International Conference 60 years CMR

6 October 2016

Future proof or time for a reform?

The CMR conference dates back to 19 May 1956. In 2016, the Convention will celebrate its 60th birthday.

While 60 is a typical age for retirement, CMR is still very successful. Nonetheless, this 60th birthday offers

an ideal moment for an evaluation, to look into the weaknesses, but also into the strengths of this Convention.

International conference \| 60 years CMR
Preliminary programme Thursday, 6 October 2016 \| Theme I

08.30	Registration
	Coffee and Tea
09.15	Welcome address

09.30	Art 1
	Dr. Massimiliano Musi, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
	Mr. Michael A. Antapasis, Antapasis - Albouras - Asanakis Law Office, Greece
	Mr. Tom Turner et all, Hill Dickinson LLP, UK
	Mr. Tadas Kataukas, Cobalt, Lithuania
	Dr. Melis Özdel, UCL, Turkey
	Drs. Marta Katarzyna Kolacz, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Poland
	Mr. Leendert van Hee, Van Traa Advocaten
	Mr. Patrick Rubens, Marcon & Rubens advocaten, Belgium
	Mr. Steffen Maelicke, Dabelstein & Passehl Rechtsanwälte, Germany
	Mr. Alexandre Gruber, LmT avocats, France
11.10	Coffee Break

11.30	Art 17.2
	Dr. Massimiliano Musi, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
	Mr. Michael A. Antapasis, Antapasis - Albouras - Asanakis Law Office, Greece
	Mr. Tom Turner et all, Hill Dickinson LLP, UK
	Dr. Tobias Eckardt, Ahlers & Vogel Rechtsanwälte, Germany
	Drs. Marta Katarzyna Kolacz, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Poland
	Mr. Giedrius Abromavi?ius, Cobalt, Lithuania
	Dr. Melis Özdel, UCL, Turkey
	Mr. Lars Gerspacher, LLM, GBF Legal, Switzerland
	Mr. Patrick Rubens, Marcon & Rubens advocaten, Belgium
	Mr. Alexandre Gruber, LmT avocats, France
13.10	Lunch Break

14.15	Art 29
	Prof. dr. Elena Orru, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
	Mr. Evangelia Patrikalaki, Antapasis - Albouras - Asanakis Law Office, Greece
	Mr. Jaume Comas, mestre abogados, Spain
	Mr. Tom Turner et all, Hill Dickinson LLP, UK
	Dr. Tobias Eckardt, Ahlers & Vogel Rechtsanwälte, Germany
	Mr. Rutger Van Dijk, AKD advocaten, The Netherlands
	Drs. Marta Katarzyna Kolacz, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Poland
	Mr. Giedrius Abromavi?ius, Cobalt, Lithuania
	Dr. Melis Özdel, UCL, Turkey
	Mr. Patrick Rubens, Marcon & Rubens advocaten, Belgium
	Mr. Alexandre Gruber, LmT avocats, France
	Mr. Lars Gerspacher, LLM, GBF Legal, Switzerland
16.15	Coffee break

16.35	Discussion art 1

17.00	Mr. C. Polderman, Erasmus University Rotterdam
	Prof. Marc Hendrikse, University of Amsterdam
	Concluding remarks
18.15	Reception

International conference \| 60 years CMR
Preliminary programme Friday, 7 October 2016\| Theme II & III

09.00	Coffee and Tea
09.15	Prof. dr. Elena Orru, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna Multimodal Transport, CMR and the Effects on the Liability Regime of the Persons Involved in the Whole Carriage Operation
	Dr. Simone Lamont-Black, Lecturer in International Trade Law, University of Edinburgh The Concept of the Successive Carrier on trial
	Prof. dr. Frank Smeele, Professor Erasmus University Rotterdam Contamination damage and CMR
10.45	Coffee break
11.00	Dr. Ellen Eftestøl-Wilhelmsson, Professor of Civil and Commercial Law University Helsinki CMR and future development of the legal frameworks on international carriage of goods
	Dr. Massimiliano Musi, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna Carriage performed by successive carriers: CMR Convention and Italian national law compared
	Dr. José Manuel Martín Osante. Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University of the Basque Country Pros and contras on using CMR as a model transport law inthe cases of multimodal transport
12.30	Lunch Break
13.30	Prof. dr. Cecile Legros, University de Rouen Improvement of uniform interpretation: could the CISG Advisory Coucil be a model for the CMR ?
	Mr. Michael A. Antapasis, Antapasis - Albouras - Asanakis Law Office CMR: Have we reached the end of the road?
	Mr. Annemieke Spijker, AKD advocaten CMR as a lingua franca for logistic contracts
15.00	Coffee break
15.15	Dr. Wouter Verheyen, assistant professor Erasmus University Rotterdam CMR and e-commerce
	Drs. Gerald Hopster and drs. Marta Katarzyna Kolacz, Phd-candidates Erasmus University Rotterdam When technology takes the wheel. Is CMR ready to meet the demand for Automated Technologies?
	Prof dr. Jason Chuah, City University London The CMR- lessons for emerging Asian Road and multimodal transport regimes
	Mr.dr. M. Spanjaart, Erasmus University Rotterdam Towards a new transport law
17.15	Closing remarks
18.00	Farewell reception