World City Bar Leaders 2019
Conference in Warsaw September 11-14, 2019
Program
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
„Endorfina” Restaurant, Foksal 2 St.
| Business attire | ||
| 18:30 | Welcome Reception |
Thursday, September 12, 2019 (organized by the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates)
Offices of the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates, Al. Ujazdowskie 49
| Business attire for all sessions including dinner | ||
| 08:30 | Registration | |
| 09:00 | Opening of the 1st conference day | |
| 09:20 | Keynote Speaker: Adam Bodnar, Commissioner for Human Rights (Polish Ombudsman) |
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| 10:00 |
Presentations by Bars (session #1) Amsterdam Bar AssociationOrdre français des avocats du barreau de Bruxelles Flemish Bar Association Chicago Bar Association Frankfurt Bar Association City of London Law Society Bar of Montreal |
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| 11:15 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 |
First panel: Professional privilege moderator: Mikołaj Pietrzak - Dean of the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates |
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| 12:30 |
Second panel: Independence of bar associations moderator: Mariusz Maciejewski - Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law |
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| 13:45 | Lunch | |
| 15:45 | Departure to the Fryderyk Chopin Museum | |
| 16:00 | Visit in the Fryderyk Chopin Museum and a concert at Ostrogski Palace, ul. Okólnik 1 | |
| “Opasły Tom” Restaurant , Wierzbowa 9 St. | ||
| 19:30 | Dinner |
Friday, September 13, 2019 (organized by the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law)
Prymasowski Palace – Bellotto Hotel, Senatorska 13/15 St.
| Business attire for all sessions including dinner | ||
| 09:15 | Registration | |
| 09:30 | Opening of the 2nd conference day | |
| 09:45 |
Presentations by Bars (session #2) New York City Bar AssociationParis Bar Association Shanghai Bar Association Sofia Bar Association Tokyo Bar Association Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates |
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| 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 |
Third panel: The use of new technologies in the practice of law moderator: Tomasz Zalewski - Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law |
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| 12:50 |
Fourth panel: Disciplinary proceedings moderator: Marita Dybowska-Dubois, Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates |
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| 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:50 | Departure to the Supreme Court of Poland | |
| 15:15-16:15 | Visit to the Supreme Court of Poland, Krasińskich sq. 2/4/6 | |
| 16:15-17:00 | Warsaw guided tour | |
| Amber Room, The Sobański Palace, Al. Ujazdowskie 13 | ||
| 19:30 | Dinner |
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Offices of the National Bar Council of Attorneys-at-Law, Al. Ujazdowskie 41
| Business casual or casual attire | ||
| 10:00-12:00 | Closing discussion: collaboration among WCBL organizations, future meetings and other issues of concern | |
| 12:00 | Lunch |





