MPI Hamburg: International Private Law in China and Europe

On June 7 and 8, 2013 the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Hamburg will host a symposium on “International Private Law in China and Europe“. The registration form is available here.

The programme reads as follows:

FRIDAY, 7 JUNE 2013

9.00 Registration
9.15 – 9.30 Welcome
9.30 – 11.10 Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, and the Recognition of Foreign Judgments in Recent Legislation
- 9.30 – 9.50 Jin Huang
- 9.50 – 10.10 Herbert H.P. Ma
- 10.10 – 10.30 Stefania Bariatti
- 10.30 – 11.10 Discussion

11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 13.10 Selected Problems of General Provisions
- 11.30 – 11.50 Weizuo Chen
- 11.50 – 12.10 Rong-Chwan Chen
- 12.10 – 12.30 Jürgen Basedow
- 12.30 – 13.10 Discussion

13.10 – 14.15 Lunch

14.15 – 16.00 Property Law
- 14.15 – 14.35 Huanfang Du
- 14.35 – 14.55 Yao-Ming Hsu
- 14.55 – 15.15 Louis d’Avout
- 15.15 – 16.00 Discussion

16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break

16.15 – 18.00 Contractual Obligations
- 16.15 – 16.35 Qisheng He
- 16.35 – 16.55 Jyh-Wen Wang
- 16.55 – 17.15 Pedro de Miguel Asensio
- 17.15 – 18.00 Discussion

SATURDAY, 8 JUNE 2013

9.00 – 10.40 Non-Contractual Obligations
- 9.00 – 9.20 Guoyong Zou
- 9.20 – 9.40 En-Wei Lin
- 9.40 – 10.00 Peter Arnt Nielsen
- 10.00 – 10.40 Discussion

10.40 – 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 – 12.40 Personal Status (Family Law/Succession Law)
- 11.00 – 11.20 Yujun Guo
- 11.20 – 11.40 Hua-Kai Tsai
- 11.40 – 12.00 Katharina Boele-Woelki
- 12.00 – 12.40 Discussion

12.40 – 13.45 Lunch

13.45 – 15.30 Company Law
- 13.45 – 14.05 Tao Du
- 14.05 – 14.25 Wang-Ruu Tseng
- 14.25 – 14.45 Marc Philippe Weller
- 14.45 – 15.30 Discussion

15.30 – 15.45 Coffee break

15.45 – 17.30 International Arbitration
- 15.45 – 16.05 Song Lu
- 16.05 – 16.25 Ful-Dien Li
- 16.25 – 16.45 Carlos Esplugues Mota
- 16.45 – 17.30 Discussion

17.30 – 18.00 Conclusions
18.00 End of Conference
19.00 Reception by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg