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Annual Conference 2026

Rome, 18 – 19 September 2026

7 CPD Hours, APIL Accredited

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Conference venue:

NH COLLECTION GIUSTINIANO

Via Virgilio 1 E/F/G
00193 Rome

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THURSDAY 17 September 2026

Welcome day

19:30 – 00:00

Opening Drinks Reception

Venue TBC

Terrazza Caffarelli

Piazzale Caffarelli, 4, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

Friday 18 SEPTEMBER 2026

Morning Chair: Dr Stefano Dangel, PEOPIL Executive Board / Dolce Lauda, Germany

09:00 – 09:30

Registration

09:30 – 09:45

Opening remarks by:

Liam Moloney - PEOPIL President and Giulia Oberto - PEOPIL Representative for Italy

09:45 – 10:45

Transatlantic legislation in Europe and the United States

Speakers:

Linda Lipsen – Chief Executive Officer, American Association for Justice, USA
Demetrius Danas – Irwin Mitchell LLP, England
Carlos Villacorta – BCV Lex, Spain

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15- 12:15

Baby loss, neuroscience and damages

Speakers:

Giacomo Travaglino – Former Judge of the Italian Supreme Court (Court of Cassation), Italy
Carolina C. Marino – PSAF, Italy
Dominique Smith – PEOPIL Medical Negligence SIG Chair, Deka Chambers, England
Sean Domnick – Rafferty Domnick Cunningham & Yaffa, USA

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch

Afternoon Chair: Marco Bona, Chair of the PEOPIL Tort Reform and Access to Justice and Full Compensation SIG, Studio Legale Bona Oliva & Associati, Italy

13:30 – 14:15

Children’s rights, liability of minors in sport accidents

Speakers:

Alice Kubů Frýbová – Holubová advokáti, Czech Republic
Christine Schneider – Riess & Schneider Solicitors, Austria
Sylwia Myśliwska – PEOPIL Board Member, Gostyński & Partners, Poland
A.Vahit Kaya – Kaya & Partner, Turkiye

14:15 – 14:45

Plaintiffs’ Use of Transnational Discovery and Evidence-Gathering Instruments to Advance the 9/11 Case in U.S. Federal Court

Speaker:

Gavin Simpson – Counsel at Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, USA

14:45 – 15:15

Jurisdiction: the Hague convention and cross-border traffic accidents

Speaker:

Christopher Deacon – Stewarts, England

15:15 – 15:35

Coffee Break

15:35 – 16:05

Right to protest and police violence

Speakers:

Karl Koenigs, Dolce Lauda, Germany
Gianluca Vitale, Legal Team Italia, Italy

14:30 – 14:45

Refreshment Break

Speakers:

Ioana Culachi – JGV & Associates, Romania
Remus Robu – Remus Robu Sollicitors, England

16:05 – 16:20

Annual General Meeting

Speakers:

Philip Mead – 12 KBW, England

15:45 – 16:15

Quiz Master:

Closing remarks

Liam Moloney, President of PEOPIL and Mark Harvey, Chair

Ian Denham – SIG Secretary/Outer Temple, England

20:00 – 00:00

PEOPIL Annual Gala Dinner

Palazzo Brancaccio

Vle del Monte Oppio, 7, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

Please note that the dress code for the evening is formal evening attire. We kindly encourage all guests to dress accordingly to match the elegant atmosphere of the event.

20:00 – onwards

Dine arounds - Women in Law

New for PEOPIL, the WTLC have a long standing tradition of arranging casual, 4-6 person dinners across the city where a conference is being held. The meal is self funded and a great opportunity to meet a small number of new people in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, whilst enjoying a different part of the city. We have booked a few tables at different times and venues across the city to try and cater for everyone.

Saturday 19 September 2026

08:00 – 09:00

Morning Yoga - sponsored by Stewarts

This entry level yoga session with www.sarahflorance.yoga will be suitable for all participants and will ease you into the conference weekend.

Mats, changing rooms, water and herbal teas will be provided. Please wear comfortable, flexible clothing suitable for yoga.

Roger de Llúria 115, 2º Barcelona

2 minutes walking from/to the Barcelona Bar Association.

Additional registration required

Cost included within delegate fee.

09:45 – 10:00

Opening remarks

Speakers:

Cheryl Palmer-Hughes, PEOPIL Vice President / Stewarts, England
Laura Yaeger, AAJ Parliamentarian / Justice Law Collaborative, US

Chair: Mike Doyle - Doyle Dennis Avery LLP Trial Lawyers

10:00 – 10:45

Tort Law and human rights

Speaker:

Professor Cees van Dam, England

11:00 – 11:20

Being your authentic self at work

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee Break

Chair: Silina Pavlakis - Pavlakis – Moschos Law Firm, Greece

11:15 – 12:15

Social media and collective actions

Speakers:

Prof. Duncan Fairgrieve, Professor of Comparative Law, England
Stefano Bertone – Ambrosio & Commodo, Italy

12:15 – 12:45

APIL, AAJ, IETL, PEOPIL, - access to justice under attack

Speakers:

Mike Benner – APIL Chief Executive, England
N. John Bey – AAJ President-Elect, Bey & Associates, LLC, USA
Linda Lipsen – Chief Executive Officer, American Association for Justice, USA
Liam Moloney, PEOPIL President, Moloney & Co Solicitors, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Marco Bona – Chair of the PEOPIL Tort Reform and Access to Justice and Full Compensation SIG, Studio Legale Bona Oliva & Associati, Italy

12:45

Closing remarks

Liam Moloney - PEOPIL President

Mike Benner – APIL Chief Executive, England
Linda Lipsen – Chief Executive Officer, American Association for Justice, USA
Liam Moloney, PEOPIL President, Moloney & Co Solicitors, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Marco Bona – Studio Legale Bona Oliva & Associati, Italy

15:00 – 20:00

Special Experience in Rome

TBC

Annual Conference 2026