Forum Agenda
10:00 CET – Opening of the Conference
10:10 CET - Opening speech
Prof. Wim Vandekerckhove, BA, PGCert, MA, PhD - University of Greenwich, Convenor of ISO 37002 Whistleblowing management systems, the United Kingdom
New standards in whistleblowing regulation. How far have we come?
First panel – Moderator: Prof. Wojciech Brzozowski, University of Warsaw
10:25 CET – keynote speech
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Dannecker – Heidelberg University, Germany
Integration of whistleblowing into the German legal system
10:40 CET – Prof. Maria Teresa Carinci – University of Milan, Italy
Whistle blowing in Italy and the transposition of Directive (EU) 1937/2019
10:55 CET - doc. JUDr. Peter Varga, Phd and mgr. Veronika Zoričáková, PhD – Trnava University, Slovakia
Whistleblower protection from the perspective of Slovak legislation
11:10 CET – Adam Rommel - Ethics & Compliance Manager for Europe in Fortune 500 company, Adjunct lecturer at faculties of law at the Catholic University of Lille and the CY Paris-Cergy University, France
Whistleblowing systems and protections under French Sapin 2 law and potential changes in light of the EU 2019/1937 Directive
11:25 CET– Beata Baran, PhD - Jagiellonian University, Poland
Polish regulation on whistleblowing and the transposition of the EU 2019/1937 Directive
11:40 CET - Vigjilenca Abazi, PhD, LLM – Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Whistleblowing in the European Union
11:55 CET – Discussion
12:10 – 12:20 CET Home coffee break
Second panel – Moderator: Prof. Marek Bielecki, the War Studies University - TBC
12:20 CET – keynote speech
Prof. Kate Kenny, MBS, PhD – NUI Galway University, Ireland
Effectiveness of whistleblowing systems: a critical approach
12:35 CET – Prof. Regina Redinha and António Gonçalves, LLM student – University of Porto, Portugal
Protection for whistleblowers: a new step in the tension between freedom of speech and duty of loyalty in the employment relationship
12:50 CET - dr hab. Grzegorz Makowski, PhD, Warsaw School of Economics, the Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
Whistleblowing in Poland - between law and ethos
13:05 CET – Marianna Fotaki, MD, PhD, MSc (Econ) - University of Warwick, the United Kingdom
Whistleblowers Counteracting Institutional Corruption in The National Health Service in the United Kingdom
13:20 CET – Howard Whitton - Founding Director of the Ethicos Group, Australia, Visiting Fellow in the University of Canberra; formerly a specialist adviser on Ethics and Corruption-prevention to OECD, UN Ethicos Office, and various UN agencies, Australia
Treating Whistleblowers as business assets: twelve strategies for Leaders and Managers
13:35 CET – Discussion
13:50 – 14:00 CET Home lunch break
Third panel – Moderator: Daniel Książek, PhD - Jagiellonian University, Poland - TBC
14:00 CET – Doc. Tetiana Drakohrust, PhD - West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Legal status and protection of corruption whistleblowers in Ukraine
14:15 CET - Stelios Andreadakis, PhD – Brunel University of London, the United Kingdom
Internal Whistleblowing in the United States after Digital Realty Trust vs Sommers: A Look from the Other Side of the Atlantic
14:30 CET – Bence Udvarhelyi, PhD - University of Miskolc, Hungary
The protection of the financial interests of the European Union by the mean of whistleblowing
14:45 CET - Laura William, PhD, FHEA, and Prof. Wim Vandekerckhove, BA, PGCert, MA, PhD - University of Greenwich, the United Kingdom
Whistleblowing with discrimination at Employment Tribunal in the UK
15:00 CET - Patrik Stonjek, MS - ŠKODA AUTO a.s., Czech Republic
Whistleblower protection or self-investigation
15:15 – 15:30 CET - Dyskusja
15:30 – 15:40 CET – Home coffee break
Fourth Panel – Moderator: Beata Baran, PhD - Jagiellonian University - TBC
15:40 CET – Michał Ożóg, PhD - Jagiellonian University, Univeristy of Bialystok, Poland
Whistleblowing as a moral and legal duty in the history of polish criminal law
15:55 CET – Tomasz Królasik, PhD – University of Warsaw, Poland
Whistleblowing in the Duchy of Warsaw and Kingdom of Poland regarding public and private debt
16:10 CET – Jakob Maziarz, PhD - Jagiellonian University, Poland
Where is the limit for a whistleblower? Responsibility for a false accusation and the public interest in interwar Poland
16:25 CET - Paul Zimmermann, PhD candidate – University of Innsbruck, Austria
Protecting Whistleblowers to Enforce the Law? Studying Problematization(s) within the EU Whistleblower Directive
16:40 CET - Piotr Kłosowski, PhD candidate – Jagiellonian University, Poland
Drafting new legislation on the protection of whistleblowers – the Czech perspective
16:55 CET – Discussion
17:05 CET – Closing remarks