| Wednesday, July 21 | |
| 6.00-8.00 pm | Cocktail reception in Massey College Quadrangle |
| Thursday, July 22 | |
| 8.45-9.15 | Registration |
| 9.15-9.45 | Welcome Organisers, Academy President |
| 9.45-10.45 | International Trade (1) Jane Winn, New Forms of Soft Law for Global Commerce Jan Ramberg, INCOTERMS 2011 - Why and How Susan Block-Lieb, Rules, Standards and Policy Statements: UNCITRAL's Formal Strategies for Resolving Dissensus and Promulgating Global Commercial Law Moderator: Jurgen Basedow |
| 10.45-11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00- 12.00 | International Trade (2) Hal Burman, The Role of Commercial Law in the Modern Development of Treaties and Relations Between States Louis Del Duca, Norbert Reich and Albert Kritzer, A Fresh Look At 21st Century Global Harmonization of Consumer Law Ingeborg Schwenzer, Global Sales Law - Theory and Practice Moderator: Jurgen Basedow |
| 12.00-1.00 | Lunch |
| 1.00-2.00 | Corporate law (1) Kofi Date-Bah, Reforming Company Law in Ghana Patrick Osode, Reforming South African Corporate Governance Rules for the Post-Enron World: Sensible Legislative Effort or Exercise in Futility? Shalom Lerner, Floating Charges on the Assets of an Individual Moderator: Ron Cuming |
| 2.00-2.05 | Short break |
| 2.05-3.05 | Corporate law (2) Raul Etcheverry, Corporate Business: Analysis and Confrontation Between the New Colombian Corporation Law and the Argentinian Consorcio de Cooperacion Francisco Reyes, Modernizing Latin American Company Law:
Creating an All-Purpose Vehicle for Closely Held Business Entities Caslav Pejovic, Japanese Corporate Governance: Behind Legal Norms Moderator: Ron Cuming |
| 3.05-3.20 | Coffee break |
| 3.20-4.20 | International transport; codification Peter Winship, Freedom of Contract and Contracts for the Carriage of Goods by Sea Rafael Illescas Ortez, What Changes in International Transport Law after Rotterdam Rules (The 2008 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea)? Attila Hamarthy, Codification of Civil and Commercial Law Moderator: Mary Hiscock |
| 4.20-4.25 | Short break |
| 4.25-5.45 | Banking and finance James Byrne, Two Party Letters of Credit and the Independence Principle Christoph Paulus, In Sight of the Financial Crisis - Do We Need Two Sets of Rules? Benjamin Geva, Negotiability: A Historical Perspective Agasha Mugasha, Loan Markets in the unfolding globalization Moderator: Jay Westbrook |
| End of first day | Dinner in Massey College Dining Room at 8.00 preceded by drinks in Common Room at 7.30 |
| Friday, July 23 | |
| 9.00-10.00 | Bankruptcy and insolvency (1) Sarah Worthington, Public Policy, Property and Insolvency Jay Westbrook, The Continuing Evolution of Cross-Border Insolvency Janis Sarra, Stalking Horses, White Knights and Circling Vultures: Post-Commencement and Exit Financing in Commercial Insolvency Restructurings in the Wake of the Financial Crisis Moderator: Tony Duggan |
| 10.00-10.15 | Coffee break |
| 10.15-11.15 | Bankruptcy and insolvency (2) Stephanie Ben-Ishai, Sales or Plans: A Comparative Account of the 'New' Corporate Reorganization David Hahn, The Roles of Acceleration Jacob Ziegel, Consumer Credit, Responsible Lending and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis of 2007-2009 Moderator: Tony Duggan |
| 11.15-11.25 | Short break |
| 11.20-12.45 | Secured transactions Neil Cohen, Harmonizing and Modernizing the Law Governing Secured Transactions in Intellectual Property - Why Is It So Difficult? Toshi Kono, Security Rights and IP in International Context Harry Sigman, TBA Boris Kozolcyk, The Modernization of Secured Transactions Law in Latin America Moderator: Benjamin Geva |
| 12.45-2.15 | Lunch |
| 2.15-3.15 | Consumer protection (1) Jan Smits, One size fits all? On levels of protection and different types of consumers Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich and Maria Cecilia Paglietti, Make-Up Law? Cosmetics and Consumer Protection Pedro Silva-Ruiz, Consumer Law in Puerto Rico
Moderator: Stephanie Ben-Ishai |
| 3.15-3.20 | Short break |
| 3.20-4.20 | Consumer protection (2) Mary Hiscock, A Strategy for the Development of a Legal Framework for Cross-Border Consumer Contracts in the ASEAN-ANZ Region Alex Schuster, A Review of Recent EU Jurisprudence on the Liability of Airlines for Denied Boarding, Flight Cancellations and Lengthy Delays Claudia Lima Marques, Twenty Years of the Brazilian Consumer Protection Code: perspectives Moderator: Stephanie Ben-Ishai |
| 4.20-4.35 | Coffee break |
| 4.35-6.00 | Dispute resolution Diego P. Fernandez Arroyo, Some Comparative Remarks About Settlement of Consumer Disputes by means of Arbitration Arie Reich, Should Israel Adopt the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration? Norbert Reich and Hans Micklitz, ADR and ODR - Enforcement and Compliance in Europe? Inmaculada Barral Vinas, ODR: A New Way in Consumer Protection Elvia Arcelia Quintana Adriano, The Justice System Online in Mexico Moderator: Jacob Ziegel |
| End of second day | Dine around town: members' choice from 4 or 5 selected Toronto restaurants (tables reserved)f |
| Saturday, July 24 | |
| 8.45-9.45 | Private international law (1) Ronald C.C.Cuming, Recognition of Foreign Judgments: A Contrast in Approaches Ulrich Drobnig, How to fill gaps in private law conventions: Conflict rules or Principles?
Janet Walker, Access to Justice for Consumers and Small Businesses in a Post-territorial Era Moderator: Hans Micklitz |
| 9.45-10.00 | Coffee break |
| 10.00-10.45 | Private international law (2) Jurgen Basedow, Goodbye to territoriality? The law applicable to intellectual property rights in a globalised world Ved Nanda, Revisiting Selected Aspects of Party Autonomy - Forum Selection and Choice of Law and Forum Non Conveniens under US Law Moderator: Hans Micklitz |
| 10.45-11.45 | General Assembly |
| 12.00 | Members to board bus for Niagara Falls. Boxed lunch provided. Afternoon at the Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake, dinner at Niagara winery, return to Toronto by bus arriving around 10.00 pm. |
