XXXII FIDE Congress Helsinki 2027

About the Congress

FIDE Finland (Eurooppaoikeuden yhdistys ry) is honoured to host the XXXII FIDE Congress, which will take place in Helsinki on 19–22 May 2027. We would like to sincerely welcome all participants and speakers.

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Organisers

• FIDE Finland (Eurooppaoikeuden yhdistys ry), holding the rotating Presidency of FIDE in 2025–2027
• the University of Helsinki

Registration

Registration for the Congress will open in 2026. Please check back for updates.

In the meantime, we remain at your disposal for any inquiries at fide2027@helsinki.fi.

Travel information

How to get to Helsinki?

The easiest way to reach Helsinki is by airplane. The nearest airport is the Helsinki-Vantaa airport, located 20 km from the city centre. Regular bus and train services run from the airport to the city centre. Alternatively, ferry lines from Tallinn, Estonia and Stockholm, Sweden, operate several times a day.

Location of the Congress

The congress will be organized at Scandic Marina Congress Center. Marina Congress Center is located in Katajanokka, less than 2 kilometres from the Helsinki Central Railway Station. You can either enjoy a walk through the city centre or take the tram line 4 or 5, which go directly to Katajanokka. The nearest tram stop is Kauppiaankatu. 

Accommodation:

The participation fee does not cover accommodation expenses. In line with arrangements established during previous editions of the FIDE Congress, participants are kindly requested to arrange their own accommodation.

In Helsinki, you will find a range of hotels situated in the city centre, within a walking distance from the Congress venue itself.

Confirmed speakers

Anu Bradford

Anu Bradford is Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organizations at Columbia Law School. She is also a director for Columbia’s European Legal Studies Center and a Senior Scholar at Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business at Columbia Business School. She is an expert on European Union law, digital regulation, international trade law, and comparative and international antitrust law. Bradford is the author of “The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World” (OUP 2020), which was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Foreign Affairs. Her most recent book “Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology” (OUP 2023) was recognized as one of the best books of 2023 by Financial Times and awarded the 2024 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research.

Martti Koskenniemi

Martti Koskenniemi is Academician of Science (“Tieteen Akateemikko”) and Professor Emeritus of International Law at the University of Helsinki. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has worked as diplomat with the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and was a member of the International Law Commission (UN) in 2002-2006. He has held several visiting professorships across the world. He has taught since 1997 at New York University Law School. He has received honorary doctorates from the universities of Uppsala, McGill, Frankfurt, Tartu, Brussels (VUB) and the European University Institute (EUI, Florence). His main publications include From Apology to Utopia; The Structure of International Legal Argument (1989/2005), The Gentle Civilizer of Nations: The Rise and Fall of International Law 1870-1960 (2001) and To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth: Legal Imagination and International Power 1300-1870 (2021). His most recent book-length publication is a joint work with Professor David Kennedy (Harvard), Of Law and the World. Critical Conversations on Power, History and Political Economy (2023). 

Koen Lenaerts

Koen Lenaerts is the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

He holds a Ph.D. in Law (University of Leuven), a Master’s in Law and a Master’s in Public Administration (Harvard University). He has been a Professor of European Law at the University of Leuven since 1983. Previously, he was a Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges (1984-89) and a lawyer in private practice at the Brussels Bar (1986-89), as well as a Visiting Professor at the Harvard Law School (1989). He was a Judge at the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (now the General Court), from 25 September 1989 to 6 October 2003. He has been a Judge at the Court of Justice since 7 October 2003, serving as Vice-President from 9 October 2012 to 7 October 2015 and as President since 8 October 2015.