This year, the Conference is scheduled for one day online – November 20, 2025.
On-line, free access. Links will be send by e-mail only for registerred participants!
The Event will consist of three around 1-1:15 hrs panels including lectures, followed by discussions or question and answer sessions. We plan fifteen-minute breaks between them.
The draft program below includes presentations that have already been accepted. The order of panels will be announced once the list is completed. Please stay tuned for updates.
🗓 Conference Agenda
| Time (CET) | Session / Activity | Presentation / Topic & Speakers |
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| 10:00 | 🎤 Opening | Opening of the Conference Piotr Marciniak & Tomasz Dorożyński |
| 10:15 – 11:45 | 📚 Session 1 |
Neglect, voice, vote, and lots – trends in membership in chambers of commerce with mandatory membership
Detlef Sack (Prof. Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany) |
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Chambers in Transition: Institutional Renewal and Policy Engagement in Hungary
Péter Krisztián Zachar (Prof. Ludovika – University of Public Service, Hungary) |
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The Failure of the Hybrid Model of Chambers of Commerce in Spain
Iván Medina (Prof. Universidad de Valencia, Spain), Joan Pere Plaza (Prof. ESCI-UPF, Spain), Rosa Nonell (Prof. Universidad de Barcelona, Spain) |
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| 💬 Discussion | ||
| 11:45 – 12:00 | ☕ Coffee Break | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | 📚 Session 2 |
Chambers of Agriculture in Poland and France: A Comparative Study
Katarzyna Walkowiak (Assistant Prof. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) |
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Chambers of commerce as inclusive institutions. Models, challenges and requirements
Piotr Marciniak (Assistant Prof. Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) |
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| 💬 Discussion | ||
| 13:00 – 13:15 | ☕ Coffee Break | |
| 13:15 – 13:45 | 📚Session 3 | UK chambers of commerce: new challenges, old problems Robert J. Bennett (Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge, MA, PhD, FBA, United Kingdom) |
| 13:45 – 14:30 | 📚 Junior Researchers Section |
Chambers of Commerce in the Baltic States, Poland and Belarus. Current status. Comparative study
Jonas Pupius (PhD candidate, Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Lithuania), Piotr Marciniak (Assistant Prof. Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) |
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Function of the system of chambers of commerce in Ukraine and their position in BEO’s ecosystem Agnieszka Stankiewicz (PhD Candidate, Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) |
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Chambers as Co-Regulatory Intermediaries for FinTech SMEs. Translating the EU AI Act and GDPR into Practical Compliance
Ravan Mansurov (Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, Lithuania) |
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| 💬 Discussion | ||
| 14:30 | 📝 Summary | Summary of the 4th Conference Piotr Marciniak, Tomasz Dorożyński & Ivan Medina |