"Transatlantic dialogues on Private International Law: family and personal status on the move" will be held in a hybrid format at the Palácio dos Melos on 12 and 13 October 2023.
This event includes a call for papers aimed at young researchers and runs until 20 September 2023.
Call for Papers here.
Registration here.
Programme (flipbook) here and Additional Programme here.
Programme
12th October
14h00 – 14h30 - Registration and Opening Session
José Manuel Aroso Linhares - University of Coimbra
João Carlos Gonçalves Loureiro - University of Coimbra
Nicolas Nord - ICCS Secretary General
Guillermo Palao Moreno - University of Valencia
14h30 – 17h45 - First Session - Family and Personal Status: main developments
Moderator: Paula Távora Vítor, University of Coimbra, Portugal
14h30-15h00 - Family and Personal Status between Nationality and Habitual Residence
Mariana Sebalhos Jorge – PHD in Private International Law from the University of São Paulo (USP). Lawyer at Sebalhos Advocacia, Brazil
15h00 – 15h30 - Family and Personal Status and Human Rights
Dulce Lopes - University of Coimbra, Portugal
15h30 – 16h00 - Family and Personal Status and Best Interest of the Child
Thalia Kruger – University of Antwerp, Belgium
16h00-16h30 - Family and Personal Status: recent developments and new perspectives – a view from Québec
Andréanne Malacket, University of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
16h30-17h45 - Debate followed by a Coffee break
17h45-19h15 - Second Session - Presentations resulting from the call for papers
13th October
14h00 -15h00 - Third Session - Name in Private International Law (How far should personal autonomy go?)
Moderator: Anabela Gonçalves, University of Minho, Portugal
Speakers:
Nicolas Nord - ICCS Secretary general
Adriana Dreyzin de Klor, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
15h00 – 16h15 - Fourth Session - Multiple Parenthood in Private International Law (Socio-affective ties and new family models)
Moderator: Anabela Gonçalves, University of Minho, Portugal
Speakers:
Afonso Patrão - University of Coimbra, Portugal
Débora Brandão, Faculty of Law of São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Yanet Souto, University of Habana, Cuba
16h15 – 17h00 - Debate followed by Coffee Break
17h00-18h00 - Fifth Session - Gender in Private International Law (Should sex still be a part of the civil status?)
Moderator: Geraldo Rocha Ribeiro, Civil Court Judge, Portugal
Speakers:
Mirela Župan - Faculty of Law University of Rijeka, Croatia
Robin Fretwell Wilson - University of Illinois, USA
18h00-19h00 - Sixth Session - Polyamorous Relationships in Private International Law (Going beyond polygamy?)
Moderator: Geraldo Rocha Ribeiro, Civil Court Judge, Portugal
Speakers:
Tess Bens - Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, Luxembourg
Fernanda Machado Moreira, Lawyer at Schettino Advogados
19h00-19h30- Debate and Closing Remarks
Dulce Lopes - University of Coimbra
Paula Távora Vítor – University of Coimbra