Major law firms and offices with a high level of expertise in air and tourism law will attend at the forum and the discussion will be focused on legal issues about consumer rights in “shared economy platforms” era and Brexit’s impact on the tourism industry.
ATHENS – Palladian is organizing the Travel Law Forum2018 – Consumer Rights in digital era which will take place on Friday, March 16th, 2018 (attendance 09.00) at the hotel N.J.V. Plaza, in Athens, under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Tourism and in cooperation with the International Institute of Air & Space Law-University of Leiden and the Institute for Travel and Tourism in London.
Major law firms and offices with a high level of expertise in air and tourism law will attend at the forum and the discussion will be focused on legal issues about consumer rights in “shared economy platforms” era and Brexit’s impact on the tourism industry.
The forum will focus on the following discussion panels:
- Panel Ι: Setting the scene – Airline liability: The most recent cases
- Panel ΙΙ: Consumer rights- the ‘suppliers’ and ‘consumers’ perspectives
- Panel ΙΙΙ: Shared economy platforms – Future trends
- Panel IV: Brexit
Speakers are:
- Pablo Mendes de Leon, Professor of Air and Space law and Head of Department/executive chair of the Department of Air and Space Law
- Anna Anatolitou, Partner (Aviation and Travel), Ince & Co
- Katia Avramidou, Legal Counsel, Aegean Airlines
- James Burke, Associate, Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP
- Jim Callaghan, Aviation Consultant at Croon Callaghan Aviation Consulting
- Chris Christodoulou, Managing Director, Christodoulou & Mavrikis Inc
- Monique De Smet, Regional Director, Europe, International Air Transport Association
- Andrew Harakas, Partner, Clyde & Co
- Joanna Kolatsis, Partner Hill Dickinson, Member of the Aviation Club, Board member and fellow of the Institute of Travel & Tourism
- Peter Neenan, Partner, Stewarts LLP
- Victoria Nguyen, Manager EU- and Regulatory Affairs –Lufthansa Group | EU Liaison Office
- Eugenia Papathanasopoulou, Director Legal Affairs & Secretary to Board of Directors, Athens International Airport
- Gregory Pelecanos, Senior Partner Ballas-Pelecanos & Associates L.P.C.
- Laura Pierallini, Founder & Name Partner – Studio Pierallini, Professor of Commercial and Air Law – Rome LUISS University
- Frank Puttmann, Head of Public Affairs, TUI Group, Corporate Office Berlin
- Charlotte Thijssen, Attorney-at-Law, Avocat, Kennedys Law LLP
- Marios Trivizas, Principal Strategy & Operations, Deloitte
- Nikos Tsegas, General Secretary, Greek National Tourism Organization
- Stamatis Varsamos, Attorney at Law, Athens International Airport
- Erik van Goor, Corporate Legal Counsel at KLM
- Mia Wouters, Prof. Mia Wouters, Professor Aviation Law – University of Ghent, Off Council LVP Law, Brussels
The forum will be held with the support of the following sponsors: Aegean Airlines, Hill Dickinson, Christodoulou & Mavrikis, Ballas-Pelecanos.
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