10:00 - 19:00

Registration

Hotel

09:00 - 12:00

Meeting of the CMI Executive Council

(for EXCO members only)

Hotel

12:00 - 13:00

EXCO lunch

(for EXCO members only)

Hotel

13:00 - 17:00

Meeting of the CMI Executive Council

(for EXCO members only)

Hotel

18:00 - 20:00

Welcome Cocktail

Hotel Terrace

08:00 - 09:00

Buffet Breakfast for delegates

Hotel

08:00 - 09:00

Latin American maritime law association breakfast

All paid-up members of any Latin American maritime law associations who are delegates at the Colloquium are invited to this breakfast event (limited space available, pre-registration required for those invited)

Hotel

09:00 - 10:00

SESSION 1: Opening of the Colloquium

Welcome speeches by Mr. Christopher Davis, President of the Comité Maritime International, and Mr. Ignacio Melo, President of the Asociación Mexicana de Derecho Marítimo Speech by guest-of-honour: Mr. Héctor Lopez Gutierrez, General Coordinator of Ports and Merchant Marine

Hotel

10:00 - 10:30

Tribute

Speech by Mr. Luis Cova Arria, Luis Cova Arria & Asociados, Venezuela, in tribute to the late Francesco Berlingieri

Hotel

10:30 - 11:00

coffee break

Hotel

11:00 - 13:00

SESSION 2:The Offshore Energy Industry 40 Years Post-IXTOC I

Moderator: Mr. Jorge Radovich, Chair of the CMI Offshore Activities international working group Speaker 1: Mr. Frank Goynor, Gard, New York Speaker 2: The Honourable Justice Steven Rares, Judge, Federal Court of Australia Speaker 3: Mr. Rafael Murillo, Franco Duarte Murillo Arredondo, Mexico Speaker 4: Ms. Camila Mendes Vianna Cardoso, Kincaid Mendes Vianna Advogados, Brazil Speaker 5: Capt. Francisco Javier Fernández Perroni - General Director of Merchant Marine

Hotel

13:00 - 14:00

lunch

Hotel

14:30 - 14:30

2019 IMLI CMI Prize recipient

Ms. Maja Radunović, Judicial Adviser of the Commercial Court of Montenegro, will give a short presentation on her thesis “Maritime Liens In Bankruptcy Proceedings: A Legal Analysis Of The Need To Harmonize And Amend The Montenegrin Legislation” which was awarded CMI Prize for Best Overall Performance by the IMO International Maritime Law Institute at the Institute’s 30th Annual Graduation Ceremony

Hotel

14:30 - 16:00

SESSION 3:The Future of Shipping Lawyers

Moderators: Robert Hoepel, Lawrence Teh. Speakers: Massimiliano Musi, Bernardo Melo Graf, Javier Cardoso Andrade, Morgane Roussel

Hotel

16:00 - 16:30

coffee break

Hotel

16:30 - 18:00

SESSION 4: Proposals for Future Unification of Maritime Law

Moderator: Mr. Aurelio Fernandez-Concheso, Clyde & Co., Venezuela Speaker 1: Lex Maritima by Professor Eric van Hooydonk, University of Antwerp, Belgium Speaker 2: Uniformity of Maritime Law from a Latin American perspective by Mr. Ignacio L. Melo, Sr., Melo & Melo, Mexico Speaker 3: Lex Maritima from a Latin American perspective by Mr. José Vicente Guzmán Escobar, Guzmán Escobar & Asociados - GEA , Colombia

Hotel

08:00 - 09:00

Buffet Breakfast for delegates

Hotel

08:00 - 09:00

Maritime law association presidents’ breakfast

This closed breakfast event is hosted by the President of the CMI for the presidents of all maritime law associations (or their designated representatives)

Hotel

09:00 - 10:30

SESSION 5: Women in Today’s Shipping World

Moderator: Liliana Monsalve, Ann Fenech. Speakers: Pamela Tansey, Katerina Vuskovic Pérez, Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, Elizabeth Salas Jimenez

Hotel

10:30 - 11:00

coffee break

Hotel

11:00 - 12:00

SESSION 6: Cybercrime and Insurance Coverage Issues

Moderator: Joe Grasso. Speakers: Ms. Shelley Chapelski, Boriana Farrar, Mr. Hernán López Saavedra

Hotel

12:00 - 13:30

bus tranfer

visit Teotichuan

13:30 - 20:00

lunch, tour of the Pyramids, return

Teotichuan

20:00 - 22:00

Cocktails at the hotel

08:00 - 09:00

Buffet Breakfast for delegates

Hotel

09:00 - 10:45

SESSION 7: Civil Liability, IOPC Fund and HNS Conventions — Is it Time for Latin American Governments to Ratify These Conventions? (Part 1)

Moderator: Rosalie Balkin. Speakers: José Maura, Jan de Boer, Kiran Khosla, David Baker

Hotel

10:45 - 11:00

coffee break

11:00 - 13:00

SESSION 8: Civil Liability, IOPC Fund and HNS Conventions — Is it Time for Latin American Governments to Ratify These Conventions? (Part 2)

Moderator: Ms. Liliana Monsalve, IOPC Funds Speaker 1: Mr. Luiz Leven Siano, Siano & Martins, Brazil Speaker 2: Mr. José Manuel Zapico, Mackay & Cia, Chile Speaker 3: Mr. Javier Franco, Franco & Abogados Asociados, Colombia Speaker 4: Dr. José Modesto Apolo, Apolo Abogados, Ecuador Speaker 5: Mr. Francisco Linares, Morgan & Morgan, Panama Speaker 6: Mr. Aurelio Fenandez-Concheso, CMI Executive Council member, Venezuela Speaker 7: Captain José Luis Hernandez Abdalah, Mexico Speaker 8: Dr. Diego Chami, Chami Di Menna & Asociados, Argentina

Hotel

13:00 - 14:30

lunch

Hotel

14:30 - 16:00

CMI Assembly

Hotel

16:00 - 16:30

2nd CMI EXCO meeting

(for EXCO members only)

Hotel

18:00 - 18:30

bus transport to Gala Dinner

18:30 - 21:30

Gala Dinner

Haciende de los Morales

21:30 - 23:00

Cocktails at the hotel

Hotel