Programme

Preliminary conference programme.
The full programme can be downloaded at the bottom of the page
Tuesday, 10 June 2025

AFTERNOON SESSION ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY 

12:30      Registration

13:00      Conference Opening

13:15      Current global perspectives on corporate governance models (Mariana Pargendler, Harvard Law School)

14:00      Perspectives on EU Corporate Sustainability Regulation (panel discussion)

14:45      Coffee Break

15:00      EU Trade Policy and Sustainability in a Changing Geopolitical Context – Towards a ‘Flexilateral’ Approach? (Harri Kalimo, Brussels School of Governance)

15:20      The Emergence of Corporate Administrative Law (Heikki Marjosola, University of Helsinki)

15:40      Social sustainability reconfiguring the space of EU law (Alezini Loxa, Lund University)

16:00      Afternoon Session Discussant Remarks and Discussion (Mikko Rajavuori, University of Turku)

16:20      Brief Closing Remarks of the Day Conference organizers

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

MORNING SESSION ON CORPORATIONS AND GEOPOLITICS

08:30      Registration

09:00      Opening Remarks – Finland’s security overview (Vesa Virtanen, Chief of Defence Command Finland)

09:15      Corporate Governance in an Era of Geopolitics (Curtis Milhaupt, Stanford University)

10:00      Resilience and Defence – Security Roles of the Private Sector (panel discussion)

10:45      Coffee Break

11:00      Strategic Resilience and Global Value Chains: Towards a Post-Neoliberal World Order (Jaakko Salminen, Lund University) 

11:20      Nordic Investment Screening Law: Looking Back, Thinking Ahead (Mikko Rajavuori, University of Turku)

11:40      Morning Session Discussant Remarks (Harri Kalimo, Brussels School of Governance and Klaus Ilmonen Hanken School of Economics)

12:00      Lunch Break

AFTERNOON SESSION ON MANAGING BUSINESS IN THE NEW POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

13:15      Corporations in Political Turmoil: Challenges and Opportunities (panel discussion)

14:00      Sustainability and Board liability (Timo Kaisanlahti, University of Helsinki)

14:20      Board liability and Criminal Sanctions (Heli Korkka-Knuts, University of Helsinki)

14:40      Discussant Remarks and Discussion (Erik Lidman, Stockholm University)

15:00      Coffee Break

15:20      Corporate Sustainability Risks and Reporting (Shruti Kashyap, Örebro University School of Business)

15:40      Discussant Remarks and Discussion (Jukka Mähönen, University of Helsinki)

16:00      Closing of the Conference 

16:15      Conference Reception

 

File Download

The full program and a list of the speakers can be downloaded here.