Final Programme - International Bar Association
Final Programme - International Bar Association
Final Programme - International Bar Association
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Working sessions – Monday<br />
72<br />
Keynote speaker<br />
Martin McGuinness Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland,<br />
Belfast, Northern Ireland<br />
Speakers<br />
Justice Richard Goldstone Past Justice of the South African<br />
Constitutional Court and Former Prosecutor for the ICTR and ICTY,<br />
Morningside, South Africa; Co-Chair, Rule of Law Action Group<br />
Michael Mansfield QC Tooks Chambers, London, England<br />
Ian White Glencree Centre for Reconciliation, Enniskerry, Ireland<br />
Coffee and tea breaks will be held between 1100 – 1130 and<br />
1600 – 1630. To accommodate the flow of delegates through<br />
the Conference Centre please note the closest coffee/tea<br />
stations to this session are in the Foyer of Levels 2 and 3.<br />
WICKLOW HALL 2B, LEVEL 2<br />
Insuring liabilities in cyberspace (the<br />
screams can be heard): cloud computing<br />
and social media<br />
Joint session with the Insurance Committee and the Technology Law<br />
Committee.<br />
Moderators<br />
Dolores Sancha <strong>Bar</strong>tolome & Briones, <strong>Bar</strong>celona, Spain; Vice-Chair,<br />
Insurance Committee<br />
David Yates Al Tamimi & Company, Dubai, UAE; Chair, Corporate<br />
Information Governance Subcommittee<br />
Social media and cloud computing are rapidly growing phenomena in<br />
the corporate landscape and have started to redefine how enterprises<br />
conduct business, in particular marketing their image and distributing<br />
their products. These new technologies raise their own set of concerns,<br />
including issues relating to privacy and data protection. There has been<br />
much interest in the insurance industry regarding the liabilities potentially<br />
associated with the introduction of these technologies and the coverage<br />
of these risks. Moreover, from the perspective of a technology consumer,<br />
the insurance industry has been no exception to this technology trend.<br />
The insurance industry is also utilising these technologies to drive down<br />
costs and open new marketing channels.<br />
This session explores the impact of social media and cloud computing<br />
upon the insurance industry from all perspectives. It commences with an<br />
overview of what are cloud computing and social media, and how they<br />
are employed in the corporate world, including by insurance companies.<br />
Part of this analysis involves identifying the legal and commercial risks<br />
associated with these technologies. Given the inherent global nature of<br />
these technologies, these risks frequently invoke significant cross-border<br />
issues. The session then explores different products developed by the<br />
insurance industry to cover such risks as well as to clarify coverage, terms<br />
and conditions and exclusions. <strong>Final</strong>ly, the topic of claim management<br />
relating to these technologies will be examined.<br />
Speakers<br />
Christian <strong>Bar</strong>tsch Bird & Bird, London, England<br />
Andrew Messenger Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Sydney, New South<br />
Wales, Australia<br />
Peter Selvin Raines Feldman, Beverly Hills, California, USA<br />
Lee Van Blerkom White & Case, Washington DC, USA<br />
Sarah Walker Aon Risk Solutions, London, England<br />
Coffee and tea breaks will be held between 1100 – 1130 and<br />
1600 – 1630. To accommodate the flow of delegates through<br />
the Conference Centre please note the closest coffee/tea<br />
station to this session is in the foyer on Level 3.<br />
CONFERENCE ROOM 6, LEVEL 3<br />
‘Moderated speed-dating’ – roundtable<br />
interactive discussions (with coffee and<br />
pastries) on the latest developments and<br />
‘hot topics’ relevant to international sales,<br />
franchising and product law<br />
Presented by the <strong>International</strong> Sales, Franchising and Product Law<br />
Section.<br />
Session Co-Chairs<br />
John Baer Greensfelder Hemker & Gale, Chicago, Illinois, USA;<br />
Chair, <strong>International</strong> Franchising Committee<br />
Christopher Blake Hahn Loeser & Parks, Cleveland, Ohio, USA;<br />
Chair, Supply Chain and Logistics Subcommittee<br />
Juan Pablo M Cardinal Richards Cardinal Tutzer Zabala & Zaefferer,<br />
Buenos Aires, Argentina; Chair, Product Law and Advertising<br />
Committee<br />
Marco Hero Tigges, Munich, Germany; Senior Vice-Chair,<br />
<strong>International</strong> Franchising Committee<br />
Sönke Lund Monereo Meyer & Marinel-lo Abogados, <strong>Bar</strong>celona,<br />
Spain; Vice-Chair, <strong>International</strong> Sales Committee<br />
No speeches or lectures! This session is a popular annual feature of the<br />
<strong>International</strong> Sales Committee, Franchising and Product Law Section which<br />
comprises three committees – the <strong>International</strong> Franchising Committee,<br />
the <strong>International</strong> Sales Committee and the Product Law and Advertising<br />
Committee – and it provides a networking opportunity for specialised<br />
practitioners to pick up new ideas, discuss them and disseminate<br />
developments to their table members before moving onto another hot<br />
topics table for more. This year’s topics will include new international case<br />
law and developments in the context of old structures and time-tested sale<br />
mechanisms.<br />
Topics will include:<br />
• the European financial crisis and the consequences on distribution<br />
networks;<br />
• factoring and leasing in international sales;<br />
• aggregated product litigation;<br />
• the new trend in international franchising – chances and risks;<br />
• pre-contract agreements;<br />
• apps, platforms and mobile devices – consequences for international<br />
franchise agreements;<br />
• the use of social media in advertising;<br />
• clouds – data protection and other issues for international distribution<br />
networks; and<br />
• the increase of ‘downstream’ compliance requirements on suppliers in<br />
supply chain agreements – an analysis of model clauses<br />
Speakers<br />
Fabio Bortolotti Buffa Bortolotti & Mathis, Turin, Italy<br />
Lukas Bühlmann Bühlmann Rechtsanwälte, Zurich, Switzerland;<br />
Senior Vice-Chair, Product Law and Advertising Committee<br />
Nicole Van Crombrugghe LVP Law, Brussels, Belgium; Senior Vice-<br />
Chair, <strong>International</strong> Sales Committee<br />
John Doherty Manches, London, England; Website Officer, Product<br />
Law and Advertising Committee<br />
Gregory Fowler Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Missouri, USA;<br />
Vice-Chair, Product Law and Advertising Committee<br />
Olivia Gast Gast & Menguy, Paris, France<br />
Rolf Geissler Kapp & Geissler, Stuttgart, Germany<br />
Duncan Grehan Duncan Grehan & Partners, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Dietmar Huemer Legis, Vienna, Austria; Vice-Chair, Government<br />
Procurement Subcommittee<br />
Dominic Hui Ribeiro Hui, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Jeanne Kelly Mason Hayes & Curran, Dublin, Ireland<br />
Michael Lintern-Smith Robertsons Solicitors, Hong Kong SAR<br />
Stathis Mihos Carrefour Marinopoulos, Athens, Greece<br />
Gavin Morley Chambers 9 South, Durban, South Africa; Publications<br />
Officer, Product Law and Advertising Committee<br />
Martin Schirrmacher Engel & Völkers, Hamburg, Germany<br />
Doil Son Yulchon, Seoul, South Korea