Save the Dates: Second Edition of the EAPIL Winter School in Como
Building on the success of the first edition, a new edition of the EAPIL Winter School is being organized by the European Association of Private International Law, together with the Department of Law, Economics and Cultures of the University of Insubria in Como (Italy), with the Law Faculty of the University of Murcia (Spain) and the Law Faculty of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland).
It will be held on-site in Como, in the cloister of the Basilica di Sant’Abbondio, from 10 to 15 February 2025.
The general topic will be Multistate Torts.
The lectures will address the ongoing challenges of the treatment of torts connected with several States. The following topics, among others, will be discussed: online defamation, product liability and artificial intelligence, infringement of patents, climate change litigation.
Parallel sessions will be devoted to other topic, outside the wide definition of torts, to the extent they give rise to similar problems. These include topics in the field of succession and family law. Both Hague Conventions and EU legislative measures will be examined, under an approach combining theory and practice, and making ample room for interaction with the attendees.
The lecturers are academics, magistrates and practicing lawyers. Among them: Olivera Boskovic (Professor, Université Paris Cité), Gilles Cuniberti (Professor, University of Luxembourg, President of EAPIL), Anatol Dutta (Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), Francisco José Garcimartín Alférez (Professor University Autónoma of Madrid), Satu Heikkilä (Administrative law Judge, Associate Professor, University of Lapland), Thomas Kadner Graziano (Professor, University of Geneva), Patrick Kinsch (honorary Professor at the University of Luxembourg), Matthias Lehmann (Professor, University of Vienna), Tobias Lutzi (Professor, University of Augsburg), Marta Pertegás Sender (Professor, Maastricht University/University of Antwerp), Ilaria Pretelli (Senior Research Fellow, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law), Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (Professor, University of Edinburgh), Nadia Rusinova (Lecturer, The Hague University, attorney at law), Sylwia Żyrek (Deputy Director of EU Law Department at Chancellery of Prime Minister of Poland), Javier Carrascosa González (Professor, University of Murcia), Anna Wysocka-Bar (Assistant Professor, Jagiellonian University in Kraków), Silvia Marino (Professor, University of Insubria).
The full programme is here.
The Winter School is aimed at PhD students, young scholars, young practitioners and EU private international lovers, generally!
The full program will be published in September 2024, with the details on registration and fees.