Participation in ELI Annual Conference
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Visiting Researcher Zilin Hao
We are currently hosting visiting researcher Zilin Hao, PhD researcher at Wuhan University, in January-June for a six-months research stay. She is working on her PhD thesis (Exclusive jurisdiction for cross-border litigation) and got LLM and LLB in Law (China University of Political Science and Law).
She presents herself: “My research interests focus on the fields of private international law and international civil procedure. Before I came to Rotterdam, I learned a lot from the publications of Prof. Xandra Kramer. Thus, I appreciate Professor Kramer, who integrated me into her research group. During my stay, Xandra Kramer and her team gave me warm welcome and care. Most
importantly, by participating biweekly academic seminar with professional
teammates, I can consider my thesis question from the comparative perspective of
European private international law and civil procedure law in a straight way.
I cherish this rare opportunity for an academic visit and look forward to learning more in the coming months.”
Published: September 11, 2017
Several team members participated in the ELI annual conference that took place in Vienna from 6-8 September 2017. On 7 September Xandra Kramer, as Co-Reporter of the “Structure” working group, presented the progress of the ELI-UNIDROIT joint project “European Rules of Civil Procedure” that is expected to contribute significantly to the development of European civil procedure. The first official consolidated draft of three sets of civil procedure rules on evidence, provisional measures and the service of documents was critically discussed with the panelists and the participants. The team members attended among others the “The Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution” panel, which focused on court-based dispute resolution processes (“CBDRPs”) and the various challenges arising from it as well as panels on digitalization In addition, the team participated in the Special Interest Groups on Digital Law and Dispute Resolution, where cutting-edge developments in each field were presented. During the SIG meeting on Dispute Resolution the team had the chance to briefly introduce the ERC project and to exchange ideas on the establishment of specialized international courts in particular.