ObjectiveThis year’s annual conference will thoroughly update legal practitioners on the ongoing State Aid Modernisation and its most hotly debated aspects as well as on the impact of important recent judgments by the CJEU.Key topicsRecent case law on notion of aid, role of national courts, impact of financial crisisState aid modernisation: the way forwardUpdate on the:General Block Exemption RegulationNotice on the Notion of State AidRescuing and Restructuring GuidelinesProjects of common European interestNew Environmental and Energy Guidelines