Germany Today 2004

GERMAN, EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL

ECONOMIC LAW

PROGRAM

(as at May 19, 2004)

June 13 - June 14in Bonn

June 15in Leverkusen, Cologne

June 16in Bonn

June 17in Luxembourg

June 18in Karlsruhe

June 19 - June 25in Berlin

Sunday, June 13

Arrival in Bonn

Accommodations in Bonn:
Günnewig – Hotel Residence
Kaiserplatz 11
D-53113 Bonn
Tel.: + 49 228 / 26 97 – 0
Fax: + 49 228 / 26 97 – 777
5:45 p.m. / Walk to the University Club (Universitätsclub)
  • MEETING POINT: Hotel lobby

6:00 p.m. / Welcome dinner at the University Club
Universitätsclub
Konviktstraße 9
53113 Bonn
Tel.: (0228) 7296-0

Monday, June 14

9:45 a.m. / Walk to the University Main Building
  • MEETING POINT: Hotel lobby

10:00 a.m. / Welcome address and Introduction
to the DAAD
Dorothea Fitterling
Program Director
German Academic Exchange Service
Dr. Christian Schäfer
Head of Section North America
German Academic Exchange Service
(Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst DAAD)
10:45 a.m. / Introduction to the UNIVERSITY OF BONN
AND TO THE Germany Today Program 2004

Lilo Krickau-Richter

Director International Office
University of Bonn
Senatssaal
University main building
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Regina-Pacis-Weg 3
53113 Bonn
Tel.: (0028) 73-0, -7347

11:30 a.m. / „INTRODUCTION TO THE GERMAN LEGAL SYSTEM“
Prof. Dr. Matthias Herdegen
Chair for Public Law, Director Institute for International Law
and Institute for Public Law, University of Bonn
Senatssaal, University main building
1:00 p.m. / Walk to the University Club
1:15 p.m. / Luncheon
Universitätsclub
Konviktstraße 9
53113 Bonn
Tel.: (0228) 7296-0
3:00 p.m. / „the german and the european legal system
with special emphasis on ECONOMIC LAW“
Discussion
with
Dr. iur. Andreas Austmann, LL.M. (Harvard)
Rechtsanwalt Hengeler Müller, Düsseldorf,
and Attorney at Law (New York)

Dr. Florian Becker, LL.M. (to be confirmed)
Senior Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Research
on Collective Goods, University of Bonn
Representative of the Institute for Public Law,
University of Bonn
Senatssaal, University main building
5:00 p.m. / Walk to the hotel
6:45 p.m. / Walk to the Restaurant „Zur Lese“
  • MEETING POINT: Hotel lobby

7:00 p.m. /
Dinner with distinguished guests
at the Restaurant „Zur Lese“
hosted by Prof. Dr. Matthias Winiger
Rector of Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Restaurant "Zur Lese"
Adenauerallee 37
53113 Bonn
Tel.: (0228) 22 33 22

Tuesday, June 15

9:00 a.m. / Departure for Leverkusen by bus
  • Meeting point: Hotel lobby

10:00 a.m. / Welcome in Bayer AG’s Communication Center by
Dr. Franz-Josef Berners
Regional Coordinator for North America and Mexico
General Information about the Activities of the Bayer Group
N.N.
Visitor Service
11:00 a.m. / „THE ROLE AND STRATEGIC USE OF INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
Roundtable discussion with representatives of Bayer AG Leverkusen and with other representatives:
Dr. Wolfgang Ehrenstein
Department PL-Health Care, Bayer AG Leverkusen
Dr. Lothar Steiling
Intellectual Property Management, Bayer AG Leverkusen

Dr. Peter Mes

Attorney, Partner, Krieger, Gentz, Mes & Graf von der Groeben, Düsseldorf, and President of the International Association for
the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
Bayer AG Leverkusen
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 1
51373 Leverkusen
Tel.: (0214) 30-71 680, -58 363
Fax: (0241) 30-66 105

1:15 p.m. / Luncheon at the Cafeteria
2:15 p.m. / Departure for Cologne by bus
3:00 p.m. /
Visit to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Welcome

Klaus Beucher LL.M. (University of Wisconsin, Madison Law School), Rechtsanwalt, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

„TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL ADVICE“
Roundtable Discussion with Representatives
of Different International Law Firms:
Thomas Kerkhoff
Rechtsanwalt, Heussen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Düsseldorf, a correspondent Law Firm of Price Waterhouse Coopers

Dr. Martin Schulte LL.M. (University of California, Berkeley), Rechtsanwalt (Düsseldorf) and Attorney at Law (New York), Clifford Chance, Düsseldorf, Member of the Board of the German-American Lawyers’ Association

Moderation:

Klaus Beucher LL.M. (University of Wisconsin, Madison Law School), Rechtsanwalt, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Heumarkt 14
50667 Köln
Tel.: (0221) 20 507-0, -213

4:45 p.m. / Walk to Cologne Cathedral
5:00 p.m. / Guided Tour
inside and outside Cologne Cathredral (on the roofs)
Prof. Dr. phil Barbara Schock-Werner, Dipl.-Ing.(FH)
(Dombaumeisterin)
6:30 p.m. / Walk to the brewery/restaurant „Früh-Kölsch“
6:45 p.m. / Informal Dinner with students of the North American Studies Program at Bonn University
at the brewery/restaurant
„Früh am Dom“
Brauhauskeller
Am Hof 12-14
50667 Köln
Tel.: 0221 / 26 13-240
Evening / Return to Bonn by train on own initiative

Wednesday, June 16

Check-out and leave luggage at the hotel
9:00 a.m. / Departure for DAAD by bus
9:15 a.m. /

Visit to the German Academic Exchange Service

(Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst DAAD)
Welcome and Introduction

“THE EUROPEAN EDUCATION AREA WITH

SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON LEGAL ISSUES”

Dr. Christian Bode
Secretary-General
German Academic Exchange Service
9:45 a.m. / „THE LEGAL EDUCATION AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION
IN GERMANY AND IN EUROPE: Comparison with the Law
System in North America“
Roundtable discussion with

Dr. Siegfried Elsing, LL.M. (Yale)

Lawyer, Partner, Hölters & Elsing, Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. iur. Heribert Hirte, LL.M.

Vice-President of the German-American Lawyers‘ Association, Bonn, Acting Director of the Institute of Commercial, Shipping and Business Law, University of Hamburg

Johannes Riedel, LL.M.

Head of the Department for Legal Education
and of the Office for Law Exams at the
Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia
Female Senior, Partner of an International Law Firm,
DAAD Alumna
Moderation:
N.N. (Program Participant)
Conference room, main building
DAAD
Kennedyallee 50
53175 Bonn
Tel.: (0228) 882-0, -228, -219
Fax: (0228) 882-444

11:30 a.m. / Lunch at the DAAD Cafeteria
OPTIONAL AFTERNOON PROGRAM:
12:45 p.m. / Departure for the Museum of Post-War History by bus
1:00 p.m. / Visit to the Museum of Post-War History
(Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
Guided tour by Helena von Wersebe
Coordinator of Visitor Services
Haus der Geschichte
Willy-Brandt-Allee 14
53113 Bonn
Tel.: (0228) 91 65 400

and/or
Opportunity to visit the art museums nearby
3:15 p.m. / Departure for the hotel by bus
4:00 p.m. / MEETING POINT: Hotel lobby (Pick up your luggage!)
Departure for Luxembourg by bus
Accommodations in Luxembourg:
Accor Business & Leisure Hotel
Novotel
Quartier Européen Nord-Kirchberg
BP 512
L-2015 Luxembourg
Tel.: + 00352 / 43 77 68 29
Fax: + 00352 / 43 91 95
Evening / Dinner on own initiative
Recommendation:
hotel restaurant

Thursday, June 17

7:30 a.m. / Check-out and leave luggage at the hotel
8:00 a.m. / Walk to the European Court of Justice
8:30 a.m. / Visit to the Court of Justice of the European Communities
Welcome
Vassilios Skouris
President of the European Court of Justice
9:00 a.m. /
Short guided tour
9:30 a.m. / Attendance of Court hearings
10:30 a.m. / “Europe and its Varying Law Traditions -
Will there be ‘European Jurists’ in about
20 years from now?”
Discussion with representatives of the European Court of Justice:
Prof. Francis Jacobs QC
British Advocate General of the European Court of Justice
Prof. Dr. Juliane Kokott
German Advocate General of the European Court of Justice
Court of Justice of the European Communities

Entrance Thomas More

Palais de la Cour de Justice
L-2925 Luxembourg
Tel.: + 352 / 4303-3130
Fax: + 352 / 4303-3656

12:30 p.m. / Lunch at the Cafeteria
1:30 p.m. /

Departure for EFTA Court by bus

2:00 p.m. / "Homogeneity and Judicial Dialogue:
The EFTA Court and the European Court
of JUSTICE"

Dirk Buschle

Legal Secretary in the Cabinet of the President,
EFTA Court (Court of the European Free Trade Association), Editor-in-Chief "European Law Reporter", Lecturer for European Law at the University of Applied Sciences, Trier-Birkenfeld
EFTA Court
1, rue du Fort Thüngen
L-1499 Luxembourg
Tel.: + 352 / 42 10 81
Fax: + 352 / 43 43 89

3:15 p.m. /

“THE LEGAL STATUS OF WTO LAW WITHIN THE EU”

Discussion with representatives of the EFTA Court

and with

Geert Zonnekeyn
Référendaire with the European Court of First Instance
and Academic Consultant at the European Institute
of the University of Gent
EFTA Court
1, rue du Fort Thüngen
L-1499 Luxembourg
Tel.: + 352 / 42 10 81
Fax: + 352 / 43 43 89

4:30 p.m. /
Departure for the hotel by bus
5:00 p.m. / MEETING POINT: Hotel lobby (Pick up your luggage!)
5:15 p.m. /
Departure for Karlsruhe by bus
Accommodations in Karlsruhe:
Hotel Kaiserhof
Karl-Friedrich-Str. 12
76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: + 49 721 / 9170-0
Fax: + 49 721 / 9170-150
Evening /

Free time

Dinner on own initiative

Friday, June 18

9:00 a.m. / Walk to the Federal Court of Justice
  • MEETING POINT: Hotel lobby

9:15 a.m. / Short guided tour of the Federal Court of Justice

Bundesgerichtshof

Herrenstraße 45 a
76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: (0721) 159-0
Fax: (0721) 159-830

9:45 a.m. /

Welcome

Prof. Dr. Joachim Wenzel

Vice-President of the Federal Court of Justice

10:00 a.m. / „LAW IN A FEDERAL STATE“
Discussion with

Dr. Christina Stresemann

Judge at the Federal Court of Justice, Member of the
Fifth Civil Court of Appeal and the Cartel Court of Appeal
of the Federal Court of Justice
Dr. Jürgen Schmidt-Räntsch
Judge at the Federal Court of Justice, Member of the
Fifth Civil Court of Appeal of the Federal Court of Justice, former Head of Division in the Legislation Department
of the Federal Ministry of Justice
11:45 a.m. /

Lunch at the Cafeteria

1:15 p.m. / Walk to the Federal Constitutional Court
1:30 p.m. / Welcome and Short Guided Tour
of the Federal Constitutional Court

Dr. Elke Luise Barnstedt

Director
Introduction to the German Federal Constitutional Court
Prof. Dr. Brun-Otto Bryde
Judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court
2:15 p.m. / „JUDICIARY REVIEW IN GERMANY AND THE US:
Similiarities and Differences“
Prof. Dr. Brun-Otto Bryde
Judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court
Bundesverfassungsgericht
Schloßbezirk 3, Plenarsaal
76131 Karlsruhe
Tel.: (0721) 9101-0
Fax: (0721) 9101-382

4:15 p.m. / “THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
IN ARMED CONFLICTS”

Discussion with

Dr. Nele Matz, LL.M.
Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law
and International Law, Heidelberg

and with

a representative of the German Federal Constitutional Court

Bundesverfassungsgericht
Schloßbezirk 3
76131 Karlsruhe
Tel.: (0721) 9101-0

OPTIONAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRAM:

5:15 p.m. / Walking tour of the city center of Karlsruhe
including Karlsruhe Castle (approx. 2 hours)
guided by
Ursula Lierse
7:15 p.m. / Dinner and wine tasting
with guests/speakers at
Badische Weinstube
Im Schlossgarten
76131 Karlsruhe
Tel.: 0721 / 607879
Fax: 0721 / 92 75 858

Saturday, June 19

Morning / Check out and leave luggage at the hotel
FREE MORNING
for individual appointments
or opportunity to go shopping or to visit museums
11:00 a.m. /

Departure for Frankfurt Airport by bus

  • MEETING POINT: Hotel lobby
    (Pick up your luggage!)

2:00 p.m. / Flight to Berlin on LH 182
3:05 p.m. /
Arrival in Berlin-Tegel
Accommodations in Berlin:
Jolly Hotel Vivaldi
Friedrichstr. 96
D-10117 Berlin
Tel.: + 49 30 / 20 62 66-0

Fax: + 49 30 / 20 62 66-999

Evening / Free time
or
OPTIONAL EVENING PROGRAM:
7:00 p.m. /
Walk to the Komische Oper
7:30 p.m. /
Opportunity to attend the opera performance
“The Magic-Flute (Die Zauberflöte)“
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Komische Oper Berlin
Behrenstr. 55-57
10117 Berlin
Tel.: (030) 202 60-0
Fax: (030) 202 60-405
Dinner on own initiative
Recommendation:

A late Supper at

„Café Einstein“
Unter den Linden 42
10117 Berlin
Tel.: (030) 20 43 632

Sunday, June 20

free timefor individual appointments
or to visit museums
or

opportunity to attend a service in English

OPTIONAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRAM:
1:30 p.m. /
Departure for Potsdamer Platz by bus
  • MEETING POINT: Hotel lobby

2:00 p.m. / Walking tour of central Berlin,
including the Potsdamer Platz and the government district
guided by Robert Demel, architect
4:00 p.m. / Departure for the New Jewish Museum by bus
5:00 p.m. / Guided Tour (about 1 hour)
Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Lindenstr. 9 - 14
10969 Berlin
Tel.: (030) 25 993 300
Fax: (030) 25 993 409
Evening /
Dinner on own initiative
Recommendations:
6:30 p.m. /
Kosher dinner at the restaurant Liebermanns
Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Lindenstr. 9 - 14
10969 Berlin
Tel.: (030) 25 993-760, -772
8:00 p.m. /
Departure for the hotel by bus
or
Kosher dinner at "Café Oren"
Oranienburger Str. 28
(next to the New Synagogue)
10117 Berlin
Tel.: (030) 28 28 228

Monday, June 21

9:15 a.m. / Walk from the hotel to the German Parliament
9:30 a.m. / Welcome address
Dr. Ines Maria Mockenhaupt-Gordon
Head of the Visitors‘ Service of the German Bundestag

Guided Tour of the German Bundestag

Deutscher Bundestag
Paul-Löbe-Allee

10111 Berlin

Tel.: (030) 227-0, -32762
Fax: (030) 227-30027

11:00 a.m. / „RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GERMAN LEGAL POLICY
with Special Emphasis on Economic and
Trade Issues“
Discussion with Members of the German Parliament
and with other Representatives:
Mr. Beiderhoff
Consultant for International Structural Policy
The Alliance 90/Green Party (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
Bettina Mävers
Consultant of the Working Group “Legal Affairs”
of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU/CSU-Fraktion)
and with representatives of other political parties
(to be confirmed):
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Democratic Socialist Party (PDS)
room A 2, Visitors‘ Floor
1:00 p.m. / Departure for Nikolaiviertel by bus
1:15 p.m. / Luncheon at the restaurant
“Julchen Hoppe”
Alt-Berliner Gasthaus
Rathausstraße 25
Nikolaiviertel
10178 Berlin-Mitte
Tel.: (030) 97 00 57-87
Fax: (030) 97 00 57-96
3:00 p.m. / Walk to the Federal Foreign Office
3:30 p.m. / „GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY
SINCE THE REUNIFICATION“
Discussion
with

Dr. Klaus Scharioth

State Secretary in the Federal Foreign Office

and with other representatives of the Federal Foreign Office
Auswärtiges Amt
Werderscher Markt 1
10117 Berlin
Tel.: 01888 / 17-0, -2088
Fax: 01888 / 17 –2845

FREE EVENING
Dinner on own initiative
Recommendation:
Hackescher Hof (next to the historical Hackesche Höfe)
Rosenthaler Str. 40/41
10178 Berlin
Tel.: (030) 283 52 93

Tuesday, June 22

9:30 a.m. / Walk to Gendarmenmarkt
  • MEETING POINT: Hotel lobby

10:00 a.m. / Visit to the Federal Ministry of Justice
Welcome
Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Geiger
State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice
10:15 a.m. / „The Role of the Ministry in Federal
Legislation“

Discussion with

Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Geiger
State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice
MinDir. Dr. Lutz Gussek
Head Directorate-General IV, Federal Ministry of Justice
MinR Dr. Almut Wittling-Vogel
Directorate-General IV, Federal Ministry of Justice
Bundesministerium der Justiz
Mohrenstr. 37
10117 Berlin
Tel.: (01888) 580-0
Fax: (01888) 580-9525

11:45 a.m. / Walk to the Gendarmenmarkt
12:00 noon / Lunch at the restaurant
"Brasserie am Gendarmenmarkt"
Taubenstr. 30
10117 Berlin
Phone: (030) 20 45 35 01
1:30 p.m. / Departure to Freie Universität (FU) Berlin by bus
2:30 p.m. / Visit to Freie Universität (FU) Berlin
Welcome and Presentation of FU Berlin

Dr. Wedigo de Vivanco

Dean International Affairs

3:00 p.m. / “FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS”

Discussion with

Juanita Olaya
Integrity Pacts and Public Contracting Programme Manager, Transparency International, Berlin

and

with a professor of FU Berlin

In charge of the program at FU Berlin:
Christoph Gibian
Assistant Dean International Affairs
Freie Universität (FU) Berlin
Henry Ford Building
Conference Room of the Academic Senate Boltzmannstrasse/Garystrasse
14195 Berlin-Dahlem
Tel.: (030) 838-54 250, -73 405, -73 400
Fax: (030) 838-73 444

4:45 p.m. / Departure for the hotel by bus
6:00 p.m. / Walk to Humboldt University Berlin
  • MEETING POINT: Hotel lobby

6:30 p.m. / Dinner with Karsten Voigt
Coordinator for German-American Cooperation
in the Federal Foreign Office
Discussion on
“CURRENT ISSUES OF GERMAN-AMERICAN
COOPERATION”
Restaurant "Cum Laude"
Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Universitätsstraße 4 (Westflügel)
10099 Berlin
Tel.: (030) 20 828 83
Fax: (030) 53 00 76 91

Wednesday, June 23

9:30 a.m. / Departure to the German Council on Foreign Relations by bus
  • MEETING POINT: Hotel lobby

10:00 a.m. / „GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY AND THE FUTURE
OF WORLD ORDER“
Prof. Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider
Otto Wolff Director Research Institute
German Council on Foreign Relations
Haus der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik
Rauchstraße 18, Robert-Bosch-Saal

10787 Berlin

Tel.: (030) 254 231-27

12:00 noon / Departure for Tegel by bus
12:30 p.m. / Visit to the Berlin Penitentiary Tegel
Justizvollzugsanstalt (JVA) Tegel
Seidelstr. 39
13507 Berlin

Tel.: 030 / 90 147-1700

Fax: 030 / 90 147-1709

Welcome

Christoph Flügge

Secretary of Justice in Berlin

Klaus Lange-Lehngut

Head of JVA Tegel
12:45 p.m. /

Luncheon at the Prison Cafeteria

1:30 p.m. /

Short Guided Tour

(old and new building including print office and case room)

2:15 p.m. /

“ the History of TEGEL”

Klaus Lange-Lehngut

Head of JVA Tegel

Ralph Adam
Deputy Head of JVA Tegel
2:30 p.m. / “THE PENAL SYSTEM IN GERMANY”
Discussion with

Christoph Flügge

Secretary of Justice in Berlin

Wolf-Dieter Krebs

Head of Department “Penal System/Detention and Social Services”, Berlin Senate of Justice

Klaus Lange-Lehngut

Head of JVA Tegel

Ralph Adam
Deputy Head of JVA Tegel
4:30 p.m. / Departure for the hotel by bus
Evening /

Free time

Dinner on own initiative
Recommendation:
“Ständige Vertretung Rheinland-Berlin”
Schiffbauerdamm 8
10117 Berlin
Tel.: (030) 282 39 65

Thursday, June 24

9:00 a.m. / Departure from the hotel to the Aspen Institute by bus
10:00 a.m. / Welcome and Presentation of the Aspen Institute
Representative of Aspen Institute Berlin
10:30 a.m. / Roundtable discussion with journalists
Aspen Institute Berlin
Inselstr. 10
14129 Berlin-Nikolassee
Tel.: (030) 80 48 90-0

12:00 noon /

GERMANY TODAY Program Review and Evaluation

with Dr. Christian Schäfer (to be confirmed)

Head of Section North America

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Aspen Institute Berlin

1:15 p.m. /

Departure for Wannsee restaurant by bus

1:30 p.m. / Lunch hosted by the German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD)
Wannsee-Restaurant
3:00 p.m. / Departure for the hotel by bus

End of the program

Friday, June 25

Departure

Contact Address

When dialing to Germany from North America, please use the country code 49 and omit the first zero of the area code.

Dipl.-Ing. Lilo Krickau-Richter (Director)

Gabi Lochter (Program Officer)

Office for International Affairs

University of Bonn

(Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)
Poppelsdorfer Allee 53
D - 53115 Bonn
Tel.: (0228) 73-77 07 / (0228) 73-72 93
Fax: (0228) 73-77 22
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