Information and Data: The Road Ahead
 The 5th Petar Šarčević International Scientific Conference    Opatija, 6-7 October 2017

Programme




Friday, 6 October 2017    

08.30-09.00

Registration



Opening speeches

09:00-09:30
Marija Pejčinović Burić, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Republic of Croatia
   
Kristian Turkalj, State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, Republic of Croatia  

   Vesna Tomljenović, President of the Croatian Comparative Law Association


Vesna Crnić-Grotić, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Rijeka

   Mirjana Juričić, Judge at the High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia


Keynote address

09:30-10:00


The role of the General Court of the EU in the application of the Regulation 1049/2001 on access to documents
Marc Jaeger, President of the EU General Court

10:00-10:30

Coffee break


Protection of confidential information v access/disclosure 

10.30-11.00


The right to be heard in light of the protection of business secrets
Viktor Kreuschitz, Judge at the EU General Court

11.00-11.20


Business secrets as information of public interest in Slovenian judicial practice: The conflict of fundamental rights and values?
Erik Kerševan, Judge at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia

11.20-11.40


Access to information and commercial secret in Croatia: Who wins?
Anamarija Musa, Information Commissioner, Republic of Croatia

11.40-12.00


Leniency and access to documents in EU antitrust damages litigation
Marc Barennes, Legal Secretary at the EU General Court

12.00-12.20


New Croatian rules on access to documents in antitrust damages proceedings: Push towards leniency?
Vlatka Butorac Malnar, Assistant Professor at the University of Rijeka

12.20-12.40




Delayed disclosure of inside information: Diverging interests of capital market and listed company
Edita Čulinović Herc, Full Professor at the University of Rijeka,
Antonija Zubović, Assistant Professor at the University of Rijeka &
Mihaela Braut Filipović, Assistant Professor at the University of Rijeka

12:40-13.00

Discussion

13.00-14.00

Lunch break


Managing data protection: A tall order for controllers and subjects 

14.00-14.30


Illegality of the Data Retention Directive and MSs laws requiring retention: To retain or not retain?
Vesna Tomljenović, Judge at the EU General Court

14.30-14.50


Challenges for Croatian national legislation as regards data retention in the light of the CJEU case law
Kristian Turkalj, State Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Croatia

14.50-15.10


Novelties introduced under the General Data Protection Regulation
Juraj Sajfert, Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers

15.10-15.30


Multiple supervisory regimes for data protection: How to cope with them?
Darja Lončar Dušanović, Data Protection Officer and Head of the Data Protection Unit at Hrvatski Telekom d.d.


15.30-15.50



Medical data protection in the Croatian public health care system
Nada Bodiroga-Vukobrat, Full Professor at the University of Rijeka &
Hana Horak, Full Professor at the University of Zagreb

15.50-16.10


When is consent to data processing considered an unfair contract term?
Emilia Mišćenić, Assistant Professor at the University of Rijeka

16.10-16.30

Discussion


Saturday, 7 October 2017


Litigation in the midst of economic and technological changes

09.30-10.00


Right to be forgotten after Google Spain – not at all forgotten by the CJEU
Marko Ilešič, Judge at the CJEU

10.00-10.20


The GDPR as a hotbed for future disputes: Key topics ripe for litigation
Daniel P. Cooper, Partner at Covington & Burling LLP

10.20-10.40


Private enforcement of data protection rights in the UK: Lessons and influences from competition law enforcement
Nicola Chesaites, Of Counsel at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

10.40-11.00


Violation of legal persons' privacy rights with reference to competition investigation
Pablo Berbel Fernandez, Legal Secretary at the EU General Court

11.00-11.20



Secondary liability of electronic media for violation of personality rights in recent ECHR practice
Vesna Crnić-Grotić, Full Professor at the University of Rijeka &
Maša Marochini Zrinski, Assistant Professor at the University of Rijeka

11.20-11.40


Violation of personality rights and right to data protection in private international law
Ivana Kunda, Associate Professor at the University of Rijeka

11.40-12.20

Discussion


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