Opening Ceremony

Marta Cartabia (PhD, European University Institute, 1993) is the Italian Minister of Justice, Professor of Constitutional Law, and President Emeritus of the Italian Constitutional Court. She has taught at numerous Italian universities and has been Visiting Professor in France, Spain, Germany and the United States. She is Co-President of the International Society of Public Law.

Richard Albert is Professor of World Constitutions and Director of Constitutional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published over twenty books on democratic reform and constitutional values, including “Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions (Oxford University Press 2019)“. He is Co-President of the International Society of Public Law, founding director of the International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism, and a former law clerk to the Chief Justice of Canada. Born and raised in Canada, Richard Albert holds law and political science degrees from Yale, Oxford and Harvard.

Katja Meier studied political science, modern and contemporary history and sociology at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, University of Tartu (Estonia) and Westphalian Wilhelm University Münster. Board advisor and policy officer in the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN. Since 2015 member of the Saxon State Parliament and Minister for Justice and Democracy, Europe and Dialogue. She is also a member of the Saxon Women's Council.

Jacek Sutryk, sociologist, lecturer, local government activist, since 2018 Mayor of Wroclaw. In 2004 he was appointed to the Monitoring Committee of the EQUAL Community Initiative. He managed projects co-financed by the European Social Fund and served as a national and European expert on social policy and social assistance. He is Wroclaw resident by birth, which is his love and field of professional activity. His mission is responsible development of urban space and communal services.

Dariusz Adamski is Professor of European Law at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, University of Wrocław, where he heads the Centre for European Economic Law and Governance. His prime area of research is European economic integration in its legal, economic and political dimensions. Vice-Dean for Research of the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics (2016-2020), Vice-Rector for Innovation and Change (2020-2022).