Is there a Need to Reform International Arbitration?
Day 1
| 08:30-09:30 | Registration and coffee | |
| 09:00-09:25 | ||
| Opening remarks | ||
| MIHAI DARABAN | President of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry | |
| PROFESSOR DR STEFAN DEACONU | President of The Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CICA-CCIR) | |
| 09:25-10:25 | ||
| Keynote address | ||
| PROFESSOR LOUKAS MISTELIS | LLB, MLE, FCIArb, Clive M. Schmitthoff Professor of Transnational Law and Arbitration, Director of the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London | |
| Topic | International Arbitration as Justice Administration System | |
| Session moderator DR CRINA BALTAG, Senior Lecturer – University of Bedfordshire, Visiting Lecturer – Queen Mary University of London | ||
| Topic | ISDS reform post-Achmea | |
| Q&A | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Networking Coffee Break | |
| 11:00-13:00 | ||
| The future of investment arbitration in the post-Achmea era | ||
| DR JUDITH KNIEPER | Legal Officer, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) | |
| Topic | Transparency issues | |
| DR MARKUS BURGSTALLER | Partner, Hogan Lovells (London) | |
| Topic | The overview of Achmea and echoes | |
| EPAMINONTAS TRIANTAFILOU | Partner, Quinn Emanuel (London) | |
| Topic | Collateral consequences of Achmea (issues not expressly addressed in the judgment and the supremacy of EU law in PIL) | |
| MERCY MCBRAYER, MCIArb | Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) | |
| Session moderator FLORIAN NITU, Member CICA-CCIR Board of Directors | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 13:00-14:00 | Networking Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:30 | ||
| Is there a need to reform international commercial arbitration? Part I | ||
| LAILA EL SHENTENAWI | Independent Arbitrator and Mediator, Dubai | |
| Topic | Appointment of arbitral tribunals / Quality-covering diversity and discussing whether reform should be made to ensure further impartiality and independence | |
| JONATHAN BARNETT | Consultant, Nivalion AG (Vienna) | |
| Topic | Options to finance an arbitration | |
| CHRISTOPHER GUIBERT DE BRUET | Counsel, Lalive (Geneva) | |
| Topic | Choosing the adequate dispute resolution mechanism for the particular dispute/client | |
| JOSÉ RICARDO FERIS | Partner, Squire Patton Baggs (Paris) | |
| Topic | Role of arbitral institutions in a reform of international commercial arbitration Arbitration in a globalized market: cultural and legal challenges of arbitration and the need of reform | |
| Session moderator SORINA OLARU, Member CICA-CCIR Board of Directors | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | Networking Coffee Break | |
| 16:30-18:00 | ||
| Is there a need to reform international commercial arbitration? Part II | ||
| RAID ABU-MANNEH | Partner, Mayer Brown (London) | |
| Topic | Conflict of interest and challenge of arbitrators (particular view on the IBA rules and how they sit in with local law) | |
| LUCY GREENWOOD, C.Arb | International Arbitrator, Greenwood Arbitration (London) | |
| Topic | Arbitrators and their role in a reform of international arbitration | |
| GAËLLE FILHOL | Partner, Betto Seraglini (Paris) | |
| Topic | Excessive duration of the proceedings (Decisiveness of the arbitral tribunal/ The ability to maintain a procedural timetable/ The use of sanctions) | |
| Session moderator CORNEL POPA, Member CICA-CCIR Board of Directors | ||
| Q&A | ||
Day 2
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration and coffee | |
| 09:00-10:15 | ||
| Arbitration and ADR in Science & Technology Disputes | ||
| LESTER SCHIEFELBEIN | CEO, Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (SVAMC), Former Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Lockheed Martin | |
| Topic | Space – the new frontier in arbitration | |
| Session moderator DR STEFAN DEACONU, President CICA-CCIR, and DR CRENGUTA LEAUA, Former Vice-President CICA CCIR, Former Vice-President ICC Paris Arbitration Court | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 10:15-10:30 | Networking Coffee Break | |
| 10:30-13:30 | ||
| Is there a need to reform the taking of evidence in international arbitration? | ||
| Session 1: Overview and practical aspects Prague Rules | ||
| Session 2: Workshop | ||
| MIROSLAV DUBOVSKY, FCIArb | Partner DLA Piper (Prague) | |
| Topic (Panel I) | Introduction into the Prague Rules (their origin and purpose) | |
| Topic (Panel II) | Introduction into the Prague Rules (their origin and purpose) / Adverse inferences | |
| ROMAN PREKOP, FCIArb | Partner, Barger Prekop Attorneys (Bratislava) | |
| Topic (Panel I) | How to use the Prague Rules? | |
| Topic (Panel II) | Fact witnesses v. documentary evidence (reliability of both, tribunal’s role in evidence gathering) / Use of sanctions in arbitration (arbitrators’ powers and reluctance to use them, types of sanctions) | |
| DR BEATA GESSEL-KALINOWSKA VEL KALISZ, FCIArb | Senior Partner, Gessel (Warsaw) | |
| Topic (Panel I) | Where are the Prague Rules placed (inquisitorial vs other systems) | |
| Topic (Panel II) | Party-appointed and tribunal-appointed experts (advantages and disadvantages, expert commissions) / Iura Novit Curia (arbitrators’ knowledge of law, application of non-pleaded public policy) | |
| ARTEM DOUDKO, FCIArb | Partner, Osborne Clarke (London) | |
| Topic (Panel I) | Prague Rules and other Soft Law | |
| Topic (Panel II) | Tribunal’s role in management of arbitration (arbitrators’ duties, party autonomy) / Production of documents in arbitration (usefulness, tribunal’s powers, scope of discovery) | |
| Session moderator DR COSMIN VASILE, FCIArb, Member CICA-CCIR Board of Directors | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 13:30-13:40 | Closing remarks | |