When: Friday, October 20, 2023, 7:30 AM - 12:20 PMWhere: UNIDROIT, Via Panisperna, 28 00184 Rome Italy
Friday, 20 October 2023
8:30 to 13:20 CEST (UTC +2)
A day of discussions and brainstorming regarding strategies and policies to address the distress of financial institutions. The Symposium payed tribute to Professor Alberto Mazzoni, former President of UNIDROIT, Founding President of the UNIDROIT-Queen Mary Institute of Transnational Law and III member
Co-hosted by the III, UNIDROIT, Istituto per la Vigilanza sulle Assicurazioni (IVASS),
University of British Columbia Law Faculty, Warwick Law School, and
UNIDROIT-Queen Mary Institute of Transnational Commercial Law
AGENDA
THURSDAY OCTOBER 19 (Optional Event)
17:15 Guided tour of Palazzo Koch Art Collection, Banca d'Italia, Via Nazionale 91, Rome
FRIDAY OCTOBER 20 UNIDROIT, Via Panisperna, 28 00184 Rome
8:15 - Welcome Coffee and tea
8:40 - Welcome: Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti, President, UNIDROIT
8:45 - Introductory Remarks: Dr Janis Sarra, University of British Columbia, Canada, Member, UNIDROIT Working Group on Bank Insolvency
8:50 - Opening Keynote: Mr Justice Kannan Ramesh, Supreme Court of Singapore, and President, International Insolvency Institute
9:05 - Cross-border Issues for Financial Institutions in Distress: Not Just for Systemically Important Banks
10:15 - The Path Across the Border: A Model Law?
11:30 - Break
11:45 - Safeguards Supporting a Cross-border Resolution Framework
13:00 - Closing Reflections: Lord Richards, Justice, United Kingdom Supreme Court
13:10 - Closing thanks and tribute to Alberto Mazzoni, Professor Ignacio Tirado, Secretary General UNIDROIT
13:20 - Symposium ends
13:30 - Light Lunch