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Joint Occupational Health and Tort Reform & Human Rights Conference

Turin, Italy, Thursday 20 and Friday 21 November 2025

10.25 CPD hours

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Early bird rate applies until 1 July
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Please join us on Saturday 22 November for a tour with wine tasting and lunch.

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Conference venue:

Accademia delle Scienze
Via Accademia delle Scienze, 6
10123 Torino
Italy

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:

Wednesday 19 November

– Pre-registration and welcome drinks reception at Studio Legale Ambrosio & Commodo

Thursday 20 November  – Occupational Health and Workplace Accidents Seminar

Morning session 

– Introductory Report: Why Turin?
The first ever judgement on work-related asbestosis

– Causal Link in Organisational Accidents – Lectio magistralis

– Protection of workers under the Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence

Afternoon session

– Human Rights and Work in the Digital Age

– Panel on Public Insurance against Accidents at Work and Compensation Claims – a comparative overview

– Drinks reception at MB.O Law Firm

Friday 21 November – Tort Reform and Access to Justice and Human Rights Seminar

Morning session

– Tort Law Reform: a comparative overview – Lectio Magistralis

– Tort reform in the USA

– Product Liability, AI, Class Action and Litigation Funding: Reform across Europe

Afternoon session

– Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer

– State Liability and Human Rights: the Role of Internawional Law and International Justice 

– Migrants, Human Rights, Shipwrecks

wednesday 19 November 2025

Welcome day

19:00

Drinks reception with bites @Studio Legale Ambrosio & Commodo Associato

Thursday 20 November 2025

Day 1

Occupational Health and Workplace Accidents Seminar

09:00 – 09:15

Registration

09:15 – 09:30

Opening & Welcome by:


Liam Moloney, Peopil President and
Umberto Oliva, Chair of the Occupational Health SIG
Morning chair: Sylwia Mysliwska, Peopil Executive Board member, Poland

09:30 – 10:15

Introductory Report: Why Turin?
The first ever judgement on work-related asbestosis
Speaker
  • Avv. Marco Bona – Studio Legale Bona Oliva e Associati, Italy
The first ever judgement on work-related asbestosis
Speaker
  • tbc

10:15 – 11:15

Causal Link in Organisational Accidents
Speaker
  • Prof. Maurizio Catino – University of Milano Bicocca, Italy

11:15 – 11:45

Coffee break

11:45 – 12:45

Protection of workers under the Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (Directive 2024/1760)
Chair and introduction:
  • Edoardo Traversa – Studio Legale Bona Oliva e Associati, Italy
Speaker:
  • Dott.ssa Priscilla Robledo – Lobby & Advocacy coordinator,
    Clean Clothes Campaign, Italy

12:45 – 14:00

Lunch
Afternoon chair: Philip Mead – 12KBW, England

14:00 – 15:45

Public Insurance Against Accidents at Work and Compensation Claims: Interactions – a comparative overview
Panellists
  • Umberto Oliva – Studio Legale Bona Oliva e Associati, Italy

  • Wolfgang Frese – Rechtsanwalt Wolfgang Frese, Germany
  • Boris Achmedov – KLB Legal, Czech Republic
  • David Sánchez Almagro – Estudio Juridico Almagro, Spain
Kathleen Doyeux – BCV Avocats, France
  • Karolina Kwiatkowski – Kwiatkowski Legal, Netherlands

15:45 – 16:15

Refreshment Break

16:15 – 16:45

Human Rights and Work in the Digital Age
Speakers
  • Luca Saglione – PwC, Italy
  • tbc

16:45 – 17:15

Violence in Schools against teachers
Speaker
  • Peter Littlefair – Balfour Manson, Scotland

19:00

Drinks reception with bites @Studio Legale Bona Oliva e Associati

Friday 21 November 2025

Day 2

Tort Reform, Access to Justice and Human Rights Seminar

09:15- 09:30

Registration

09:30 –  09:40

Welcome remarks by:


Morning Chair and PEOPIL Executive Board member Dr. Stefano Dangel, Germany and

Marco Bona, Chair of the Tort Reform and Access to Justice SIG, Italy

09:40 –  10:20

Tort Law Reform in Europe
Speaker
  • tbc

10:20 –  10:50

Tort Reform in the USA
Speaker
  • Anthony Tarricone – Kreindler & Kreindler, USA

10:50 – 11:10

Young Lawyers’ Expectations on Tort Reform
Speaker
  • Klára Dvořáková – Holubová advokatí, Czech Republic

11:10 –  11:30

Coffee break

11:30 – 12:45

Product Liability, AI, Class Action and Litigation Funding: Reform across Europe
Chair:
Sarah Prager KC -Deka Chambers, England
Panellists
  • Duncan Fairgrieve – Université de Paris-Dauphine, University of Oxford, England
  • 
Mark Harvey – Hugh James, Wales

  • Eleonora Rajneri – Università del Piemonte Orientale, Institut catholique de Paris, Italy

12:45 – 14:00

Lunch
Afternoon chair: Giulia Oberto – PEOPIL General Board member, Italy

14:00 – 14:30

Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer
Introduction by Giulia Oberto - Studio Legale Bona Oliva e Associati, Italy
Speaker
  • Avv. Barbara Porta – Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) Human Rights Committee Chair, Italy

14:30 – 15:30

State Liability and Human Rights: the Role of International Law and International Justice
Chair: Abigail Holt, Garden Court Chambers, Leader of the European Circuit of the Bar

Speakers
  • Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh – University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • James Onalaja – 187 Chambers, England
  • Nicolò Bussolati – Lexchance, Italy

15:30 – 16:00

Refreshment Break

16:00 – 17:00

Migrants, Human Rights, Shipwrecks
Speakers
  • Abigail Holt – Garden Court Chambers, England

  • Silina Pavlakis-Moschos – Pavlakis-Moschos Law Firm, Greece
  • 
Stefano Bertone – Ambrosio & Commodo Studio Legale Associato, Italy

17:00 – 17:15

Closing remarks

20:00

Dinner

Saturday 22 November 2025

Day 3

11:30 – 17:00

Tour to the Fontanafredda winery with magnificent vineyards, cellars and restaurants located among the hills of Serralanga d’Alba, in the famous Langhe area, UNESCO World Heritage.

Separate registration required, by email to Philippine Bax.
Payment at the venue by bank card or cash.

Fontanafredda
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NOW: Welcome Drinks for ALL delegates at and sponsored by

Time: 17:00 – 19:00

Address:
Świętego Krzyża 17
31-023 Kraków

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NOW: Dinner at Nota Resto

Time: 19:30

Address:
Świętego Krzyża 17
31-023 Kraków

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NOW: Day 2 - Joint Conference of the RTA & NLG SIG's

Kraków, Poland
Thursday 3 & Friday 4 April 2025

Address:
Assembly Hall of Jagiellonian University
ul. Gołębia 24
31-007 Kraków

Programme
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NOW: Day 1 - Joint Conference of the RTA & NLG SIG's

Kraków, Poland
Thursday 3 & Friday 4 April 2025

Address:
Assembly Hall of Jagiellonian University
ul. Gołębia 24
31-007 Kraków

Programme