Organizers
The 4. Weltkongress zum Betreuungsrecht / 4th World Congress on Adult Guardianship is organized by
in cooperation with
under the auspices of the
- German Federal Minister of Justice and for Consumer Protection, Heiko Maas (BMJV)
Curriculum Vitae of Heiko Maasand
German Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Manuela Schwesig
Curriculum Vitae of Manuela Schwesig
Organizing Committee
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Volker Lipp, Präsident
- Prof. Dr. Dagmar Brosey, Vizepräsidentin
- Karl-Heinz Zander, Geschäftsführer
International Advisory Board
- Prof. Dr. iur. Regina Aebi-Müller, University of Lucerne, Luzern, Switzerland
- Prof. Dr. iur. Makoto Arai, Chuo University, Hachiogi-Shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Prof. iur. Bill Atkin, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Law, Wellington, New Zealand
- Dr. iur. Peter Barth, Bundesministerium für Justiz Österreich, Wien, Austria
- Kees Blankman, Vrije University Amsterdam, District Court Utrecht, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Dr. Blazej Bugajski, University of Krakow, Krakow, Polen
- Joseph Cacciottolo, Malta Guardianship Board (NGO), University of Malta, Msida, Malta
- Prof. Dr. iur. Maria Isolina Dabove, University of Buenes Aires, University of Rosario, Research Centre of Elder Law, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Dr. Gavin Davidson, Queen's University of Belfast, Nothern Irland, United Kingdom
- Prof. Dr. iur. Israel Doron, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
- Prof. Dr. iur. Thomas Eeg, International Guardianship Network, IGN, Berlin, Deutschland
- Jochen Exler-König, International Guardianship Network, IGN, Berlin, Deutschland
- Kim Grier, Georgia Division of Aging Services, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Prof. Dr. iur. Lusina Ho, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Prof. iur. Sieh-Chuen Huang, College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, China
- Sally Hurme, AARP Financial Security (NGO), Washington D.C., USA
- Prof. Dr. iur. Cheolung Je, School of Law, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
- A. Frank Johns, US National Guardianship Network, Stetson College of Law, Law firm Booth Harrington & Johns, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Prof. Dr. iur. Kirsten Ketscher, University of Copenhagen, København K, Kvæsturbygningen, Denmark
- Daniel Koh, Office of the Public Guardian Singapore, Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore
- Oliver Lewis, Mental Disability Advocacy Center (NGO), Budapest 1051, Ungarn
- Denzil Lush, Court of Protection, London, England
- Dr. habil. Piotr Mostowik, University of Krakow, Krakow, Polen
- Prof. iur. Barbara Novak, Universität Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Dr. iur. Torbjörn Odlöw, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Annette Schnellenbach, Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz, Berlin, Deutschland
- Anita Smith, Australian Guardianship and Administration Committee (AGAC), Hobart, Australia
- Josep Maria Solé Chavero, "Fundacio Tutelar de Les Comarques Gironines" (Local Adult Guardianship), ''ENCAIX'' (Group of 11 Adult Guardianship Organisations), University of Girona, Girona, Spanien
- Prof. Dr. iur. Jean Christoph Sonnekus, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dr. iur. Stefan Tappeiner, Tribunale di Bolzano, Bozen, Italy
- Josef Thaler, Sachwalterverein Liechtenstein (NGO), Triesen, Liechtenstein
- Valerie Thean, Supreme Court Singapore, Singapore
- Adrian Ward, TC Young Turnbull & Ward, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Laura Tamblyn Watts, Elder Concepts, Canada
- Peter Winterstein, Vorsitzender des Betreuungsgerichtstag e.V., Schwerin, Deutschland
- Barbara Wurster, Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren und Jugend, Bonn, Deutschland