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For pictures of the social events and networking, click on the slide show above. For pictures of the panels, click on each panel.

This event brought together world-leading aviation liability and insurance experts to address the following topics

• Recent Developments in Aviation Liability and Insurance
• Recovery of Non-Economic Damages
• Unruly Passengers and Liability for Acts of Unlawful Interference
• Jurisdiction & Forum Non Conveniens
• Liability of Manufacturers of Aircraft, Engines & Component Parts
• Comparative Interpretations of the Montreal Convention of 1999 and their Impact on Airlines, Manufacturers, Insurers & Claimants
• Disputes Between Insurers and Reinsurers
• Lessors’ Liability Exposure

The event also featured four simulations

• Moot Court Pretrial Motion
• Moot Trial
• Mock Mediation
• Moot Court Appellate Argument
The fact pattern on which the four simulations are based will cover key complex contemporary legal issues.

In addition, the conference hosted luncheons and a cocktail reception to facilitate networking among attorneys, insurers, air carriers, manufacturers and governmental representatives. this is the third annual conference on this subject organized by the ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Institute of Air & Space Law. Prior conferences were held in Montreal in 2009 and Amsterdam in 2010.

PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MAY 5

16:30 – 18:00 Registration: Hilton Montréal Bonaventure


FRIDAY, MAY 6

7:00 – 8:45 Registration

8:45 – 9:00 Welcoming Remarks - Prof. Paul Stephen Dempsey [.pdf] (ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û, Institute of Air & Space Law, Montreal)

9:00 – 10:30 Recent Developments in Aviation Liability & Insurance

10:30 – 10:50 Refreshment Break - Sponsored by Holland & Knight LLP and Aéroports de Montréal

10:50 – 12:00 A Pre-Trial Moot Court Argument on Forum Non Conveniens

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch - Sponsored by Air Canada and Condon & Forsyth
Keynote Address : Georges Petsikas [.pdf] (President, National Airlines Council of Canada, Montreal) Keynote Speech [.pdf]

13:30 – 15:30 Mock Mediation

15:30 – 15:50 Refreshment break - Sponsored by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

15:50 – 17:00 Roundtable Discussion: Comparative Interpretations of the Warsaw/Montreal Conventions & Aircraft Lessors’ Liability Exposure

17:15 – 19:00 Cocktail Reception: Salle Portage, Hilton Montréal Bonaventure - Sponsored by Air Transat and Speiser, Krause, Nolan & Granito


SATURDAY, MAY 7

8:15 – 8:30 Introductory Remarks Kenneth Quinn [.pdf] (Pillsbury Winthrop, Washington, DC)

8:30 – 11:10 Moot Trial

11:10 – 11:30 Refreshment Break - Sponsored by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
11:30 – 12:30 Passenger Rights

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch - Sponsored by Clyde & Co LLP and EUROCONTROL
Keynote Address : Harold Caplan [.pdf] (Quadrant Chambers, London)

14:00 – 15:00 Recovery of Non-Economic Damages

15:00 – 16:00 Unruly Passengers and Liability for Acts of Unlawful Interference

16:00 – 16:20 Refreshment Break - Sponsored by Bersenas LLP and White & Case

16:20 – 17:30 Moot Court Appellate Argument

17:30 Concluding Remarks - Prof. Paul Stephen Dempsey [.pdf] (ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û, Institute of Air And Space Law, Montreal)