CISG Zagreb 2015
Programme
1st December 2015, Tuesday
35 Years of CISG: Present Experiences – selected issues from national reports
9:00-10:30 Registration and coffee
10:30-11:00 Opening ceremony
11:00-13:00 First panel with national reporters
Chair: Prof. Davor Babić, University of Zagreb
- Personal scope of CISG Application
- Substantive scope of CISG Application
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-16:30 Second panel with national reporters
Chair: Prof. Marko Baretić, University of Zagreb
- CISG Reservations
- Rights and obligations arising out of contract of sale
19:00 Dinner (Klub književnika, Trg bana J. Jelačića 7/1, Zagreb)
2nd December 2015, Wednesday
35 Years of CISG: Future Challenges
9:00-10:30 The extensive interpretation and application of the CISG beyond the contracts of sale
Chair: Prof. Ph.D. Siniša Petrović, University of Zagreb
Panellists:
Prof. Ph.D. Joseph Lookofsky, Copenhagen Center for Commercial Law, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen
Prof. Ph.D.Loukas Mistelis, Queen Mary, University of London, London
Prof. Ph.D. Kasper Steensgaard, Aarhus University, Aarhus
Azar Aliyev LL.M, Kiel Center for Eurasian Economic Law, Kiel University, Kiel
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 What the CISG would look like if it was drafted for adoption today?
Chair: Prof. Ph.D. Pilar Perales Viscasillas, Carlos III University of Madrid, Madrid
Panellists:
Prof. Ph.D. Ingeborg Schwenzer, University of Basel/Swiss International Law School (SILS), Basel
Prof. Harry M. Flechtner, University of Pittsburgh Law School, Pittsburgh
Prof. Ph.D. Ulrich G. Schroeter, University of Mannheim, Mannheim
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:00 Interplay between the CISG and other legal sources of contract law (or contract principles)
Chair: Cyril Emery, UNCITRAL
Panellists:
Renaud Sorieul, the Secretary of UNCITRAL, Vienna
Ph.D. Marta Pertegás, Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Hague
José Angelo Estrella Faria, Secretary General Unidroit, Rome
Prof. Ph.D. Jelena Perović, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Economics