program

27 November Morning - Belvedere Hall

8:15 a.m.   Reception of participants

8:30 a.m.   Welcoming address with Professor Pierre Denise, President of the University of Caen-Normandy

8:45 a.m.   Introductory remarks by Laurence Potvin-Solis, Jean Monnet Chair, Conference Chair

9:00 to 10:45 a.m. • SESSION I
European Union Borders and State Differentiations/Divergences
Presided by Jean-Manuel Larralde
Professor at the University of Caen-Normandy

9:00 a.m.   Christine Guillard, Associate Professor at the University of Tours:
                  The Challenges of Differentiation in Defence Matters: Permanent Structured Cooperation

9:20 a.m.   Aikaterini Angelaki, Associate Professor at the University of Paris-Est Créteil:
                  Borders of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Faced with Differentiation Between Member States

9:40 a.m.   Maria Castillo, Associate Professor at the University of Caen-Normandy:
                  Borders of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice at Odds Against Border Externalisation to Non-EU Countries

10:00 a.m.  Dr. Mutoy Mubiala, Former Official of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of                       the University of Kinshasa (D.R. Congo):
                   Borders of the European Union in the Context of General International Migration Instruments

10:20 a.m.  Debate & Break 

10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. • SESSION II
European Union Borders and Territorial Diversity/Identity
Presided by Fabienne Péraldi-Leneuf
Professor at the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne

10:45 a.m.  José Manuel Sobrino Heredia, Professor at the University of Corona (Spain):
                   The EU in the Face of Separation or Secession of Member State Territories

11:05 a.m.   Laurence Potvin-Solis, Professor at the University of Caen-Normandy:
                    Languages, the Union and Linguistic Borders

11:25 a.m.   Victor Guset, Associate Professor at the University of Rouen-Normandy:
                    National Minorities as Sources of Border Tensions for the European Union?

11:45 a.m.   Barbara Thibault, PhD Student in Public Law at the University of Bordeaux:
                    EU Cohesion and ‘Customisable’ Differentiations of French Overseas Territories

12:05 p.m.   Debate

12:20 p.m.   Cocktail buffet

27 November Afternoon - Belvedere Hall

1:30 to 3:25 p.m. • SESSION III 
European Union Borders and Homogeneity/Effectiveness of Shared Values
Presided by Cécile Rapoport
Professor at the University of Rennes I

1:30 p.m.    Sébastien Adalid, Professor at the University of Le Havre-Normandy:
                   European Progress and EU Stability/Instability

1:50 p.m.    Grégory Godiveau, Associate Professor at the University of Caen-Normandy:
                   Competitive Order and EU Borders

2:10 p.m.    David Poinsignon, Doctor of Public Law, ATER at the University of Caen-Normandy:
                   Pacification and Stability Based on Shared Values Against the Challenge of Enlargements: EU Acquis and Limitations

2:30 p.m.    Lencka Popravka, PhD Student in Public Law, ATER at the University of Grenoble-Alpes :
                   The EU in the Face of Invocation of Internal Ideological Borders Based on Shared Values

2:50 p.m.    Katia Bouslimani, PhD Student in Public Law, IGE at the University of Grenoble-Alpes:
                   The Effectiveness of the External Promotion of Values by the Protection of Personal Data at the Borders of the EU

3:10 p.m.    Debate

3:25 to 5:00 p.m. • SESSION IV
Borders and Stability/Advancements of the EU in the Context of Brexit
Presided by Marianne Dony
Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles

3:25 p.m.   Fabienne Péraldi-Leneuf, Professor at the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne:
                  Establishing Virtual Borders: The Case of Brexit

3:45 p.m.   Chloé Brière, Professor and Post-Doctoral Researcher F.R.S.-F.N.R.S., Center of European Law, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB):
                  Security Challenges of Brexit on Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters  

4:05 p.m.   Julie Rondu, Associate Professor at the University of Strasbourg, Member of the Centre for International and European Studies:
                  Citizenship in the Face of Brexit’s Border Effects

4:25 p.m.    Péran Plouhinec, PhD Student in Public Law at the University of Western Brittany:
                   Brexit’s Effects on the Stability of the Functioning of the European Union

4:45 p.m.    Debate

5:00 p.m.    Closing statement