09.00 - 09.30

Registration of participants

09.30 - 09.45

Welcome address

Carlos Carnicer Diez, President of the Consejo General de la Abogacía Española

Bernard Vatier, CCBE President and Chairman of the Session

09.45 - 11.00

Theme 1: Current EU developments in e-communications regarding legal profession in Europe -
Panel discussion and questions

Arve Føyen , Lawyer, President of the CCBE IT Law Committee, panel chair

11.00 - 11.15

BREAK

11.15 - 12.15

• Communication between lawyers and the Courts: The Norwegian experience

Arve Føyen , Lawyer, President of the CCBE IT Law Committee

 

Questions

 

• European e-projects:

European E-government and impact on the legal profession

Paul Timmers, Head of Unit E-government, European Commission, Directorate-General Information Society & Media

An Internet service offering case law across European jurisdictions: the Caselex project

Marc de Vries et Stig Marthinsen, Caselex project managers

The Admissibility of Electronic Evidence in Court: fighting against high-tech crime: the Cybex project

Fredesvinda Insa, Project Director of Cybex leads the A.E.E.C. Project funded under the AGIS programme of the European Commission's DG Justice, Freedom and Security

 

13.00 - 14.30

LUNCH

14.30 - 16.30

Theme 2: Issues raised by e-communication for the legal profession
- Panel discussion and questions -

José Luis Ruiz Lopez, manager of the Spanish Authentication System (ACA), panel chair, Spain

• Cross border recognition of authentication methods/digital signatures

Robert Boekhorst, Lawyer Stibbe, Amsterdam

16.30 - 16.45

BREAK

16.45 - 17.30

Open discussion on the future work of the CCBE on e-communication for the legal profession, and conclusion by the CCBE chair of the IT Law Committee

Arve Føyen , Lawyer, President of the CCBE IT Law Committee

17.30 - 18.00

Closing remarks

Carlos Carnicer Diez, President of the Consejo General de la Abogacía Española

Bernard Vatier, CCBE President and Chairman of the Session