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Annual Conference 2025
Brussels, Friday 26 and Saturday 27 September 2025
10.25 CPD hours
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:
Thursday 25 September
– Pre-registration and welcome drinks reception at Plein Publiek
Friday 26 September
Morning session
– Talk on Rome II and its implications
– Annual General Meeting
– Panel: Key updates in personal injury law across Europe
– Claims related to medical negligence and gender-based systemic disadvantages
Friday 26 September
Afternoon session
– Panel: Use of AI in personal injury law to promote diversity, equity, and justice
– Update on case law from the Court of Justice of the EU
– The impact of the EU Motor Insurance Directive on newer EU member states
– Discussion: ATE insurance and alternative litigation financing options
– New Lawyers Group update
– PEOPIL Fun Run
Friday evening 26 September
– Drinks reception and dinner-dance at The Hotel.
Saturday 27 September
Morning session
– Panel: Comparative approaches to claims against public bodies
– Claims involving short-term rental and home swap platforms
– Discussion on vulnerable claimants in personal injury cases
Afternoon event
– Tour and lunch at Belgian Beer World
Thursday 25 September 2025
Day 1
9:00 a.m.

Lauren Sutherland KC – PEOPIL Medical Negligence EEG Chair

Les Weisbrod – Miller Weisbrod Olesky Attorneys at Law
- Mark Landon, MD – Columbus, Ohio
- Fabiola Medeiros, MD – Los Angeles, California
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
- Krisa Van Meurs, MD – Palo Alto, California
12:30 – 1:00 p.m.
- Jennifer Lawrence – Covington, KY
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
2:30 – 3:15 p.m.
- Dr. Marian Knight MBE FMedSci – Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health
Honorary Consultant in Public Health
Director, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
Senior Supernumerary Fellow, Exeter College Oxford
3:15 – 4:00 p.m.
4:00 – 4:15 p.m.
- Martin S. Troott, MD, FACS – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
4:15 – 5:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Rebekah Reedy Miller
Reedy Miller + Freeman / Sage Settlement Consulting –
Austin, Texas
Tuesday 2 September 2025
Day 2
9:00 – 9:10 a.m.
- Ana Romero – Peopil President
9:10 – 9:25 a.m.
- Linda Lipsen – Chief Executive Officer America Association for Justice
9:25 – 9:30 a.m.
- Rebekah Reedy Miller – Reedy Miller + Freeman Sage Settlement Consulting, Austin, TX
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
- Robert Blasio – Director of GB Specialty, a division of Gallagher Bassett, Housto, Texas
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
- Mr. Richard Sutton – Bath, England
10:30 – 11:05 a.m.
- Nicholas Theodore, MD – Baltimore, Maryland
11:05 – 11:20 a.m.
11:25 – 11:45 a.m.
- Seth Cardeli – Levin and Perconti – Chicago, Illinois
11:45- 12:30 p.m.
- Dr. Stefano Dangel – Dolce Lauda, Germany
- Ian Denham- Barrister Outer Temple Chambers, England
- Mirella Hartman – Beer advocaten, Netherlands
12:30 – 1:05 p.m.
- Dr. Ram Kasthuri – Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland
1:05 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
- Professor Charles McCollum MB ChB, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), MD BSc(Hons), MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC, MAE –
Vascular Surgery Expert & Chairman of McCollum Consultants, Manchester, England
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.
- Professor Phillip Bennett, Phd Md Frcog Fmedsci
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College London
London, England
4:15 – 4:45 p.m.
- Mr. Vijay Joshi Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Wythenshawe Hospital
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
TBD, United Kingdom
4:45 – 5:15 p.m.
5:15 p.m.