Thursday 19 April 2018 | |
18:30 » 20:30 | Registration and welcome reception at the China Club |
20:30 | Optional dinners in groups Not included in the registration fees, payable locally |
Friday 20 April 2018 | |
08:30 » 18:00 | Scientific program at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Focus on current shipping and trade matters, including the One Belt One Road Project and competing trade corridors |
08:30 » 09:15 | Registration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre |
09:15 » 09:30 | Welcome address David Frølich, AIJA Immediate Past President, Lund Elmer Sandager, Denmark |
09:30 » 11:00 | Panel 1: The Belt and Road Project and competing trade corridors – Status, developments and challenges Catherine Smith, Holman Fenwick Willan, Hong Kong, speaking on “An introduction to the One Belt One Road Initiative” Tobias Eckardt, Ahlers & Vogel, Germany, speaking on “Multimodal rail transport under the (unimodal) CIM and national law” Alexander Mednikov, Jurinflot, Russia, speaking on “The Northern Sea Route – New legislative initiatives in Russia” |
11:00 » 11:30 | Tea break |
11:30 » 13:00 | Panel 2: Dispute resolution in shipping and trade – Status and developments in China and other jurisdictions John Xavier Butler, RPC, Hong Kong, speaking on “An update on Hong Kong as a forum for maritime disputes and the admiralty jurisdiction of Hong Kong courts” Elizabeth Sloane, Stephenson Harwood, Hong Kong, speaking on “Hong Kong shipping disputes – options in a distressed market” Kelly Yap, Oon & Bazul, Singapore, speaking on “The interplay between the insolvency and restructuring regime and the shipping and admiralty regime in Singapore” Morten Kierulff, Kromann Reumert, Denmark, speaking on “The new NOMA – The Nordic Offshore and Maritime Arbitration Association” |
13:00 » 14:30 | Lunch at a nearby restaurant |
14:30 » 16:00 | Keynote address - “Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Commercial Disputes along the Belt and Road” Anselmo Trinidad Reyes, professor and former High Court Judge, Hong Kong |
16:00 » 16:30 | Tea break |
16:30 » 17:15 | Keynote address - “Cyber Risk Management in Shipping” Phil Tinsley, Maritime Security Manager at BIMCO, Denmark |
17:15 » 18:30 | Panel 3: Legal issues arising out of digitalisation in shipping and recent cyber attacks Torgeir Willumsen, Simonsen Vogt Wiig, Singapore, speaking on “Digitalisation in shipping from a legal perspective” Camilla Søgaard Hudson, Bech-Bruun, Denmark, speaking on “Cyber risks in shipping – initiatives to avoid another NotPetya” Srefanie Roose, AKD, Netherlands, speaking on “Liability of logistic service providers in relation to cybercrime – the Dutch perspective” |
20:00 | Dinner at Social Place |
Saturday 21 April 2018 | |
16:00 | Optional afternoon programme Trip to Lamma Island including dinner Not included in the registration fees, payable locally |