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ANNUALMCGILL CONFERENCE ON
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LIABILITY & INSURANCEMAY 6-7, 2011
HILTON MONTRéAL BONAVENTURE HOTELMONTREAL, CANADA
For information visitwww.mcgill.ca/iasl
60th anniversaryInstItute of aIr and space law
International Air Transport AssociationBarreau du Québec Certified CLE Credits
THIS EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER WORLD-LEADING AVIATION LIABILITY AND INSURANCE EXPERTS TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
• RecentDevelopmentsinAviationLiabilityandInsurance• RecoveryofNon-EconomicDamages• UnrulyPassengersandLiabilityforActsofUnlawfulInterference• Jurisdiction&ForumNonConveniens• LiabilityofManufacturersofAircraft,Engines&ComponentParts• ComparativeInterpretationsoftheMontrealConventionof1999 andtheirImpactonAirlines,Manufacturers,Insurers&Claimants• DisputesBetweenInsurersandReinsurers• Lessors’LiabilityExposure
AS WELL AS TO PRESENT FOUR SIMULATIONS:
• MootCourtPretrialMotion• MootTrial• MockMediation• MootCourtAppellateArgument
Thefactpatternonwhichthefoursimulationsarebasedwillcoverkeycomplexcontemporarylegalissues.
Inaddition,theconferencewillhostluncheonsandacocktailreceptiontofacilitatenetworkingamongattorneys,insurers,aircarriers,manufacturersandgovernmentalrepresentatives.
ThisisthethirdannualconferenceonthissubjectorganizedbytheMcGillUniversityInstituteofAir&SpaceLaw.PriorconferenceswereheldinMontrealin2009andAmsterdamin2010.
Montreal Conference 2011
PROGRAMTHURSDAY, MAY 516:30 – 18:00Registration: Hilton Montréal Bonaventure
FRIDAY, MAY 67:00 – 8:45 Registration
8:45 – 9:00 Welcoming Remarks Prof.PaulStephenDempsey(mcGill university, institute of air & space law, montreal)
9:00 – 10:30Recent Developments in Aviation Liability & Insurance
y Areviewofcontemporarylaws,jurisprudenceand developmentsininternationalairlawandliability insurance.
ChAIR:Rod D. Margo(Condon & Forsyth llp, los angeles)SPEAKERS:
y AirCarrierLiability:Laura Safran,QC(Davis llp, Calgary)
y Manufacturers’Liability:Thomas J. Mclaughlin (perkins Coie llp, seattle)
y AirNavigationServiceProviderLiability: Roderick Van Dam(EuROCONTROl, Brussels)
y Insurance:Kathy Posner(Condon & Forsyth llp, New York)
y LessorLiability:Gerald C. Sterns(sterns & Walker, Oakland)
10:30 – 10:50 REFREsHMENT BREAk
10:50 – 12:00A Pre-Trial Moot Court Argument on Forum Non Conveniens
Shoulddomesticcourtshearclaimsforaccidentsarisinginforeignjurisdictions?Listentoalivelydebatethatmayincludeadiscussionofthefive(six)jurisdictionsundertheMontrealConventionof1999,theWestCaribbeanAirways
case,thehelioscase,theGolmidaircollisionandothers.FollowingtheMootCourtargument,thelawyerswillturntotheaudienceforacandiddiscussionoftheirstrategicandtacticalconsiderationsinadvocacy.Thesetwoprominentaviationtortlawyerswillarguethemotionbeforeanappellatejudge,aformerDeanoftheMcGillUniversityFacultyofLaw.
JUDGE:Hon. Nicholas Kasirer(Court of appeal of Québec, montreal)
COUNSEL:FORThEPLAINTIFF:Steven Marks(podhurst Orseck p.a., miami)FORThEDEFENDANT:Allan Mendelsohn(Cozen O’Connor, Washington, DC)
12:00 – 13:30 LUNCH
KEyNOTEADDRESS:George Petsikas(president, National airlines Council Of Canada, montreal)
13:30 – 15:30Mock MediationThispresentationisamockmediationoftheliabilityanddamagesissuesinthesamefactpatternasthepre-trialmootcourtargumentandthemoottrial.
“ThEPLAyERS”:ChAIR:Alan D. Reitzfeld(Holland & Knight llp, New York)PARTICIPANTS:Michael Carbone(JetBlue airways Corporation, New York)James B. Chaplin(mediation inc., Fort lauderdale)Philip Chrystal(swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich)James P. Kreindler(Kreindler & Kreindler llp, New York)Mark Mackrell (Norton White, sydney)Ulla Annica Norrhäll(munich Reinsurance Company, munich)
15:30 – 15:50REFREsHMENT BREAk
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15:50 – 17:00Roundtable Discussion: Comparative Interpretations of the Warsaw/Montreal Conventions & Aircraft Lessors’ Liability Exposure
y WhatarethesimilaritiesanddifferencesinjudicialinterpretationoftheprovisionsoftheWarsaw/MontrealConventions?
y DotheConventionsstillsatisfytheobjectivetounifyaviationliabilityrulesgloballyordotheyinsteadencourageforumshopping?
y WhatistherelationbetweentheConventionsandrecentpassengerrightslegislationandregulations?
y Whatistheliabilityexposureofaircraftlosses?
ChAIR:P. Nikolai Ehlers(Ehlers, Ehlers & partner, munich)EUROPE:Wolf Müller-Rostin(Former General Counsel, Delvag aviation insurance, Cologne)ASIA/PACIFIC:Peng Lim(Clyde & Co llp, singapore)AFRICA:Anthony T. Laleye (Tayo laleye & Co., lagos)LATINAMERICA:Eduardo Dueri(marsh ltd., Bogotá)NORThAMERICA:Donal Hanley(aviation Capital Group Corp., Newport Beach)
17:15 – 19:00 Cocktail Reception: Hilton Montréal Bonaventure
SATURDAY, MAY 78:15 – 8:30Introductory RemarksKenneth Quinn(pillsbury Winthrop, Washington, DC)
8:30 – 11:10Moot TrialEnjoyamoottrialwherewitnesseswillbeexaminedandcross-examined,andevidenceintroducedincludingcomputer-basedaccidentsimulations.Attheend,thetriallawyerswillbeinvitedtoexplaintheirstrategicandtacticalapproaches.
JUDGE:Hon. Allan Hilton(Court of appeal of Québec, montreal)ATTORNEyFORPLAINTIFF: Mitch Baumeister (Baumeister samuels p.C., New York)ATTORNEyFORDEFENDANT:Ann Field(Cozen O’Connor, philadelphia)
11:10 – 11:30REFREsHMENT BREAk
11:30 – 12:30Passenger Rights
y havethecourtsoversteppedtheirjurisdictionininter-pretingpassengerrightsregulationaroundtheglobeanddoesthisultimatelybenefitpassengersasintended?
y WhatarethefutureprospectsforpassengerrightslegislationinEuropeandelsewhere?
y Whatisthelegalexposureofairnavigationserviceprovidersandairportsasaresultofflightdelays,cancellationsanddeniedboarding?
y WhataretheUSregulatoryrulesonairlineadvertisingofservicesandfaresandwherearetheyapplicable?
ChAIR:George Leloudas (Gates and partners, london)SPEAKERS:Simon Evans(uK Caa, london)Michael Gill (iaTa, Geneva)Francis Schubert(skyguide swiss air Navigation services ltd., Geneva)Thomas J. Whalen(Eckert seamans Cherin & mellott llC, Washington, DC)
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12:30 – 14:00LUNCH
KEyNOTEADDRESS:Harold Caplan(Quadrant Chambers, london)
14:00 – 15:00Recovery of Non-Economic Damages
y Underwhatcircumstancesisrecoverypermittedforpainandsuffering,lossofconsortium,lossofsociety,post-traumaticstressdisorderandothernon-economicdamages?
y howdothenewSurfaceDamageLiabilityConventionsonairoperatorliabilitychangetheruleonrecoveryforemotionaldamagesvis-à-vistheWarsaw/Montrealregimeforaircarrierliability?
y howdoesdamagerecoveryagainstaircarriersundertheWarsaw/MontrealConventionsdifferfromrecoveryagainstotherdefendants(suchasaircraftmanufacturers)underdomesticlaw?
ChAIR:Bruce Garrow(Borden ladner Gervais llp, Toronto)SPEAKERS:
y James Healey-Pratt (stewarts law llp, london) y Louise-Hélène Sénécal (air Canada, montreal) y David Willcox (Clyde & Co llp, london)
15:00 – 16:00Unruly Passengers and Liability for Acts of Unlawful Interference
y Shouldthecarrierbeliablefortheassaultofonepassengeronanother?
y ShouldliabilitybeallowedundertheWarsaw/Montrealregimeswhenthe“accident”wasnotcausedbyaneventoroccurrencerelatedtoanaviationoperation?
y Whatarethepoliciesandprocedureswhichaircarriersfollowtodealwiththeunrulypassenger?
y haverecentcourtdecisionscircumscribedtheliabilityshieldprovidedbytheTokyoConvention?
ChAIR:Gerard Chouest(Bersenas llp, Toronto)SPEAKERS:
y John Balfour(Clyde & Co llp, london) y Steven Fus(united airlines, inc., Chicago) y Jeanne M. O’Grady(speiser Krause Nolan & Granito,
New York) y Alejandro Piera(uaE Delegation on the iCaO Council,
montreal)
16:00 – 16:20REFREsHMENT BREAk
16:20 – 17:30Moot Court Appellate ArgumentThissessionconsistsofamockUSSupremeCourtargumentoftherecentUSCourtofAppealsdecisioninEidv.AlaskaAirlines,621F.3rd858(9thCir.2010).EidaddressedanissueofelevatedimportanceintheaftermathofSeptember11,holdingthatundertheTokyoConvention,liabilityforanairlinecaptain’sdecisiontodivertaflightanddeplaneallegedlyunrulypassengersshouldbebasedonasimplelackofreasonablecareandnotonthemoredeferential“arbitraryandcapricious”standard.Thedecisionargu-ablyexposescarrierstoincreasedliability,andpotentiallycircumscribesflightcrewdiscretionindealingwithunrulypassengers.Inthissession,twoprominentaviationtortlawyerswillcrossswordsbeforetheonlyUSappellatecourtjudgetohavepublishedlawreviewarticlesonaviationregulatoryissues.
JUDGE:Hon. Richard D. Cudahy(us Court of appeals for the seventh Circuit)
y ATTORNEyFORPETITIONER:Andrew J. Harakas(Clyde & Co us llp, New York)
y ATTORNEyFORRESPONDENTS:Steve Pounian(Kreindler & Kreindler llp, New York)
17:30Concluding RemarksProf. Paul Stephen Dempsey(mcGill university, institute of air and space law, montreal)
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CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Venue: The Hilton Montréal Bonaventure Hotel 900RuedeLaGauchetièreOuest Montréal,Québech5A1E4 Reservations:
Toll free: 1-800-267-2575 Direct line: +1 514 878-2332
ThehiltonMontréalBonaventureisnestledontheveryroofofPlaceBonaventure,aMontreallandmark.ThehiltonMontréalBonaventureboasts2½acresoflandscapedgardens,outdoorterracesandaspectacularyearroundheatedpool.Thehotelisdirectlyconnectedtothemetro/subway,Montrealcentraltrainstation,andthefamousundergroundcityofboutiquesandrestaurants.
1. Hotel Reservations:PleasecompletetheattachedHotel Reservation Formandfaxitto(514) 878-3881,orre-serveonlineat:http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/YULBHHF-AIR-20110505/index.jhtml
Wearepleasedtoconfirmthefollowingspecial Confer-ence rates in Canadian dollars, starting at $155.00. Hotel prices do not include governmental taxes.
Executive floor rooms providebenefitsincluding:compli-mentarydeluxecontinentalbreakfast,honourbar&horsd’œuvres[17:00-19:30],freelocalcallsandhighspeedInternetaccess.
Wehavereservedablockofroomsandthereservationdeadlineisnoon, April 14, 2011.Afterthisdate,thehoteldoesnotguaranteetheavailabilityofroomsandwillassignroomsonaspaceavailablebasis.Roomsareavailableforcheck-inat15:00withacheck-outtimeof12:00noon.
Inordertoreceivethepreferredcontractedrates,telephoneandfaxrequestsmustidentifyaffiliationwithourgroup—please refer to the “McGill Liability Conference” when making reservations.
2.Passport/Visa Information:IfyouarevisitingCanada,avalidpassportisrequired.Itistheresponsibilityofthevisitor,beforeenteringCanada,toensurethatheorshe
hasthenecessarydocuments,includinganyapplicabletransitdocuments,entrydocumentstoCanadaanddocumentationtore-enterthehomecountry.ContactthenearestCanadianEmbassyorConsulateifyouneedtoobtainavisatoenterCanada.McGillInstituteofAirandSpaceLawwillbepleasedtooffersupportingdocu-mentationforyourvisaapplicationuponrequest.Pleasecontactconferences.iasl@mcgill.ca
3.Cancellation Policy:RegistrantswhoareunabletoattendtheConferencewillreceivearefund[less25%oftheregistrationfeeforadministrativecharges]uponwrittencancellationreceivedbyApril 14, 2011.Regretably,NOrefundswillbegrantedthereafter.however,asubstituteregistrantmaybedesignatedinlieuoftheoriginalregistrant[orConferencematerialsmaybesentinlieuofarefundaftertheConference].Pleaseadviseusofthesubstitutenameinadvance.Cancellations must be faxed to McGill Liability Conference 2011 at 514-398-8197.TheConferencereservestherighttocancelanyprogramsandassumesnoresponsibilityforpersonalexpenses.
4. Latest Program Information:VisittheMcGillwebsiteathttp://www.mcgill.ca/iasl/orcontactconferences.iasl@mcgill.ca
5.Marketing Contacts:Sponsorship of the Conference:ContactMark Glynn or Maria D’Amico at 514-398 5095 or e-mail conferences.iasl@mcgill.ca.
6.Questions:Ifyouhavequestionsorrequireadditionalconferenceinformation,pleasecontactMark Glynn or Maria D’Amico at 514-398 5095 or e-mail conferences.iasl@mcgill.ca.
7.TheBarreau du Québec[QuebecBar]hasaccreditedthisconferencefor12¼hoursofcertifiedcontinuedlegaleducationcredits.Attestationsofparticipationwillbeprovidedtoalllawyersonrequestforthenumberofhoursattended.Anadditionalexplanatorynotewillbeavailableforlawyersfromotherjurisdictionswhomaybeabletogainreciprocalrecognition.
Montreal Conference 2011
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RoomRate
StandardDeluxeRooms(1Kingbedor2doublebeds)
$155.00
ExecutiveFloorRooms $185.00
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
PRE-REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED TO AVOID DELAYS ON-SITE
y Toregisterforallprogramsandeventsdescribedinthisbrochure,please submit your completed registration form and payment to the addresses indicated below.
y Inordertobeincludedinthelistofprogramattendees,youmustregisterby
May 3, 2011.
y No registrations will be processed without payment.
y Whereapplicable,pleasesendproofoffull-timestudentstatusin2011withyourregistration.
THREE WAYS TO REGISTER
y Internet: Registeronlineat:www.mcgill.ca/iasl
y Fax to: mcGill liability Conference 2011, Faxnumber:(514)398-8197 Faxcompletedregistrationformwithcreditcardpaymentinformation.
y Mail to: Sendcompletedregistrationformwithpayment[donotmailcash]to:McGill Liability Conference 2011
McGillUniversityInstituteofAir&SpaceLaw3690PeelStreetMontreal,QuebecCanadah3A1W9
On-site registrationisavailabletoanybodyunabletoregisterinadvance.Pre-registrationisrequiredfortheIASLtoprovidesupportingdocumentationforentrytoCanada.
No registrations will be accepted without payment.
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Beneficiary Bank:RBCRoyalBankofCanada1PlaceVilleMarieMontreal,Quebech3C3A9Canada
Transit code: 00001SWIFT code: ROYCCAT2 Bank/Branch code: 003McGill Bank Account Number: 308-101-5
Currency of account: CAD$Account name: McGill University (Please state “McGill Institute of Air & Space Law”)
PAYMENT INFORMATION
REGISTRATION FEES
y Forregistrationfees,pleasesee enclosed registration form.
y RegistrationfeesareexpressedinCanadian dollars.
y ConferencefeesincludeCanadianandQuebecsalestaxes.
y Registrationfeesincludeadmissiontothetwo-dayprogram,refreshmentbreaks,luncheonsandacocktailreception.
y A30%discountwillapplyonfeesindicatedonregistrationformforone-dayadmission.
METHOD OF PAYMENT
y Credit Card(Visa,MasterCardorAmericanExpress).FeeswillbechargedinCanadiandollars.
y Cheque or money order in Canadian funds payable to “McGill University Institute of Air & Space Law”.
y Cash (on-site only)
y Bank transfer paymentTheregistrationfeemustbepaidinCanadiandollars.
youshouldindicateclearlytoyourbankthatthetransferismadeto“McGillUniversityInstituteofAirandSpaceLaw”.
AnadditionalchargeofCAD$20.00shouldbeaddedtocoverchargesappliedbyMcGillUniversity’sbank.
Pleasenotethatprocessingmayrequireuptotwoweeks.
E-mailconferences.iasl@mcgill.catoinformMcGillwhenyouhaveinitiatedthebanktransfer.
Montreal Conference 2011
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McGILL LIABILITY CONFERENCE 2011 REGIsTRATION FORM6 -7 MAY 2011
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oMr.oMrs.oMs.oDr. FIRSTNAME INITIAL(S) LASTNAME
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Kindly check mark which of the following categories and registration fees apply to you
Early Bird Regular (Postmarkedonorbefore14 April2011) (Postmarkedonorafter15 April2011)
Generalattendee o $695.00CAD o $795.00CADAssociate/Sponsor* o $595.00 o $695.00Academic/Government o $395.00 o $495.00Student/Speaker o $195.00 o $295.00
* Employees of iaTa and our sponsors are invited to register at these reduced rates
___ I will attend the Friday Luncheon ___ I will attend the Friday Reception ___ I will attend the Saturday Luncheon
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By fax:McGillLiabilityConference2011,Faxnumber:(514)398-8197
By mail:Sendcompletedregistrationformwithpaymentto:McGillLiabilityConference2011,McGillUniversityInstituteofAir&SpaceLaw,3690PeelStreet,Montreal,Quebec,Canadah3A1W9
Conference on International Aviation Liability & Insurance (6-7 May 2011)HOTEL RESERVATION FORM
TheConferencehasnegotiatedaspecialdiscountedconferencerateof$155CAD [Deluxe room] or $185.00 [Executive room]attheHilton Montréal Bonaventure Hotel (across from the iCaO Headquarters).Totakeadvantageofthisrateandtoensureyouraccommodation,pleasecomplete this reservation form with full details.FAXitdirectlytothehotel,usingthefaxnumberinbox2.
1. YOUR DETAILS please complete inblock capitalsusing black ink
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Hilton Montréal Bonaventure Hotel900delaGauchetiereO.,Montréal,Québec,Canadah5A1E4Telephone(514)878-2332Please Fax to: +1-514- 878-3881 before April 14, 2011
o KingBeddedRoomatCAD$155.00pernight o TwoBeddedRoomCAD$155.00pernighto ExecutiveRoomatCAD$185.00pernight o Non-smoker
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Tocancelaguaranteedreservationyoumustcontactthehotelandobtainacancellationnumberbefore18:00ofthedayofcheckin,otherwiseonenightperroomwillbecharged.
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SAVE THE DATE:McGill UniversityInstitute of Air & Space Law60th Anniversary Banquet Dinnerthursday, September 22, 2011
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