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RIELA CONFERENCE 2023 - CANADA

RIELA CONFERENCE 2019 - BRAZIL

RIELA CONFERENCE 2017 - UNITED STATES

RIELA CONFERENCE 2016 - CHILE

“Desafíos medioambientales en Chile y nuevas tendencias a nivel regional”

October 18, 2016
DoubleTree by Hilton Santiago – Vitacura
Avenida Vitacura 2727, Las Condes
Santiago, Chile

La Conferencia correspondiente al 16mo aniversario de RIELA fue organizada por la firma Carey Abogados. Los temas que se abordaron en la conferencia de ese año fueron:

Evaluación de Proyectos: Oportunidades de mejora.
Compartiendo beneficios: Relaciones de empresas y comunidades.
Comunidades Indígenas: Proceso de consulta y estándares aplicables.
Delitos Ambientales: Principales hipótesis.
Responsabilidad Ambiental de Representantes y Directores: Administrativa, civil y penal.
Litigación Ambiental: Cortes especializadas, independencia y habilidades técnicas.

“Main enviromental concerns for the industrial and tourist sector in the Americas”

November 7-9, 2018
Hotel Real Intercontinental - Av. Winston Churchill esq. Porfirio Herrera, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic.

En el 2018, la firma que se encargó de llevar a cabo la conferencia de RIELA fue Santroni Parsons. Los temas que se abordarán en la conferencia de ese año fueron:

Delitos Ambientales y sanciones en RD y las Américas.
Industria y hoteles: principales problemas ambientales en el sector turístico y hoteles.
Estudio de casos.
Áreas protegidas y turismo: problemas legales en la inversión de proyectos.
Principales tendencias en el derecho ambiental.

2017 RIELA Conference was held on October 26-27, 2017 in Houston, Texas.

October 26-27, 2017.

Baker Botts Houston Office 910 Louisiana Street, 32nd Floor Houston, TX, 77002.

The conference was held by Baker Botts.

There was a client seminar focused on:

Energy.
Infrastructure in the Americas.

RIELA CONFERENCE 2016 - ARGENTINA

“Desafíos medioambientales en Chile y nuevas tendencias a nivel regional”

November 25 , 2015
Hotel Melia– Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Rattagan, Macchiavello, Arocena & Peña Robirosa organizó la Conferencia Anual en el 15avo aniversario de RIELA. El evento se llevó a cabo en el hotel Melia Buenos Aires y contó con la participación de representantes de reconocidas empresas industrias y de organismos gubernamentales quienes, junto con miembros de RIELA, expusieron y compartieron experiencias de los siguientes temas:

Shale oil y shale gas: desafíos de las nuevas tecnologías
Responsabilidad de los directores y profesionales.
Cambio climático: De cara a Paris 2015.
Pasivos ambientales, remediación y su problemática.
Litigios ambientales y acciones de clase.
Implicancias del nuevo Código Civil y Comercial argentino en el derecho ambiental.

“II International Seminar on Corporate Environmental Law - Legal Aspects on the Management of Environmental Risks”

September 5-6, 2019
Hotel Tivoli Mofarrej - Alameda Santos, 1437, São Paulo, Brazil.

The conference was held by the brazilian firm Tabet Advogados, and the main topics were the following:

Rethinking the Effectiveness of Environmental Compliance in view of Global Litigation Risks.
The New Regulatory Framework on Agrochemicals in Brazil.
Reach of Criminal Environmental Liability of Companies and its Executive Officers.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods for Environmental Conflicts: scenarios and challenges.
The Importance of Environmental Compliance in the Industry.
Resignification of Solid Waste and its Legal Implications.
Contaminated Sites: how clean is clean.

In the second day of the conference, after the RIELA business meeting, a technical visit and training on the response to environmental emergencies with a field simulation were provided by the sponsor AMBIPAR Response at the 24h International Center for Emergency Control maintained by the company in Nova Odessa, State of São Paulo.

RIELA CONFERENCE 2018 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Save the Date for our fall meeting!

RIELA’s 2023 client seminar will be held in Vancouver, Canada on September 27, 2023, at the Gowling WLG office, located 550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

There will be a welcome dinner for RIELA delegates, on Wednesday September 26, 2023, and our RIELA business meeting will be held the morning after the seminar, on Friday, September 28, 2023.

A more detailed program agenda will follow, but for now, please Save the Date!

If you have clients that might join us in Vancouver, and would like to receive an invitation, please send their contact details to Anna.carso@gowlingwlg.com.

Hotel Information

Gowlings has reserved a block of rooms at the Exchange Hotel Vancouver, for September 27-29 (nights of the 27 & 28th), which is a 4 minute walk to the Gowling WLG offices.

Rooms are $429 Canadian per night, plus taxes of 20%. Guests can contact the hotel by email Reservations@exchangehotelvan.com or call 604.563.4693 to book their rooms.