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AIDV Conference 2018
Napa - California - USA
1-3 October 2018

Scientific Program

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The Ever Changing Nature of Wine Law
Climate change, international trade (barriers), joint ventures, GIs, judges and administrators
Scientific Provisional Program (20180902), subject to changes
DAY ONE - Monday October 1
8 AM - registration of participants
8.30 AM – Conference opening
- Thomas Schmitz, President AIDV
- Representative Mike Thompson, Member, U.S. Congress, and Co-chair, Congressional Wine Caucus
9 AM - 10.30 AM - Session 1 – Climate: what changes and which possible legal consequences?
Chair: Jean-Marie Aurand, OIV Director General
1.1 General introduction & scientific presentation
Speaker: Christopher Field, Stanford University, Woods Institute for the Environment, USA
1.2 Climate change and social and environmental responsibilities.
Speaker: Jérôme Agostini – Director, CNIV, France
Discussion between speakers, Q&A audience
10.30 AM – 11 AM - Refreshments
11 AM – 12.30 PM - Session 2 – Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation : Law and Policy
Chair: Richard Mendelson – Professor & Partner, DP&F, Napa, USA
2.1 How to adapt Protected Designation of Origin regulations? – The example of Champagne
Speaker: Charles Goemaere – Director Economy and Legal Affairs – CIVC, France
2.2 What legal and policy issues for an individual company? – A US example
Speaker: Chris Savage – Senior Director, Global Environmental Affairs, E. & J.Gallo Winery, USA
2.3 What legal and policy issues for governments? – California's approach
Speaker: Ethan Elkind – University of California Berkeley, Climate Program, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, USA
12.30 PM – 2 PM - Lunch
2 PM - 3.30 PM  - Session 3 – Regulators’ panel on enforcement strategies
Roundtable moderator: Tracy Genesen – Vice-President & General Counsel, Wine Institute US, USA
Speaker: Nathalie Marty-Houpert - Legal Director INAO, France - the French perspective
Speaker: Rob Tobiassen – Compliance Consultant and Former TTB Chief Counsel, USA – US issues
Speaker: Matthew Botting - ABC General Counsel, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, USA
3.30 PM – 4 PM   - Refreshments
4 PM – 5.30 PM Session 4 - Judges’ panel on cost & time management in international disputes
Roundtable moderator: Stephen Stern, partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Melbourne, Australia

Speaker: Honorable Michael Fitzgerald – US District Court, Central District of Califiornia, USA
Speaker: Justice Michael Manson - Federal Court, Canada
Speaker: Dr Matthias Zigann, Presiding Judge at the Regional Court, Munich, Germany
5.30 PM – 5.45 PM – Break
5.45 PM- 6.30 PM General Meeting of Members (AIDV members only)
From 8 PM – Drinks & Gala dinner
DAY TWO - Tuesday October 2
9 AM – 10.30 AM - Session 5 - Trade barriers and other restrictions to international trade
Chair: Bernard O’Connor –Professor & Partner, NCTM, Italy
5.1 Addressing barriers to trade in the wine sector
Speaker: Gregory Hodson, President, FIVS, Paris, France
5.2 international agreements as means of removing trade barriers
Speaker: Gary N. Horlick, Attorney at Law, Washington DC, USA
5.3 International trade disputes (WTO and others)
Speaker: Christopher S. Wilson, Partner Norton Rose Fulbright, Vancouver, Canada
10.30 AM – 11 AM - Refreshments
11 AM – 12.30 PM - Session 6 - The scope of GI protection
Chair: Matthijs Geuze - Former Lisbon Registry Head, WIPO
6.1 The use of a genuine GI product in a non-GI product (Champagner Sorbet) – BNIC’s view
Speaker: Virginie Dessimiroff – Director Legal Department, BNIC, France
6.2 The use of a GI as (part of) the designation of other products (Napa honey or chocolate or….; Darjeeling underwear, etc.)
Speaker: Scott Gerien, Partner DP&F, Napa, USA
6.3 A comparison of certification marks, geographical indications and indications of source
Speaker: Marina Cousté, Partner Simmons & Simmons, Paris, France
12.30 PM – 2 PM  -  Lunch
2 PM – 3.30 PM - Session 7 – New adventures and joint ventures – case studies
Chair: Michael Maher – General Counsel, Harlan Estate
7.1 An Australian success story
Speaker: Viviann Stapp, Counsel,  Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Jackson Family Wines, USA
7.2 Old world resistance
Speaker: David Pearson – Chief Executive Officer, Opus One, USA
3.30 PM – 4 PM   - Refreshments
4 PM - 5.30 PM - Session 8 – Latest developments 2018, an overview
Chair: Rein-Jan Prins, Attorney at Law, France

8.1 What’s new, what’s being prepared (all wine law related fields)?
Speaker: Marc Sorini, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, USA
8.2 A pioneer project recently set-up in Italy regarding origin certification and authenticity testing on wine
Speaker: Giorgio Rusconi, Partner Mondini Rusconi, Italy
8.3 The Wine Bottle - a trademark or just a narrow necked container?
Speaker: Ron Dimock, Partner, DLA Piper, Canada

5.30 PM – 5.45 PM – Conference close
From 8 PM – Drinks & Dinner (theme: learning about Napa wines)

DAY THREE - WEDNESDAY October 3
10 AM – 14.00 PM - Excursion Napa Valley Wineries & Lunch
14.30 PM - End of the program

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500 1st Street
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