Program of the Conference Internet-disputes

Jurisdiction & Dispute Resolution in the Internet Era:
Governance and Good Practices

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Day one: June 17, 2015
Day two: June 18, 2015

9:00	Welcome adress and introduction Prof. Yves Flückiger, Vice-Rector of the University of Geneva Prof. Jacques de Werra, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva

Session 1	Conflict of laws / private international law in the Internet era: which courts shall decide Internet-related disputes? Chair: Dr. Alex Sceberras Trigona, University of Malta Special Envoy of the Prime Minister and Malta's ambassador to the WTO
9:15	Jurisdiction in Internet-related contractual disputes Prof. Gian Paolo Romano, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva
9:45	Jurisdiction in Internet-related intellectual property disputes Prof. Edouard Treppoz, University of Lyon III, France
10:15	Discussion / coffee break
10:45	Jurisdiction in Internet-related privacy/defamation disputes Dr. Michel Reymond, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva
11:15	Panel discussion with the speakers and Dr. Eun-Joo Min, Senior Legal Counsellor, Policy and Cooperation, Building Respect for IP Division, World Intellectual Property Organization Dr. Marta Pertegás, First Secretary, Hague Conference on Private International Law

Chair: Prof. Urs Gasser, Harvard Law School/Berkman Center for Internet and Society

14:00	The implementation of the right to be forgotten by Google: issues and challenges of massive online micro-justice Prof. Alain Strowel, Université Catholique de Louvain/Université Saint-Louis, Brussels, Belgium
14:30	The protection of the rights to be forgotten: lessons and perspectives from Open Data Prof. Alessandro Mantelero, Polytechnic University of Turin/Nexa Center for Internet and Society
15:00	Discussion / coffee break
15:30	ADR mechanisms for Internet domain name disputes: a model to be generalized? Prof. Jacques de Werra, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva
16:00	Panel discussion with the speakers and Bertrand de la Chapelle, Director,Internet & Jurisdiction Project Prof. Peggy Valcke, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Member of the Google Advisory Committee on the right to be forgotten Ms. Špela Košak, Manager, International Chamber of Commerce, International Centre for ADR, France (by visio-conference)
17:30	Cocktail Reception hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society

Chair: Pierre Véron, attorney-at-law, Paris, Honorary President EPLaw (European Patent Lawyers Association)

9:00	The perspective of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Antoine Dore, Senior Legal Officer, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
9:30	The perspective of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute Maïssa Bahsoun, Legal Advisor, European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
10:00	Discussion / coffee break
10:30	The perspective of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Dr. Heike Wollgast, Senior Legal Officer, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
11:00	Panel discussion with the speakers and Dr. Michael Fröhlich, Senior Director of EU Intellectual Property & Strategy at BlackBerry, Chairman of the AIPPI Standing Committee on Standards and Patents Nicolas Schifano, Director, standards and interoperability policy, EMEA, Microsoft

Chair: Prof. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva

14:00	Immunity in the Internet Era: lessons and perspectives from public international law Dr. Mamadou Hébié, Lecturer, Master of International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), Geneva
14:30	Immunity and inviolability of the Internet root zone Dr. Jovan Kurbalija, founder of Diplo Foundation, Head of the Geneva Internet Platform
15:00	Discussion / coffee break
15:30	Panel discussion with the speakers and Edward Kwakwa, Legal Counsel, World Intellectual Property Organization Dražen Petrović, Registrar, Administrative Tribunal,International Labor Organization