| 9:00-10:00 | Registration – Receipt of conference material |
| 10:00-10:20 | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 10:20-10:40 | Opening Speech: Antonios Vayas, Ph.D., Attorney, former Editor of ‘Epitheorissis Ergatikou Dikaiou’ (1980-1988): Anniversary Speech for the 75 years of the ‘Labour Law Review’ |
| 10:40-14:00 | Morning Session Chair: Antonios Vayas, Ph.D., Attorney, former Editor of ‘Epitheorissis Ergatikou Dikaiou’ |
| 10:40 | Manfred Weiss, Professor Emeritus of Labour and Civil Law, Law School, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main: The future of labour law |
| 11:00 | Ioannis Koukiadis, Professor Emeritus of Labour Law, Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Labour law: from labour protection to employment protection |
| 11:20 | Dimitris Travlos-Tzanetatos, Professor Emeritus of Labour Law, Law School, University of Athens: Labour law: from crisis to mutation – Projection of a dystopian future? |
| 11:40 | Discussion |
| 12:40-13:30 | Coffee break |
| Chair: Angelos Stergiou, Professor of Social Security Law, Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | |
| 13:30 | Melchior Wathelet, First Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union: Social security benefits and citizenship: the end of an automatism |
| 13:55 | Discussion |
| 14:45-17:00 | Afternoon Break |
| 17:00-21:00 |
Afternoon Session Chair: Michail Stathopoulos, Professor Emeritus of Civil Law, Law School, University of Athens - former Minister of Justice |
| 17:00 | Rolf Wank, Professor of Civil, Commercial, Economic and Labour Law, Law School, Ruhr University Bochum: The concept of dependence in labour law: development and comparative law |
| 17:20 | Philippos Doris, Professor Emeritus of Civil Law, Law School, University of Athens: The impact of the constitutional principles of equality and proportionality, by means of the general clause of good faith, on the shaping of labour law through the relevant case-law |
| 17:40 | Dimitris Zografopoulos, Ph.D., Attorney, Legal Auditor at the Hellenic Data Protection Authority: The interdependence of labour law and personal data protection law |
| 18:00 | Discussion |
| 19:00-19:30 | Break |
| Chair: Sofia Koukouli-Spiliotopoulou, Attorney | |
| 19:30 | Evangelos Angelopoulos, Doctoral candidate, LL.M., Attorney: Economic analysis of labour law: a critique |
| 19:50 | Michel Miné, Professor of Labour Law, Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers - Paris: Working time law: current issues |
| 20:10 | Discussion |
| 21:00 | Welcome reception - cocktail |
| 9:15 | Arrival |
| 10:00-14:00 | Morning Session Chair: Panayotis Pikrammenos, Honorary President of the Greek Council of State (Simvoulion tis Epikratias), former Prime Minister |
| 10:00 | Petros Stangos, Professor of EU Law and Jean Monnet Chair, Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Vice-President of the European Committee of Social Rights: The accession of the EU to the ESC and the ECHR |
| 10:20 | Dimosthenis Lentzis, Lecturer of EU Law, Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: On the (non) control by the European Court of Justice of the measures adopted in response to the financial crisis |
| 10:40 | Keith Ewing, Professor of Labour Law, Law School, King’s College London: The European Pillar of Social Rights and Collective Bargaining – Too Little, Too Late? |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |
| Chair: Michail Vilaras, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union | |
| 11:30 | Marie-Ange Moreau, Professor Emeritus of Labour Law,
Law School, University Lyon-2: Decent work and social dumping: EU aberrations |
| 11:50 | Christina Deliyanni-Dimitrakou, Professor of Comparative Law, Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: The justiciability and horizontal invocability of international and supranational legal provisions protecting fundamental social rights |
| 12:10 | Achim Seifert, Professor of Civil, Labour and Comparative Law, Law School, Friedrich Schiller University Jena: Perspectives of European labour law |
| 12:30 | Discussion |
| 14:00-16:30 | Afternoon Break |
| 16:00-20:40 |
Afternoon Session Chair: Gerasimos Fourlanos, Vice-President of the Greek Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) |
| 16:30 | Martin Franzen, Professor of Labour Law, Law School, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich: The impact of EU law on the termination of employment contracts |
| 16:50 | Nikolaos Gavalas, Ph.D., Attorney: The termination of the employment contract in light of the fundamental labour rights: ILO / ESC / ECHR / EUCFR |
| 17:10 | George Theodossis, Lecturer of Labour Law, Law School, Democritus University of Thrace: Termination with cause of the open-ended employment contract |
| 17:30-18:00 | Break |
| Chair: Antonios Roupakiotis, Attorney, former Minister of Justice | |
| 18:00 | Dimitrios Vassiliou, Attorney: The legal consequences of the unlawful dismissal: comparative views |
| 18:20 | Dimitrios Goulas, Ph.D., Attorney: Dismissal due to whistleblowing |
| 18:40 | Nicola Countouris, Professor of Labour Law, Law
School,University College London / Aristea Koukiadaki, Senior Lecturer in Employment Law, Law School, University of Manchester: European labour law as safety net: The case of collective redundancies |
| 19:10 | Discussion |
| 9:00 | Arrival |
| 9:40-11:30 | First Session Chair: Christina Deliyanni-Dimitrakou, Professor of Comparative Law, Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| 9:40 | Ioannis Lixouriotis, Professor Emeritus of Labour Law, Panteion University – ex Editor of ‘Epitheorissis Ergatikou Dikaiou’ (1989-1994): Contractual basis of the employment relationship and collective salary |
| 10:00 | Kostis Bakopoulos, Assistant Professor of Labour Law, Law School, University of Athens: Strike demands and legality concerns |
| 10:20 | Panayotis Bouboucheropoulos, Ph.D., Attorney: Alternative forms of industrial action |
| 10:40 | Discussion |
| 11:30-12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00-14:00 | Second Session Chair: Marie-Ange Moreau, Professor Emeritus of Labour Law, Law School, University Lyon-2 |
| 12:00 | Aris Kazakos, Professor of Labour Law, Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: The ‘old’ and the ‘new’ legal framework for collective agreements and mediation / arbitration |
| 12:20 | Matina Yannakourou, Assistant Professor of Labour Law, Law School, European University of Cyprus: Collective bargaining and representativity |
| 12:40 | Sylvaine Laulom, Professor of Labour Law, Law School, University Lyon-2: Decentralization of collective bargaining: comparative perspectives |
| 13:00 | Discussion – Conclusions – Closing remarks |
| 14:00 | End of Conference |
