Access to and Reuse of EU Legal Information Conference

Organised by the Publications Office of the European Union

Brussels, Charlemagne building, 21 March 2016

• 9:30 - 10:00Registration and welcome coffee
• 10:00 - 10:30 A guided walk through the exhibition stands showcasing services offered by the Publications Office
• 10:30 - 12:30PLENARY SESSION (room Alcide de Gasperi)
  • Welcome and keynote speech by Tibor Navracsics European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
  • Keynote speech by Martine Reicherts Director-General for Education and Culture, European Commission
  • Legal Data - the UK integrated approach Carol Tullo Director, Information Policy and Services at The National Archives, UK
  • The importance of access to EU Law - The inter-institutional perspectiveReijo KemppinenDirector-General of Communications and Document Management at the European Council and the Council of the European Union
  • Big Open Legal Data: A BOLD Endeavour Dr. Radboud WinkelsDean of PPLE-college (Politics, Psychology, Law & Economics) and Associate Professor in Computer Science and Law at the “Leibniz Center for Law” of the University of Amsterdam
  • LexisNexis – 25 years' experience in reusing EUR-Lex data and adding value to it Denis Berthault Director of Online Content Development, LexisNexis
• 14:00 - 16:45PARALLEL SESSIONS
  • EUR-Lex: access to EU legal information (Room Alcide de Gasperi)
  • Reuse of EU legal data (Room Sicco Mansholt)
  • European Legislation Identifier (ELI) – Facilitating interoperability in the context of legal information (Room Lord Jenkins)
• 16:45 - 17:45Closing remarks and networking cocktail