Formula Conference
Oslo, 28 May, 2009
The first Formula conference
Meeting venue: Clarion Hotel Royal Christiania, Biskop Gunnerus gate 3, 0155 Oslo
Program
08.30-09.00 -- Registration
09.00-09.15 -- Opening, Introduction and presentation of the Formula project
Session 1 - Free movement and posting
Chair: Tonia Novitz, Professor of Labour Law, University of Bristol, UK
09.15-10.00 -- The Restricting Labour Market - A developmental study of case law on the interface between free movement an posting of workers
Presentation by Erik Sjödin, Research Fellow, University of Uppsala, Sweden
10.00-10.30 -- The Posting of Workers Directive - Genesis and Current Contrasts
Presentation by Stein Evju, Professor of Labour Law, Head of Project, and Head, The Labour Law Unit, University of Oslo
10.30-11.00 -- Coffee-break
11.00-12.00 -- Comments on the two first presentations:
Mijke Houwerzijl, Associate Professor, Labour Law Dept., Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Discussion
12.00-13.30 -- Lunch
Session 2 - Services, multilevel governance and industrial relations
Chairs: Niklas Bruun, Professor of Private Law, Director, IPR University Centre, University of Helsinki, Finland
Andrzej Swiatowski, Professor of Labour Law, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
13.30-14.00 -- From Bolkestein to Directive - a Legal Analysis
Presentation by Monika Schlachter, Director, The Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Community, Professor abd Chair for Labour Law, University of Trier, Germany
14.00-14.30 -- Comments: Catherine Barnard, Professor, Jean Monnet Chair of EU Law, Co-director of The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), University of Cambridge, UK
Discussion (first part)
14.30-15.00 -- The Evolution of the Services Directive - the Actors and the Political process
Presentation by Jon Erik Dølvik, Head of Research, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, Oslo
15.00-15.30 -- Coffee-break
15.30-16.00 -- The Industrial Relations side of the coin: The difficult birth of a European industrial relations system
Presentation by Jelle Visser, Professor of Empirical Sociology, Scientific Director, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
16.00-17.30 -- Comments on the two preceding presentations: Dr. Georg Menz, Senior Lecturer, Goldsmiths, University of London; Follow-up comments: Prof. Catherine Barnard
Discussion
17.30 End of Conference