2009 WORKSHOP ON ADR/ODRS
BARCELONA, SPAIN, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
PROGRAMME AND CONTRIBUTIONS
8.45 am. Submission of credentials
9.00 am. Inauguration
Presentation and welcome
Pere Fabra Abat. Vice Rector, Academic Organisation, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC).
Pietro Burrascano. Vice Rector, University of Perugia, Italy.
Elena Lauroba Lacasa. General Director of Law and Legal Entities. Department of Justice, Government of Catalonia.
Inaugural Lectures
The State of Justice Today: Prospects
Ethan Katsh, PhD. Full University Profesor. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Director of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR).
Colin Rule. Director of Online Dispute Resolution for eBay and PayPal.
Pedro Yúfera. Dean of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB).
Presentation. (Spa.)
Jesús De Alfonso. President of the Barcelona Court of Arbitration (TAB).
Presented by:
Eduard Vinyamata. Doctor. Director of Studies, Master's Degree in Conflict Resolution, UOC.
Aura Esther Vilalta. Doctor. Professor of the Studies of Law and Political Science, UOC.
Legal Framework and Harmonization of Online Disputes Resolution Methods
10.45 am. First Working Session. ADR/ODRs: taxonomies and standards
Noon Coffee break
12.30 pm. Second Working Session. ADR/ODRs: principles
02.30 pm. Lunch
04.00 pm. Third Working Session. ADR/ODRs and the Administration of Justice
Chaired and concluded by: Agustín Luna Serrano. Full University Professor of Civil Law, Ramon Llull University (ESADE).
Jose Antonio Cobacho. Full University profesor of Civil Law. Rector, University of Murcia.
Domingo Bello Janeiro. Doctor. Full University Professor of Civil Law, University of A Coruña.
International instruments for international arbitration, conciliation and mediation. State-wide recognition of results (Spa.).
Orna Rabinovich. PhD. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa, Israel.
Improving accountability and learning to solve disputes through technology.
Marta Poblet. Doctor. Professor of Law Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Interoperability of ADR/ODRs with the Courts. Current status and estimates. [
PowerPoint] - [
.doc (Spa.)]
Pablo Noriega. Doctor. Researcher with the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA) belonging to the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC).
The virtual environment and elements of strictness, reliability and legality to support executive actions
John Zelewnikow. Professor, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
(Video conference)
05.30 pm Coffee break
06.00 pm Fourth Working Session (Panel A). ADR/ODRs and consumers
Chaired and concluded by: Carles Maluquer de Motes. Doctor. Full University Professor of Civil Law, University of Barcelona.
Lorenzo Mezzasoma. Doctor. Professor of Civil Law, University of Perugia, Italy. Chair of the Centre of Law Studies on Consumer Rights.
Peculiarities of consumer protection
Francesco Rizzo. Doctor. Professor of Civil Law, University of Camerino, Italy.
The consumer's access to the justice system: The class action
Mª José Cazorla. Doctor. University Professor of Civil Law, University of Almeria.
Mediation in consumer affairs arbitration (Spa.)
Inmaculada Barral. University Professor, University of Barcelona.
ODR and consumer affairs: small claims. [
PowerPoint (Spa.)] - [
.doc (Spa.)]
Rosa Mª Pérez Martell. Doctor. University Professor of Procedural Law, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Disputes in the online purchase of tourism products and ADR/ODRs: accommodation and transport.
06.00 pm Fourth Working Session (Panel B): ADR/ODRs in Action: Areas under Development
Chaired and concluded by: Vito Rizzo. Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Perugia, Italy.
Irene Sigismondi. Research Assistant, Sapienza University, Rome.
Regulatory panorama of ADR/ODR in Italy and prospects
Chittu Nagarajan. Directo of ODRWorld.com and ODRIndia.com.
ODRs in Asia. The India's experience
Zbynek Loebl. Manager at the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC).
Consumer disputes relating to on line transactions within the European Union. The ADR.EU center
Salil Mehra. PhD. Professor, Temple University School of Law.
Wikipedia's experience. Large-scale social production and online resolution system
Luisa Vicedo Cañada. Doctor. Professor, Cardenal Herrera University-CEU, Valencia.
The relevance of the autonomy of the will in labour relations
Alberto Elisavetsky. Professor, National University of Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Present and future of new technologies applied to conflict resolution in Latin America (Spa.)
(Video conference)
07.00 pm Closure
Dr. Agustí Cerrillo. Director, Law Department, UOC.