Free movement of services - EU law and member states' responses: convergence or conflict?

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Session 1 - Precursors and Perspectives

Chair: Martin Gräs Lind, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark

Pre-Directive Situations. Labour Migration, and the Posted Workers Directive
Tonia Novitz, Professor of Labour Law, University of Bristol, UK
Comment: The Private International Law Dimension:
Filip Dorssemont, Professor of Law, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Commentator:
Mia Rönnmar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Lund, Sweden

Session 2 - National responses

Chair: Jon Erik Dølvik, Head of Research, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, Oslo

Review of National responses: Varieties of implementation:
Mijke Houwerzijl, Associate Professor, Labour Law Department, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Commentators:
Georg Menz, Senior Lecturer, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK; and
Rüdiger Krause, Professor of Labour Law, University of Göttingen, Germany

Monitoring, Control and Enforcement Measures. Public, Private, or Both?
Kerstin Ahlberg, Research Editor, Institute for Social Private Law, University of Stockholm, Sweden

Commentator:
Robert Rebhahn, Professor of Labour Law, University of Vienna, Austria

Session 3 - Developments, Conflicts, and Potentials

Chair: Silvana Sciarra, Professor of Labour Law, University of Florence, Italy

Repercussions of ECJ case law in the 'Laval Quartet', etc. Legal and Industrial Relations Aspects
Jonas Malmberg, Professor of Labour Law, University of Uppsala, Sweden; and
Jon Erik Dølvik, Head of Research, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, Oslo

Commentators:
Jeff Kenner, Professor and Chair in European Law, University of Nottingham, UK; and
Antoine Jacobs, Professor of Labour and Social Law, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands

Round Table: What is left for the Nation State? Do open service markets urge stronger social regulation at EU level or greater autonomy/immunity for the nation-state?

Moderator:
Silvana Sciarra, Professor of Labour Law, University of Florence, Italy

Participants:
Niklas Bruun, Professor of Private Law, University of Helsinki, Finland
Jan Cremers, Guest Researcher, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Filip Dorssemont, Professor of Law, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Sjoerd Feenstra, EU Commision
Antoine Jacobs, Professor of Labour and Social Law, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands
Robert Rebhahn, Professor of Labour Law, University of Vienna, Austria