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Conference Agenda
Day 1: Sunday, June 8, 2025
• 10:00 - 15:00 | Arrival of Delegates & Check-in at Hotel
• 16:00 - 17:00 | Welcome Reception at Hotel
• 19:00 - 22:00 | Informal Buffet
Day 2: Monday, June 9, 2025
• 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration of Participants
• 09:00 – 09:45 Opening Remarks by:
Mr. Sokol Sadushi, President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Albania
Mr. Bajram Begaj, President of the Republic of Albania (TBC)
Mr. Ulsi Manja, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Albania (TBC)
Mr. David Campbell, Senior United States Judge, District of Arizona
• 09:45 - 10: 15 Group Photo & Meet and Greet (coffee break)
• 10:15 - 12:15 | First Session: "Public Confidence in the Judiciary":
◦ Moderator/ speaker: (TBC)
What is the level of public trust for the judiciary in your country, and what factors are influencing that trust?
What steps have your courts taken to increase public trust, and with what results?
What are your courts doing to increase transparency in judicial proceedings and promote exemplary judicial behavior?
What other groups within your country can help increase public trust, and what steps have you taken to enlist their support?
Do you have active programs to increase your citizens’ understanding of the proper role and independence of the courts? How are they working?
What roles do judicial ethics and accountability play in enhancing public trust in your country?
• 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch
• 13:30 - 15:00 | Second Session: “Challenges in ensuring unified interpretation of the law by the Supreme Courts”
• Moderator/ speaker: Danguolė Bublienė, President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania
What role does your Supreme Courts play in harmonizing the law in your country?
How does your country address conflicting judicial precedents? Are such conflicts an automatic basis for appeal or expedited review?
What strategies have you adopted, or could you adopt, to increase legal certainty and predictability?
How well distributed are judicial decisions to ensure more unified interpretation?
• 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break
• 15:30 - 17:00 | Third Session: “The relationship between the domestic and international jurisdiction”
• Moderator/ Speaker: Judge Asim Vokshi (Member of the Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court of Albania)
What impact do international legal frameworks have on your national courts?
How should a Supreme Court balance national sovereignty with international legal obligations?
Can you provide specific examples of international court rulings influencing domestic law in your country?
How do the citizens of your country feel about following international judicial guidance?

• 17:00 - 19:00 | Free time (TBC)
• 19:00 - 22:00 | Official Dinner & Cultural Evening/ Featuring traditional Albanian music and performances

Day 3: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
• 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration of Participants
• 09:00 - 10:30 | Fourth Session: “Upholding Justice through timely adjudication”
• Moderator/Speaker: Judge Sokol Sadushi (President of the Supreme Court of Albania)
How are your courts doing on timely resolution of cases and reduction of backlogs?
What steps have you taken to reduce case backlogs and improve efficiency, and how have they worked? What other steps have you considered?
Does your country use alternative dispute resolution? If so, what specific ADR do you use and how is it working?
What steps have you taken to increase the case management skills of individual judges and to help individual judges resolve their cases timely and efficiently?
Do you have limitations on interlocutory appeals before lower courts render a final decision?

• 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break
• 11:00 - 12:30 | Fifth Session: "Harnessing digital tools for efficient justice”
o Moderator/ Speaker: Judge Miodrag Đorđević – (President of the Supreme Court of Slovenia)
Are you using or planning to use AI in automating your court procedures? If so, how?
What non-AI digital systems are currently used by your judiciary and how are they working?
How are you ensuring cybersecurity and data protection in e-justice systems?
Are you revising evidence rules to deal with “deep fakes” and other AI-generated evidence?
Do you have restrictions on attorney use of AI in preparing submission to the courts?
How can AI be used to increase access to justice by the citizens of your country, especially self-represented litigants?
• 12:30 - 13:00 | Closing remarks
• 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch
• 14:30 - 15:00 | Preparation time
• 15:00 – 18:00 | Social Event - Boat ride to Sazan Island
• 20:00 - 22:00 | Dinner
Day 4: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Departure of Participants