International Conference on The Rome I Regulation

'THE ROME I REGULATION'
International Conference
(Verona, March 19 and 20, 2009)

Organization: Prof. Stefan Leible (Universität Bayreuth), Prof. Franco Ferrari (Università degli Studi di Verona)

Since it is believed that the proper functioning of the internal market creates a need, in order to improve the predictability of the outcome of litigation, certainty as to the law applicable and the free movement of judgments, for the conflict-of-laws rules in theMember States to designate the same national law irrespective of the country of the court in which an action is brought, it cannot surprise that efforts have beenmade to draft uniform European conflict-of-laws rules in the area of contract law as well. This conference will examine in detail the result to which these efforts have led, namely the Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and the of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I).

Program

Thursday, March 19, 2009
13:00 Registration
14:00 Welcome
14:15 Introduction: Prof. Dr. Franco Ferrari, LL.M. (Augsburg), University of Verona, Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible, University of Bayreuth
14:30 Party Autonomy: Prof. Dr. Helmut Heiss, LL.M. (Chicago), University of Zurich
15:00 Rome I Regulation and Common Frame of Reference: Prof. Dr. Fryderyk Zoll, University of Cracow
15:20 Discussion
15:40 Coffee Break
16:10 Applicable Law in the Absence of Choice: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Magnus, University of Hamburg
16:40 Contracts Concerning Intellectual Property Rights: Prof. Dr. Yuko Nishitani, Hamburg/Cologne
17:00 Financial Instruments: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Matthias Lehmann, LL.M. (Columbia), D.E.A. (Paris I), University of Bayreuth
17:20 Discussion
17:50 Coffee Break
18:10 Contracts of Carriage: Prof. Dr. Peter Arnt Nielsen, LL.M. (Cambridge), Copenhagen Business School
18:40 Insurance Contracts: Prof. Dr. Urs Peter Gruber, University of Halle
19:10 Discussion
19:30 End of first session
20:30 Dinner

Friday, March 20, 2009
09:00 Consumer Contracts: Dr. Francesca Ragno, University of Verona
09:30 Individual Employment Contracts: Prof. Dr. Peter Mankowski, University of Hamburg
10:00 Discussion
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Assignment and Subrogation: Prof. Dr. Francisco Garcimartín Alférez, University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid
11:30 Set-off: Prof. Dr. Michael Hellner, University of Uppsala
12:00 Mandatory Rules and “ordre public”: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Harris, University of Birmingham
12:30 Discussion
13:00 Coffee Break
13:30 The Relationship between the Rome I and the Brussels I Regulation: Prof. Dr. Fausto Pocar, University of Milan
14:00 Closing Remarks from an American Point of View: Prof. George Bermann, Columbia University, School of Law
14:30 End

Venue: The conference will take place at Verona University Faculty of Law, Via Carlo Montanari 9, I-37122 Verona.
Registration fee: The conference is sponsored by Verona University Faculty of Law, Universitätsverein Bayreuth e.V., UniCredit Banca SpA, NCTM Studio Legale Associato. There is no registration fee.
Registration: As space is limited, registration is required. Please register with the attached card via mail or by fax +390458028825. Registration can also be made by sending an email to francesca.ragno@tin.it or online under http://www.leible.info .
Registration deadline: March 9, 2009.

-Program & Information (PDF).