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European Aviation Club: Importance of the EU Ratification of the Cape Town Convention

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

the European Aviation Club is hosting an event on October 1-2, 2009 titled Importance of the EU Ratification of the Cape Town Convention at the Hotel Bristol Stephanie Avenue Louise 91-93, 1050 Brussels, Belgium:

Importance of the EU Ratification of the Cape Town Convention

October 1, 2009
Conference diner at the Cercle de Lorraine
Diner will start at 20.00 hours. We will convene in the lobby of the conference hotel at 19.30. Alternatively you can join us at the castle itself. (Château Fond’Roy, 51, avenue du Prince d’Orange, B – 1180 Brussels – (http://www.cerclelorraine.be/)

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Program – October 2, 2009

10.00 Warm welcome
Ms. Regina Lynch, Chair of the IBA aviation law committee, on behalf of the International Bar Association
Ms. Mia Wouters, director European Aviation Club, member of the IBA aviation law committee

Opening of the conference
Mr. James Tussing, Fulbright & Jaworski, Member of International Registry Advisory Board (IRAB)
and Legal Advisory Panel of Aviation Working Group (AWG)

Overview of EU issues of the Cape Town Convention
Mr. Jeffrey Wool, Secretary and General Counsel, Aviation Working Group (AWG) and Chairman, International Registry Advisory Board (IRAB)
(This presentation will be given by teleconference.)

Mr. Jerôme Carriat, European Commission, DG Justice, Liberty and Security.
Time for questions

Refreshment Break

11.30: Ratification Issues and Dynamics
Mr. Max Ganado, Ganado & Associates, Malta

12:00: Application and Experience in the EU Ratification States
For Ireland: Mr. Chris Quinn, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Dublin, Ireland
For Luxembourg: Mr. G. Bruno Poulain, Watson Farley & Williams LLP, Paris, France

Time for questions

13:00 : Lunch

14:00: The Government’s Perspective
Mr. Henrik Kjellin, Swedish Foreign Ministry
Mr. Louis Emery, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Washington, D.C. ( invited)

14:40 The international Registry: the first three years
Mr. Rob Cowan, Managing Director, Aviareto Limited (Registrar of International Registry)

Time for questions

Refreshment Break

15.30: Discussion of Select Issues
Moderator, Mr. James Tussing, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., New York, New York
Mr. Jan Dernestam, Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm, Sweden
Mr. Carlos Rueda, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados, S.L.P., Madrid, Spain
Ms. Catherine Duffy, A&L Goodbody, Dublin

Panel discussion & time for questions

17.00 Closing Remarks by Mr. James Tussing and Cocktail Reception