Programme

IALL Annual Course 2018

30 September 2018 – 03 October 2018

(last update 11 September 2018)

Law in Luxembourg – where Local Tradition Meets

European and International Innovation


Sunday, 30 September 2018

Venue: Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law — MPI

12:30 – 13:00     Registration and Welcome coffee & snacks

13:00 – 15:00     Dr Johannes Trabert & Ms Juja Chakarova: Pre-Conference Workshop on Library Innovation & Robot Usage

15:10 – 15:30     Bus shuttles MPI -> BnL

Venue: Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg — BnL

(Social event)

15:30 – 15:45     Registration and Welcome

15:45 – 16:15    1 – Dr Monique Kieffer: Presentation of the Missions and the New Building of the National Library

16:15 – 17:15    2 – Presentation by Prof. Luc Deitz: Manuscripts and Rare Books on the History of Luxembourg

Presentation by Ms Michèle Wallenborn: Arts and Artists books

Alternative Programme: 16:30 – 17:30: Guided Tour “Judicial City” or Guided Tour “Casemates

17:30 – 18:30     Guided Tour of Luxembourg’s Old Quarter (tour starts at BnL and ends at Neumünster Abbey)

Venue: Neumünster Abbey

(Social event)

18:30 – 19:15     Registration and Opening

19:15 – 19:30     Words of Welcome: IALL President and MPI Directors

19:30 – 20:30     Dinner Cocktail


Monday, 01 October 2018

Venue: Chambre des Métiers — CdM

08:30 – 09:30     Registration and Welcome coffee

09:30 – 11:00     1 – Prof. Jörg Gerkrath: Introduction to the Legal System of Luxembourg and its History

2 – Prof. Gilles Cuniberti: Special Features of Luxembourg Law, such as its Sources

11:00 – 11:30     Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00     3 – Annual General Meeting

4 – Presentation Wolters Kluwer

13:00 – 14:15     Lunch break

14:15 – 16:30     5 – Dean Prof. André Prum: Banking Law

Presentation available for download: Prof. André PRÜM_Overview Lux banking sector

6 – Prof. Katerina Pantazatou: Tax Law

7 – Prof. Lorenzo Gradoni: The New Luxembourg Space Resources Act and International Law

16:30 – 17:15     Coffee break

17:15 – 18:00     8 – Me Paul Mousel: The Law Practitioner in Luxembourg

Presentation available for download: Maitre Mousel_The law practitioner in Lux

Venue: Restaurant Chiggeri

(Social event)

19:00 – 20:30     Investor-State LawGuide Reception

with snacks and drinks


Tuesday, 02 October 2018

Venue: Chambre des Métiers — CdM

09:00 – 09:30     Registration and Welcome coffee

09:30 – 11:00     1 – Prof. Burkhard Hess: The Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. 50th Anniversary of the EU Procedural Law

Presentation available for download: Prof. Burkhard Hess_MPI Lux-50th anniversary of the EU procedural law

2 – Dr Stephanie Law: Procedural harmonization by the European Court of Justice in the Field of Consumer Protection

Presentation available for download: Dr Stephanie Law_Procedural harmonization by the ECJ

11:00 – 11:30     Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00     3 – Dr Cristina Mariottini: Privacy in European Cross-border Settings

Presentation available for download: Dr Cristina Mariottini_Privacy in European cross-border settings

4 – Dr Lily Martinet: Traditional Cultural Expressions and International Intellectual Property Law

Presentation available for download: Dr Lily Martinet_Traditional cultural expressions and int’l intellectual property law

13:00 – 14:15   Lunch break

14:15 – 15:30     5 – Prof. Hélène Ruiz Fabri: EiPro-Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law

6 – Dr Martyna Fałkowska-Clarys: The Variable Landscape of International Criminal Justice

Presentation available for download: Dr Martyna Falkowska-Clarys_The invariable landscape of int’l criminal justice

15:30 – 16:00    Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30     7 – Mr Henok Asmelash: The WTO Dispute Settlement System: The “Crown Jewel” in the Fog

Presentation available for download: Henok Asmelash_WTO Dispute Settlement

8 – Mr Edoardo Stoppioni: A critical introduction to international investment arbitration

17:30 – 18:00     Walk to the MPI

(Social event)

18:00 – 19:30     Visit to the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law

Invitation to get more acquainted with the MPI; reception with drinks and snacks

MPI Library tours offered at 18:00, 18:30 and 19:00


Wednesday, 03 October 2018

Venue: Chambre des Métiers — CdM

09:15 – 09:45     Registration and Welcome coffee

09:45 – 11:15     1 – Mr Jeroen Vervliet: What is the European Union, a Union of Citzens and States, a New Constitutional Topos?

2 – Dr Michel Erpelding: From Upper Silesia to Luxembourg? A Forgotten Chapter in the History of European Legal Integration

Presentation available for download: Dr Michel Erpelding_From upper Silesia to Luxembourg

11:15 – 11:45     Coffee break

11:45 – 12:30    3 – Ms Mady Delvaux-Stehres: Robot Law

Presentation available for download: Mady Delvaux-Stehres_Robot law

12:30 – 13:45     Lunch break

13:55 – 14:25     Bus shuttles CdM -> CJEU

Venue: Court of Justice of the European Union — CJEU*

(Social event)

14:20 & 14:40    Security Check CJEU

14:45 – 15:25     Guided Visit of the buildings of the CJEU

15:25 – 16:05     Visit of the Library of the CJEU

16:05 – 16:35     Coffee break

16:35 – 17:25     4 – Ms Eleanor Sharpston: The Role of the CJEU regarding AFSJ (AFSJ = area of freedom, security and justice)

17:25 – 19:00   free time

19:00 – 19:30   Bus shuttles hotel (Ibis, Novotel, Grand Hotel Victor Hugo & Parc Belle-Vue) -> Neumünster

Venue: Neumünster Abbey

(Social event)

19:30 – 22:45     Annual Dinner

22:45 – 23:00   Bus shuttles back to hotels (Ibis, Novotel, Grand Hotel Victor Hugo & Parc Belle-Vue)

* The information and views set out in this annual conference are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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