Cultural Property:
What Means for the Settlement
of International Disputes?
Florence, Friday 25 October 2019
Auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce – Piazza Mentana, 1
MORNING SESSION
9:00 – Welcome addresses by:
Leonardo Bassilichi, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence
Dario Nardella, Mayor of the City of Florence
Evgeniya Goriatcheva, Senior Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
Coordination and Introduction to the Sessions:
Chiara Tondini, Florence International Mediation Chamber, Chamber of Commerce of Florence
9:20 – The Italian Cultural Diplomacy: Success Stories in the Heritage Protection and Return Policies
Francesco Rutelli, Former Italian Minister of Culture, Chairman of the Association “Meeting of Civilization”
9:40 – The Means for the Settlement of International Cultural Property Disputes: Methods, Problems and Prospects
Attila M.Tanzi, University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum; Associate Member – 3VB Chambers, London, Uk
10:00 – Coffee break
10:15 – Session 1: Stakeholder Experiences with Cultural Property Disputes
Moderator: Paolo Giorgio Ferri, Retired Prosecutor, Legal Adviser at ICCROM.
- The Activity of the Carabinieri Section for the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Lanfranco Disibio, Commander of the Florence Carabinieri Section for the Protection of Cultural Heritage - The Antiques Market
Enrico Frascione, President, Italian Antiquarians Association - The Uffizi Galleries: The Experience of a Leading Art Museum
Eike Schimdt, Director; Simona Pasquinucci, Uffizi Galleries, Florence - The Policy of Dutch Museums for Handling Cultural Colonial Heritage
Stijn Schoonderwoerd, Director of Tropenmuseum, Wereldmuseum, Museum Volkenkunde, Afrika Museum
11:30 – Roundtable Directed by the Moderator – Questions by the Audience to the Speakers
AFTERNOON SESSION
14:00 – Antonio Canova as Negotiator for the Return of Cultural Property
Tullio Scovazzi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan
14:20 – Session 2: Negotiation and Mediation of Cultural Property Disputes
Moderator: Tullio Scovazzi
- International Law and the Prevention of Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property
Tural Mustafayev, Associate Programme Specialist in the Culture and Emergencies Entity of the UNESCO Culture Sector - The Return and Restitution of Cultural Property in the Context of UNESCO and the UN
Artemis Papathanassiou, Attorney at Law and Senior Legal Advisor at the MFA of Greece, Athens - Mediation of Cultural Property Disputes
Lawrence M. Kaye, Partner and Co-Chair of the Art Law Practice Group, Herrick Feinstein LLP, New York - Negotiation in Cultural Property
Manlio Frigo, University of Milan; of Counsel at BonelliErede
15:00 – Roundtable Directed by the Moderator – Questions by the Audience to the Speakers
16:00 – Coffee Break
16:15 – Session 3: Arbitration of Cultural Property Disputes
Moderator: Evgeniya Goriatcheva, Senior Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
- Pros and Cons of Arbitration
Teresa Giovannini, Founding Partner, LALIVE, Geneva - Holocaust-Era Cases on the Example of the Republic of Austria vs. Altmann Dispute over Paintings by Gustav Klimt
Andreas Noedl, Law Office, Vienna - International Arbitration: Distinguishing and Expanding Dispute Resolution Options
Elizabeth Varner, Museum Director, US National Coast Guard Museum; Adjunct Professor, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law; and Neutral (Arbitration and Mediation)
17:00 – Roundtable directed by the Moderator – Questions by the Audience to the Speakers
17:45 – Closing
Laura Benedetto, Secretary General of the Florence Chamber of Commerce
The official languages of the conference are English and Italian. A simultaneous translation service is provided.