We are pleased to address to you an invitation to participate in the Second Meeting on Harmonization of Business Law in the Caribbean, which will be held on Friday May 25, 2012 in the Great Hall of the Zulia Bar Association in Maracaibo, Venezuela, as part of the celebration of the Twelfth National Meeting of Venezuelan Private International Law Professors, which will be held on May 26, 2012 in the VIP lounge of the New Headquarters of the University of Zulia in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

The Second Meeting on Harmonization of Business Law is organized by the Department of International Law and the Division of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Law and Political Science of the University of Zulia, by ACP Legal and ACP Legal Venezuelan Chapter. The main lecturer of the event will be Prof. Sixto Sanchez Lorenzo, Professor of Private International Law at the University of Granada, Spain, and also Prof. Jose Hernan Muriel Ciceri, Professor of Private International Law at the University Sergio Arboleda in Colombia, Mr. Jean Reale, ACP Legal Coordinator, Prof. Ivette Esis Villarroel, Professor of Private International Law at the Metropolitan University, Caracas, Venezuela and Prof. Yoselyn Bermudez Abreu, Professor of Private International Law at the University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela and President of ACP Legal Venezuela.

II MEETING ON TRADE LAW HARMONIZATION IN THE CARIBBEAN

Friday May 25, 2012

Location: Great Hall of the Zulia Bar Association, Maracaibo.

Av 16 Guajira. No. 52-100

PROGRAM

• 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.: Reception and document delivery.
• 8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.: Installation Act.
• 8:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.: Central Lecture: “The harmonization of contract law in the Caribbean area and the OHADAC Project”, Prof. Sixto Sánchez Lorenzo. (University of Granada. Spain).
• 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. “Accompanying regional integration: the OHADAC Project”, Mr. Jean Reale (Acp Legal. France).
• 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Coffee.
• 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. “Progression of arbitration law in Colombia, as an active component of the harmonization of business law in the Caribbean and in the whole region”, Prof. José Hernán Muriel. (Sergio Arboleda University. Colombia).
• 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. “The situation of arbitration in the Caribbean: Myths and Realities”, Prof. Ivette Esis Villarroel. (Metropolitan University. Venezuela).
• 11.00 am - 11.30 a.m. “The process of legal integration: from Domestic to International.”, Prof. Bermudez Yoselyn Abreu (University of Zulia. Venezuela).
• 11.30 m - 12.00 m cycle of questions and answers.
• 12:00 p.m. Closing

For more information, please contact: yoselynbermudez@hotmail.com and/or jean.reale@acplegal.net