The European Air Law Association (EALA) invites you to its 15^th Liability Seminar which will take place on 21^st - 22^nd May 2026 in Paris.

As usual, we start with a dinner on the evening of Thursday 21st May 2026 and the conference fee includes the dinner.

The programme:

FRIDAY | 22^nd May 2026

• REGISTRATION | 8:45-09:10
  Aéro-Club de France | Paris
• WELCOME ADDRESS | 09:10
  Professor Pablo Mendes de Leon, president of EALA, The Hague
  Gregory Laville de la Plaigne, partner, Clyde & Co, Paris
• EU261 2.0 | LATEST TRENDS, LEGAL SHIFTS AND LITIGATION RISKS
  Moderated by professor Nicolas Balat, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille
• SOCIAL INFLATION – IS EUROPE NEXT? | TRENDS IN PASSENGER AND MONTREAL CLAIMS
  Moderated by professor Vincent Correia, co-director, Centre and Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Montreal
• AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT | LIABILITIES IN A NEW ERA
  Moderated by Niall Buissing, managing director, Lexavia, Amsterdam
• SGHA UNDER PRESSURE | STILL FIT FOR MODERN DISPUTES?
  Moderated by Geoffrey Graham, senior partner, EDGE, Lisbon
• ARBITRATE, LITIGATE OR MEDIATE? | FINDING THE RIGHT FORUM FOR AVIATION DISPUTERS
  Moderated by Gregory Laville de la Plaigne, partner, Clyde & Co, Paris
• ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES | PAY, NEGOTIATE OR LITIGATE?
  Moderated by professor Anna Masutti, University of Bologna | partner, RP Legal & Tax, Milan
• CLOSING REMARKS | 17:30-17:45
• DRINKS RECEPTION | 17:45-19:00

The full programme is available to download here

REGISTRATION FEE

The seminar registration fee (includes attendance of sessions, conference materials, dinner, two cocktail receptions, and luncheon) is:

EUR 590 for members and

EUR 690 for non-members.

The 2026 membership fee is EUR 60 for individuals and EUR 200 for companies/firms.

A reduced fee of EUR 100 is available for a limited number of students

HOTEL

Furthermore, if you prefer to stay at the allocated hotels for the conference, please book your room at your earliest convenience. Reservation details follow below. If not, we kindly refer you to use your preferred hotel search machine.

Hôtel Kleber Paris & Spa

Address: 7 rue de Belloy, 75016 Paris

Telephone: +33 1 47 23 80 22

Classic Room                                                                                 EUR 415

Deluxe Room EUR 465

The EALA price includes breakfast.

Spa access: One hour of private access to our Spa, subject to avail­ability and upon reservation at the reception.

Fitness room: Access is free and unrestricted.

Please book through this link, using the code EALA.

Hôtel Bowmann

Address: 99 Boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris

Telephone: +33 1 40 08 00 10

Room (single occupancy)                                                                    EUR 650

Room (double occupancy)                                                                  EUR 685

The EALA price includes breakfast.

Please contact Laura Lebailly on laura.lebailly@hotelbowmann.com or +33 6 71 10 08 09 and provide the booking code GRPCLYMAY26.

PLEASE REGISTER BELOW

CONTACT
If you have any questions about EALA, please feel free to reach out to PA Sofia Birk Bærenholdt at sbb@gorrissenfederspiel.com, tel. +45 3341 4373 or Morten Hans Jakobsen at mj@gorrissenfederspiel.com, tel. +45 3341 4171.