International Department 2017 calendar Date and location Event and contact 20 January Turkish Islamic Finance and Insurance group - Panel discussion London [email protected] 16 February Doing Legal Business in the Nordic-Baltic region. Seminar and reception London [email protected] 24 February European Presidents Conference Vienna, Austria [email protected] 27 February- UK Trade mission to Bishkek 1 March [email protected] Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 16 March UN side event (independence of the legal profession) Geneva, Switzerland [email protected] 20-24 March Commonwealth Lawyers Conference Melbourne, Australia [email protected] 22 March Business Council for Africa Annual Debate London [email protected] 23 March English Law Day Forum Kyiv, Ukraine [email protected] 30 March Roundtable discussion on Brexit Berlin, Germany [email protected] 31 March Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (BRAK) Conference Berlin, Germany [email protected] March Launch of the Rule of Law Portfolio London [email protected] 25-29 April ABA Section of International Law Spring Meeting Washington DC, US [email protected] 10 May Seminar in partnership with the Conseil national des barreaux (CNB) with sessions on Business and Human Rights, Technology, Brexit Paris, France [email protected] 11-12 May British Italian Lawyers Association conference and roundtable discussion on Brexit Rome, Italy [email protected] 17 May Seminar with the human rights lawyer Jorge Molano from Colombia London, UK [email protected] June International Human Rights training for the International Action Team London [email protected] 15-17 June Swiss Lawyers Conference Switzerland [email protected] June British-Brazilian Lawyers' Exchange London [email protected] June English Law Day Almaty, Kazakhstan [email protected] August ABA annual NYC, USA [email protected] August AIJA annual Tokyo, Japan [email protected] 5 September Seminar and reception with lawyers from Wuxi city, China London, UK [email protected] 18-21 September LAWASIA annual conference Tokyo, Japan [email protected] September English Law seminar Tokyo, Japan [email protected] September Seminar on 'Investing in Central and Eastern Europe' London [email protected] October Union International des Avocats (UIA) annual congress Toronto, Canada [email protected] October Conseil national des barreaux (CNB) Annual Conference Bordeaux, France [email protected] October Opening of the Legal Year London [email protected] 8-13 October International Bars Association (IBA) conference Sydney, Australia [email protected] October ABA SIL fall Miami, USA [email protected] 6 November - 1 Commonwealth Professional Fellowship - incoming visit from East Africa December [email protected] London, UK 14 November Second roundtable on Women and the Law London, UK [email protected] 20-24 November English Law Week in Moscow Moscow, Russia [email protected] .