Date: Monday 08 December 2025
Time: 9.00 am - 12.00 pm
Location: Maharry Theatre B125, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin.
Reservations:
There are a limited number of places available to attend this conference in-person. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis:
- In-Person: Book now to secure your place, if you would like to attend this conference in-person, please register on the Microsoft Form here Sustainability: Directors Duties and Responsibilities.
- Online: If you would like to attend online through Zoom, please register here
Programme
| 08.45 - 09.00 | Registration |
| 9.00 - 9.05 am |
Introductory Remarks Professor Blanaid Clarke, McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law, School of Law Trinity College Dublin. |
| 9.05 - 9.30 am |
Ernest Lim, Professor of Law and Vice Dean at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS). |
| 9.30 - 9.50 am | Félix Mezzanotte, Assistant Professor and Director of the MSc Law and Finance Programme, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin. “Double Materiality, Discretion and the Quality of Reports: A Need to Monitor Materiality Determinations?” |
| 9.50 - 10.10 am | Florian Möslein, Professor of Law, Marburg University, Germany "Disclosure of (Sustainability) Strategies and Business Judgement: Sunlight as a Limitation?" |
| 10.10 - 10.30 am | Catherine Malecki, Professor of Law, Rennes 2 University and IUF “Directors' Duties: European and French Perspectives in light of the EU Omnibus Package” |
|
10.30 - 10.50 am |
Coffee Break |
|
10.50 - 11:10 am |
John Quinn, Assistant Professor of Law, Dublin City University “The Future of Due Diligence Duties: Liability, Risk Management or Reflexivity?" |
| 11.10 - 11.50 am | Discussion Panel: Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Directors’ Duties and Responsibilities in the Context of Sustainability Moderator: Professor Blanaid Clarke, McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law, School of Law Trinity College Dublin Evie Clarke, Coordinator of the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights Martina Kelly, Director of Funds, Institute of Bankers Ernest Lim, Professor of Law and Vice Dean at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore Eamon O’Cuiv, Partner, McCann FitzGerald, Dublin Rachel Widdis, Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin and advisor on corporate sustainability |
| 11.50 - 12.00 |
Concluding Remarks Professor Catherine Malecki Rennes 2 University and Institut universitaire de France (IUF) & Professor Anne-Laure Le Nadant, Rennes 2 University and Institut universitaire de France (IUF) |
- The right to substitute lecturers / lectures is reserved.
Organised by:
- Catherine Malecki, Professor of Law, Rennes 2 University and IUF
- Anne-Laure Le Nadant, Rennes 2 University and IUF Le Nadant, Professor of Management, Rennes 2 University
- Blanaid Clarke, McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law, School of Law, TCD
- Félix Mezzanotte, Assistant Professor, School of Law, TCD
The organisers would like to express their gratitude to the Business School, Trinity College Dublin for hosting this event.
Please click here to download extracts of the papers here.
General enquiries or difficulties with the forms should be directed by email to lawevent@tcd.ie or by telephone to 018962772.