European Society of Construction Law Annual Conference & Workshop 2025
Construction Projects and the Cultural Context
26 September 2025 — Villa Doria D’Angri, Parthenope University, Naples, Italy
About the conference
Hosted by the Italian Society of Construction Law at Villa Doria D’Angri, the annual conference of the European Society of Construction Law asked how cultural context shapes the way construction projects are contracted, performed and disputed. Four sessions brought together speakers from across Europe and beyond on the rights of the weaker contracting party in civil and common law systems, monument protection and climate change, renewable energy plants in sensitive settings, the FIDIC Carbon Management Guidance, delay as a cultural obsession, the role of the FIDIC Engineer across legal traditions, dispute boards in culturally sensitive cities, and dispute avoidance and resolution in a cultural context. The conference was followed on 27 September by a workshop on cultural aspects in the use of ADR in construction disputes, and by the General Assembly of the presidents of the national societies.
Among the members of the Society of Construction Law Romania attending the conference, Ovidiu Ioan Dumitru and Laura-Cristiana Spătaru-Negură took part as speakers in its proceedings, presenting the paper Romania between the restoration of historical monuments and the need to adopt the cultural heritage code in the session dedicated to construction projects and cultural heritage.
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