Event Overview

The IP/TMT Commission warmly invites you to put on your most outrageous festive sweater and join us for our annual Ugly Sweater Festive Gathering on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, at 5:00 p.m. CET! 

This virtual celebration promises cozy, cheerful vibes — featuring cookies, drinks, and lots of laughter — as we come together to toast the end of 2025.

✨ New this year: “Cheers & Chapters” – A Toast to 2025 and the Stories That Shape Us 

This year, we’re adding a new twist! “Cheers & Chapters” gives one or two participants the space to share a personal story or reflection that has marked their year.
Give meaning to 2025 by sharing something you’ve always wanted to talk about — to inspire, to teach, or simply to connect.

It could be anything: a life-changing experience, your work-life balance secret, a professional achievement, or the most wonderful coincidence that ever happened to you. Whether it’s related to being a lawyer or not, we can’t wait to hear your story.

This event is free and open to everyone — including pets, family members, and friends — so feel free to bring your loved ones and join us for a heartwarming celebration!

How to Join: Simply click here to join us online.

We look forward to celebrating with you and sharing the warmth of the season!

AIJA Commissions involved
  • Intellectual Property, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications

Fees & General Info

There are currently no registration fees available.

General terms and conditions

By registering you have to accept the general terms and conditions and accept that your registration is considered binding immediately, but participation to the event is possible only after full payment of the registration fee.

Please note that any arrangements related to the participation of the participant in an AIJA event, including but not limited to booking or cancellation of accommodation or flights, as well as respecting the cancellation deadlines indicated in the general terms and conditions, are the sole responsibility of the participant. AIJA shall not be held liable for any expenses the participant may suffer as the result of participant’s failure to comply with his/her obligations.

It is recommended for each participant to purchase a cancellation and travel insurance.

Please note that in-house counsel registrations are subject to review and confirmation by AIJA. AIJA considers in-house counsel professionals who hold a university degree in law allowing access to a bar association and practicing law as an in-house counsel in private, public, or non-profit companies, institutions or organisations. Please note that in-house counsel who are at the same time active as fee-earning lawyers or consultants are not eligible to the discounted in-house counsel fee.

Please read the general terms and conditions applicable for AIJA events.

Scholarships

If you are a lawyer under 35 years old and meet the requirements, apply to our Scholarship Programme for this event. You can check more details here.

Sponsors

Become a sponsor

Partnership with AIJA as a sponsor provides the best networking opportunities in a relaxed business environment.
If you have any questions, contact us on ‘Become a sponsor’ and check for more opportunities.

Become a sponsor More about sponsorship

Personal Protection

The personal data that you communicate to us shall be processed by the International Association Of Young Lawyers (AIJA), with its registered office at Avenue de Tervueren 231, 1150 Brussels, Belgium (Tel: +32 2 347 33 34 - office@aija.com), in accordance with Act No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to data, files and freedoms and Regulation No. 2016/679 on data protection, as of its entry into force on May 25, 2018.

Your data will be managed by AIJA's General Services, Events and Accounts Section:

  • For the purpose of administering your registration for the event and your on-site access to the event;
  • In order to pay for the selected services - your bank details will be deleted after receipt of your payment;
  • In order to communicate information messages from AIJA.

To the extent necessary for the execution of their respective tasks, our subcontractors in charge of our seminar organisation, our IT infrastructure, our management, the production and maintenance of our website and extranet, are likely to gain access to your data from time to time. Their servers are located in the European Union.

Data relating to your participation in the event shall be stored for a period of 10 years. We are obliged to archive billing data until the end of the period required for our tax and accounting obligations, i.e. for 7 full tax years.

We shall store your contact information to keep you informed until you ask us to stop. You have the right to access your data and have it corrected if necessary.