Programme

• Time
• Title

• Opening remarks

  Alexander S. Skjønberg, Professor, BI Norwegian Business School

• The evolution of the regulation of transfer of business in EU-EEA law. A lived life – a directive in its maturity – what has been the developments in legislation and case law.

  Keynote speaker: Mona Næss, Deputy Director of Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion 

  Comment from: Kjetil Skeide Edvardsen, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Children and Families (formerly attorney with Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees (NUMGE)

• Break

• The Double Purpose of Dir. 2001/23/EC: Labour Protection and Balancing of Rights - a face of Janus?

  Presentation by Kurt Weltzien, Associate Professor, BI Norwegian Business School

  Comment from Alan Bogg, Professor, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

• Lunch

• Much Ado About Nothing? Diving into art. 3 no. 3 of Dir 2001/23/EC. Time limited after effect – or not?

  Presentations by:

  Norway: Frode Martin Toftevåg, Attorney, Arntzen de Besche 

  Sweden: Tobias Normann, Attorney, Mannheimer Swartling 

  Finland: Carola Møller, Attorney, Krogerus law firm

  Denmark: Mette Klingsten, Attorney, Mette Klingsten law firm

• Closing remarks