1. GENERAL
The programme of INTRANSLAW Zagreb 2017 is based on the active cooperation, transfer of knowledge and exchange of best practices between all relevant sectors relating to the transport industry and the transport insurance market: carriers/operators, infrastructure administrators, insurers, investors, state administration, justice, academia, NGO’s etc. The concentration of knowledge and experience of the participants from all the sectors and modes of transport, as well as discussions on topical issues and problems may lead to faster and more efficient problem solving and contribute to the development of transport and insurance law.
2. THEME: TRANSPORT LAW TOWARDS THE FUTURE
3. FORM
The conference activities will be organised in the following session types,
Plenary sessions: presentations by several distinct keynote speakers opening the conference. This part of the programme will serve as an introduction in which the main questions and issues will be raised, to be followed by a discussion on more specific topics.
Thematic sessions: starting with a presentation by an invited speaker (a leading professional/expert), these sessions will feature presentations of the participants (academics and professionals) whose proposed topics and abstracts have been accepted by the Conference’s Academic Committee, concluding with a closing discussion. The sessions will focus on certain more specific topics. A special session is reserved for the presentations of young professionals and academics dealing with various topics of transport and insurance law with a view to stimulating academic development in the field.
Panels: presentations by invited speakers only (leading professionals and experts) followed by a discussion. The panels will focus on certain more specific topics.
Brokerage session: a session reserved for short presentations of academic and/or commercial projects/activities in search of potential partners.
INFO-LAB: a computer workshop in which an IT expert will teach the participants how to efficiently search relevant Internet databases for resources concerning EU transport law and the accompanying documentation.
4.CONTENT
The key topics include, but are not limited to:
NEW BUSINESS MODELS IN TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT CONTRACT ISSUES
(Contracts of carriage, charterparties, storaging, freightforwarding, carrier’s liability, passenger rights (throughout all transport modes) etc.)
TRANSPORT FINANCING
(Leasing, loans, hypotheques and mortgages, securitisation, debt and equity financing in transport industry, strategic determinants and limitations in transport investments, etc.)
COMPETITION LAW ISSUES IN TRANSPORT
(Mergers, aliances, ownership and effective control, state aids, PSOs, etc.)
LEGAL REGULATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
(Drones, self-piloted cars, third party liability, safety issues, data protection, etc.)
MODERN CHALLENGES FOR PORTS
(New regulation for airports, Single European Sky, legal status of seaports, peculiarities of nautical tourism and other special purpose ports, etc.)
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTON
(Court jurisdiction, arbitration, mediation, applicable law in transport disputes, choice of law implications, forum shopping, etc.)
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
DIGITALISATION IN TRANSPORT
(Electronic documents/e-transport documents, data protection, etc.)
CLEAN AND GREEN TRANSPORT
(Intelligent transport systems, greenhouse gas emissions, road decarbonisation (alternative car fuels), urban mobility, pollution liabilities, environmental protection standards in transport, etc.)
FUTURE CHALLENGES OF TRANSPORT INSURANCE LAW
LEGAL ASPECTS OF INSOLVENCY IN TRANSPORT
SAFETY AND SECURITY STANDARDS
(Safety and security management systems in transport, impact of the safety and security on the competitiveness of the industry, implementation of safety and security regulations and human rights protection, legal implications of the Single European Sky, the role of transport insurance, public transport, etc.)
5. LANGUAGE
The languages of the Conference are Croatian and English with simultaneous interpretation.
6. PARTICIPATION
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