Technological Innovations, Uncertainty and the Law of Civil Liability
TRENTO, 10th-13th JUNE 2014
University of Trento – Faculty of Law
Second* Biennial Meeting of the International Research Network on Technological Innovations, Uncertainty and the Law of Civil Liability
Scientific organizers: UMBERTO IZZO, MATTEO FERRARI
PROGRAM
Tuesday, June 10th
First Session
10.00 – 13.00
KEN OLIPHANT, University of Bristol
The Idea of Uncertainty in the Context of Technological Innovation and Legal Liability
LARA KHOURY, McGill University, Montreal
Traitement judiciaire de la preuve scientifique: comment le juge appréhende-t-il la certitude et l’incertitude scientifique? (étude comparée France-Québec) Part 1
ETIENNE VERGES, Université de Grenoble
Traitement judiciaire de la preuve scientifique: comment le juge appréhende-t-il la certitude et l’incertitude scientifique? (étude comparée France-Québec) Part 2
Lunch
Second Session
15.00 – 18.00
VINCENT FORRAY, McGill University, Montreal
Normativité, contrat, responsabilité: la concurrence des modes juridique de compensation de l’incertitude
ROBERTO PARDOLESI, Università Guido Carli Luiss, Roma
Uncertainty and Stochastic Causation
CHRISTOPHE QUÉZEL-AMBRUNAZ, Université de Grenoble-Alpes
Théorème de Bayes et responsabilité civile: À propos des causes probables, et de leur appréhension en droit français
Dinner
Wednesday, June 11th
Third Session
10.00 – 13.00
UMBERTO IZZO, Università di Trento
Technology, Uncertainty and Precautionary Information: The Case of Food Law
MATTEO FERRARI, Università di Trento
Private Standards, Uncertainty and Liability: The Case of Food Standards
LAURÈNE MAZEAU, Université de Grenoble-Alpes
Civil Liability and Uncertainty: The Case of Drinking Water Pollution
Lunch
Fourth Session
15.00 – 17.00
GIOVANNI COMANDÈ, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
Using Simulation in Technological Environments between Old and New Challenges
FEDERICA GIOVANELLA, University of Trento
Tort Liability, Uncertainty and New Technologies: The Case of Wireless Community Networks
Dinner
Thursday, June 12th
Fifth Session
11.00 – 13.00
MATTEO MACILOTTI, Università di Trento
Personalized Medicine as a Way of Dealing with Medical Uncertainty: Consequences for Civil Liability
TRUDO LEMMENS, University of Toronto
Whistleblowing and Pharmaceutical Fraud: Legal Options and Ethical Dimensions
RICHARD GOLDBERG, Durham University
Regulatory Compliance, Scientific Uncertainty and Medical Product Liability
Lunch
Sixth Session
15.00 – 17.00
ERIC FELDMAN, University of Pennsylvania
E-Cigarettes: A New Challenge for Law and Public Health?
MARIE ÈVE ARBOUR, Université Laval, Québec
What’s between “D” and “E”: The Boundaries of Certainty and Uncertainty in the Product Liability Directive
Dinner
Friday, June 13th
Seventh and final session (plenary)
10.00 – 13.00
– SCIENTIFIC CONCLUSIONS OF THE SEMINAR (Oliphant, Pardolesi, Feldman – Plenary discussion)
– LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE: OPEN ISSUES
– SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT SEMINAR EDITION in 2016
* The First Edition was held at the McGill University, Montreal – July 3/6, 2012 (see the McGill university website)
The seminar will take place as a roundtable in the Professor Room of the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento (second floor). The seminar is public, but seating is limited to no more than 10 guests. Attendees must register in advance, contacting the organizers with an informal communication at umberto.izzo@unitn.it. Preference will be given to Ph.D candidates or other academic guests who are working on themes discussed during the seminar.