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 McGill University 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] (McGill University, 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] (McGill University, Institute of Air And Space Law, Montreal)