Program

  • MOSCOW CONFERENCE

    18-21 September 2012

    “Civil Procedure in Cross-cultural Dialogue: Eurasia Context”

    President Hotel, Bolshaya Yakimanka, 24, Moscow

    FINAL PROGRAM (PDF)

    September 18 

    11.00 – 19.00 Registration (Central Hall)

    14.00-14.30 Guest and participants assebly (Conference Hall)

    14.30 – 16.30 Welcome and Introduction (Conference Hall)

    14.30-14.40 Welcome and Introduction
    14.40-15.00 Loic Cadiet, President of the International Association of Procedural Law
    15.00-15.20 Valeriy Zorkin, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
    15.20-15.40 Vyacheslav Lebedev, Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
    15.40-16.00 Anton Ivanov, Chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation
    16.00 – 16.20 Veniamin Yakovlev, Chairman of the Association of lawyers of Russia
    16.20-16.40 Alexander Golichenkov, Dean of the Moscow State University Law Faculty

    16.30 – 18.00 Key Speeches (Conference Hall)

    16.40-17.20 Prof. Marcel Storme, IAPL Honorary President (Belgium)
    17.20-17.40 Prof. Michael Treushnikov, Moscow State University (Russia)
    17.40-18.00 Prof. Peter Gilles,  Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität (Germany)

     19.00 – 21.00 Welcome Reception (2nd floor, Bolshoy and Maliy Halls)

      September 19

    08.00 – 18.00 Registration (Central Hall)

     9.00 – 12.30 SESSION 1. Dispute Resolution in different Societies: formal and informal procedures (Bolshoy Petrovskiy Hall)

     General Reporter and Moderator – Prof. Oscar Chase, IAPL Vice-President, New York University School of Law (USA)

     9.00 – 9.20 Introduction and General Report

    9.20 – 10.20 National Reports:

    Prof. Vincenzo Varano and Alessandro Simoni, Florence Law School, (Italy) (Italian Perspective)
    Prof. Neil Andrews, Cambridge University, (England) (English Perspective)
    Prof. Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Georgetown Law School, (U.S.A.) (American Perspective)

     10.20 – 11.00 Coffee break (Belyi Hall (2nd floor) and Malyi Petrovskyi Hall)

      11.00 – 12.00 National Reports:

     Prof. Jerome Cohen, New York University School of Law, (U.S.A.) (Chinese Perspective)
    Ass.prof. Natalia Bocharova, Moscow State Lomonosov University, (Russia) (Russian Perspective)
    Prof. Tsisana Shamlikashvili, Center for Mediation and Law, (Russia) (C.I.S. Perspective)
    Prof. K. B. Agrawal, Indian Institute of Comparatve Law (India) (India Perspective)

    12.00 – 12.30 Discussion

    12.30-14.00 Lunch time and Coffee Break Belyi Hall (2nd floor) and Malyi Petrovskyi Hall)

     14.00 – 18.00  SESSION 2. Goals of Civil Justice (Bolshoy Petrovskiy Hall)

    General Reporter and Moderator –  Prof. Alan Uzelac, IAPL Council member, Zagreb University Law Faculty (Croatia) 

     14.00 – 14.20 Introduction and General Report

    14.20 – 16.20  National Reports:

    Prof. Richard Marcus, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco (USA)  (American Perspective)
    Prof. Remco van Rhee, Maastricht University, (Netherlands), (Dutch and French,  Belgian Perspective)
    Prof. Teresa Wambier, Pontifícia Univesidade Católica of São Paulo, (Brazil) , (Brazilian and Latin American  Perspective)
    Prof. Elisabetta Silvestri, University of Pavia, (Italy), (Italian and Southern European Perspective)
    Prof. Fu Yulin, Peking University, (China) ((Chinese Perspective) 
    Prof. David Chan and Prof. Peter Chan, City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), (Chinese Perspective)
    Prof. Inge Lorange Backer, University of Oslo, (Norway), (Scandinavian Perspective)
    Prof. Miklos Kengyel, Andrassy University Budapest (Hungary), (Hungarian and Eastern European Perspective)

     16.20 – 17.00 Coffee break (Belyi Hall (2nd floor) and Malyi Petrovskyi Hall)

     17.00 – 17.30 National Reports:

    Prof. Christian Koller, University of Vienna, (Austria), (Austrian Perspective)
    Ass. Prof. Dmitry Nohrin,  Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, (Russia), (Russian Perspective).

    17.30 – 18.00 Discussion

     September 20

    08.00 – 16.30 Registration (Central Hall)

     9.00 – 12.45    SESSION 3. Civil Procedural Systems: pro and contra (Bolshoy Petrovskiy Hall)

     General Reporter and Moderator – Prof. Dmitry Maleshin, IAPL Council member, Moscow State University (Russia)

     9.00 – 9.20 Introduction and General Report

    9.20 – 10.20    National Reports:

    Prof. Viktoria Harsagi, Pazmany Peter Catholic University (Hungary) (Hungarian Perspective)
    Prof. David Bamford, Flinders University (Australian Perspective) 
    Prof. Margaret Woo, Northeastern University (USA) (Chinese Perspective)
    Prof. Teresa Wambier, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Brazil) (Brazilian Perspective)

     10.20 – 11.00 Coffee break (Belyi Hall (2nd floor) and Malyi Petrovskyi Hall)

     11.00 – 12.15 National Reports:

    Dr. Murat R. Ozsunay, Ozsunay law office, (Turkey), (Turkish Perspective)
    Dr. Serban Vacarelu, Romania (Romanian Perspective)
    Prof. Andre Boraine, Prof. Daniel Van Loggerenberg, University of Pretoria (South Africa), (South African Perspective)
    Prof. Chiara Besso, University of Torino (Italy), Report: The Italian Litigation System: a Civil law system with a touch of a common law (Italian Perspective)
    Prof. Jeffrey Thomas, University of Missouri (USA), (American Perspective)

    12.15 – 12.45 Discussion

    12.30-14.00 Lunch time and Coffee Break Belyi Hall (2nd floor) and Malyi Petrovskyi Hall)

     14.00 – 16.30  SESSION 4. Harmonization of Civil Procedure in Eurasia (Bolshoy Petrovskiy Hall)

    General Reporter and Moderator – Prof. Vladimir Yarkov, Ural State Law Academy (Russia)

     14.00 – 14.20 Introduction and General Report

    14.20 – 16.00 National Reports:

    Prof. Vechiaslav Komarov, National Law Academy of Ukraine (Ukraine), (Ukrainian Perspective)
    Prof. Viktor Blazheev, Moscow State Law Academy (Russia) (Russian Perspective)
    Prof. Zauresh Baimoldina, Kazakh Humanitarian Law University (Kazakhstan) (Kazakh Perspective)
    Prof. Alec Galic, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), (Slovenian Perspective)
    Prof. Azamat Saliev, Kirgiz-Russian Slav University (Kirgizstan), (Kirgiz Perspective)

    16.00 – 16.30 Discussion

    Discussion Panel: 
    Prof. Tatiana Neshataeva, The Court of the Eurasian Economic Community (Russia), The Procedural Rules of  The Court of the Eurasian Economic Community
    Ass. prof. Yuliy Tay, Russian Academy of Justice (Russia), Reform of evidence law in the Russian civil procedure
    18.00 – 21.00    Meeting of the IAPL Presidium and Council, Moscow Commercial Court building (Moscow, Bolshaya Tulskaya, 17) . Departure from the President hotel at 17.00 (Central Hall) (only for the members of the Presidium and Council)

     September 21

    08.00 – 17.00 Registration (Central Hall) 

    9.00 – 13.00     SESSION 5.  Cultural Dimension of Group Litigation (Bolshoy Petrovskiy Hall) 

    General Reporter and Moderator – Prof. Janet Walker, IAPL Presidium member, York University Osgoode Hall Law School (Canada)

     9.00 – 9.20 Introduction and General Report

    9.20 – 10.20    National Reports:

    Prof. Jasminka Kalajdzic, University of Windsor Faculty of Law (Canada), (Canadian Perspective)
    Prof. Rachael Mulheron, Queen Mary University of London Department of Law (England and Wales) (English Perspective)
    Prof. Vicki Waye, University of South Australia Department of Law (Australia), (Australian Perspective)
    Prof. Elisabetta Silvestri, Dipartimento di Studi Giuridici, Pavia  (Italy), (Italian Perspective)
    Dr. Helene van Lith, Erasmus University (Netherlands), (Dutch Perspective)

     10.20 – 11.00 Coffee break (Belyi Hall (2nd floor) and Malyi Petrovskyi Hall)

     11.00 – 12.00 National Reports:

    Prof.  Per Henrik Lindbloom, Uppsala Universitet Faculty of Law (Sweden), (Swedish Perspective)
    Prof. Ada Pellegrini Grinover, Universidade de Sao Paulo (Brazil), (Brazilian Perspective)
    Ass. Prof. Dmitry Tumanov, Moscow State Law Academy (Russia), (Russian Perspective)
    Prof. Stefaan Voet, Institute for Procedural Law Ghent University (Belgium), (Belgium Perspective)

     12.00 – 12.45 Discussion

     Discussion Panel: 
    Prof. Javier Lopez Sanchez, University of Zaragoza (Spain), Group Litigation: evolution from class actions to the collectivization of the actions
    Mr. Dmitry Magonya, Art de Lex Law Firm (Russia), “Prospects of Group Litigation in Russia”.
    Prof. Edward Sherman, Tulane University (USA), “Compensating Victims of Mass Disasters Through the Court System”

     12.45-14.00 Lunch time and Coffee Break Belyi Hall (2nd floor) and Malyi Petrovskyi Hall)

     14.00 – 16.30  SESSION 6. Commercial Arbitration in Eurasia (Bolshoy Petrovskiy Hall)

     General Reporter and Moderator – Mr. Ivan Marisin, Quinn Emanuel Trial Lawyers, Moscow Managing Partner (Russia)

     14.00 – 14.20 Introduction and General Report

     14.20 – 16.00National Reports:

    Prof. Eugeny Sukhanov, Chairman of the Court of Arbitration for Resolution of Economic Disputes at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Russia), (Russian Perspective)
    Prof. Maidan Suleimenov, Chairman of the Kazakh International Arbitration (Kazakhstan), (Kazakh Perspective)
    Prof. Valery Musin, Chairman of the Centre for Dispute Resolution (Arbitration) at the Economic Court for the CIS countries (Russia), (C.I.S. Perspective)

    16.00 – 16.30 Discussion

    Discussion Panel: 
    Andrey Mikonin, S&K Vertical (Russia), Limits of competence of arbitration in Eurasia

    16.30 – 17.00 Conference Closing Remarks

    18.30 – 22.00 Closing Reception and Gala-Dinner (invitation only)  (Moscow, Smolenskaya metro station, Zemledelcheskiy pereulok, 20, Theater of Russian Army named by A.V. Alexandrov). Departure from the President Hotel at 17.30 (Central Hall)

     

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