Annual Conference 2024
Prague, Friday 20 and Saturday 21 September 2024
Conference venue
Hilton Prague Old Town
V Celnici 2079/7
Prague, 110 00
Czech Republic
Please book your room via this link.
With the kind support of
Thursday 19 September 2024
Arrival Day
19:00 – 22:00
Villa Richter
Staré zámecké schody 6/251
Pražský hrad
Prague 1
Drinks Reception incl. walking dinner
Kindly sponsored by tbc
Friday 20 September 2024
Day 1
09:00 – 09:30
Registration
09:30 – 10:00
Opening & Welcome
Chair Morning Session
David Kubon
KLB Legal, Czech Republic
10.00 – 11.00
Panel discussion: Rebuilding trust in Personal Injury Law
Chair:
- Anthony Tarricone – US General Board member – Kreindler & Kreindler, USA
Panellists:
- Lori E. Andrus – President-Elect of AAJ, USA
- Mike Benner – Chief Executive of APIL, England
- Edwin Bosch – President of ASP, Netherlands
- tbc – Board member of ALA, Australia (remotely)
- Ana Romero – President of PEOPIL, Spain
11:00 – 11:30
Airlines assessing the risks of operating in areas affected by armed conflicts:
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
Speaker:
- Joe Fiorante – CFM Lawyers, Canada
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee break kindly sponsored by tbc
12:00 – 13:00
Panel discussion: Expert reports and their place in civil procedures
Chaired by Patrick Vincent KC – 12 King’s Bench Walk, England
Panellists:
- Cristina Carbonell Suárez-Ibaseta – Estudio Almagro, Spain
- Demetrius Danas – Irwin Mitchell, England
- Klara Dvorakova – Holubova advokati, Czech Republic
- Gerben Janson – Leidse Letselschade Advocaten, Netherlands
- Michal Krzanowski – BFP Law Firm, Poland
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch kindly sponsored by tba
Dr. Stefano Dangel
Dolce Lauda, Germany
Chair Afternoon Session
14:30 – 15:30
An international approach to discount rates
Speakers:
- Julian Chamberlayne – Stewarts, England
- Prof. Christophe Quézel-Ambrunaz – University of Savoie Mont-Blanc, France
15:30 – 16:00
Annual General Meeting
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break kindly sponsored by tbc
16:30 – 17:30
Panel discussion: Civil Procedure in PI cases from a multi-jurisdictional perspective
Panellists:
- Silvio Riesen – schadenanwaelte.ch, Switzerland
- Clare Campbell – Leigh Day, England
- Maud Lepez – RWK Goodman, England/France
- tbc
17:30 – 17:45
New Lawyers Group update
19:30 – 01.00
Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia
U Milosrdných 17
Prague 1
Drinks Reception and Dinner-Dance (dress code casual chic)
Kindly sponsored by tbc
Saturday 21 September 2024
Day 2
Klara Dvorakova
Holubova advokati, Czech Republic
Chair
10:00 – 11:30 with coffee break
Technology in the law, AI and other challenges, an interactive session
Moderators:
- Ondrej Dvorák – AgiLawyer, Czech Republic
- Miroslav Hyrman – AgiLawyer, Czech Republic
- Adam Morawski – Morawski & Partners International Lawyers, Poland
11:30 – 12:00
Presentation on tbc
Speaker:
Filip Melzer, LL.M, PhD – Associate professor, Department of Civil Law Palacheho University Olomouc, Czech Republic
12:00 – 12:30
PEOPIL Mentoring scheme
Speakers:
- Julian Chamberlayne – Stewarts, England
- Cheryl Palmer-Hughes – Irwin Mitchell, England
- Liam Moloney – Moloney & Co. Solicitors, Ireland
- Rona Hayworth – Digby Brown, Scotland
12:30 – 12:40
Closing remarks by Ana Romero
12:40 – 15.30
Quick lunch, followed by a river cruise
If you look for a nice hotel at approx. 20 minutes walk from the conference venue, please consider the Penta Hotel.
They offer a special rate and rooms can be booked via this link.
