Programme Joint Conference
of the Occupational Health EEG and the RTA EEG
Thessaloniki, Thursday 15 & Friday 16 June 2023
Grand Hotel Palace
Monastiriou 305
54628 Thessaloniki
Please book your room before 22 May via this link to enjoy the conference rate!
Wednesday 14 June 2023
Welcome drinks
20:00 – 22:30
Welcome Drinks Reception
Ciel Bar
12, Meg. Alexandrou Ave.,
New Seafront of Thessaloniki, 54642
Kindly sponsored by:
Thursday 15 June 2023
Day 1 Occupational Health and Workplace Accidents (5.5 CPD Points)
Chair: Umberto Oliva (Occupational Health EEG Coordinator)
08:45-09:15
Registration and coffee
09:15-09:30
Opening remarks
- Fotis Giannoulas – Member of the Board of the Athens Bar Association
- Georgios Koutsos – Member of the Board of the Thessaloniki Bar Association
- Ana Romero Porro – President of PEOPIL
09:30-10:00
Introductory Report: Risks and challenges of the contemporary work environment
Speaker:
- Umberto Oliva, Chair of the Occupational Health EEG, Studio Legale Bona Oliva & Associati, Italy
10:00-10:30
Transnational Corportate Liability and Outsourced Torts
Speaker:
- Philip Mead – 12 KBW, England
10:30-11:00
From Brussels I recast to the Civil Procedure Rules: jurisdiction in cross-border employers’ liability cases before and after Brexit
Speaker:
- Matthew Chapman KC – Deka Chambers, England
11:00-11:30
Refreshment Break
11:30-12:45
Work related accidents involving Seamen and Offshore workers
Chair:
- Sarah Crowther KC – Outer Temple Chambers, England
Panellists:
- Mike Doyle – Doyle Dennis LLP, USA
- Silina Pavlakis – Pavlakis-Moschos & Associates, Greece
- Simon Richards – Digby Brown Solicitors, Scotland
12:45-14:15
Lunch
14:15-15:30
Work related accidents in construction sites involving migrant population
Chair:
- Wolfgang Frese – Rechtsanwalt Wolfgang Frese, Germany
Panellists:
- Natalia Astigarraga Bronte – Astrom Legal, Spain
- Isidoro Bonilla – Levenes, England
- Loredana Dumbravā – JGV & Asociatii, Romania
- Sylwia Mysliwska – Gostynski & Partners, Poland
15:30-16:00
Refreshment break
16:00-16:45
Claims from hospital and nursing home workers for (long term) consequences of COVID
Speakers:
- Mark de Hek – SAP Letselschade Advocaten, Netherlands
- Alice Kubu Frybova – Holubová advokáti s.r.o., Czech Republic
16:45 – 17.00
Closing remarks
Ana Romero Porro, President of PEOPIL and
Umberto Oliva, Chair of the Occupational Health EEG
19:30
Drinks and dinner at the Grand Hotel Palace
Friday 16 June 2023
Day 2 Road Traffic Accidents (5.5 CPD Points)
Chair: Katherine Allen (RTA & Whiplash EEG Coordinator)
09:00
Registration
09:25 – 09:30
Welcome and Introduction
Speaker:
- Katherine Allen – Hugh James, England
09:30 -10:00
The Oracles of Themis – CJEU Case Law Update
Speaker:
- Anirudh Mandagere – Deka Chambers, England
10:00 -11:00
An Ode to Hermes – Road Traffic Accident Reconstruction – the Expert’s Perspective
Speaker:
Christos Glavopoulos – Glavopoulos and Associates Inc, Greece
11:00 -11:30
Refreshments
11:30 -12:30
(The Pitsa) PANEL – Road Traffic Accident Reconstruction – A Comparative View
Chair:
- Ian Denham – Outer Temple, England
Speakers:
- Gerben Janson – Leidse Letselschade Advocaten, The Netherlands
- Rebeca Martinez Fariñas – BCV Lex, Spain
- Peter De Maeyer – HBSV Advocaten, Belgium
12:30 -13:30
Lunch
13:30 -14:15
In Search of Soteria – The Insurer’s Perspective
Speakers:
- Sara-Jane Eaton – DWF Law LLP, England
- Thomas Ricard – JP Karsenty, France
14:15 -15:00
Speaker:
Theodoros Bargiotas – Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry, Greece and England and Wales
15:00 -15:30
Refreshments
15:30 -16:15
Motor Insurance Indemnity Limits – A Modern Tragedy?
Speaker:
- Valérie Augros – Valérie Augros Avocat, France
- Ben Dominguez – Ben Dominguez Law Firm, USA
- Paschalis Moschos – Pavlakis-Moschos & Associates, Greece
16:15 -17:00
The Coeus Questions – The Return of the RTA Quiz
Quiz Masters:
- Katherine Allen – Hugh James, England
- Ian Denham – Outer Temple, England
17:00
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