With centuries of history, Vienna is an international capital and a crossroads of culture and ideas—a city renowned for its triple C’s: coffee, classical music, and cake. Just as music transcends languages and borders, so too does our profession when we connect through our harmonized ideas and values. It is the ideal setting for an inspiring gathering, bringing together a broad spectrum of skilled and like-minded legal professionals from every corner of the world.

The “Academic Quartet”—your dedicated academic coordinators—is “pulling the strings” to orchestrate a programme that truly resonates in Vienna, the “City of Ideas”.
 In the spirit of “Lawyers in Concert”, we draw inspiration from Vienna’s unique legacy, where law, philosophy, and the arts flourished side by side, and breakthroughs often happened through great thinkers at the intersection of disciplines.

Our academic sessions and workshops, crafted in harmony with AIJA’s Commissions and Boards, will hit all the right notes: exploring today’s most pressing topics, setting new standards, and creating space for real exchange. This is more than a programme—it is an open stage.

In true AIJA spirit, it is your opportunity to move from the audience to the ensemble: to share, learn, and grow together.

The congress theme—Lawyers in Concert: Connecting, Creating, and Committing to Service—reflects 3 C’s key pillars of the modern legal profession in this day and age, that are the backbone and rhythm of our congress: