CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CHAIR & VICE CHAIRS

Carolyn Trenda, USA (Chair)

Mitch Frazer, Canada (Vice Chair)

Cathy Smith, USA (Vice Chair)

Elise Laeremans, Belgium (Vice Chair)

STRUCTURE      

IPEBLA’s Seventeenth Biennial Conference taking place in Lisbon, Portugal May 19th to May 22nd, 2019  will be a working conference, giving common and civil law lawyers from different countries the opportunity to discuss current domestic and international issues affecting their practice in pension, executive compensation and related employee benefits fields. Attendees must be lawyers.  In the past, attendees have been lawyers in private practice, in-house counsel, government lawyers and lawyers in teaching or research at a university. This conference provides unique networking opportunities for lawyers practicing or interested in this area of the law. The three days of the conference will consist of plenary sessions and topical workshops of regional and global significance and are designed to encourage delegate participation. 

LANGUAGE   

The language of the conference will be English. All conference papers or presentations should be in English. If a paper or presentation cannot be submitted in English and is submitted in another language, a short summary must be provided in English.

LOCATION

The conference will be held at the Sana LIsboa Hotel located in the heart of Lisbon.

Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo 8, 1069-310 Lisboa, Portugal

Hotel Website: click here

Note: All bookings must be done over the online booking system HERE.

DRESS CODE

Dress code for the conference sessions during the day will be business casual (no ties or jackets necessary).  Dress for evening activities will be casual for the Sunday evening welcome reception and dinner, business casual for Monday night and business formal for the gala dinner on Tuesday evening. 

HOTEL RATES & RESERVATIONS

The hotel accommodation costs at the Sana Lisboa Hotel are not included in the conference or guest registration fees.  IPEBLA has reserved a block of rooms at the hotel from May 19, 2019 - May 22, 2019. Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.  The Sana Lisboa will honour the IPEBLA guest room rate three days prior to the conference and three days following the conference, pending availability. 

For more information on hotel rates & reservations click HERE. 

PAST BIENNIAL CONFERENCES

May 2017	Prague, Czech Republic
May 2015	Brussels, Belgium
May 2013	Rome, Italy
May 2011	Berlin, Germany
May 2009	Athens, Greece
May 2007	Seville, Spain
May 2005	Vienna, Austria
June 2003	San Diego, U.S.A
June 2001	Bordeaux, France
May 1999	Florence, Italy
June 1997	Barcelona, Spain
June 1995	Vancouver, Canada
June 1993	Budapest, Hungary
June 1991	Cascais, Portugal
June 1989	Apeldoom, Netherlands
June 1987	London, England