University of Silesia in Katowice

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE YOUNG FIDE SEMINAR

On the eve of the XXXI FIDE Congress in Katowice, on Wednesday, 28 May 2025, the University of Silesia will host the Young FIDE Seminar.

The Young FIDE Seminar brings together junior EU law scholars, PhD students and practitioners and gives room to discuss the three topics of the main FIDE Congress with the eminent EU law professors and with the peers.

The topics discussed during the XXXI FIDE Congress are:

1. EU Emergency Law
2. EU Digital Economy: general framework (DSA/DMA) and specialised regimes
3. Energy solidarity and energy security – from green transition to the EU crisis management

Formal requirements and deadlines:

• Applications from PhD students, post-doc students, junior researchers and young EU law practitioners which is under five years of professional experience and with an age requirement of under 35 years,
• The scientific board of Young FIDE Seminar will select 9 proposals, three of each of the main topics, which will be presented during the three sessions of Young FIDE Seminar,
• The selection of proposals will be based on abstracts of the presentations of maximum 500 words, drafted in English by 28 February 2025,
• The selected authors will be informed,
• Final papers submission deadline is 15 April 2025,
• Final paper shall not exceed 7.000 words with footnotes.

The accommodation expenses (two nights, 27 and 28 May) for 9 selected speakers at the Young FIDE Seminar in Katowice will be borne by the organizers. Speakers will be responsible for covering their own transportation expenses.

[UPDATE: the deadline for abstract submissions for the Young FIDE Seminar has been extended to 28 February 2025 and the other relevant dates will be adjusted accordingly].

All the submission should be sent to Dr Małgorzata Myl-Chojnacka under the email address: young.fide@us.edu.pl.

Please note that participation in the Young FIDE Seminar does not require registration for the FIDE Congress, schedulded for 29-31 May 2025.

Vice versa, we kindly ask registrants of the XXXI FIDE Congress (29-31 May 2025) who would like to attend also the Young FIDE Seminar to notify us by sending an email to the address specified above.

In attached file you can find FULL FIDE PROGRAM 2025.