Conference in Vienna on Reforming Brussels I bis
An international conference on the recast of the Brussels I bis Regulation will take place at the Skylounge of the University of Vienna on 12 April 2024.
Organized by Professors Burkhard Hess, Christian Koller and Paul Oberhammer (Institut für Zivilverfahrensrecht, Universität Wien), the event will bring together representatives of the European Commission and of the Court of Justice, judges of Supreme Courts of Member States, legal professionals and scholars, to discuss the reform of the most important UE instrument in the field of judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters.
The conference is a follow-up of the one held in Luxembourg in October 2022, based on Prof. Burkhard Hess’s paper ‘Reforming the Brussels Ibis Regulation: Perspectives and Prospects’ and involving the EAPIL Working Group on the Reform of the Brussles Ibis Regulation. A Working Paper available here summarizes the outcome of the discussions held by the participants to the Luxembourg conference.
The April meeting will be based on a questionnaire about possible reforms (32, to be exact) submitted to academics and practitioners, as announced on this blog and ConflictofLaws.net. The results of the survey will soon be available at the webpage of the Institut für Zivilverfahrensrecht.
The conference will starts at 9.15 am and is scheduled to end at 6 pm. Attendance, onsite and online, is free of charge. Prior registration by e-mail at reformingbrussels-Ibis.zvr@univie.ac.at is required.