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International Seminar on the Harmonisation of European Contract Law, 28 - 30 October 2005

The Programme

Friday, October 28, 2005

11:00 a.m.

Arrival of participants; car shuttle to the Haus der Jugend; walk to the university

2:00 p.m	Workshop R 401 NK (optional)
5:00 p.m.	Welcome address
5:15 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.	Lecture 1 (public) Comparative Law and the Harmonization of European Private Law HS 1 Phil	Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Reinhard Zimmermann FBA FRSE
7:00 p.m.	Reception for Seminar participants
8:00 p.m.	Joint dinner and optional night guided tour of Passau (in English)

Saturday, October 29, 2005

9.00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Lecture 2 Challenges of Legal Diversity in Transnational Trade of Goods and Services R403 NK	Dr. Werner Wellhöfer

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Presentation of Clifford Cahnce's survey on European Contract Law R403 NK
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Coffee break
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.	Lecture 3 Levels, Instruments and Actors of the Current Harmonisation Process, with Particular Emphasis on the Role of the Judiciary R403 NK	PD Dr. Christoph U. Schmid

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Lunch at Pizzeria Padu
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Lecture 4 Areas and Predicaments of Harmonisation I: International Private Law and Procedural Law R403 NK	Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Kieninger
	Lecture 5 Areas and Predicaments of Harmonisation II: Contract Law R403 NK	PD Dr. Bettina Heiderhoff
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Coffee break
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Lecture 6 Political Initiatives: The Commission’s Action Plan on a More Coherent European Contract Law and the Way Forward R403 NK	Dr. Susanne Knöfel
from 6:00 p.m.	McDonald's vouchers for dinner

Sunday, October 30, 2005
at 8:45 a.m. Check out at youth hostel; walk to university; luggage trasfer

9.30 p.m. - 10.30 a.m	Lecture 7 Academic Initiatives for Further Harmonisation I: Introduction R403 NK	Prof. Dr. Christina Ramberg

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Coffee break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.	Lecture 8 Academic Initiatives for Further Harmonisation II: The Work of the Academy of European Private Lawyers as an Example for Unifying Contract Law in EuropeR403 NK	Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Giuseppe Gandolfi
12.00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Lunch at the Heilig Geist Stiftsschenke
2:00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.	Paneldiscussion (public) A European Civil Code – Utopia or Possibility? R403 NK	Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Ole Lando Prof. Dr. Dr. Pierre Legrand
3.30 p.m.	Individual Departure