Saturday, February 23, 2008
7:30 p.m. Informal Get-Together


Sunday, February 24, 2008
7:00 p.m. Opening Reception

Opening Remarks
Delos LUTTON, Past President of UIA
Louis BURKE, President of the UIA Litigation Commission and Co-Chair of the ABA Committee on International Litigation, Member of the Organizing Committee
Winfried SCHMITZ, Chairman of the Organizing Committee


Monday, February 25, 2008
Am Welcome

Paulo LINS E SILVA, Immediate Past President of UIA, Paulo Lins e Silva Advogados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

General Definition
How Conflict of Laws applies in Tort Cases

Ryan REETZ, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP, Miami, USA
Alberto PIERGROSSI, Piergrossi Bianchini Eversheds, Milano, Italy 
Enrica SENINI, Studio Legale Senini, Brescia, Italy
Winfried SCHMITZ, Buse Heberer Fromm, Düsseldorf, Germany
Mario FERRARI, Hammonds Rossotto, Torino, Italy

Pm Liability and Damages in Torts   

Simona MATTA, Asmar & Assayag, Paris, France
Michael LYNN, Lynn Tillotson and Pinker, LLP, Dallas, USA
Bengt KÄRDE, Advokatfirma Lindhs DLA Nordic KB, Stockholm, Sweden

           
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Am General Prohibitions and Liabilities in International Securities Cases

Ardavan AMIR-ASLANI, CMC - Société d'Avocats, Paris, France
Christopher KENDE, Cozen O'Connor, New York, USA
Camelia MIHAILESCU, Attorney at Law, Bucharest, Romania

Pm International Securities Class Actions

Chris GRAY, Law Office of Christopher J. Gray, P.C., New York, USA
Ardavan AMIR-ASLANI, CMC - Société d'Avocats, Paris, France
Louis BURKE, Louis F. Burke P.C., New York, USA
Julie HANNAFORD, J K Hannaford Barristers, Toronto, Canada


Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Am Civil and Criminal Exposure in Securities Regulatory Proceedings

Ron BREAUX, Haynes & Boone LLP, Dallas, USA
Koji FUKUMURA, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, San Diego, USA
Leslie CALDWELL, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, USA

Pm General Welcome to Additional Participants
Intellectual Property Claims

Prof. Lucio COLANTUONI, Colantuoni, Allegri & Coll. – Studio Legale Associato, Genova, Italy
Marla BOJORGE, Bojorge & Associates, Valencia, Spain


Thursday, February 28, 2008
Am Management of Litigation Claims against Corporations

Tzvi LEVINSON, The Levinson Environmental Law Firm, Haifa, IsraelMark HILGARD, Mayer Brown LLP, Frankfurt, Germany
Daniele DE BENEDETTI, Studio Benessia Maccagno, Torino, Italy
Barbara DAWSON, Snell & Wilmer LLP, Phoenix, USA

Pm Litigation versus Arbitrating Claims: Opportunities and Limitations
           
Carlo PAVESIO, Pavesio e Associati, Turin, Italy
Ryan REETZ, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP, Miami, Florida, USA
Mark HILGARD, Mayer Brown LLP, Frankfurt, Germany
John PINNEY, Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP, Cincinnati, USA
Frank SCHUCHAT, Schuchat, Herzog & Brenman, LLC, Denver, USA


Friday, February 29, 2008
Am Ethical Responsibilities for Lawyers Negotiating and Settling Claims: Review of the Seminar, Concluding Remarks

Bruce GREEN, Fordham University School of Law, New York, USA
Martin WIEBECKE, Anwaltsbüro Wiebecke, Küsnacht/Zürich, Switzerland
Carlo PAVESIO, Pavesio e Associati, Turin, Italy
Michael STIEGEL, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Chicago, USA
Brad RICHARDS, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Houston, USA

Review of the Seminar, Concluding Remarks
 
Louis BURKE, Louis F. Burke PC, New York, NY, USA
Winfried SCHMITZ, Buse Heberer Fromm, Düsseldorf, Germany

7:30 p.m. Closing Dinner


Saturday, March 1, 2008        
Informal interaction