Monday, June 23
Tuesday, June 24
Wednesday, June 25
Thursday, June 26
Friday, June 26
17:00 (CET)
Participants are invited to join an opening reception welcoming attendees to Warsaw.
17:00 (CET)
Participants are invited to join an opening reception welcoming attendees to Warsaw.
Adam Bodnar is the Minister of Justice of Poland, a legal scholar, and human rights advocate. He holds a PhD and habilitation in law, and earned an LLM in comparative constitutional law from Central European University. He served as Poland’s Ombudsman (2015–2021) and is Dean of the Faculty of Law at SWPS University, visiting professor at the University of Cologne, and senior fellow at CEU’s Democracy Institute. He has advised the UN, EU, and co-founded several NGOs. A published author, he is a recipient of the Rafto Prize and WJP’s Rule of Law Award. In 2023, he was elected Senator representing Warsaw’s 44th district and the Polish diaspora.
William Neukom is Co-founder and CEO of the World Justice Project. A retired partner at K&L Gates, he served as Microsoft’s lead lawyer for 25 years managing its legal, government affairs, and philanthropic activities. He retired from Microsoft as its Executive Vice President of law and corporate affairs in 2002. He is former President of the American Bar Association (2007–2008), receiving the ABA Medal in 2020. He was CEO of the San Francisco Giants (2008–2011) and serves on several nonprofit boards. In 1995, he and his four children founded the Neukom Family Foundation, which supports not-for-profit organizations in the fields of education, environment, human services, justice, and public health.
Dr. Alejandro Ponce is Executive Director of the World Justice Project, where he leads global efforts to advance the rule of law through research and strategic initiatives. As Chief Research Officer (2012–2025), he developed the WJP Rule of Law Index and key data products, including justice diagnostics, environmental indicators, and the global justice gap study. He also led WJP’s expansion in Mexico and the EU. A former economist at the World Bank and researcher at Yale, his work on behavioral economics, financial inclusion, and justice has been published in top journals. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.
Justice Madan B. Lokur is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and the first Indian to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Fiji, where he served until January 2025. He currently serves as Chairperson of the United Nations Internal Justice Council and continues his work as an independent arbitrator and legal commentator. As a Supreme Court Judge, Justice Lokur was known for handling key social justice cases, with his Bench becoming widely known as the “Social Justice» Bench. Justice Lokur has been a strong advocate for judicial reform, access to justice, child rights, and environmental protection. He chaired key committees in the Indian judiciary, including the Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee and the E-Committee for court computerization.
