – Consensus Conference: Registrations are now open!

As a reminder, the tasks assigned to the work packages are as follows:
Work package 2
It focuses on the convergence of national registers of experts. It consists of 3 working groups:
- WP2 – WG1 – Definition of criteria for judicial experts, led by Verena Wirwohl,
- WP2 – WG2 – Definition of criteria for expert listing bodies, led by Rafa Orellana de Castro,
- WP2 – WG3 – Requirements for experts to be registered on the lists, led by Benoit de Clerck and Sascha Dalen Gilhuijs.
Work package 3
It is concerned with the convergence of Member States’ nomenclature of expert specialities. This will define a process for the existence and maintenance of a common nomenclature in the fields of expertise in the European Union. It is led by Jan Wannenmacher and Bertrand Ludes.
Work package 4
It is responsible for creating a demonstration IT tool for six pilot Member States (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Poland, Romania). The aim is to interconnect the national lists and to set up a European search engine for legal experts. Further reflection is underway to ensure the sustainability of the tool and the project. It is led by Pawel Rybicki and Jean-Raymond Lemaire.
The provisional programme:
8H00 => => => => => => => => => => => => Welcome coffee and registration of participants
9H15 => Opening speech by Dr Bernd Scheiff, President of the Cologne Higher Regional Court
9H25 => Speech by Wolfgang Jacobs, lawyer, project leader
9H35 => Presentation and public debates WP2-WG1 – Definition of criteria for judicial experts
10H35 => Presentation and public debates WP2-WG2 – Definition of the criteria to be respected by the bodies in charge of the lists of experts: who are they? and what are their roles?
11H00 => => => => => => => => => => => => Coffee break
11H15 => Continuation of the presentation and public debates WP2-WG2 – Definition of the criteria to be respected by the bodies in charge of the lists of experts: who are they? and what are their roles?
12H15 => => => => => => => => => => => => Lunch
13H30 => Speech by Béatrice Deshayes, lawyer, project manager
13H40 => Presentation and public debates WP2-WG3 – Requirements for experts to be registered on the lists
15H00 => => => => => => => => => => => => Coffee break
15H15 => Presentation and public debates WP3 – Nomenclature Convergence
16H15 => Presentation of the work of the WP4 – IT tool
16H45 => Speeches by:
- Bernhard Floter, Secretary General of EuroExpert, project manager
- President of the jury
17H15 => Closing speech by Jean-Raymond Lemaire, IT Expert, project leader
17H30 => => => => => => => => => => => => End of the conference
>> Languages: Please note that the official languages of the conference will be French and English, and that interpreters will be available to translate all exchanges from one language to another.
Official partners of the Find an Expert II project
Register now
Information
Address: Reichenspergerplatz 1, Cologne, Allemagne
Date: 2 June 2023