PROGRAMME
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08:00 - 11:00
Registration
Venue: Event Center Foyer
09:00 - 09:45
Opening of the Event
Welcome Address:
Ann Fenech - CMI President
Luis Felipe Galante - President Brazil MLA
Arsenio Dominguez - IMO Secretary General
Pedro Guerra - Cabinet Chief of the Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services
Commander of Brazilian Navy TBC
Venue: Louvre Rooms I and II
09:45 - 10:30
Berlingieri Lecture by Prof. Norman Martinez
Director International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI Malta)
50th Anniversary of the International Convention on Limitation of Liability 1967
Venue: Louvre Rooms I and II
10:30 -11:00
Coffee Break
Venue: Event Center Foyer
11:00 - 12:30
PLENARY SESSION
Ratification of International Conventions and Operation of Regional Navigation Agreements by Latin American Countries
Moderator: Bernardo Mendes Vianna
Recent efforts by the Brazilian Parliament on the ratification of International Conventions – Important developments
Speaker: Marcelo Sammarco - Representative of Parliamentary Front of Ports and Airports
The new world order and legal aspects: The importance of international conventions for Brazil.
Speaker: Jones Soares - Director of Transpetro
The Incorporation of the Hamburg Rules into the Ecuadorian Maritime Legal Regime.
Speaker: Javier Cardoso - President Ecuador NMLA
Panama’s ratification of the Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships
Speaker: Joaquín De Obarrio - President Panama NMLA
River Transport Agreement for the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway – Argentine perspective.
Speaker: Diego Chami - President Argentina NMLA
Colombia and International Maritime Law: Achievements and the Road Ahead.
Speaker: Elizabeth Salas - President Colombia MLA
Venue: Louvre Rooms I and II
12:30 - 14:30
Lunch
Venue: Queluz rooms I to IV
PARALLEL SESSIONS
14:30 - 16:00
PARALLEL 1
Decarbonization Update
Moderator: Haris Zografakis
Introduction to the work of the IWG and the present status of maritime decarbonisation (dead, comatose or asleep?
Speaker: Haris Zografakis
Green Fuels: An international liability & compensation regime for alternative fuels – the IMO trajectory
Speaker: Jolien Kruit
Biofuels and the international liability conventions
Speaker: Neil Henderson
Liability and Compensation for Alternative Fuels in Shipping: Identifying Legal Gaps and Lessons from Existing Regimes
Speaker: Hannah Mosmmans
Greening Shipping Contracts: do we already have the kit?
Speaker: Charles Debattista
Venue: Louvre Room I
PARALLEL 2
United Nations Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents
Moderator: Alexander von Ziegler
The NCD Convention: Background / Approach and Implications
Speaker: Jose Angelo Estrella Faria
The Intrusion of the Negotiable Transport Document (NCD) in the maritime sector: Coexistence or Conflict with traditional B/L legal practices?
Speaker: Paula Bäckdén
A New Kid On The Block : The Hague-Visby Rules and the NCD Convention
The concerns and views of the Shipping Industry; the importance of the Reservation
Speaker: Frank Smeele
Two Conventions, One Problem : Navigating The Possible Overlap Between The NCD Convention And The Rotterdam Rules
Speaker: Juan Pablo Rodríguez Delgado
Part One: Electronic Negotiable Documents In The Rotterdam Rules And The NCD Convention.
Part Two : The Reservation For Maritime Carriage In The NCD Convention: Reasons And Intended Effects.
Speaker: Manuel Alba Fernandez
The NCD Convention And The Maritime Sector: Does It Work? Can It Work?
Speaker: Lia Amaxilati
Venue: Louvre Room II
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee Break
Venue: Event Center Foyer
16:30 - 18:00
PARALLEL 1
Decarbonization affecting Ports and Terminals
Moderator: Mauro Sammarco
The Blue Visby solution.
Speaker: Filipe Santana
Green Corridors: legal aspects of a policy ambition
Speaker: Haris Zografakis
Decarbonizing the world’s ports: recent developments and challenges in Europe and China, through the lens of CMB.TECH’s project experience
Speaker: Lutgarde Eraly
The key role of the public sector to enhance the decarbonization of ports and terminals
Speaker: Julio Castiglioni
The Brazilian Waterway Transports Regulatory Agency (ANTAQ) and the Energy Transition Framework
Speaker: ANTAQ
Venue: Louvre Room I
PARALLEL 2
What are Fraudulent Registries and fraudulent Registration? What to do about them?
Moderator: Frank Nolan
Speakers:
Bob Clyne
Michelle Wiese Bockmann
Fred Kenney
George Theocharides
Meredith Kirby
Venue: Louvre Room II
07:30 - 08:30
NMLAs Presidents’ Breakfast
Venue: Windsor Room
PARALLEL SESSIONS
09:00 - 10:30
PARALLEL 1
Security Interests in Containers
Moderator: Benoit Goemans
The pre-drafting issues
Speaker: Peter Laurijssen
Enhancing legal security for container financing: The Cape Town Convention and its potential for ocean shipping.
Speaker: José Angelo Estrella Faria
The Feasibility of an International Regime for Security Interests over Shipping Containers as distinguished from Security Interests over Ships.
Speaker: Warren de Waegh
Venue: Louvre Room I
PARALLEL 2
Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)
Moderator: Frank Stevens
Insurance Considerations for MASS
Speaker: Danielle Datta
The IMO MASS Code
Speaker: Gen Goto
Building Trust in Maritime Autonomy: A Class Perspective
Speaker: Liza Chua
Venue: Louvre Room II
10:30 - 12:00
PARALLEL 1
yCMI - Intersections of Security, Geopolitics and Maritime Law in a Changing World
Moderator: Harald Søndergard
Sanctions, Shadow Fleet and P&I Insurance: Policing at Sea and Its Potential Implications for Freedom of Navigation
Speaker: Iva Parlov
Sanctions and legal issues in shipping: A perspective from the evolving situation in Colombia and Venezuela
Speaker: Javier Franco
Drafting for Security Disruption in Charterparties and Bills of Lading: Decision Rights and Cost Allocation
Speaker: Morgane Roussel
The new Brazilian Insurance Law and its implications for the international maritime insurance and reinsurance market
Speaker: Frederico Moreira Alcântara de Siqueira
Compliance Challenges for Chinese Maritime In-House Counsels in a Shifting Legal Landscape
Speaker: Anqi (Angela) Song
Maritime Insolvency in an Era of Geopolitical Fragmentation: Unique Maritime Risks and International Judicial Cooperation
Speaker: Warren de Waegh
Venue: Louvre Room I
PARALLEL 2
The CMI Lex Maritima – The road so far and the way forward
Moderator: Eric Van Hooydonk
An introduction to ‘The CMI Lex Maritima 2025 - The Tokyo Principles of Maritime Law’, the very first compilation of universal principles of maritime law
Speaker: Eric Van Hooydonk
How legal practice in Brazil, Argentina and Japan could use the Tokyo Principles – Status of translations of the CMI Lex Maritima
Speakers: Tomotaka Fujita / Eduardo Adragna
Prioritised claims and immobilisation of ships (Principles 23 and 24): Significance for legal practice in South America and England
Speakers: Werner Rizk / Filippo Lorenzon
What the CMI and the national associations can do in the years to come
Speaker: Eric Van Hooydonk
Venue: Louvre Room II
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
Venue: Queluz rooms I to IV
13:00 - 13:30
Break to Change for Excursion
13:30 - 17:00
Excursion: Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf Mountain)
Buses leave in front of the hotel
17:00 - 20:00
Sunset Reception at Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf Mountain)
Dress Code: Casual (walking shoes)
Venue: Embaixada Carioca
PARALLEL SESSIONS
09:00 - 10:30
PARALLEL 1
Energising the MORU Sector: maritime finance, and a MORU finance convention
Moderator: Alexander Severance / Frank Nolan
Speakers:
Michael Hannibal
Joana Albuquerque
Cameron Mitchell
Venue: Louvre Room I
PARALLEL 2
Academics Session
Moderator: Frank Stevens
The regulation of liability for MASS
Speaker: Andréia Propp Arend
Challenges of Hydrogen in Shipping: Tension between Innovation and Liability Regimes
Speaker: Barbara Gadig
Transnational estoppel
Speaker: Steven Rares
The CMI Database
Speaker: Stephen Girvin
Venue: Louvre Room II
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
Venue: Event Center Foyer
PARALLEL SESSIONS
11:00 - 12:30
PARALLEL 1
Revision of the 1910 Collision Convention
Moderator: John O’Connor
Shared Seas, Divided Powers – Navigating the EEZ
Speaker: Leyla Pearson
Scope of application and applicable law: Linking the Threads of a new International Collision Regime
Speaker: Vassilis Vernicos
Overcoming the Dichotomy of Substantive and Procedural Aspects: The Jurisdiction Rules under a new Collision Convention
Speaker: Dieter Schwampe
Vessels’ Liability under a new Collision Convention
Speaker: Klaus Ramming
Collision damages: Is it time to extend the scope? The Lisbon Rules and beyond
Speaker: Francesco Siccardi
Venue: Louvre Room I
PARALLEL 2
The Weaponisation of Sea Routes: Is Shipping in the Firing Line?
Moderator: Richard Neylon
Speakers:
Rafael Zelesco Barretto
Rita Feodrippe
Pietro Palandri
Nick Shaw
Venue: Louvre Room II
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
Venue: Queluz rooms I to IV
14:00 - 17:00
CMI General Assembly
Venue: Louvre Room I and II
17:00 - 18:00
Executive Council Meeting 2
Venue: Windsor Room
19:30 - 23:30
Cocktail Drinks followed by Gala Dinner
Dress code: Business attire or traditional dress, black tie optional
Venue: Casa das Canoas
09:00 - 17:00
EXCO meeting (closed)
Venue: Windsor Room
12:00 - 17:00
Registration
Venue: Event Center Foyer
08:30 - 11:00
Maritime Tribunal
EXCO Members institutional visit upon invitation of the Brazilian Maritime Tribunal
09:00 - 17:00
IWGs AND SCs MEETINGS
All IWG and SC meetings will take place at the hotel.
09:00 - 13:30
Collisions Convention
Chair: John O'Connor
Open/Closed: Closed
Meeting room: Liberdade
09:00 - 17:00
MORU
Chair: Alexander Severance / Frank Nolan
Open/Closed: Open
Meeting room: Alvorada I
09:00 - 10:30
Implementation of International Conventions
Chair: Peter Laurijssen
Open/Closed: Closed
Meeting room: Catete
09:00 - 13:00
Piracy
Chair: Richard Neylon
Open/Closed: Closed
Meeting room: Bandeirantes
09:00 - 12:00
Polar Shipping
Chair: Phil Buhler
Open/Closed: Open
Meeting room: Itamaraty
09:00 - 11:00
Rotterdam Rules and NCD
Chair: Stuart Hetherington
Open/Closed: Open
Meeting room: Alvorada II
09:00 - 11:00
Lex Maritima
Chair: Eric Van Hooydonk
Open/Closed: Closed
Meeting room: Imperial
10:30 - 12:30
Security Interests in Containers
Chair: Benoit Goemans
Open/Closed: Open
Meeting room: Catete
13:00 - 14:00
Judicial Sales
Chair: Ann Fenech
Open/Closed: Closed
Meeting room: Catete
14:00 - 17:00
Wrongful Arrest
Chair: Ed Sweetman
Open/Closed: Open
Meeting room: Imperial
14:00 - 17:00
MASS
Chair: Frank Stevens
Open/Closed: Open
Meeting room: Alvorada II
14:00 - 16:00
Restatement of Marine Insurance Law
Chair: Dieter Schwampe
Open/Closed: Closed
Meeting room: Bandeirantes
14:30 - 17:00
Decarbonisation
Chair: Haris Zografakis
Open/Closed: Closed
Meeting room: Itamaraty
14:30 - 17:30
Cybercrime
Chair: Sébastien Lootgieter
Open/Closed: Open
Meeting room: Liberdade
15:30 - 17:30
Publications
Chair: Massimiliano Musi
Open/Closed: Closed
Meeting room: Catete
TBC
Charitable Trust
Chair: Tom Birch Reynardson
Open/Closed: Closed
Meeting room: TBC
18:30 - 21:00
Welcome Reception
Dress code: Smart casual
Venue: Cavalo Marinho Beach Club - Ilha 1, Av. Lúcio Costa - Recreio dos Bandeirantes
21:00 - 24:00
yCMI Event
Separate registration required - approximately 50 EUR
Venue: Bar do Zeca Pagodinho - Vogue Square
Av. das Américas, 8585 - Barra da Tijuca