Agenda

May 1997 PRAC Conference

Amsterdam 10 - 14 May 1997

Hotel The Grand, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 197

From Sunday 11 May till Wednesday 14 May inclusive, breakfast for PRAC delegates and relatives will be served daily in The Admiralty from 7.00 to 9.00 am. Activities will be announced daily at the registration desk and at the entrance of the Admiralty. From 8 to 11 May breakfast will be served in the Café Roux, ground floor.

TIME/LOCATION EVENT

- Conference Programme - Social Programmes

Saturday 10 May

All day and evening PRAC members and guests arrive

3.00 - 9.00 pm PRAC information desk open

(The Grand, left side lobby)

6.00 - 8.00 pm Welcome reception.

(The Grand, The Admiralty) Welcome speech by Schelto Patijn, Mayor of Amsterdam

Sunday 11 May

9.20 am Departure from hotel

9.30 am Departure by coach from Dam Square

9.30 am - 5.00 pm Tour by coach to bulb fields and Keukenhof.

Visit to Keukenhof, lunch at Huis ter Duin Hotel.

Optional visit to the Van Gogh Museum on return to Amsterdam.

7.00 pm Departure for no host dinners

Monday 12 May

9.30 am - 12.30 pm PRAC Practice group meetings.

(The Grand, Burgomaster Chamber,

Aldermans Chamber, St Cecilia Chamber)

9.30 -10.30 am - Banking and Workouts

- Intellectual Property

- Tax

10.30 - 11.30 am - Environmental

- Trade and Investment

11.30 am - 12.30 pm - Litigation

- Privatisation & Infrastructure

12.30 - 2.00 pm Luncheon

(The Grand, Council Chamber II) Luncheon speaker: Hub L.J. Roelvink,

Vice-President Supreme Court of the Netherlands

The judicial organisation in the Netherlands

2.00 - 3.00 pm

(The Grand, Council Chamber I) The new Dutch finance regime for multinationals, presentation by

Ewout Van Asbeck and Roderik Bouwman, Nauta Dutilh

3.00 - 4.00 pm Country Briefings

(The Grand, Council Chamber I) Korea, Japan, New Zealand

5.00 pm Departure by coach for the Amsterdam office of Nauta Dutilh

5.30 - 6.30 pm Drinks at the Amsterdam office of Nauta Dutilh

6.30 pm Departure by coach for host dinners at Nauta Dutilh's Partners' Homes

Tuesday 13 May

9.00 am - 12.30 pm Seminar

(The Grand, Council Chamber I) Introductory remarks: J. Willem Sodderland,

Nauta Dutilh

a. EASDAQ

Introduction by:

Jan Paul Franx, Nauta Dutilh, Amsterdam

Panelists:

Jacqueline Loke, Rodyk & Davidson, Singapore

Jos B. Peeters, co-founder of EASDAQ,

director of Capricorn Venture Partners N.V.

Leuven, Belgium

John A. Burgess, partner Hale and Dorr, Boston, USA

Linda Sutherland, deputy managing director, Nomura International Plc, London, UK

10.30 - 11.00 am Coffee break

11.00 am - 12.30 pm b. INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST

Opening remarks: Prof. Luis Ortiz Blanco, Nauta Dutilh, Madrid

Panelists:

Janet McDavid, partner Hogan & Hartson

Pierre Arhel, European Commission, DG IV, Brussels, The policy of the EC Commission

Marc van der Woude, Nauta Dutilh, Brussels, International

antitrust problems

12.15 - 12.30 pm Questions from the audience

12.30 - 1.00 pm Apertif

(The Grand, The Admiralty)

1.00 - 2.30 pm Luncheon, Luncheon speaker:

(The Grand, Council Chamber I and II)

George A. Möller, Chief Executive of the Amsterdam Exchanges in preparation for the European capital market

3.00 - 3.30 pm Membership Committee meeting

(The Grand, Princenhof)

3.30 - 4.30 pm One-on-one Meetings (3 meetings)

(The Grand, Council Chamber I)

7.00 pm Departure by boat from boarding point in front of hotel

7.00 - 8.00 pm Tour through canals. Apertif on board ship

8.00 - 10.30 pm Gala dinner in Amstel Hotel,

Amstel Hotel, Professor Tulpplein 1

Performances by: Salut d'Amour, Klos & Van der Vlist

Wednesday 14 May

8.00 - 8.30 am

(The Grand, St Cecilia Chamber) Discussion with Conference Committee: Nauta Dutilh, Carey y Cia. and Lee and Li

8.30 - 9.45 am Practice Management Issues

(The Grand, Council Chamber I)

9.45 - 10.15 am Practice Co-operation

(The Grand, Council Chamber I)

10.30 am - 12.00 pm Business meeting

(The Grand, Council Chamber I)

12.30 - 1.30 pm Light luncheon

(The Grand, The Admiralty)