Call for Papers – Conference on Small Claims Dispute Resolution
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Small Claims Analysis Net 2 (SCAN2) Project consortium partners and are organising a final conference regarding Small Claims Dispute Resolution on 22-23 February 2024.
The SCAN2 final conference will be organised around two main pillars: first, present the acquired research results of the SCAN2 project to the public, and second, bringing together international academics, practitioners, PhDs, and stakeholders in a supranational forum aiming to discuss the latest legal developments on the existing legal remedies for the small claims models of dispute resolutions for consumers within the European Union.
The call for papers concerns the second pillar of the conference focused on the latest developments and sharing of knowledge in relation to the European models of small claims dispute resolution and online dispute resolution (ODR).
Special consideration will be made for the topics discussing the European Small Claims Procedure Regulation (EU) 861/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/2421), but the organisers encourage submissions also on the following topics: small claims remedies for consumers; online dispute resolution for small claims; cross-border justice for consumers; small claims judgment and enforcement challenges; consumer privacy and data protection in using technology for resolving small claims; the connection between the Brussels Ia Regulation and the Regulations on the European Enforcement Order, the European Small Claims Procedure, the European Payment Order and the European Account Preservation Order and their implementation in national procedural law; best national and supranational practices of national small claims proceedings; digitalisation of small claims proceedings; different fora for the initiation of the small claims proceedings; relationship between the Digital Service Act and ODR for consumers; the future of consumer ODR; and the revision of the new ADR directive and small claims.
Additional information can be found here. Enquiries concerning the academic aspects of the event and the call for papers should be directed to the Conference Chair, Marco Giacalone, at marco.giacalone@vub.be. All other enquiries should be addressed to seyedeh.sajedeh.salehi@vub.be or paola.giacalone@vub.be.