Since 2014 the ICON•S Annual Conference has brought the public law community together in a different city and under a different theme. The theme, host, organizing committee and programme or call for papers of every edition are listed below.
PREVIOUS CONFERENCES
2026 CONFERENCE
“Reimagining Public Law for a Fractured World: Technology, Identity & Truth”
Dublin, Ireland (June 29–July 1)
University College Dublin (UCD) Sutherland School of Law
Organizing Committee
- Richard Albert
- Gráinne De Búrca
- Gustavo Buss
- Amanda Byer
- Maria Cahill
- Eoin Carolan
- Marta Cartabia
- Lorenzo Casini
- Sabino Cassese
- Lukas Lev Cervinka
- Bu Chong
- Cathryn Costello
- Ingrid Dantas
- Erin Delaney
- Rosalind Dixon
- Mateo Merchán Duque
- Helena H. Funari
- Ewa Karolina Garbarz
- Seána Glennon
- Claudia Golden
- Michaela Hailbronner
- Ran Hirschl
- Hrishika Jain
- Kevin James
- Rodrigo Kaufmann
- Aileen Kavanagh
- Chen Kuan-Wei
- Benedetta Lobina
- Juan Sebastián López
- Francesco Lucherini
- Candice Maharaj
- Ruth Rubio Marín
- Francisco Javier Moreno
- John O’Dowd
- Stefano Osella
- Elisabeth Perham
- Irene Parra Prieto
- Marianne Poehls Risco
- Mariana Velasco Rivera
- Evan Rosevear
- Amal Sethi
- Sergio Verdugo
- Joseph Weiler
- Adriana Xavier
- Naz Yılancıoğlu
- Hernán Gómez Yuri
- Lucas Zwicker
2025 CONFERENCE
“At the Crossroads of Public Law: Equality, Climate Emergency, and Democracy in the Digital Era”
Brasília, Brazil (July 28–30)
University of Brasília (UnB)
Organizing Committee
- Richard Albert
- Juliano Zaiden Benvindo
- Gráinne De Búrca
- Gustavo Buss
- Marta Cartabia
- Lorenzo Casini
- Sabino Cassese
- Erin Delaney
- Rosalind Dixon
- Ewa Karolina Garbarz
- Claudia Golden
- Juliana Cesario Alvin Gomes
- Michaela Hailbronner
- Ran Hirschl
- Kevin James
- Rodrigo Kaufmann
- Chen Kuan-Wei
- Juan Sebastián López
- Francesco Lucherini
- Ruth Rubio Marín
- Ana Cristina Melo de Pontes Botelho
- Emílio Peluso Neder Meyer
- Mateo Merchán Duque
- Francisco Javier Moreno
- Stefano Osella
- Irene Parra Prieto
- Anna Pirri Valentini
- Marianne Poehls Risco
- Evan Rosevear
- Amal Sethi
- Sergio Verdugo
- Joseph Weiler
- Naz Yılancıoğlu
- Lucas Zwicker
2024 CONFERENCE
“The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence”
Madrid, Spain (July 8–10)
IE Law School
Organizing Committee
- Richard Albert
- Sonsoles Arias
- Gráinne De Búrca
- Gustavo Buss
- Marta Cartabia
- Mariana Canales
- Lorenzo Casini
- Sabino Cassese
- Federica Coppola
- Rosalind Dixon
- François Delerue
- Marie-José Garot
- Claudia Golden
- Michaela Hailbronner
- Ran Hirschl
- Yuliya Kaspiarovich
- Antonios Kouroutakis
- Juan Sebastián López
- Ruth Rubio Marín
- Stefano Osella
- Fernando Pastor
- Irene Parra Prieto
- Anna Pirri Valentini
- Argelia Queralt
- Marianne Poehls Risco
- Evan Rosevear
- Daniel Sarmiento
- Amal Sethi
- Sergio Verdugo
- Joseph Weiler
2023 CONFERENCE
“Islands and Oceans: Public Law in a Plural World”
Wellington, New Zealand (July 3–5)
Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
Organizing Committee
- Richard Albert
- Gráinne De Búrca
- Gustavo Buss
- Marta Cartabia
- Lorenzo Casini
- Sabino Cassese
- Joel Colon-Rios
- Rosalind Dixon
- Michaela Hailbronner
- Ran Hirschl
- Dean Knight
- Marnie Lloyd
- Erik Longo
- Juan Sebastián López
- Alicia Mangana Rios
- Kate McCool
- Stefano Osella
- Irene Parra Prieto
- Marianne Poehls Risco
- Evan Rosevear
- Amal Sethi
- Guy Fiti Sinclair
- Sergio Verdugo
- Etienne Wain
- Joseph Weiler
- Ruiping Ye
- Michelle Zang
2022 CONFERENCE
“Global Problems and Prospects in Public Law”
Wroclaw, Poland (July 4–6)
University of Wroclaw
Organizing Committee
- Dariusz Adamski
- Richard Albert
- Eszter Bodnár
- Gráinne De Búrca
- Marta Cartabia
- Lorenzo Casini
- Sabino Cassese
- Claudia Golden
- Mark Graber
- Michaela Hailbronner
- Ran Hirschl
- David Kosař
- Nico Krisch
- Erik Longo
- Joana Mendes
- Radoslaw Michalski
- Luisa Netto
- Stefano Osella
- Anna Pirri Valentini
- Evan Rosevear
- Sofia Ranchordas
- Amal Sethi
- Anna Śledzińska-Simon
- Diletta Tega
- Sergio Verdugo
- Renáta Uitz
- Joseph Weiler
2021 CONFERENCE
ICON•S Mundo – “The Future of Public Law”
(July 6–9)
Organizing Committee
- Richard Albert
- Gráinne de Búrca
- Felicia Caponigri
- Marta Cartabia
- Sabino Cassese
- Claudia Golden
- Michaela Hailbronner
- Ran Hirschl
- Erik Longo
- Luisa Netto
- Phoebe Okowa
- Anna Pirri
- Stefano Osella
- Evan Rosevear
- Ruth Rubio-Marin
- Maja Sahadzic
- Mariana Velasco Rivera
- Sergio Verdugo
- Joseph Weiler
- Fred Felix Zaumseil
2019 CONFERENCE
“Public Law in Times of Change?”
Santiago de Chile, Chile (July 1–3)
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Organizing Committee
- Richard Albert
- Gráinne de Búrca
- Mariana Canales
- Claudia Golden
- Ran Hirschl
- David Landau
- Ruth Rubio Marin
- Francisco Urbina
- Cristián Valenzuela
- Sergio Verdugo
- Joseph Weiler
- Fred Felix Zaumseil
2018 CONFERENCE
“Identity, Security, Democracy: Challenges for Public Law”
Hong Kong (June 25–27)
Organizing Committee
- Gráinne de Búrca
- Ran Hirschl
- Richard Albert
- Lorenzo Casini
- Cora Chan
- Albert Chen
- Rosalind Dixon
- Claudia Golden
- Kelley Loper
- Joseph Weiler
- Simon Young
2017 CONFERENCE
“Courts, Power, Public Law”
Copenhagen, Denmark (July 5–7)
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law, and iCourts
Organizing Committee
- Lorenzo Casini
- Rosalind Dixon
- Nico Krisch
- Mikael Madsen
- Phoebe Okowa
- Joseph H.H. Weiler
2016 CONFERENCE
“Borders, Otherness and Public Law”
Berlin, Germany (June 17–19)
Humboldt University
Organizing Committee
- Richard Albert
- Lorenzo Casini
- Sabino Cassese
- Moshe Cohen-Eliya
- Rosalind Dixon
- Mattias Kumm
- Matthias Ruffert
- Hélène Ruiz Fabri
- Joseph H.H. Weiler
2015 CONFERENCE
“Public Law in an Uncertain World”
New York, United States (July 1–3)
New York University School of Law
Organizing Committee
- Richard Albert
- Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
- Lorenzo Casini
- Moshe Cohen-Eliya
- Gráinne De Búrca
- Ran Hirschl
- Nico Krisch
- Hélène Ruiz Fabri
- Armin von Bogdandy
2014 CONFERENCE
“Rethinking the Boundaries of Public Law and Public Space”
Florence, Italy (June 26–28)
Jointly organized by the European University Institute, the New York University School of Law and the University of Florence.
