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A Seminar on the International Sales Code -
the UN Convention for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)

at the New York State Judicial Institute

on September 26, 2003

Sponsored by

Institute of International Commercial Law, Pace Law School,

International Law and Practice Section of the
New York State Bar Association
and
Practising Law Institute

Agenda:

11:00-11:15  

   Introduction
   Speaker Hal Burman, Office of the Legal Advisor for Private International Law,
   US Dept. of State

11:15-11:50

   Introduction to the CISG: History of the CISG and its scope of application
   Speaker Professor Alejandro Garro, Columbia Law School

11:50-12:30

   Primary differences between the UCC and CISG
   Speaker Jack McMahon, Chair of the Committee on International Sales and
   Related Commercial Transactions, International Law & Practice Section,
   New York State Bar Association

12:30-1:00

   Speaker Honorable Charles L. Brieant (handed down first substantive
   opinion on the CISG in the US: Filanto v. Chilewich, 789 F. Supp. 1229
   (S.D.N.Y. 1992)).

1:00-2:00

   Lunch
   Keynote speaker Professor Peter Schlechtriem,
   Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg
   Introduction by Honorable Stewart F. Hancock Jr.,
   New York State Court of Appeals (ret.)

2:00 - 3:00

   "Electronic Communications under the CISG" -- Presentation of first opinion by the
   CISG Advisory Council
   Speaker Professor Jan Ramberg, University of Stockholm

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