12:30

13:00

Registration. Morning Coffee.

13:00

13:15

Forum opening. Welcoming remarks.

Andriy Stelmaschuk, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Managing Partner at Vasil Kisil & Partners

Mykola Onischuk, First Deputy Head of the Union of Lawyers of Ukraine, Head of Kyiv City Branch of the Union of Lawyers of Ukraine, Vice-President of the World Congress of Ukrainian Lawyers.

Anna Ogrenchuk, Member of the Judicial Reform Council under the President of Ukraine, Chair of the UBA Procedural Law Committee, Managing Partner of the LCF Legal Group

Inna Liniova, Project Manager of the Council of Europe Project «Supporting Ukraine in the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights»

13:15

14:15

KEYNOTE SPEECH. Informational Technologies in Justice Service.

Moderator

Yuliya Kurylo, Partner at SK GROUP

Keynote speaker

Jin Ho Verdonschot, expert in legal tech and innovation in justice sector at Justice Leadership Group, the author of the Dutch Rechtwijzer platform (the first on-line platform for the resolution of individual disputes, the Netherlands)

At a glance:

• Architecture of justice technology of justice
• Online dispute resolution (ODR)
• Interaction between ODR and national court systems
• Practical experience in ODR implementation in the Netherlands and other countries
• The first experience of using ODR by consumers
• The impact of ODR on the load of the judicial system

14:15

15:45

Session 1. The Future of Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities for the Judiciary System of Ukraine.

Moderator

Maksym Bakhmatov, Managing Partner at UNIT.City (invited)

Participants:

Bert Maan, International Expert of the EU PRAVO-Justice Project
Vitaliy Kuzmyshyn, Chair of the Seventh Administrative Court of Appeal
Oleksandr Oliynyk, Director of the Department of Justice and National Security at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
Dmytro Foremnyi, Representative of the Hague Institute for Innovation in Law (HiiL), co-founder of Kyiv Legal Hackers community
Oleksiy Solomko, Council at ADER HABER, National Expert of the Council of Europe project «Supporting Ukraine in the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights»
Mykyta Polataiko, Head of IT Practice at AEQUO
Oleksandr Popov, Head of Platforma Business Line at JURLIGA
Ivan Horodyskyy, Partner at Dexis Partners, Director of the Law School at the Ukrainian Catholic University
Kyrylo Zakharov, CEO/Co-founder of "Sud na doloni" (Pocket Justice) (expert from the audience)

At a glance:

• Innovative technologies as a tool for improving the efficiency of justice
• The concept of the structure and functionality of the SJITS (Single Judicial Information and Telecommunication System)
• "Electronic Court" system: the first experience of launching pilot projects
• Introduction of electronic arrest of funds - a step towards automating the process of compulsory debt collection
• The first litigation tech startup projects in Ukraine

15:45

16:15

Coffee Break

16:15

17:45

Session 2. Litigation in the era of information technology. Use of digital components in the trial.

Moderator

Mariia Ortynska, Managing Partner at IPStyle, Patent Attorney

Participants:

Prof. Dr. Lorena Bachmaier Winter, Complutense University Madrid (Spain), an international expert of the Council of Europe
Remko Van Ree, International Expert of the EU PRAVO-Justice Project
Olesya Duplyak, Judge of the Economic Court of Kyiv Judge
Mykyta Nuralin, Attorney at VB PARTNERS
Nazar Chernyavskiy, Partner at Sayenko Kharenko

At a glance:

• Trends in litigation as a consequence of the dilemma of society, products and business processes
• Features of cybercrime investigations
• Specificity of the evidence base in IT/IP disputes
• Electronic evidence
• New methods of conducting forensic examinations

17:45

18:00

Presentation of the Project of the Association for the Development of Judicial Self-Government of Ukraine «Increasing the Awareness of Children with the Judiciary» with the support of the USAID New Justice Project

Yuliia Ivanina, Judge of Dniprovsky District Court of Kyiv

08:30-09:00

Registration. Morning Coffee.

09:00-09:15

Welcoming remarks

Andriy Stelmashchuk, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association
Marten Ehnberg, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine
Anna Ogrenchuk, Member of the Judicial Reform Council under the President of Ukraine, Chair of the UBA Procedural Law Committee, Managing Partner at LCF Law Group

09:15-10:15

Judicial reform in Ukraine in the context of the Council of Europe standards and recommendations

Gerhard Reissner, Floridsdorf District Court Judge (Austria), Member of the Consultative Council of European Judges, international expert of the Council of Europe
Prof. Dr. Lorena Bachmaier Winter, Complutense University Madrid (Spain), an international expert of the Council of Europe
Diana Kovacheva, Doctor of International Law and International Relations, International Expert of the Council of Europe

10:15-11:15

Panel Discussion. Judicial Reform in Ukraine: A Glimpse into the Future

Moderator

Anna Ogrenchuk, Member of the Judicial Reform Council under the President of Ukraine, Chair of the UBA Procedural Law Committee, Managing Partner at LCF

Participants

Gerhard Reissner, Floridsdorf District Court Judge (Austria), Member of the Consultative Council of European Judges, international expert of the Council of Europe
Prof. Dr. Lorena Bachmaier Winter, Complutense University Madrid (Spain), an international expert of the Council of Europe
Oleksiy Filatov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Coordinator of the Judicial Reform Council under the President of Ukraine
Valentyna Danishevska, Chair of the Supreme Court
Vasyl Lemak, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
Igor Benedysiuk, Chair of the High Council for Justice, member of the Judicial Reform Council under the President of Ukraine, member of the Constitutional Commission
Sergiy Koziakov, Chair of the High Qualifications Commission of Judges of Ukraine, member of the Judicial Reform Council under the President of Ukraine
Diana Kovacheva, Doctor of International Law and International Relations, International Expert of the Council of Europe

At a glance

• Judicial Reform: interim results and next steps towards implementation
• The first results of the work of the Supreme Court. Ensuring the unity of judicial practice. Interaction with ECHR on questions of obtaining advisory opinions
• First experience in reviewing constitutional complaints
• New High Specialized Courts: High Anti-Corruption Court and High Court on Intellectual Property
• Features of the process of establishing and launching new district courts
• Outcomes of the first wave of the qualification examination of judges
• Second contest to the positions of judges to the Supreme Court

11:15-11:30

Q&A Session

11:30-12:00

Coffee Break

12:00-13:30

Session 1. Interaction between the Grand Chamber and Cassation Courts in the Supreme Court: Synergistic Efficiency

Moderators

Dovidas Vitkauskas, Head of the EU PRAVO-Justice Project
Tetyana Lysovets, Senior Partner at Sokolovsky & Partners

Participants

Bohdan Lvov, Deputy Chair of the Supreme Court, Head of the Economic Court of Cassation
Oleg Tkachuk, Judge of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court
Vitalii Urkevych, Judge of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court
Vsevolod Knyazev, Secretary of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court
Alla Lesko, Judge of the Civil Court of Cassation in the Supreme Court
Andrii Savchuk, Partner at Moris Group, Head of Dispute Resolution Practice

At a glance

• • Summary of judicial practice by the Supreme Court: the procedure for informing the legal community and society
  • Criteria for identifying an exclusive legal issue for referring a case to the Grand Chamber
  • Unloading the Great Chamber: ways to improve legislation
  • Criteria of for judgmental cassation filters
  • Differentiation of jurisdictions: Is there a point in determining the key categories of disputes?
  • The first experience in examining model cases and the prospect of introducing procedures in other jurisdictions
  • Deviation from the positions of the Supreme Court of Ukraine and the higher specialized courts: key decisions of the Supreme Court
  • Trust in the Supreme Court: quo vadis?

13:30-14:15

Lunch

PARALLEL SESSIONS

14:15-15:30

Session 2.1. Current Positions of the Supreme Court: Civil and Commercial Affairs

Moderators

Yuriy Chumak, Judge of the Commercial Court of Cassation in the Supreme Court
Oleksandr Shkelebei, Managing Partner at Esquires

Participants

Oleh Gromovyi, Managing Partner at GENTLS 

Participant's appeal against company's decisions

Sergiy Zhukov, Judge of the Commercial Court of Cassation in the Supreme Court

Judicial control over liquidators' actions

Aminat Suleymanova, Co-managing Partner at AVELLUM

Andriy Fortunenko, Associate at AVELLUM 

Bank disputes. New approaches to accruing interest on credit funds

Vasyl Krat, Judge of the Civil Court of Cassation in the Supreme Court

Prohibition of controversial behaviour: new approach to consideration of disputes concerning the recognition of agreements invalid. 

Session 2.2. Current positions of the Supreme Court: Administrative Jurisdiction

Moderators

Maryna Boyaryntseva, judge of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv
Andrii Gavrylyuk, Deputy Director of Legal Department at FOZZY GROUP

Participants

Yevhenii Zhuravskyi, Senior Consultant PwC Ukraine

Criminal proceedings against a counterparty and proof of substance of the transaction

Yan Bernazyuk, Judge of the Cassation Administrative Court in the Supreme Court 

Disputes with the Deposit Insurance Fund concerning appeals against decisions on the voidness of transactions

Sergiy Gryshko, Partner at Redcliffe Partners 

Right to Bring A Claim to the Court as a Maturity Test for the Judiciary

Illia Chernohorenko, General Director of the Directorate of Legal Policy in the Judiciary, Judicial System and Related Legal Institutions of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine 

Appeals against decisions of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine upon consideration of appeals in the sphere of state registration

Session 2.3. Current Positions of the Supreme Court: Protection of Interests in Criminal Cases.

Moderators

Olha Prosianiuk, Managing Partner at AVER LEX
Nataliia Dmytruk, Judge of the Holosiivsky District Court of Kyiv

Participants

Denys Bugay, Partner at VB PARTNERS 

Defence tactics in cases involving international element. How to avoid extradition

Yevhen Hrushovets, Partner at Ario Law Firm 

Defence in criminal cases: features of strategizing

Nataliya Antonyuk, Judge of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court

Crediting the term of pre-trial detention to the term of sentence ("Savchenko Law" application)

Anton Yanchuk, Head of the National Agency for the Investigation and Return of Assets

Detection, investigation and management of assets, obtained from corruption and other crimes: features and first results of ARMA activities

15:30-16:00

Coffee break

16:00-16:30

Special Report. Problematic Issues of Applying New Procedural Norms: the View of the Judicial Community

Moderator

Tetiana Ihnatenko, Counsel at LCF Law Group

Participants

Nataliya Bogatska, Chair of the Association of Judges of Economic Courts of Ukraine, Judge of the Southwest Economic Court of Appeal
Galyna Dibrova, Chair of the Committee of the Council of Judges of Ukraine, Judge of the Odessa Appeal Economic Court

16:30-18:00

Session 3. Ukraine on the international court arena: results and recommendations of future actions.

Moderator

Artem Stoyanov, Senior Partner at LCF

Participants

Pavlo Byelousov, Counsel at AEQUO, head of International Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation

International investment disputes against Ukraine

Dmytro Tretyakov, Head of the Department of the Filtering Section of the Secretariat of the European Court of Human Rights, a non-judicial speaker on Ukraine 

The main categories of cases against Ukraine presently considered by the European Court of Human Rights

Rodrigo Monardes, Counsel, Permanent Mission of Chile to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 

Recent trends in investor-state dispute settlement and investment treaty practice

Ivan Lyshchyna, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine

Commissioner for European Court of Human Rights - Interstate appeals «Ukraine v. Russia» to the ECHR

18:00-18:30

Final remarks. Forum Closing

Anna Ogrenchuk, Member of the Judicial Reform Council under the President of Ukraine, Chair of the UBA Procedural Law Committee, Managing Partner at LCF Law Group
Inna Liniova, Project Manager of the Council of Europe Project «Supporting Ukraine in the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights»

18:30-20:00

Evening Reception