II FORUM GIURIDICO EUROPEO | 1 – 3 DECEMBER 2006
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This year’s speeches and reports will be covering:

 
 
> Safety;
> Skiing accidents;
> Insurance issues;
> International signs on the slopes;
> Floodlighting regulations for skiing;
> Discussion: the Ministerial Decree 20th December 2005 implementing Law 363/03.
 
 


 
  Speakers and Authors
In view of the global interest generated by the Forum, this year there will be:
 
 
> 10 speakers from 8 countries;
> 22 authors of reports
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> President of the Scientific Committee: Dr. Gianfranco Avella
> Scientific Director and Moderator: Dr. Carlo Bruccoleri
> President of the Round table: Prof. Waldemaro Flick, Lawyer
> Coordinators: Donato Lucini, lawyer, Sig. Arduino De Cet
 
Speakers:
> Spain - Mr. Ignacio ARROYO, Expert in Sport Law.
“Insuring against skiing accidents.”
> Austria - Mr. Herbert GSCHÖPF
“Who has right of way on the slopes? The 3 F.I.S. rules from a teaching standpoint and as seen by the Austrian jurisdiction.”
       
> France - Mr. Michel BAILLY, Counsellor of the French Ski Federation.
“Insurance and rescue in the mountains.”
> Slovenia - Mr. Tomaž MARUŠIC, Ex-Minister for Justice of the Slovene Republic.
“Skiing accidents and criminal liability in the Slovenian legal system.”
       
> Italy - Dr. Carlo BRUCCOLERI, Honorary Deputy President of the Court of Cassation.
“Alpine skiing and minors: The legal aspects.”
> Switzerland - Mr. Heinz Walter MATHYS, Senior Public Prosecutor for the Canton of Bern, President of SKUS (Swiss Commission for the Prevention of Accidents on Snowsport Runs).
“Freedom of movement, personal responsibility of skiers and snowboarders and duty to maintain safety on ski runs.”
       
> Germany - Dr. Gerhard DAMBECK, President of the Court of Kempten.
“Safety on the slopes: The user’s personal liability and obligations in German Law” (The speaker will talk about liability regarding the skier and the facility manager, explaining the extent and the limits of their liability).
> Canada - Mr. Christopher MOORE, Member of the FIS Legal and Safety Committee.
“Recent court decisions concerning ski accidents in Canada.”
       
> Italy - Mr. Waldemaro FLICK
“Responsibility and the ski slopes: contract cover or aquilian responsibility?”
> Special Guest - Mr. Hans-Kaspar STIFFLER, President of the Legal Committee for the Swiss Cableways, Member of the FIS Legal and Safety Committee from 1973 to 2006.
Authors:
> Prof. Mario BASSANI, University of Milan
“Town planning, environmental and landscape protection in the creation of ski areas, and the compulsory easements regime”.
> Dr. Marco MELANI, Insurance broker.
“The Alps: incidence of accidents and insurance practices”.
       
> Prof. Federico Fernandéz de BUJÁN, Full professor of Roman law at UNED University in Madrid
“The snow from res communis to state property”.
> Dr. Marina NUCCIO, Assistant Public Prosecutor for the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Turin
“Criminal liability for accidents on the snow: Investigations and jurisprudential policies”.
       
> Ms. Cecilia CARRERI, Examining judge for the Court of Vicenza
“Ski mountaineering and off-piste skiing: Alpine Guides and their responsibilities”.
> Dr. Federico PARINI
“The figure of the foreign ski instructor in Italy and the other main European countries”.
       
> Ms. Marisella CHEVALLARD, Legal consultant for the Val d’Aosta Board of Ski Instructors and the Aosta Association of Slope Managers and Slope Rescue Workers.
“Ski slopes and their impact on the environment”.
> Dr. Gianfranco PASCAZIO, President of Coris 24 hr Assistance.
“Risks, responsibility and insurance options for the skier.”
       
> Dr. Paolo DELLA TORRE, Director of 118 for Sondrio
"Helicopter rescues for winter sports in the Alps: Italy vs. Europe".
> Dr. Herbert SCHONHUBERT, President of the FISI Medical Committee, Head of the Traumatology Department at the Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi in Milan.
“Accident prevention in competitive skiing” (Report written in collaboration with Dr. Andrea PANZERI).
       
> Mr. Marco DEL ZOTTO, Lawyer
“Signage in ski areas, referring also to the movement of mechanical vehicles”.
> Dr. Jurg SCHWEIZER, Glaciologist at the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SNV) in Davos
“Avalanches within ski resorts”.
       
> Dr. Cesare DE SAPIA, Judge of the 1st Civil Section of the Court of Milan.
“Critical profiles with regard to the responsibility of ski instructors”.
> Dr. Michael SEEBER, President of the A.C.I.F. (Association of Cableway Builders).
“The problems faced when building cable car installations in Italy”.
       
> Dr. Claudio DETOGNI, USSL 20 VERONA, BEPRASA Project Leader (Best Practices in Prevention of Skiing Accidents in Europe). 
“The BEPRASA Project for the prevention of skiing accidents”.
> Dr. Cuno TARFUSSER, State Attorney for Bolzano
“Responsibility on floodlit slopes”.
       
> Dr. Lucia GIZZI, Judge of the Criminal Court of Avezzano.
“Criminal liability with regard to avalanches”.
> Prof. Guido Uberto TEDESCHI, Full professor of Commercial law at Parma University
“Skiing and Winter Sports Associations and Sports Societies”.
       
> Dr. Sandro LAZZARI, President of A.N.E.F. (National Association of Cableway Operators)
“Cableway installations and ski slopes: Regulations and their application”.
> Prof. Jacopo TOGNON, Lecturer of European Sports Law (Jean Monnet Action) at the University of Padua.
"Sports law and winter sports: contradictions and incongruences in light of Law No. 280/2003".
       
> Prof. Leonardo LENTI, Director of the Department of Legal Sciences and Acting Professor of Private Law and Family Law at the University of Turin.
“The responsibilities of voluntary escorts in skiing - mountaineering”.
> Mr. Vincenzo TORTI, Member of the CAI Executive Council
“Has Law No. 363/2003 introduced a legal presumption of responsibility ex article 2050 of the Civil Code?”