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Women in Law Conference 2021

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Speakers

Franz J Heidinger

Secretary General | Justitia Awards

Alix Frank-Thomasser

President | The Women in Law Initiative

Maeve Delargy

Chairperson | Irish Women Lawyers Association; Founder | Lesbian Lawyers Network

Alice Fremuth-Wolf

Secretary-General | VIAC

Lena Rudkowski

Professor of Labour and Employment Law | JLU Gießen

Jasmin Malekpour-Augustin

Organizer | Communicator | Knowledge Broker ... The Women in Law Initiative

Elisabeth Weichselberger-Chlap

Founder & Partner | LegalPartners Rechtsanwaltskanzlei

Birgit Forgo-Feldner

Professor | University of Vienna, School of Law

I. Stephanie Boyce

President | The Law Society

Rupert Wolff

President | Austrian Bar (ÖRAK)

Michaela Gindl

Head | Office for Gender Equality, Donau-Universität Krems (DUK)

Christina Blacklaws

Managing Director | Blacklaws Consulting; former President | Law Society

Mirella Visser

Managing Director | The Centre for Inclusive Leadership

Christine Dietz

Competition Law Lawyer, Partner | Binder Grösswang Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Johannes Passecker

Translational Neuroscientist, Lecturer, Columnist and Neurotech Consultant

Margaret Thornton

Emerita Professor | ANU College of Law; Barrister of the Supreme Court of NSW & the High Court of Australia

Simone Oremovic

Executive VP HR & Communication | RHI Magnesita

Patrick Kainz

Founder, Dual-qualified Attorney at Law | Law and Beyond

Antonia Verna

Partner, M&A Lawyer | Portolano Cavallo

Priyanka Dutta Passecker

Co-founder | Healiva SA; Corporate Sales Director | Bioseutica

Divya Dwivedi

Advocate | Supreme Court of India

Katrina Kaktina

Ambassador | Permanent Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the UN, OSCE and other International Organizations

Agnese Kalnina

Ambassador of Latvia to Hungary

Julie Gottlieb

Business Coach and Consultant | Sherwood Business Consultants

Katja Radlgruber

Karriere & Leadership Coach for Women

Anne-Claire Jamart

Yoga Teacher for Lawyers | Founder of Yoga of Choice

Lizzette Robleto de Howarth

International Programmes Manager | The Law Society of England and Wales

Stefan Perner

Professor | Vienna University of Economics and Business

Ignaz Fuesgen

Managing Director | smartvokat

Rehana Khan Parker

Lawyer | Activist | Entrepreneur

Mark Wojcik

Professor | UIC The John Marshall Law School

Margarete von Galen

President | CCBE (Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe)

Martin Gruber-Risak

Professor | University of Vienna, School of Law

Francine Brogyányi

Managing Partner | Head of Life Sciences DORDA Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Carmen Thornton

Lawyer | Justitia Award Winner 2020

Ann Collier

Business Coach and Consultant | Sherwood Business Consultants

Christiane Müller-Haye

Regional Legal Technology Director Continental Europe | Clifford Chance

Lukas Flener

Partner | Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner Rechtsanwälte (fwp)

Ulrike Schultz

Akad. Oberrätin | FernUniversität in Hagen; RCSL Women and Gender in the Legal Professions

Melanie Carter

Partner | Bates Wells

Rangita de Silva de Alwis

Women's Rights Expert | UPenn, Harvard, Georgetown

Désirée Prantl

Counsel (domestic & international dispute resolution) | Baker McKenzie

Alex Storer

Co-Founder | Diversity Pride

Armenak Utudjian

Vice-President | Austrian Bar (ÖRAK)

Matthew Gimlette

Head of Membership Development | MSI Global Alliance

Leida Matja

Deputy Chair | Albanian Competition Authority

Paula Tavares

Senior Legal and Gender Specialist | The World Bank

Dana Denis-Smith

Founder | First 100 Years; CEO | Obelisk Support

Verica Trstenjak

former Advocate General | ECJ

Gabriele Plickert

Associate Professor and Program Director for Criminology Sociology Department | CalPoly Pomona

J. Jarpa Dawuni, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | Howard University; Founding Director | Center for Women, Gender, & Global Leadership

Elisabeth Weichselberger-Chlap

Founder & Partner | LegalPartners Rechtsanwaltskanzlei

Eva-Maria Ségur-Cabanac

Partner, Head Capital Markets | Baker McKenzie

Almut Bühling

Founding Partner | BSB Intellectual Property Law; Co-Chair International Commission | VdU

MARIE-AIMÉE PEYRON

Vice President | Conseil National des Barreaux

Swethaa Ballakrishnen

Assistant Professor of Law | University of California, Irvine

Marion Guerrero

Legal Researcher | University Lecturer | Associate

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