Private International Law: Embracing Diversity Friday24thFebruary2017

08.45 Registration

09.00 WelcomebyMichaelPClancyOBE,DirectorofLawReform,TheLawSocietyofScotland

09.15 Panel1:PrivateInternationalLawandtheChallengesofaGlobalAge

Chair:NeilWalker,UniversityofEdinburgh

• TheProminentPositionofTheHagueConferenceintheCreationofUniversalInstrumentsHansvanLoon,FormerSecretaryoftheHCCH

• TheRoleofPrILintheDevelopmentofIntegratedMarkets:ThePerspectiveoftheCJEUCristianOróMartínez,CourtofJusticeoftheEuropeanUnion

• InternationalJudicialCooperationinSouthAmerica:RegionalPerspectiveandPrognosisNadiadeAraujo,PontificiaUniversidadeCatólicadoRiodeJaneiro

• InternationalJudicialCooperation–TheScottishExperienceNicolaWisdahl,ScottishGovernment

10.30 RoundTableDiscussion

10.45 CoffeeBreak

11.00 Panel2:PrivateInternationalLawandtheManagementofDiversity

Chair:GerryMaher,UniversityofEdinburgh

• PrivateInternationalLawandtheManagementofLegalDiversityVerónicaRuizAbou-Nigm,UniversityofEdinburgh

• DiversityAwarenessandCross-BorderFamilyIssuesRosarioEspinosa,UniversitatdeValencia

• PrivateInternationalLawofSuccessioninEuropeJaneenM.Carruthers,UniversityofGlasgow

• DiversityinApplyingEUPrivateInternationalLawKatarinaTrimmingsandBurcuYüksel,UniversityofAberdeen

12.15 RoundTableDiscussion

12.30 Lunch

13.15 Panel3:SpecialChallengesinIntegratedMarkets

Chair:JoseMariadeDiosMarcer,UniversitatAutonomadeBarcelona

• E-commerceandConsumerProtectioninIntegratedMarketsBeatrizAñoveros,ESADE,Barcelona

• LabourMigrationandPrivateInternationalLawLauraCarballoPiñeiro,UniversidaddeSantiagodeCompostela

• TheDigitalAge,IntegratedMarketsandPrivateInternationalLawLornaGillies,UniversityofStrathclyde

14.15 RoundTableDiscussion

14.30 CoffeeBreak

14.45 Panel4:ExploringWaysForwardChair:VerónicaRuizAbou-Nigm,UniversityofEdinburgh

• LegalDiversity,IntegratedMarketsandtheInternationalisationofLegalEducationin

EuropeSylvainePoillot-Peruzzetto,CourdeCassation,France

• DestroyingtheMythSurroundingtheComplicatedPrivateInternationalLawDiscourseMariaBlancaNoodtTaquela,UniversidaddeBuenosAires

• TheJudgmentsProject:AWayForwardforaLongAwaitedSolutionFabricioBertiniPasquotPolido,UniversidadeFederaldeMinasGerais

• TheEnhancementoftheRoleofInternationalTreatiesinapost-BrexitScenarioKaseyMcCall-Smith,UniversityofEdinburgh

15.45 RoundTableDiscussion

16.00 KeynoteAddress:RalfMichaels

ArthurLarsonProfessorofLaw,DukeUniversitySchoolofLaw

16.45 ClosingRemarks

VeronicaRuizAbou-Nigm,UniversityofEdinburgh