The agenda.
Below: the public themes, marquee sessions and day flow for GLF 2027. The complete session-by-session agenda, including all speaker pairings, panel rosters and roundtable agendas, is released to confirmed delegates ahead of the event.
We've earned this programme. We don't print it.
Since 2018, GLF has spent many hours curating panels, securing keynote speakers and curating the questions that get asked on stage. Here's how we run the programme:
- PUBLICTrack themes, day flow, session titles and marquee sessions.
- DELEGATE-ONLYFull session list with timings, panel rosters, moderator names and roundtable questions.
- ON-SITE ONLYWorking papers, briefing notes and Chatham-House discussions.
How the days flow.
Day one is a common programme for all delegates. Day two runs the three tracks in parallel, joined by shared keynotes, lunch and the closing plenary. Below: a brief outline of core topics from each room. Closed-door sessions run under the Chatham House Rule.
Day One · Tuesday, 11 May
The Common Programme
- Opening keynote: a distinguished address
- The State of the Law 2027
- Doing business across EMEA: the 2027 risk map
- The GC and the firm
- Fireside with a legal leader · drinks reception
Day Two · Track 01 · Flagship
GC & In-House Counsel Forum
- The GC as strategist
- AI governance from the legal seat
- Geopolitics, sanctions and export controls
- The GC and the board
- Closed-door GC roundtables · Chatham House
Day Two · Track 02
Intellectual Property
- Winning (and resisting) a UPC preliminary injunction
- Global FRAND: who sets the world's rate?
- Generative AI and IP
- Cracking the US: Hatch-Waxman and the patent dance
- Into the Gulf and India
Day Two · Track 03
Employment Law
- EU Pay Transparency Directive: one year in
- AI in hiring, management and monitoring
- Restructuring and redundancies across borders
- The great talent redirect
- CIELA masterclass and certification pathway
A selection only: each track runs a full day of sessions, released in full to confirmed delegates.
The full agenda, every panel roster, every moderator, every roundtable question, is released to confirmed delegates ahead of the event.
It's the programme we've been refining since 2018. We protect it now.