Digitalization of International Trade
Moderator and Speakers
  • Welcome address
    Viktoria Manko

    General Director, International and Comparative Law Research Center, the Russian Federation

  • Welcome address
    Alexey Khersontsev

    State Secretary — Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation

  • Welcome address
    Anna Joubin-Bret

    Secretary, UNCITRAL, Austria

  • Moderator
    Marina Rozhkova

    Chief Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation, Ph.D. in Law, the Russian Federation

  • Moderator
    Liudmila Terenteva

    Associate Professor of the Chair of Private International Law, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, the Russian Federation

  • Moderator
    Christiane Wendehorst

    Professor of Civil Law, University of Vienna; President, European Law Institute (ELI), Austria

  • Speaker
    Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell

    Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University Carlos III of Madrid; Counsel, Andersen. Judge, the Court of Arbitration of Madrid, Spain

  • Speaker
    Hong Xue

    Professor of Law, Beijing Normal University (BNU), China

  • Speaker
    Lise Alm

    Head of Business Development, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), Sweden

  • Speaker
    Alexandra Fasakhova

    LLM, Head of legal for Investment and Project Finance, JSC Gazprombank, the Russian Federation

  • Speaker
    Igor Furgel

    Head of Certification Body, Deutsche Telekom Security GmbH., Dr. rer. nat., Germany

  • Speaker
    Raoul J Renard

    Manager of Government Affairs, the Permanent Observer Mission, International Chamber of Commerce, the USA

  • Speaker
    Nicolas Rouiller

    Ph.D. in Law, admitted to the Swiss bar, partner and co-founder, SwissLegal Roulller & Associés, Switzerland

  • Speaker
    André Janssen

    Chair Professor for Private Law and European Private Law, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands

  • Speaker
    Mateja Durovic

    Reader in Contract and Commercial Law, Co-Director of the Centre for Technology, Ethics, Law and Society, King's College London, UK

  • Speaker
    Denis Kartamyshev

    Legal adviser, FinTech Assosiation, the Russian Federation

Program
Welcome Address
13:00 - 13:20
Viktoria Manko
General Director International and Comparative Law Research Center, the Russian Federation
Alexey Khersontsev
State Secretary — Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation
Anna Joubin-Bret
Secretary, UNCITRAL, Austria
Panel 1. Digital Trading Platforms
13:20 - 14:50
Online platforms: key features and merits of law reform.
Problems of the relations between the online platform and the user.
Integration of online platforms into the legal system: antitrust law, personal data protection, labour law, copyright law.

Moderator:

Marina Rozhkova — Chief Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation, Ph.D. in Law, the Russian Federation

Speakers:

Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell
— Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University Carlos III of Madrid; Counsel, Andersen. Arbitration atJudge, the Court of Arbitration of Madrid, Spain
Subject: «Platforms' "legal system". Regulating "regulators". A Case for Harmonization»

Hong Xue — Professor of Law, Beijing Normal University (BNU), China
Subject: «Online Platforms in Trade Law»

Lise Alm — Head of Business Development, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), Sweden
Subject: «Do Online Platforms Need a New Legal Landscape?»

Panel 2. Electronic Cross-Border Transactions and Trade Documents
15:10 - 16:40
The need for cross-border recognition of electronic identification and trust services in international trade.
Experience in making cross-border electronic deals.
The use electronic trade documents: problems and perspectives.

Moderator:

Liudmila TerentevaAssociate Professor of the Chair of Private International Law, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, the Russian Federation
Subject: «Legal regulation of international commercial electronic transactions: technological and legal aspects»

Speakers:

Alexandra Fasakhova — LLM, Head of legal for Investment and Project Finance, JSC Gazprombank, the Russian Federation
Subject: «Conclusion and execution of cross-border financial transactions in virtual format: the parties' needs and challenges»

Igor Furgel — Head of Certification Body, Deutsche Telekom Security GmbH., Dr. rer. nat., Germany
Subject: «Preparing a Tool for the Use and Cross-Border Recognition of Identification Data Management Systems and Trust Services»

Raoul J Renard — Manager of Government Affairs, the Permanent Observer Mission, International Chamber of Commerce, the USA

Nicolas Rouiller — Ph.D. in Law, admitted to the Swiss bar, partner and co-founder, SwissLegal Roulller & Associés, Switzerland
Subject: «What are the legal needs?»
Panel 3. Automated Contracting
17:00 - 18:30
Smart contracts: the crisis of contract law and the need for government intervention.
Artificial intelligence: keeping pace with the use of algorithms in commercial contracting.
Data: legal regimes and the rules for cross-border data flows.

Moderator:

Christiane Wendehorst — Professor of Civil Law, University of Vienna; President, European Law Institute (ELI), Austria

Speakers:

André Janssen
— Chair Professor for Private Law and European Private Law, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Subject: "Smart Contracts Under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods"

Mateja Durovic — Reader in Contract and Commercial Law, Co-Director of the Centre for Technology, Ethics, Law and Society, King's College London, UK.
Subject: «Legal Challenges Posed by Smart Contracts»

Denis Kartamyshev — Legal adviser, FinTech Assosiation, the Russian Federation
Subject: «The need to introduce new legal definitions applicable to IT »
* The Program may be subject to change