AIA's upcoming conference

New EU directive on Mediation
Big Aula of the KUB (Katholieke Universiteit Brussel), Vrijheidslaan 17 in 1081 Brussels.
October 17th 2008

This conference is intended to discuss the key provisions of the directive and contribute a wealth of information on this new directive.

The Association for international arbitration is looking forward to creating a pool for discussion and encouragement of training of mediators and the development and adherence to voluntary codes of conduct, as provided in the direction itself.

The five key provisions in the directive include; (1) an obligation for Member States to encourage the training of mediators and the development and adherence to voluntary codes of conduct; (2) gives every judge in the Community discretion to invite the parties’ - at any stage of the proceeding - to participate in mediation; (3) obligates Member States to provide a mechanism to enforce written agreements resulting from mediation; (4) provides that information given or submissions made by a party during mediation are confidential and cannot be used against that party in subsequent judicial proceedings; and (5) contains a limitation and prescription periods provision, which ensures that a party will not be prevented from access to court as a result of the time spent in mediation.”

The Conference discussion will be summarized in a book published by AIA with the collected material presented by the speakers and others.

The conference will take place in the city of Brussels at the Big Aula of the KUB (Katholieke Universiteit Brussel), Vrijheidslaan 17 in 1081 Brussels, from 12:30h - 18:30h, a coffee break will be part of the event.

Conference Program

The Conference Program is downloadable here

Registration fee

	Non member of AIA	200€ exclusive 21% VAT (242 Euros VAT 21 % included)
	Member of AIA, judges, trainees, students	160€ exclusive 21% VAT (20% discount) (193.60€ VAT 21 % included)

Your registration fee includes:

• Access to all the sessions of the conference
• Conference book
• Coffee break

Payment

You will receive an invoice with information on the methods of payment shortly after your registration. The invoice is payable within 15 business days.

Registration form

Please fill the registration form attached here.
Send it by email to:
conference@arbitration-adr.org
or by fax to:
Fax: +32 2 646 24 31

Continuous Learning

Four (4) continuous learning points have been acredited to this conference(Permanent education Belgian Bar) .

Speakers/Subject:

• Ivan Verougstraete, President of GEMME

  Subject speech: Mediation by judges.

• William E O'Brian Jr., Associate Professor of Law, Director International Economic Law Masters Program University of Warwick

  Subject speech: The New EU directive on mediation in the light of American Mediation.

• Mr. Markus Zalewski, European Commission, Directorate General Justice, Freedom and Security, Unit Civil Justice

  Subject speech: Application of the New EU Directive on Mediation

• Frank Fleerackers, Dean of the faculty of law at the KUB

  Subject speech: Mediation, ADR and Legal Thinking

• Phillip Howell-Richardson, Mediator and Consultant at SJ Berwin LLP

  Subject speech: The Directive from the mediator's perspective and some thoughts on the problems surrounding mediation confidentiality

Sponsoring

If you want to sponsor this event, please contact us at conference@arbitration-adr.org

Visa Requirements & Letter of Invitation

Visitors from outside the European Union (EU) should check if a visa is required. In most cases a valid passport will be sufficient. Please visit the following links for more information: here and here.

For more information please contact the relevant Belgian embassy or consulate in your country of residence.

Participants that require an official invitation in order to obtain a visa should apply for this invitation with us in time prior to the Conference for embassies requirements.