Setting sails in turbulent times

Malta, Malta

13 June 2024 - 15 June 2024

Setting sails in turbulent times


Thursday 13 June 2024

11:00 Registration desk opens
12:00 » 13:30 Welcome lunch at the University of Malta's Valletta Campus
Address: St Paul Street, Valletta VLT 1216, Malta
13:30 » 14:00 Welcome address by the AIJA Bureau representative and the Organising Committee
14:00 » 15:30 The “unpredictable” law: new rules on the supply chain in European countries and beyond
The Session will deal with the impact of new legal constraints on supply chains recently adopted in the "Euro Zone" and beyond

Moderators:
  • Kierstan L. Carlson, Blank Rome LLP, UNITED STATES
  • Giacomo Pailli, MPM Avvocati, ITALY
Speakers:
  • Christine Dempe, Brödermann Jahn Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, GERMANY
  • Alessandro Paci, RPLT RP, ITALY
  • Bartosz Majerski, Kancelaria Prawna IURIDICA, POLAND
  • Anders Forkman, Advokatfirman Vinge KB, SWEDEN
15:30 » 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 » 17:30 “The rise of cyber risk and AI”: digital services, digitising transport and growing cyber security threats
The Session will deal with the growing digitalisation of the transport industry and the connected cyber security risks

Moderator: Joana Mota Agostinho, Cuatrecasas, PORTUGAL

Speakers:
  • Marco Fehr, Fehr Legal Advice, SWITZERLAND
  • Hari Krishna, Nimble Legal Consulting FZE, DUBAI
  • Jorian Gunst, AKD, THE NETHERLANDS
  • Daria Rutecka, Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH, POLAND
18:30 » 20:00 City tour with snacks and drinks
20:00 Dinner at MUŻA Restaurant
Address : Auberge d’Italie, Valletta, VLT1100, Malta

Friday 14 June 2024

08:30 Registration desk opens
Address: St Paul Street, Valletta VLT 1216 , Malta
09:30 » 11:00 The urgency of (sustainable) money - Financing trade, transport and business models
The Session will analyse financing of the transport industry and its most recent developments

Moderator: Hendrikje Herrmann, Esprit Europe GmbH, GERMANY

Speakers:
  • Filippo Cerboni, Studio Uccelli Montano, ITALY
  • Peter Grima, Fenech & Fenech Advocates, MALTA
  • Lucas Navarro, Watson Farley & Willliams, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Caroline Risiott, Ganado Advocates, MALTA
11:00 » 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 » 13:00 Setting sales and sails in turbulent times - accommodating unpredictable events in supply and transportation contracts
The Session will address the growing and wider impact of unpredictable events on supply and transport contracts and business, the use of risk management as a stragegy to identify and address risks, potential remedies (old and new) to such events and the role of insurance

Moderator: Gustavo Flausino Coelho, Bastilho Coelho Advogados, BRASIL

Speakers:
  • Dorian Gasser, Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte AG, SWITZERLAND
  • Francesco Gasparini, Studio Legale Mordiglia, ITALY
  • Pepijn Hamer, AKD, THE NETHERLANDS
  • Łukasz Chwalczuk, Kancelaria Prawna IURIDICA, POLAND
  • Geraldo Fonseca, Fonseca Vannucci Abreu, BRASIL
13:00 » 14:00 Lunch
14:00 » 15:30 Wind, sun and alternative fuels – New opportunities and challenges in the transport industry and supply economy in wake of Europe's planned energy transition
The Session will address the most recent developments in energy transition in Europe, from legal and practical perspectives

Moderator: Giovanni Patti, Abbatescianni studio legale e tributario, ITALY

Speakers:
  • Nikolai Lubrano, Ganado Advocates, MALTA
  • Stephan Piazza, MALTA
  • Leonora Kamps, Ahlers & Vogel Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB, GERMANY
  • Federico Serra, Studio Legale Serra, ITALY
  • Judith Hasler, Ospelt & Partner Rechtsanwälte AG, LIECHTENSTEIN
15:30 » 15:50 Coffee break
15:50 » 17:20 When the ship has sailed - Enforcing contracts in turbulent times
The Session is intended to offer a wide overview on how unpredicted events are currently managed/negotiated in due course of contracts of transport, and, in case negotiations fails, to share experiences from case-law in mediation/litigation/arbitration and the like; furthermore, the Session might also encompass contributions form the insolvency world, on how the above issues are managed from the insolvency perspective

Moderators:
  • Pierpaolo Vinci, Vinci Studio Legale, ITALY
  • Georgia Pappa, Timagenis Law Firm, GREECE
Speakers:
  • Johan Mielow Eriksen, Hafnia LLP, DENMARK
  • Christian Hochstrasser, ThomannFischer Advokatur und Notariat, SWITZERLAND
  • Frederico Mendes Vianna F. Cardoso, Kincaid Mendes Vianna Advogados, BRASIL
  • Morgane Roussel, Richemont Delviso, FRANCE
  • Julia Glocke, Ehlermann Rindfleisch Gadow, GERMANY
17:20 » 18:00 Commission updates
20:30 Dinner at Medina restaurant
Address: 7, Holy Cross Street, Mdina MDN 1231, Malta

Saturday 15 June 2024

09:30 » 18:00 Day out - sailing on a regatta
Included in the registration fee.
Please be aware that the return time may vary.
20:00 Optional dinner
Not included in the registration fee, payable locally