Monday, May 27

9.30-10.00 Registration of participants

10.00-10.30 Welcome address: Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Mikhail Shvydkoy

       Opening Address:
       Ekaterina Genieva, Director General of the Library for Foreign Literature and
       President of the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), Russia

       Wolfgang Reuther, UNESCO, Moscow Office

       Claus Michaletz, Society on Development and Support
       of International Information Exchange (Germany)

10.30-12.00 I Panel "Restitution and Private Law: Common Issues"

Chair - Ekaterina Genieva

"Legal Status of the World War II Displaced Art Objects Currently Held in Private Hands" Wojciech Kowalski, Ministry of Foreign Affaires, Poland.

Private Law and Restitution of Looted Cultural Valuables: Russian Legislation
Mark Boguslavsky, Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Science

Restitution of Cultural Valuables in the context of Private Law Regulations: Ukrainian Case
Sergey Kot, Institute of Ukrainian History, National Academy of Science, Ukraine

Finding and Restitution of Stolen and Looted Cultural Valuables: Facts and Legal Aspects
Christoph von Berg, Lawyer, Germany

Questions to speakers

12.00- 12.15 Coffee-break

12.00-14.00 II Panel "Fate of Private Collections"

Chair - Andrey Lisitsyn-Svetlanov

Back from Nowhere. The Restitution of Belgian Looted Collections (1991-2002)
Michel Vermote, Institute of Social History, Belgium

Due Diligence in Provenance Research: An Auction House Perspective
Lucian Simmons, Sotheby's, UK

The Auction House as Mediator?
Anthony Streatfeild, Christie's, UK

The Esterhazy Library Collection
Theresia Gabriel, Esterhazy Foundation, Austria

The Estonian Postal Museum: Case History
Peep Pillak, National Archives, Estonia

14.00-15.00 Lunch

III Panel cont.

Chair - Andrey Lisitsyn-Svetlanov

Patterns of Plunder and Restitution of Private Collections -East and West
Patricia Grimsted, Harvard University, USA

"Trophy" Cultural Valuables in Kaliningrad Private Collections
Avenir Ovsyanov, Science and Production Centre for Preservation and Restoration of Monuments of History and Culture, Kaliningrad, Russia

Questions to speakers

III Panel "Legal Practice"

Chair - Olaf Werner

Experience of Work with Claims Concerned with Search and Return of Family Reliquiae and Precious Objects of Art Raised by Foreign Citizens
Andrey Lisitsyn-Svetlanov, Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences; Law Center "Yust", Russia

Three Examples of Historic Restitution Processes: Germany, USA, UK
Michael Carl, Lawyer, EVERSHEDS -Business Lawyers in Europe, UK

Legal Problems of Rights in Things in Connection with the Further Transfer of Cultural Valuables
Olaf Werner, Friedrich Schiller University, Germany

Questions to speakers

17.00 Opening of the exhibition "Private Collections and Personal Trophies"

Tuesday, May 28

10.00-12.00 IV Panel "Specific Legal Issues"

Chair - Sergey Sarbash

Legal Settlement of Certain Issues Concerned With Displaced Cultural Valuables: Ukrainian Law on Export, Import and Return of Cultural Valuables
Valentina Vrublevskaya, State Service for the Control over Transferring of Cultural Treasures Across the State Border, Kiev, Ukraine

Issues of Applicable Law when Disputing About Cultural Valuables
Viktor Zvekov, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Jurisprudence under the Government of the Russian Federation

Concept of Bona Fide Purchase
Alexander Makovsky, Research Centre on Private Law under the President of the Russian Federation

Basic Issues of the Limitation of Action
Sergey Sarbash, Supreme Court of Arbitration, Russia

Implementation of International Legal Regulations in Ukrainian Law on Restitution of Cultural Valuables
Viktor Akulenko, Institute of State and Law named after V.Koretsky, National Academy of Science, Ukraine

Questions to speakers

12.00-12.15 Coffee-break

12.15-14.00 V Panel "War Trophies and "Souvenirs"

Chair - Mark Boguslavsky

Cultural Valuables Displaced to the USSR as a Result of WWII by Individuals and Currently Located on the Territory of the Russian Federation: History, Legal Aspects and Prospects
Alexander Kibovsky, Department for Preservation of Cultural Valuables, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Russia

USSR's Attitude Towards "Trophies of War" from Private Collections
Grigory Kozlov, Independent researcher, Germany

"Souvenirs of War"- Cases of Looting of Cultural Property by the US Military Personal and the US Government Efforts to Prevent it. The Fate of the "Souvenirs of War" in America
Konstantin Akinsha, Independent scholar, USA

Questions to speakers

14.00-15.00 Lunch

15.00-16.0 VI Panel "Prospects of Problem Solving Concerning Displaced Cultural Valuables"

Chair - Ekaterina Genieva

Timur Timerbulatov, President of the "Konti" Corporation, Russia

Pavel Khoroshilov, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation

Discussion

16.00 Meeting journalists

17.00 Reception