Joachim Fiedler

Inspiring Inventors: Joachim Fiedler’s magnetic fasteners

On 16 November the 2022 European Inventor Award finalist reveals how an idea born from his life as a cellist became the basis for FIDLOCK

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Distinguished guests at the European Judges Forum 2026 (from left to right): Tilman Quarch (Chief of Staff ); Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier (Incoming President, EPLAW); Willem Hoyng (Chairman of the Advisory Committee, UPC) ; Florence Butin (President of the Court of First Instance, UPC); Klaus Grabinski (President of the Court of Appeal, UPC); António Campinos (President); Rian Kalden (Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeal, UPC); Mark van Gardingen (President, EPLAW) Robin Jacob (President, IPJA); Carl Josef
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