THIRD ANNUAL

Conference of the Commerce Registers of Europe

Thistle Hotel, Park Place, Cardiff

4 - 5 October 2000


CONFERENCE PROGRAMME


Conference registration - in the hotel foyer

Tuesday 3 October - 12 noon onwards
Wednesday 4 October - 0830 to 0915


Tuesday 3 October  
1930 Pre-conference buffet meal
(served in the Whitehall Suite)
Wednesday 4 October  
0830 - 0915 Registration for later arrivals
Opening session (Princes Suite)
0930 Welcome and introduction
  John Holden, Chief Executive of Companies House and Registrar of Companies for England and Wales

Opening of the Conference by

Dr Kim Howells MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
for Consumers and Corporate Affairs

1000

Developments in European law -

Caroline Webb
Internal Market Directorate-General European Commission

1030

Company law reform in the United Kingdom -

Robert Burns
Director, Company Law Reform, Department of Trade and Industry, United Kingdom

1115 Coffee (served in the Duchess Suite)
1145

Co-operation on law enforcement -

Per Nordstr–m, Chief Legal Adviser, Patents and Registration Office (PRV), Sweden

1230

Regulation of corporate service providers

John Aspden, Chief Executive, Financial Supervision Commission, Isle of Man

1300 Lunch (served in the Whitehall Suite)
1430

The Romanian Trade Register as a portal for e-commerce

Dr Cornelia Rotaru
General Director, National Trade Register Office Chamber of Commerce of Romania

1500 Group discussions
(Tea will be served in the Duchess Suite)
1600 Feedback and discussion
with a panel of the day's speakers
1630

Proposal for a Forum of the Commerce Registers

presented by:

Roine Amonsson, Operations Development Manager, Patent and Registration Office (PRV), Sweden

Erik Fossum, Director General, Br¯nn¯ysund Register Centre, Norway

Paul Farrell, Registrar of Companies, Republic of Ireland

1700 Conclusion

1930 Informal dinner
(served in the Whitehall Suite)
Thursday 5 October
 
Group A
 
Group B
0830 Assemble in Hotel Foyer - bus to Companies House 0830 Demonstrations in Princes Suite and Duchess Suite
0845 Introduction to Companies House and tour of working areas    
    1015 Bus to Companies House
1045 Group photograph
  Group A   Group B
1115 Bus to Thistle Hotel 1100 Introduction to Companies House and tour of working areas
1145 Demonstrations in Princes Suite and Duchess Suite    
    1300 Bus to Thistle Hotel
1330 Lunch
(served in the Whitehall Suite)
1445

Developments in electronic filing

Paul Farrell, Registrar of Companies, Republic of Ireland

Dave Garnett, Programme Manager Input Systems, Companies House, United Kingdom

Fiorella Bonizzi, Project Co-ordinator. InfoCamere, Italy

Roland H–glund, Controller, Patent and Registration Office (PRV), Sweden

Pascal Beder, President of the French Registrars Association, ASG, Associate Registrar of Paris

1615 Tea
(served in the Duchess Suite)
1645 Signature of document establishing a Forum
(subject to discussions at the Conference)
1700 Review of Conference
1730 End of conference

1920

Assemble in hotel foyer

Bus to Cardiff City Hall

1930 for 2000

Conference dinner

as guests of Cardiff County Council

hosted by

Councillor Marion Drake

Deputy Mayor of Cardiff