Half Year May Conference 2018
Warsaw, Poland
23 May 2018 - 26 May 2018
Corporate governance - current trends and developments
Wednesday 23 May 2018 | |
| 09:00 » 17:00 | Bureau Meeting |
| 15:00 » 18:30 | Registration at Sofitel Warsaw Victoria |
| 19:00 » 21:00 | Welcome Cocktail Reception at Villa Foksal - in partnership with the Warsaw Arbitration & Mediations Days |
Thursday 24 May 2018 | |
| 07:00 » 08:00 | Human Rights Run |
| 08:00 | Registration at Sofitel Warsaw Victoria |
| 09:00 » 09:15 | Welcome & Introduction to the Seminar Wiebe de Vries, AIJA President, Bloom & Tax, The Netherlands Anna Wyrzykowska, WKB, Poland |
| 09:00 » 16:00 | Extended Bureau Meeting |
| 09:15 » 10:30 | Corporate governance today and tomorrow
Anna Wyrzykowska, WKB, Poland Speakers: Andrzej S. Nartowski, Instytut Dyrektorów, Poland Anne Toupenay-Schueller, Jeantet, France José Costa Pinto, Costa Pinto Advogados, Portugal |
| 10:30 » 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 » 12:00 | One size fits (not) all - corporate governance within groups
Stefan Bais, AKD, The Netherlands Speaker: Anna Atanasow, CCC, Poland Marc Hauser, Rittershaus, Germany |
| 12:00 » 13:15 | Corporate governance vs public companies – round 1
Jesper Schönbeck, Vinge, Sweden Speakers: Jolanta Tropaczyńska, Orange, Poland Jennifer Maxwell, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, United Kingdom Hartwig Kienast, Wolf Theiss, Austria Ludomir Biedecki, Noerr, Poland |
| 13:15 » 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 » 15:15 | Corporate governance vs private companies – round 2
Pieter van den Broeck, Monard Law, Belgium Speakers: Adam Leśniak, Raben Group, Poland Michael Pauli, LL.M., Heuking, Kühn, Lüer, Wojtek, Germany Marie Bates, Farrer & Co, United Kingdom |
| 15:15 » 16:15 | No risk no fun – the relevance of corporate responsibility, risk management and compliance procedures
Christian Sauer, Franklin, France Speakers: Tobiasz Adam Kowalczyk, Volkswagen, Poland Giuseppe Scotti, Macchi di Cellere Gangemi, Italy Ülkü Solak, Moroglu Arseven, Turkiye |
| 16:15 » 16:30 | Day Wrap-up |
| 16:30 » 17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00 » 18:30 | Human Rights Session on 'The Independence of the Judiciary' Moderators: Gülsüm Aslan, Loyens & Loeff N.V., The Netherlands Christian Presoly, Attorney at law, Liechtenstein Speakers: Przemysław Tacik, Professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków at the Institute for European Studies which is also covering different projects on Human Rights Mikołaj Pietrzak, Advocate, Dean of the District Bar Council in Warsaw, permanent representative of the Polish Bar at the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) in the Human Rights Commission and Partner at the law firm Pietrzak Sidor & Partners |
| 19:30 » 22:30 | Conference Dinner at the Grand Theatre - National Opera |
| 22:30 » 02:00 | Afterparty at Opera Club |
Friday 25 May 2018 | |
| 08:00 | Registration at Sofitel Warsaw Victoria |
| 09:00 » 10:00 | His master's voice a.k.a. different models of managing corporations
Hugo Teixeira, Abreu Advogados, Portugal Speakers: Maciej Szczepański, OLX Group Poland NASPERS classifieds, Poland Thomas Peter, Bratschi AG, Switzerland |
| 10:00 » 11:00 | How can I help? The role of law firms in corporate governance
Jan Jarmul, Deloitte Legal, Poland Speakers: Anna Grzywinska-Okon, Avon Cosmetics, Poland Lars Raedschelders, Sherpa Law, Belgium Marco Gardino, R&P Legal, Italy Görkem Gökçe, Gökçe Attorneys, Turkiye |
| 11:00 » 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 » 12:45 | The consequences of ignoring corporate governance …
Emanuel Dettwiler, Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland Speakers: Yuriy Nechayev, Avellum, Ukraine Renata Antiquera, David Aniceto, Brasil Alexander Fox, Penningtons Manches, UK |
| 11:30 » 13:00 | Forum of the Commissions Meeting |
| 12:45 » 13:00 | Wrap up |
| 13:00 » 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 » 17:00 | Commissions meetings |
| 17:00 » 18:00 | Law Course Committee Meeting |
| 19:30 | Home hospitality dinner |
Saturday 26 May 2018 | |
| 08:00 | Registration at Sofitel Warsaw Victoria |
| 09:00 » 10:00 | SCILL Commission meeting |
| 10:00 » 11:00 | Membership Forum meeting |
| 11:00 » 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 » 13:00 | EC meeting |
| 15:00 » 18:00 | Optional City Tour |
| 19:30 | Gala Dinner at the Royal Castle/Arkady Kubickiego |
Happy ever after! In-house counsels and lawfirms perspective on how to successfully develop client-attorney relationship
Wednesday 23 May 2018 | |
| 09:00 » 17:00 | Bureau Meeting |
| 15:00 » 18:30 | Registration at Sofitel Warsaw Victoria |
| 19:00 » 21:00 | Welcome Cocktail Reception at Villa Foksal - in partnership with the Warsaw Arbitration & Mediations Days |
Thursday 24 May 2018 | |
| 07:00 » 08:00 | Human Rights Run |
| 08:00 | Registration at Sofitel Warsaw Victoria |
| 09:00 » 09:15 | Welcome & Introduction to the Seminar Katarzyna Kuźma, Partner, Domański Zakrzewski Palinka, Poland Štěpán Holub, Holubova advokati s.r.o., Czech Republic Wiebe de Vries, AIJA President, Bloom & Tax, The Netherlands |
| 09:00 » 16:00 | Extended Bureau Meeting |
| 09:15 » 10:30 | Keynote 1: “How to speak in order to sell better to inhouse counsel – (theory for the 1:1 sessions)” Tamás Lippner, Sell & Speak, Hungary |
| 10:30 » 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 » 12:15 | Keynote 2: “Seven strategies on how to successfully develop inhouse counsel – external lawyer relationship” Itzik Amiel, THE SWITCH®, The Netherlands |
| 12:15 » 13:15 | Panel 1 : Communication as a tool in relationships – the characteristics of the “perfect lawyer”
Katarzyna Kuźma, Partner, Domański Zakrzewski Palinka, Poland Speakers: Szymon Czechowski, Legal Compliance and Public Affairs Director, Celsa Huta Ostrowiec, Poland Vaclav Filip, Legal Team Supervisor, České Radiokomunikace, Czech Republic Krzysztof Horoszko, Corporate Affairs, TOYOTA Motor Manufacturing Poland, Poland Wojciech Kowalewski, General Counsel Poland, Siemens, Poland |
| 13:15 » 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 » 15:15 | Panel 2: Negotiating fees for legal services – clients expectations
Per-Ola Bergqvist, Partner, Foyen, Sweden Speakers: Magdalena Cholewa-Klimek, General Counsel, Mota-Engil Central Europe, Poland Tomasz Dawidowski, Legal Director Poland, Switzerland and Nordics Cluster, GSK Services, Poland Aneta Martišková, Head of Legal Compliance & HR, Glencore Agriculture Czech, Czech Republic Bartosz Powietrzyński, Head of HR / HR Business Partner Sales & Service Europe South-East & MENA, DMG MORI, Germany |
| 15:15 » 16:15 | Panel 3: Personal branding of legal professionals – create your own business case
Martin Imhof, Partner, Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek, Germany Speakers: Chiara Caliandro, Associate, De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani, Italy Elina Girne, Chief Legal Officer, Squalio Group, Latvia Mariusz Kowalski, Chief Marketing Officer / Partner, Magnusson, Poland Karolina Szymczak, Head of Legal Department, FBSerwis (Ferrovial Group), Poland |
| 16:15 » 16:30 | Day Wrap-up |
| 16:30 » 17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00 » 18:30 | Human Rights Session on 'The Independence of the Judiciary' Moderators: Gülsüm Aslan, Loyens & Loeff N.V., The Netherlands Christian Presoly, Attorney at law, Liechtenstein Speakers: Przemysław Tacik, Professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków at the Institute for European Studies which is also covering different projects on Human Rights Mikołaj Pietrzak, Advocate, Dean of the District Bar Council in Warsaw, permanent representative of the Polish Bar at the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) in the Human Rights Commission and Partner at the law firm Pietrzak Sidor & Partners |
| 19:30 » 22:30 | Conference Dinner at the Grand Theatre - National Opera |
| 22:30 » 02:00 | Afterparty at Opera Club |
Friday 25 May 2018 | |
| 08:00 | Registration at Sofitel Warsaw Victoria |
| 09:00 » 11:00 | Improve your skills and professional life with SCILL 2.0: Beauty contest (Part I) Present your law firm after preparation with Itzik Amiel and win a free ticket to AIJA seminar On Friday, 5 pairs of international lawyers will present their law firms and their skills to a broad audience. All pairs will receive personalised advice on the strategy how to present from an inspirational professional speaker and trainer Itzik Amiel. The pairs will be evaluated by independent experienced jury including in-house lawyers. The best presenters will receive a free tickets to annual SCILL Law Practice Seminar in Sofia (28 - 30 June 2018) Personal feedback will be given to all presentators. |
| 11:00 » 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 » 13:00 | Forum of the Commissions Meeting |
| 11:45 » 12:45 | Improve your skills and professional life with SCILL 2.0: Beauty contest (Part 2) Jury: Eoin Cassidy, Mason Hayes & Curran, Ireland Elina Girne, Chief Legal Officer, Squalio Group, Latvia Vaclav Filip, Legal Team Supervisor, České Radiokomunikace, Czech Republic Martin Imhof, Partner, Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek, Germany Štěpán Holub, Holubova advokati s.r.o., Czech Republic |
| 13:00 » 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 » 17:00 | Commissions meetings |
| 17:00 » 18:00 | Law Course Committee Meeting |
| 19:30 | Home hospitality dinner |
Saturday 26 May 2018 | |
| 08:00 | Registration at Sofitel Warsaw Victoria |
| 09:00 » 10:00 | SCILL Commission meeting |
| 10:00 » 11:00 | Membership Forum meeting |
| 11:00 » 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 » 13:00 | EC meeting |
| 12:45 » 13:00 | Wrap up |
| 12:45 » 13:00 | Wrap up |
| 15:00 » 18:00 | Optional City Tour |
| 19:30 | Gala Dinner at the Royal Castle/Arkady Kubickiego |
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