The Max Planck Institute Luxembourg has been inaugurated
The Institute has been inaugurated on the 8th of May with an Opening Ceremony in the presence of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
The Ceremony began with Opening Remarks addressed by the following authorities:
- Professor Peter Gruss, President of the Max Planck Society
- Ms Martine Hansen, Minister for Higher Education and Research, Luxembourg
- Ms Cornelia Quennet-Thielen, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
- Professor Rolf Tarrach, President of the University of Luxembourg
- Ms Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship (by means of a video message)
After these Opening Remarks, the Institute was presented by Professor Wolfgang Schön, Vice-President of the Max Planck Society, and by the Executive Director of the Institute, Professor Burkhard Hess.
On the eve of the Opening Ceremony, the Institute organized an Opening Symposium on "Dispute Resolution and Law Enforcement in the Financial Crisis", with the participation of Professor Eddy Wymeersch (University of Ghent), Professor David Skeel (University of Pennsylvania), Professor Stefania Bariatti (University of Milan) and Professor Paolo Giudici (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano), as well as Professor Burkhard Hess (Executive Director of the Institute) and Professors Verica Trstenjak and Marco Ventoruzzo (External Scientific Members of the Institute).
Click here for the program of the Opening Ceremony and the Opening Symposium.
Click here to view the speech delivered by Ms Cornelia Quennet-Thielen, State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
A footage of the event is availabe here.
Click here for the photo gallery of the event
