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CURRENT CONFERENCE

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14th º£½ÇÉçÇø Aviation Liability, Insurance and Finance Conference

13-14 September 2024, Montreal

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Programme

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Conference Chair: Prof. Dr. Donal Hanley

Conference Co-Chair: Louise-Hèléne Sénécal

Master of Ceremonies: Stefan-Michael Wedenig

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Friday 13 September 2024

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08.00-08.30 Registration

08.30-08.45 Welcome from Law Faculty Dean and Conference Chair

Dean Robert Leckey, Prof. Dr. Donal Hanley

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08.45-10.00 Liability of Air Carriers

Moderator: Louise-Helene Senecal, Vice President & General Counsel-Litigation, Air Canada

Speakers:

  • Erin Applebaum, Partner, Kreindler & Kreindler

  • Tracy A. Brammeier, Partner, Clifford Law

  • Caryn Geraghty Jorgensen, Shareholder, Stokes

  • Andrew Harakas, Partner, Clyde & Co.

  • Clay Hunter, Partner, Patterson MacDougall

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10.00-11.00 Liability of Airport and Other Service Providers

Moderator: Laura Pierallini, Name Partner, Pierallini Studio Legale

Speakers:

  • Sylvain Choinière, Vice President, Legal, Aéroports de Montréal

  • Isabelle Lelieur, Founding Parter, Lelieur Avocat

  • Racquel Reinstein, Attorney, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

  • Francis Schubert, former CCO and Deputy CEO, Skyguide

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11.00-11.30 Refreshment Break sponsored by Stokes Lawrence and co-sponsored by Aviation Law Group

11.30-12.30 Product Liability

Moderator: Judy Nemsick, Partner, Holland & Knight

Speakers:

  • Roland Küsters, Senior Underwriter and Senior Legal Counsel, Munich Re

  • Lea Bucciero, Podhurst Orseck

  • Pete Neenan, Partner, Stewarts

  • David Weiner

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12.30-14.00 Lunch sponsored by Kreindler LLP

Networking buffet followed by keynote speech by Michael Gill, Director of the Legal Affairs and External Relations Bureau of the International Civil Aviation Organization

14.00-15.15 Global Regulatory Update

Moderator: Mia Wouters, Partner, GDS Advocaten

Speakers:

  • Erick Ferrandez EASA Representative to ICAO & Canada. Alternate EU representative to the ICAO Council

  • Tony Payne, Partner, DLA Piper

  • Ken Quinn, Partner, Clyde & Co.

  • Evelyn Sahr, Member, Eckert Seamans

  • Kerianne Wilson, Director, Customer Accessibility, Air Canada

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15.15-16.15 Insurance Panel

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Andrea Harrington

Speakers:

  • Philip Chrystal, Of Counsel, gbf Attorneys-at-Law

  • Chris Kunstadter, Principal, Triton Space LLC

  • Ulla Norhäll, Claims Lawyer Aviation, Munich Re, Germany

  • Rachel Priester, Senior Vice President, US Head of Claims, Global Aerospace

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16.15-16.30 Transition to ICAO

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16.30-18.00 ICAO Cocktail

Keynote speech by Juan Carlos Salazar, Secretary General of International Civil Aviation Organization

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18.00-21.00 Dinner (at conference venue) sponsored by Clifford Law Offices

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Saturday 14 September 2024

08.30-09.30 Cargo Liability

Moderator: Prof. Dr. John Saba

Speakers:

  • Luiz Eduard Arena Alvarez, Partner, Arena Alvarez

  • Holger BÃ