SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

18 September 2014 : MORAL RIGHTS

09.00-09.30 Welcome and tribute to Stig Stromholm by Victor Nabhan, President of the ALAI.
Welcome by Jan Corbet, honorary member of the ABA/BVA, former President of the ABA/BVA that organised the ABA/BVA congress on moral rights in 1993
Presentation of the congress by Fabienne Brison, President of the ABA/BVA

1st session : Getting up to speed : where and why did it start ?
09.30-10.40 Introduced by Morten Rosenmeier, Professor Kobenhavns Universitet, Denmark
by Mireille Buydens, Professor Université Libre de Bruxelles and Attorney, Belgium
by Pilar Camara, Professor Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Discussion led by Morten Rosenmeier

Coffee break

2nd session : A clash between theory and practice ?
11.00-12.30 Introduced by Paul Torremans, Professor University Nottingham, United Kingdom
General report : by Agnès Lucas, Akademische Oberrätin Université Ludwig-Maximilian de Munich, Germany
Panel discussion on selected issues, such as waivability, transferabillity, public domain, alternative protection modes, etc, with :
-  by Jacques de Werra, Professor University of Geneva, Switzerland
-  by Jonathan Grifiths, Reader Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Discussion led by Paul Torremans

Lunch

3rd session : Trying to find a balance
14.00-15.30 Introduced by Antoon Quaedvlieg, Professor Nijmegen, The Netherlands
by Philippe Gaudrat, Professor University of Poitiers, France
by Juan Cordoba, Associate Professor Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia
by Bernt Hugenholtz, Professor University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Discussion led by Antoon Quaedvlieg

Coffee break

4th session : The practice : the audiovisual sector as a study-case
16.00-17.30 Introduced by Ted Shapiro : Attorney, Belgium
Panel discussion with :
- Dominick Luquer, General Secretary of FIA - International Federation of Actors, Belgium
- Hubert Tilliet, Directeur juridique de la SACD, France
- Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, COO-General Counsel SAG-AFTRA, United States of America
Discussion led by Ted Shapiro

17.30-18.00 General Assembly

19 September 2014 : MORAL RIGHTS IN A GLOBALISED WORLD

1st session : Moral rights aspects in new forms of use
09.00-10.30 Introduced and general report by Pierre Sirinelli, Professor Paris I, France
Panel discussion with contributions on :
by Susy Frankel, Professor Victoria University Wellington, New Zeeland
by Raquel Xalabarder, Professor Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Discussion led by Pierre Sirinelli

Coffee break

2nd session : The application of moral rights in the digital era
11.00-12.30 Introduced by Mihaly Ficsor, Member/Honorary President of the Hungarian Copyright Council, Hungary
Panel discussion with contributions on :
-  by Mélanie Clément-Fontaine, Professor Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, France
-  by Marco Ricolfi, Professor University Torino, Italy
-  by Tatsuhiro Ueno, Professor Waseda University, Japan
-  by Ysolde Gendreau, Professor Université Montréal , Canada
Discussion led by Mihaly Ficsor

Lunch

3rd session : The avatars of the moral rights
14.00-16.00 Introduced by Alain Strowel, Attorney Brussels, Belgium
Panel discussion on with :
- Mira Sundara Rajan, Professor University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Valérie-Laure Benabou, Professor Université Versaillse-Saint-Quentin, France
- Jane Ginsburg, Professor Columbia University, United States of America
Discussion led by Alain Strowel

Panel discussion on with the point of view of :
- broadcasters by Heijo Ruijsenaars, Head IP EBU Geneva
- publishers by Carlo Lavizzari, Attorney, Switzerland/South-Africa
- journalists by Mike Holderness, European Federation of Journalists, UK
Dscussion led by Alain Strowel

Coffee break

4the session : Future perspectives ?
16.30-18.00 Introduced by Daniel Gervais, Professor Vanderbilt University, USA
Panel discussion with :
- Michele Woods, Director Copyright Law Division, OMPI, Suisse
- Maria Martin-Prat, Head of Copyright Unit in the Department Intellectual Property of DG Internal Market and Services of the European Commission
- Paul Goldstein, Professor Stanford University, United States of America
Discussion led by Daniel Gervais

Conclusions by Frank Gotzen, Professor em. KU Leuven, Belgium

Closing remarks by Victor Nabhan, President of the ALAI