Jurisdiction & Dispute Resolution in the Internet Era:
Governance and Good Practices
in cooperation with
Day one: June 17, 2015
Day two: June 18, 2015
Day one: June 17, 2015
9:00 | Welcome adress and introduction
Prof. Yves Flückiger, Vice-Rector of the University of Geneva |
Session 1 |
Conflict of laws / private international law in the Internet era: which courts shall decide
|
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 Dr. Marta Pertegás, First Secretary, Hague Conference on Private International Law |
Session 2 |
What alternative resolution systems for Internet-related disputes today and tomorrow?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
|
Day two: June 18, 2015
Session 3 |
What mechanisms for solving disputes in the ICT industries? The case of the licensing
|
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 |
Session 4 |
How shall jurisdictional immunity and inviolability apply in the Internet Era?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 |