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.
