Welcome Message

An invitation to think about the challenges of notarial practice

In a society in constant change and, particularly, in the post-pandemic period, it is important to follow the new reality of the sector and examine the impact of new technologies on the public services provided by Portuguese notaries.

Thus, the Portuguese Chamber of Notaries is promoting the IV International Congress which will have as its core theme "Citizens' Rights in a Globalized and Digital World", to be held on the 29th and 30th of September 2023, in the city of Aveiro, as invitation for joint reflection on the present and future challenges of the notarial practice.

As such, the Congress is intended to be a historical milestone in the development of a notarial document circulation system, in digital format, which makes citizens' and companies' lives easier.

The meeting also represents an opportunity to strengthen cooperation with the countries of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and Ibero-American countries, as well as to improve Portuguese-EU relations by harmonising procedures in cross-border legal affairs.

On this occasion, we will have the opportunity to share experiences and knowledge with national and international speakers, covering areas of great interest for the notarial practice, such as the circulation of digital documents, the apostille, the role of the notary as a guarantee of legal security in face-to-face and remote e-Business, the protection of the most vulnerable in a digital and globalised world and the challenges of artificial intelligence in the legal system, among others.

I therefore invite you all to sign up for this major meeting of the notarial practice, since, in addition to a remarkably interesting scientific component, you will also have the opportunity to visit one of Portugal's most beautiful cities.



I'm counting on you!

Programme

09h00 AM
Registration
10h00 AM

Opening session

Catarina Sarmento e Castro
Minister of Justice

Joana Rosa Amado
Minister of Justice of Cape Verde

José Ribau Esteves
Mayor of Aveiro

Jorge Batista da Silva
President of the Portuguese Chamber of Notaries

11h00 AM
Coffee break with a cultural event
11h30 AM

CPLP Roundtable
Circulation of documents and citizens' rights

Filipa Azevedo Maia
Notary in Arganil and representative of the Portuguese Chamber to the CCNI and the CAE of the UINL

Tito Mba Ada
Ambassador of Equatorial Guinea in Portugal and to the CPLP in Portugal

Silvestre Lima d’Apresentação
Director General of the DGRN of São Tomé and Príncipe

Sebastião Bamba Domingos
Notary of Specialty and Category and Notary holder of the 5th Notary Office of the District of Luanda

Adilsa Maria Pinto Freire de Pina
Director General of Registries, Notaries and Identification of Cape Verde

Sérgio Raimundo Matule
Director of Justice and Labor Service of the Province of Tete, Registry Officer and Notary

Airene José Amaral de Paiva
President of the Association of Notaries and Registrars of the State of Rio Grande do Norte – ANOREG/RN

1h00 PM
Lunch with cultural event and technological presentation
2h30 PM

Key speaker
European certificate of succession - the impact of transnationality in a globalized world

Afonso Patrão
Prof. at FDUC and Judge of the Constitutional Court

3h15 PM
Coffee break with a cultural event
3h45 PM

Roundtable
The protection of the vulnerable persons in a digital and globalised world

Francisca Van Dunem
Jubilee Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice and former Minister of Justice

Francisco Miranda Rodrigues
President of the Portuguese Psychologists Association

Sabrina Sybiga
Notary in Kiev, Ukraine

Stefan Bandel
Notary in Passau, Germany

Carmen Velasco Ramírez
Notary in Bilbao, Vice-Dean of the Notarial Association of the Basque Country and Delegate of the Æquitas Foundation

8h00 PM
Dinner at the Meliã Ria Aveiro hotel
9h30 AM

Roundtable
Remote authentic acts - new challenges for legal certainty

Naivi Chikoc Barreda
Notary in Quebec, Prof. at the University of Ottawa and member of the GC of the UINL

José Carmelo Llopis Benlloch
Notary in Viver, member of the GC of the Notarial College of Valencia and member of the GC of the UINL

Gustavo Pessoa Pinto
Notary in Pombal

10h30 AM
Coffee break with a cultural event
11h00 AM

Ibero-american Roundtable
The notary as a guarantee of legal security in e-business - best practices

Ubiratan Guimarães
President of ANB and Director of CNB/CF - Brazil

Alfonso Cavallé Cruz
Notary and member of the GC of the Spanish Notary and Dean of the Canary Islands Notary College and CGN Delegate for America

Joan-Carles Rodríguez Miñana
Notary, President of the Chamber of Notaries of the Principality of Andorra, VP of CAE, European Notarial Academy and CG of UINLL

Maria Manuel Leitão Marques
MEP in the European Parliament

Jorge Batista da Silva
President of the Portuguese Chamber of Notaries

12h00 PM

Closing session

Pedro Tavares
Secretary of State for Justice

Jorge Batista da Silva
President of the Portuguese Chamber of Notaries

1h00 PM
Lunch
2h30 PM
Moliceiro Tour
8h00 PM
Closing dinner at Montebelo Vista Alegre Hotel

Moderation and presentation by Fernanda Freitas

Speakers

Catarina Sarmento Castro
Minister of Justice, Portugal
Jorge Batista da Silva
President of the Portuguese Chamber of Notaries, Portugal
Pedro Tavares
Secretary of State for Justice, Portugal
Joana Gomes Rosa Amado
Minister of Justice, Cape Verde
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques
MEP in the European Parliament, Portugal
José Ribau Esteves
Mayor of Aveiro, Portugal
Alfonso Cavallé Cruz
Notary, member of the GC of the Spanish Notary, Delegate for America and Dean of the Canary Islands Notary College, Spain
Afonso Patrão
Prof. at FDUC and Judge of the Constitutional Court, Portugal
Francisca Van Dunem
Jubilee Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice and former Minister of Justice, Portugal
Joan-Carles Rodríguez Miñana
President of the Chamber of Notaries of the Principality of Andorra and VP of CAE of UINL, Andorra
Tito Mba Ads
Ambassador of Equatorial Guinea in Portugal and to the CPLP in Portugal, Equatorial Guinea
Filipa Azevedo Maia
Notary and representative of the Portuguese Chamber to the CCNI and the CAE of the UINL, Portugal
Silvestre Lima d’Apresentação
Diretor General of the DGRN, São Tomé and Príncipe
Sebastião Bamba Domingos
Notary of Specialty and Category and Notary holder of the 5th Notary Office of the District of Luanda, Angola
Júlio Fernando Leite dos Reis Mascarenhas
Secretary General of the CPLP International Legal and Judicial Cooperation Network, Cape Verde
Raul Gomes
President of the Association of Registrars and Notaries of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Sérgio Raimundo Matule
Director of Justice and Labor Service of the Province of Tete, Registry Officer and Notary, Mozambique
Ubiratan Guimarães
President of ANB and Director of CNB/CF, Brazil
Francisco Miranda Rodrigues
President of the Portuguese Psychologists Association, Portugal
José Carmelo Llopis Benlloch
Notary and member of the GC - UINL, Spain
Naivi Chikoc Barreda
Notary and Prof.of Law and member of the GC - UINL, Canada
Sabrina Sybiga
Notary in Kiev, Ukraine
Stefan Bandel
Notary in Passau, Germany
Gustavo Pessoa Pinto
Notary in Pombal, Portugal
Carmen Velasco Ramirez
Notary in Bilbao, Vice-Dean of the Notarial Association of the Basque Country and Delegate of the Æquitas Foundation, Spain
Fernanda Freitas
Jornalist, Portugal

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AVEIRO CONGRESS CENTER

Cais da Fonte Nova
3810-200 Aveiro

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