8th AIDA Europe Conference Programme/Document Repository

Moderation: Prof. Pierpaolo Marano, Associate Professor, Università Cattolica del Secro Cuore, Milan/ Italy, Chairman of the DoIP Working Party and Alkistis Christofilou, Partner, Rokas Law Firm, Vice Chair of the Working Party

Panel Members and Topics:

• Freyja van den Boom, PhD candidate with the Centre for Intellectual Property, Policy and Management (CIPPM) at Bournemouth University: “The role of the IDD to improve an informed choice for Telematics Insurance”
• Jorge Miguel Bravo, Professor of Economics and Finance, Universidade Nova of Lisbon: “IDD and distribution risk management”
• Prof. Leo P. Martinez, Dean Emeritus & Albert Abramson Professor of Law Emeritus University of California Hastings College of Law, "Siri: What is the Future of InsureTech in EU and US Insurance Regulation?"

Round table on the "Principles of proportionality and technology neutrality and the IDD"

Moderation: Prof. Sara Landini, University of Florence / Italy, Chairperson of Motor Insurance Working Party, Dr. Kyriaki Noussia, Senior Lecturer in Law University of Exeter, Law School, CSSIS, Exeter / UK, Chairperson of General Principles of Insurance Law Working Party.

Panel Members and Topics:

• Dr. Kyriaki Noussia, University of Exeter, UK and Prof. Sara Landini, University of Florence, Italy:  “Autonomous vehicles – motor insurance and contractual perspectives”
• Prof. Rob Merkin, University of Exeter, UK and Jonathan Scragg, Partner, Duncan Cotterill, New Zealand: “Autonomous Vehicles, the IDD and Brexit”
• Dr. Luo Can, School of Artificial Intelligence & Law, Southwest University of Political Science & Law, Chongqing, China: "The Chinese Perspective on Autonomous Vehicles and the Distribution of Insurance: A Comparative Study with the IDD”
• Nuno Sapateiro, PLMJ Law Firm, Lisbon, Portugal: “Autonomous Vehicles: The Portuguese Perspective”
• Dr. Andrea Signorino Barbat, University of Montevideo, Uruguay: “An Approach to the Social, Functional and Ethical Dimension of the Cyber Risks, with a Special Focus on Autonomous Vehicles”

Moderation: Carlos A. Estebenet, Partner
Bulló Abogados, Argentina, Chairman of Reinsurance Working Party, Prof. Helmut Heiss, University of Zurich / Switzerland & Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Project for Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law (PRICL)

Panel Members and Topics:

PRICL – A new Contract Framework

• Generalities - Prof. Helmut Heiss, Zurich Switzerland
• Remedies - Prof. Manfred Wandt, Frankfurt / Germany
• Aggregation - Oliver William, Zurich / Switzerland
• “Market View” – Christian Lang, Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd., Zurich / Switzerland

Comparative Analysis: Comparing recent Case Law results with a view to PRICL - Dr. Özlem Gürses, London/UK

Panel Discussion moderated by Jorge Angell

Moderation: Prof. Pierpaolo Marano & Prof. Margarida Lima Rego

Panel Members: Four winners of the AIDA Europe Young Authors Awards 2019 giving full presentations

• Viktoria Chatzara: “The interplay between the GDPR and the IDD”
• Marta Ostrowska: “Information duties stemming from the IDD as an example of faulty application of the principle of proportionality”
• Amelie Brofeldt and Christian Bo Kolding-Krøger:  “The promised increase in customer protection under the IDD. Customers’ demands and needs and comparable pre-contractual information in form of a standardised IPID”
• Diana Bozek: “Redefining product management - IDD’s perspective”

Topic: Dispute Resolution:  What is happening in Europe?  Impacts post Brexit?

Moderation: Chris Rodd, Mediation and Insurance Lawyer, Australia, Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Working Party

Speakers:

• Dr. Giorgio Grasso, BTG Legal, Milan / Italy:  “Arbitration: What is happening in the insurance sector in Italy?”
• Dr. Nino Sievi, Attorney at Law, Zurich / Switzerland:  “The Impact of Brexit on Dispute Resolution – A Swiss Perspective”
• Michael Mendelowitz, General Counsel at ERGO VERSICHERUNG AG, UK BRANCH, London / UK:  “Insurance and Reinsurance Dispute Resolution in a post-Brexit Environment – A UK Perspective”

Topic: Current Challenges in Automated Contract Reviewing - How semantics could help solve the problem

Moderation: Florian Köhler, Head Contracts P&C EMEA, Swiss Re.

Speaker: Susanna Tron, Analytics Knowledge Engineer, Group Digital & Information Services, Swiss Re. 

Topic: Who is really accountable when climate policies and cat event safeguards fail?

Moderation: Tim Hardy, Chairman of the Climate & Catastrophic Events Working Party

Agenda, Welcome  and Introduction

Speakers:

• Dr Sjoerd Meijer, Nauta Dutilh, Amsterdam (Netherlands): “The Urgenda case – what now for governments in the Netherlands and beyond?”
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Perner, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria): “Liability for climate change – European perspective”
• Richard Traub, Traub Lieberman (US): Update on US Climate Change Litigation and liability issues/The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
• Panel/Open Discussion: Other countries/what's in store for re/insurers?

Topic: Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and Marine Insurance

• AI and the Marine Insurance Market today and in the future
• AI and the marine insurance law perspective

Moderation: Prof. Satoshi Nakaide, Chairman of the Marine Insurance Working Party; Dr. Maximilian Guth, Secretary of the Marine Insurance Working Party, Rechtsanwalt, Partner at Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Hamburg, Germany

Speakers:

• Carlos Costa e Silva, Advogado, Partner at Barrocas & Associados - Sociedade de Advogados, S.P., RL:  “AI and Marine Insurance: Portuguese  legal aspects”
• Justin Whelan, Partner, HFW: CL 380
• Shanice Trowers – Prize Winner AIDA Europe Young Authors Awards 2018:  “Smooth sailing or a risky expedition: A critical exploration into the innovation of Unmanned Maritime Vehicles and its potential legal and regulatory impacts on the insurance sector.”
• Enrico Molisani - Avvocato, MR International Lawyers, Genoa, Italy: “Cyber seaworthiness of vessels and the impact on Hull and Cargo policies"