Thursday, October 8, 2009

20:00

Informal Get Together:

Zum Franziskaner,

Residenzstrasse 9, 80333 München

Friday, October 9, 2009

9:15

Opening of the Conference in the BMW Welt Event Forum, Conference room 2

9:30

Insolvency in the Automotive Industry

Logan Robinson, Professor of Law at the University of Detroit Mercy

Logan Robinson – former General Counsel of Delphi Corp. - is one of the leading experts in the North American Automotive Industry.

10:15

Recent trends in Insolvency Law

Dr. Frank Fichtner, Osborne Clarke, Cologne

11:00 Coffee Break

11:15

New regulation of alternative investments in Europe?

The EU AIFM Directive

Christian Schatz, Partner SJ Berwin, Munich an>

12:00

Luncheon

Guest Speaker: Alan Minz, Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner,

Canadian Consulate

13:30 – 15:00

Guided Tour BMW Museum

15:15

The Automotive Crisis in Canada

Dennis DesRosiers, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants

Dennis DesRosiers is the CEO of Desrosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. and one of Canada’s leading experts in this field.

16:30

Adjournment

20:00

Dinner: Restaurant Halali, Schönfeldstrasse 22, 80539 München

Guest Speaker: Dr. Georg Schmitz, Vice President Munich Office, Region America, BMW AG: The Crisis of the Automotive Industry

Saturday, October 10, 2009

BMW Welt Event Forum, Conference Room 2

9:30

Liability of Directors in the Canadian Financial Services Sector

Bliss White, Partner Blakes, Toronto

10:15 Coffee Break

11:30

The Liability of Officers and Directors of Financial Institutions in Germany in the Light of the Financial Crisis

Prof. Dr. Marcus Lutter, University Bonn

Prof. Lutter is one of the leading German academics in corporate law.

12:30

Luncheon

15:00 – 16:20

Guided Tour BMW Welt

End of Conference

Public Transport

For those participants coming by plane or train, please take the suburban train to Marienplatz, then change for the subway (U3) direction

Olympiazentrum.

For more information concerning the BMW Welt please check

www.bmw-welt.com

Information on the Restaurant Halali is available at

http://www.restaurant-halali.de/

Hotels

We recommend the following hotels for your stay in Munich:

Geisel Privathotels www.geisel-privathotels.de

Platzl Hotel www.platzl.de

Conference Fee

For members of the Canadian-German Lawyers Association and the Deutsch-Kanadische Gesellschaft e.V.: Euro 385,-

For family members, who only wish to join the guided tours and the meals: Euro 150,-

For non-members: Euro 450,-

For students and trainees: Euro 200,-

The registration fee includes participation in the conference and the guided tours, food and beverages in the breaks, lunch on Friday and Saturday. The dinner on Friday evening and expenses for accommodation will not be covered.

Please address your registration to:

Deutsch-Kanadische Gesellschaft e.V.

c/o Osborne Clarke

Innere Kanalstr. 23

50823 Köln

Telefon: 0049-221-2576781

Telefax: 0049-221-2577236

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Account relationship:

Kanadisch-Deutsche Juristenvereinigung

Account No. 1676220

Deutsche Bank, BLZ 44070024