8 September 2022 (13h-16h CET) This high-level conference, hosted by Ewa Kopacz (Vice President and the European Parliament Coordinator on Children’s Rights) and Didier Reynders (Commissioner for Justice), aims to draw attention to the novelties and important changes introduced by the Brussels IIb Regulation, which enters into application on 1 August 2022, and to provide a forum for an exchange of views with legal practitioners on cross-border family disputes involving children in the European Union. The conference will provide participants with an opportunity to hear from experts in EU family law on the key changes to the Regulation and to engage in a moderated discussion on the topic through a Q & A session. The event will be hosted online with the limited possibility to participate in person in Brussels. Interpretation will be provided in 10 languages (DE, EN, FR, IT, EL, ES, PT, PL, BG, RO). Target Audience: Judges, Lawyers, Mediators, Central Authorities, academics, child protection officials, NGOs and organisations on Children’s rights working on cross-border family cases in EU Member States, Western Balkan and EFTA countries. Participation in this event is free