2025 Vienna Annual Congress

It is with great pleasure that we warmly invite you to our next and 44th Annual Congress from Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 October 2025 in Vienna (Austria) called The City of Dreams!

Vienna, the capital of Austria, is located in the northeastern part of the country, near the borders with Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Nestled along the Danube River and surrounded by the eastern foothills of the Alps, the city enjoys a strategic position at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. This location has historically made Vienna a centre for trade, diplomacy, and cultural exchange.

The timeless city of music and movement, Vienna offers a poetic stage for our 2025 Annual Congress titled “A Waltz Through Insolvency: Lessons from the Past, Steps into the Future.” Renowned as the birthplace of the waltz, Vienna evokes images of graceful turns, precise timing, and elegant transitions, an apt metaphor for the evolving choreography of insolvency law. Just as dancers must learn from each step before confidently moving forward, so must legal systems reflect on past frameworks to design resilient, future-oriented solutions.

The conference’s theme resonates with Vienna’s dual spirit: a reverence for tradition paired with a readiness to lead change. Here, delegates will not only reflect on insolvency regimes past and present, but - much like dancers in a grand Viennese ballroom - will take deliberate, harmonized steps into a more coherent and dynamic future for European insolvency law.

Topics will include:

• Happy 10th Anniversary Recast EIR!
• Between Brick and Debt: Restructuring Strategies for Real Estate Companies in a Downturn
• Shareholders Rights in in Restructuring
• Financiers’ Trends to Watch
• Failure to Prevent
• Valuation in Restructuring
• The growing need for parallel proceedings for European recognition of UK and US restructurings
• Restructuring Game
• AI and Corporate Insolvency Law
• Game of Loans: Liability Management Exercises (LMEs)
• Stigma of Insolvency: From the Perspective of Academia, Neuroscience and Entrerpreneurship
• Harmonisation of EU Restructuring and Insolvency Landscape

Come to Vienna, make the debates and discussions lively!

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Continuing Professional Education 
A number of CPE points and academic hours of professional education will be awarded for attendance at the conference by the local professional associations. Please contact Harriet Taylor after the conference for a certificate of attendance, which you can forward to the relevant organisation as evidence.  

If you have any queries or would like further information, please contact Harriet Taylor

 

Registration Fees	Booking Price
Category	€ Total inc. 20% VAT
Full Member	1,720 + 344.00 VAT = 2,064
Academic Member	860 + 172 VAT = 1,032
Eastern European Member	860 + 172 VAT = 1,032
Young Member	860 + 172 VAT = 1,032
Judicial Member	860 + 172 VAT = 1,032
Financier Member	860 + 172 VAT = 1,032
Non-member	2,075 + 415 VAT = 2,490
Accompanying guest	400 + 80 VAT = 480

Accompanying Guest
Delegates are welcome to bring one accompanying guest per person, but please be aware this does not include access to the technical sessions. Accompanying guests are eligible to attend only the following social events:

- Thursday 9 October: Welcome Drinks Reception and Dinner
- Friday 10 October: Young Members Drinks Reception
- Saturday 11 October: 5km Run
- Saturday 11 October: Lunch 
- Saturday 11 October: Gala Evening 

Cancellation of Attendance

Refunds will not be given for any cancellation received after Friday 18 July although it will be permissible for registrations to be transferred within organisations.

This year our Congress will be held at Hilton Vienna Park, Am Stadtpark 1, 1030, Wien, Austria. Please note bedrooms are now sold out. 

Moments from Vienna's vibrant city centre, the congress venue is located next to the beautiful Stadtpark, just 16 minutes from the airport by train. You can find Hilton's Corporate Responsibility Strategy here. Furthermore, the INSOL Europe Caring for the Environment statement can be found here. 

Make the most of your visit to Vienna and book a local tour, we recommend using GetYourGuide

The draft Technical Programme is available here (subject to change).

Continuing Professional Education 
A number of CPE points and academic hours of professional education will be awarded for attendance at the conference by the local professional associations. Please contact Harriet Taylor after the conference for a certificate of attendance, which you can forward to the relevant organisation as evidence.  

The full programme including social events and additional meetings is shown below.

Date	Start Time	End Time	Session Title
Wed 8 Oct	14:00	17:00	Executive Meeting *invitation only
Wed 8 Oct	18:00	22:00	Council Drinks Reception & Dinner *invitation only
Thur 9 Oct	09:00	12:00	Council Meeting *invitation only
Thur 9 Oct	09:00	17:00	Judicial Wing Meeting *invitation only
Thur 9 Oct	13:00	15:00	Working Group: 2030 Taskforce *invitation only
Thur 9 Oct	15:15	16:15	Working Group: Country Co-ordinators *invitation only
Thur 9 Oct	16:30	17:30	Working Group: Anti-Fraud Forum *please register
Thur 9 Oct	16:30	17:30	Working Group: Financiers Meeting *invitation only
Thur 9 Oct	18:00	18:30	Ordinary General Meeting *members only
Thur 9 Oct	18:30	19:00	Sponsors Drinks Reception *sponsors only
Thur 9 Oct	19:00	23:00	Welcome Drinks Reception & Dinner
Fri 10 Oct	09:00	17:00	Main Plenary Session
Fri 110 Oct	14:00	15:30	Breakout sessions *please register
Fri 10 Oct	18:30	20:30	Young Members Drinks Reception *please register, members <45 years only
Sat 11 Oct	07:30	08:30	5KM Run *please register
Sat 11 Oct	09:30	13:30	Main Plenary Session
Sat 11 Oct	19:00	00:00	Gala Evening: Drinks Reception, Dinner & Dancing *please register

 

Vienna is a very accessible city thanks to its central location in Europe and excellent international connections. Vienna International Airport (18km) offers direct flights from major cities worldwide and efficient transport into the city centre. The city is also a major rail hub, with high-speed trains linking it to neighbouring countries like Germany, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Long-distance buses, well-maintained highways, and visa-free access for many travelers further enhance its accessibility. Whether arriving by plane, train, bus, or car, Vienna is a convenient and well-connected destination for international travel.​

Enjoy a comfortable arrival and departure to and from Vienna Airport with City Airport Train. With rides every 30 minutes, this is the easiest and fastest choice. The train costs €14.90 each way and takes 16 minutes non-stop between the airport and the hotel. Click here to book your train. 

Alternatively, there is a dedicated airport taxi rank immediately outside the arrivals hall, estimated cost of €60.00 each way. 

Sustainable Travel
If you are flying to Austria, we have published some information about how to carbon-offset your flights on our website here.

Travel & Health Insurance 
It is the attendee's responsibility to be adequately insured in case of claims pertaining to travel/accidents for the duration of their visit.  

2025 Vienna Congress Technical Committee

• Matthias Prior, Abel Rechtsanwälte, Austria (Council member & Country Coordinator)
• Christel Dumont, Dentons, Luxembourg (Council member & Country Coordinator)
• Bart Heynickx, ALTIUS, Belgium (Anti-Fraud Forum Co-Chair)
• Nuno Libano Monteiro, PLMJ, Portugal
• Elina Pesonen, Castren & Snellman Attorneys, Finland
• Fedra Valencia, Cuatrecasas, Spain (Council member)
• Alice van der Schee, Van Benthem & Keulen, The Netherlands (President)

Links to the latest programme, delegate list and other documents will be available nearer the time on a dedicated page for delegates, via a QR code published on site.