X ECMLR - Xth European Colloquium on Maritime Law Research: Codification of Maritime Law (Challenges, possibilities and experience), 20-21 September 2018
Xth European Colloquium on Maritime Law Research
Codification of Maritime Law
(Challenges, possibilities and experience)
Bulwar Hotel****, ul. Bulwar Filadelfijski 18, Toruń
Poland, 20-21 September 2018
Website: https://ecmlr2018.umk.pl/pages/program/
Wednesday, 19th of September, Bulwar Hotel
5 pm Registration opened
6 pm Attractions commence (meeting point at the Bulwar Hotel)
(We invite our guests to participate in one of two attractions prepared, either guided tour around the Old Town or visit to the Astronomy Center of the Nicolaus Copernicus University. Please choose one of the attractions upon registering at the www.ecmlr2018.umk.pl . For more info please look at “Attractions” button at the web page.)
Thursday, 20th of September, Bulwar Hotel
8.30 - 9.00 Registration
9.00 - 9.20 Opening of the Conference, Prof. Zbigniew Witkowski, Dean of the Law and Administration Faculty, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń; representative of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship; prof. em. Maria Dragun-Gertner, Maritime Law Unit, NCU
9.20 - 9.50 Keynote speech - Prof. Francis Reynolds: "Codification: problems of differing legal cultures"
9.50 - 10.50 Session 1 chaired by (to be announced):
- Prof. Erik Røsœg: Unification of maritime law – a failed strategy?
- Prof. Andrew Serdy: Codification by treaty of private maritime law through the eyes of a public international lawyer
- Prof. Andrew Tettenborn: Shipping law: codification, innovation and standard contract forms
10.50 - 11.10 Discussion
11.10 - 11.40 Coffee break
11.40 - 13.00 Session 2 chaired by (to be announced):
- Prof. François Mandin: "Is the transport code still the substantial source of maritime law? The interference of tourism law on the contract of carriage of passengers and civil law on the pleasure craft lease"
- Prof. Juan Luis Pulido Begines: "The role of sailing and leisure navigation in the codification of maritime law"
- Mr Richard Coles: "Yacht Codes – a solution to the problem of equivalent safety standards for large yachts"
- Dr Olena Bokareva: "Claims for personal injuries by cruise ship passengers under international and EU regimes"
13.00 - 13.20 Discussion
13.20 - 14.20 Lunch
14.20 - 16.00 Session 3 chaired by (to be announced):
- Prof. Rhidian Thomas: "The Rotterdam Rules Codification and International Trade – Harmony or Discord"
- Prof. Trond Solvang: "The relationship between rules regulating scope of application and conflicts of law in international legal instruments – as illustrated by the Rome I Regulation and the Hague-Visby Rules"
- Dr Tianyi Jiang: "The right of control in carriage of goods by sea: should it be codified as a mandatory right or left to the freedom of contract"
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Elena Orru': "The Challenges of ICTs in the Shipping Sector Among International Uniform Law, Codification and Lex Mercatoria"
- Lijie Song: "International Group of P& I Clubs and BIMCO Revised Himalaya Clause: More Than a Codification of Common Law"
16.00 - 16.20 Discussion
16.20 - 16.50 Coffee break
16.50 - 18.10 Session 4 chaired by (to be announced):
- Prof. Dr. Jur. Vibe Ulfbeck and Prof. Anders Møllmann: "Regulation of Chartering – the Scandinavian experience"
- Adjunct Prof. Dr. Massimiliano Musi: "The Shipowners’ Compulsory Insurance for Maritime Claims: a Focus on the Implementation of the EU Directive in Italy"
- Prof. José Manuel Martín Osante: "Codification of maritime law: the Spanish experience"
- dr Justyna Nawrot and dr Zuzanna Pepłowska-Dąbrowska: "Recent maritime law codifications - reasons and scope. The Polish perspective as compared with other chosen jurisdictions"
18.10 - 18.30 Discussion
20.00 Dinner
Friday, 21st of September, Bulwar Hotel
9.00 - 9.30 Keynote speech - Prof. dr. Eric Van Hooydonk (title to be announced)
9.30 - 10.50 Session 5 chaired by (to be announced):
- Prof. Francesco Munari and Prof. Aldo Chircop: "Codification of maritime law in a changing environment: the SAR Convention and a comparative analysis on its implementation across Northern Atlantic and in Europe. Practices and suggestions for the future"
- Prof. Juan Pablo Rodríguez Delgado: "Useful alternatives for achieving international maritime law uniformity. Lights and shadows of current mechanisms"
- Prof. Alla Pozdankova: "Codifying the right of access to maritime ports – challenges and issues (Norwegian example)"
- Dr Igor Vio: "The regulatory framework for autonomous and unmanned seagoing vessels – current solutions and potential developments"
10.50 - 11.10 Discussion
11.10 -11.40 Coffee break
11.40 - 13.20 Session 6 chaired by (to be announced):
- Dr Julia Constantino Chagas Lessa: "The Maritime Labour Convention: a code of minimum rights and maximum impact"
- Prof. Dr. Laura Carballo Piñeiro: "Codification of seaferers’ working and living conditions: the grey area of a successful story"
- Shengan Jia and Dr Liz Lijun Zhao: "When West meets East: Comparative Analysis of Warranty Clauses within Marine Insurance Contracts From Perspectives of Common Law and Chinese Law"
- Dr Jingbo Zhang: "Sea Transport Documents in Banks’ Hands: What Aspects of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits Have Been Neglected?"
- Patryk Ciok: "The regulation of the multimodal carrier’s liability regime in the context of the relation between the maritime carriage and the other types of the carriage, with special focus of the selected national maritime regulations"
13.20 - 13.40 Discussion
13.40 - 14.00 Closing
14.00 - 15.00 Lunch
Published on: July 16 2018
