Annual General Meeting and Conference 2016 Groningen
"Sustainable Law and Sustainable Legal Education"
Final Programme:
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
18.00 – 19:00
EVENING RECEPTION
This reception is offered to you by the University of Groningen, the Municipality of Groningen and the Province of Groningen.
Location: Academy Building, Broerstraat 5, Groningen
Bruinszaal + Lounge
Host: Rector Magnificus of the University of Groningen: Professor Dr. Elmer Sterken
Thursday, April 14, 2016
09.00 – 09.30
REGISTRATION
Van Swinderen Huys, Oude Boteringestraat 19 Groningen
09.30 – 09.35
WELCOME by Prof. Dr. J.B. Wezeman, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Groningen
Van Swinderen Huys, Oude Boteringestraat 19 Groningen
09.35 – 10.30
Keynote Address by Professor Sabino Cassese, Emeritus Justice of the Italian Constitutional Court and Professor at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa.
Presentation of the 2015 ELFA Award Winner and Proxime Accessit
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30
Parallel Sessions:
Broerstraat 9, Groningen (room A900) and Uurwerkersgang (room T13)
Panel 1: European Environmental Law: a Sustainable Environment.
Location:
room T13 / Uurwerkersgang
Chair: Prof. Dr. Andreas R. Ziegler, University of Lausanne.
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Hans H.B. Vedder, Professor of Economic Law, University of Groningen;
Dr. Wybe Th. Douma, T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague;
Dr. Lorenzo Squintani, University of Groningen.
Panel 2: Borders between Public and Private Law.
Location:
Room A900, Broerstraat 9
Chair: Prof. Dr. Josep Maria De Dios Marcer, Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Carlos Górriz López, Professor of Business Law, Autonomous University of Barcelona;
Professor Sylvaine Peruzzetto, University of Toulouse and Judge at the Supreme Court in France;
Dr. Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Lecturer in International Private Law, University of Edinburgh.
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
Van Swinderen Huys, Oude Boteringestraat 19 Groningen
This lunch is offered to you by Hein Online
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Sessions:
Academy building, Broerstraat 5, Groningen
Panel 3: Distance Learning and Privacy.
Location:
Zernikezaal, Academy building
Chair: Prof. Dr. Věra Kalvodová, Masaryk University.
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici, Professor of European Technology Law and Human Rights, University of Groningen;
Prof. Dr. Evert Stamhuis, Dean and Professor of Criminal Law, Open University, The Netherlands.
Panel 4: Academic Law and the Needs of the Profession: Qualifications for Law Teachers.
Location:
Van de Leeuwzaal, Academy building
Chair: Prof. Dr. Michele Graziadei, University of Turin.
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Nigel Duncan, Professor of Legal Education, City University London, The City Law School;
Prof. Leo P. Martinez, Albert Abramson Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law;
Prof. Jennifer S. Bard, Dean and Nippert Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati, College of Law;
Mr. Vedran Stankovic, ELSA Vice President for the Student Trainee Exchange Programme;
Dr. Kai Purnhagen, University of Wageningen.
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
16.00 – 16.20
Presentation Hein Online
16:20 – 18:00
Plenary Session
Location:
Van Swinderen Huys, Oude Boteringestraat 19 Groningen
Europe in Crisis, Financial nightmares and migration tragedies.
Chair: Prof. Dr. Laurence W. Gormley, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen.
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Fabian Amtenbrink, Vice Dean and Professor of EU Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam;
Prof. Dr. Thomas P. Spijkerboer, Professor of Migration Law, VU University Amsterdam.
19:00
Departure by bus to the “Coendersborg” Groningen
19:30 – 22.30
Conference Dinner
Location: “De Coendersborg”, Coendershaag 1, Groningen
Performance by Dualis Chamber Choir.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Location: Academy building
09.00 – 10.30
Plenary Session
Panel 6: Cuba and the US: Implications of a changed relationship.
Organised by SEALS
Location:
Academy Building University of Groningen, Senate Room
Chair: Professor Patrick R. Hugg, John J. McAulay Distinguished Professorship, Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law.
Participants:
Professor Gregory W. Bowman, Dean. West Virginia Law School;
Professor Anne Klebes-Pélissier, University of Strasbourg;
Professor Richard V. Meyer, Director of the Foreign Master of Laws Programme, Mississippi College, School of Law
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee break
11.00 – 11.30
Panel Reports
11.30 – 12.30
ELFA Annual General Meeting
Academy Building University of Groningen, Senate Room
Agenda:
Adoption of the Resolution
Presentation and Approval of the President’s Report
Presentation and Approval of the Treasurer’s Report
Presentation and Approval of Budget 2016-2017
Election of the New President
Election of the First Vice-President
Election of the New Board Member (if necessary)
Future Plans
Presentation of Membership Certificates to the new Members and Affiliated Members
Any other Business
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
Location:
Academy Building, Bruinszaal + Lounge
End of Conference
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