From: Ken Oliphant <ken.oliphant@oeaw.ac.at>
To: obligations@uwo.ca
Date: 10/12/2008 12:37:39 UTC
Subject: 8th Annual Conference on European Tort Law , Vienna, 16-18 April 2009

Dear All
 
I'm pleased to announced that details of the above conference (including the full conference and social programme, maps, and accommodation details) have now been posted on our dedicated website:
http://www.acet.ectil.org/
 
The conference kicks off on Thursday evening at the Austrian Ministry of Justice (Palais Trautson) with an Opening Address by Michele Graziadei (Turin), on the topic, What went wrong? Tort law, Personal Responsibility and Expectations of Proper Compensation and Care. The Opening Reception follows, including a light buffet.
 
Friday, at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, is devoted to annual country reports from 27 different jurisdictions (including the EU), with a Comparative Analysis at the end. Our conference dinner is, as always, a "heurigen evening" in a tradition Viennese wine tavern.
 
Saturday morning sees a special session on Burden of Proof with contributions by Vibe Ulfbeck (Copenhagen), Ivo Giesen (Utrecht) and Ernst Karner (Vienna). The conference closes at 1 pm.
 
I hope to welcome lots of ODG members (return visitors and newcomers) to Vienna next Spring!
 
Best wishes
Ken Oliphant
 
Institute for European Tort Law 
Reichsratsstrasse 17/2, A-1010 Vienna, Austria 
Tel. (+43-1) 4277-29 662, Fax (+43-1) 4277-29 670 
http://www.etl.oeaw.ac.at