Columbia Arbitration Day 2019 Program

10 Years of CAD: New Ideas, New Concerns

To take place on March 8, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., at Columbia Law School, Jerome L. Greene Hall.

: 8:30 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.; Registration & Breakfast

: 8:55 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.; Conference Introduction by the CAD Chair

9:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

^{Panel 1 : The EU and ISDS: A Work in Progress}

Moderator:

George Bermann, Columbia Law School, New York

Panelists:

John Beechey, Beechey Arbitration, Hong Kong
Grant Hanessian, Baker McKenzie LLP, New York
Michael Reisman, Yale Law School
Garth Schofield, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague
Shane Spelliscy, Trade Law Bureau, Government of Canada; UNCITRAL Working Group III

: 10:20 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.; Coffee break

11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

^{Panel 2: What Does it Mean to be Pro-Arbitration?}

Moderator:

Kabir Duggal, Columbia Law School, New York

Panelists:

Carlos Forbes, CAM/CCBC, São Paulo
William W. Park, Boston University School of Law, Boston
Luke Sobota, Three Crowns LLP, Washington D.C.
Kristen Young, White & Case, Washington D.C.

: 12:20 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.; Lunch

: 1:20 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.; Keynote Address by Gaëtan Verhoosel, Three Crowns LLP, London “Uncanny: Investment Arbitration’s Three Tales of Trouble”

2:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

^{Panel 3A: Energy Arbitration in Latin America: Challenges and Trends}

Moderator:

Howard Zelbo, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York

Panelists:

Julie Bédard, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, São Paulo
Harry Burnett, King & Spalding, New York
Maribel Rodriguez Vargas, Cuatrecasas, Madrid
Aníbal Sabater, Chaffetz Lindsey, New York

^{Panel 3B: Interactive Relations Between Court Systems and Arbitration in Asia}

Moderator:

Frances E. Bivens, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York

Panelists:

Alison Chang, CIArb (YMG), Taiwan Chapter; King and Wood Mallesons, Beijing
Joshua Karton, Queen’s University Faculty of Law, Kingston
Joongi Kim, Yonsei Law School, Seoul; Georgetown Law
Yoshimi Ohara, ICC Court of Arbitration ; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo
Fiona Poon, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York

: 3:20 p.m. - 3:40 p.m; Coffee Break

3:40 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

^{Panel 4: What Does Diversity Bring to Arbitration?}

Introduction: Mirèze Philippe, ICC Court of Arbitration, Paris Moderator:

Caroline Richard, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington D.C.

Panelists:

Dana C. MacGrath, Bentham IMF and ArbitralWomen, New York
Julissa Reynoso, Winston & Strawn, New York
Alex Spiro, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, New York
Erin Thomas, Covington and Burling, LLP, New York
Emily Slater, Burford Capital; The Equity Project, New

: 5:00 p.m. - 5:05 p.m.; Concluding remarks by the CAD 2019 Co-Chairs

: 5:05 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.; Reception, cocktails, raffle, and 10th anniversary recognitions

Columbia Arbitration Day 2019 Program

8:30 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.

8:55 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

Panel 1 : The EU and ISDS: A Work in Progress

10:20 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Panel 2: What Does it Mean to be Pro-Arbitration?

12:20 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.

1:20 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

Panel 3A: Energy Arbitration in Latin America: Challenges and Trends

Panel 3B: Interactive Relations Between Court Systems and Arbitration in Asia

3:20 p.m. - 3:40 p.m

3:40 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Panel 4: What Does Diversity Bring to Arbitration?

5:00 p.m. - 5:05 p.m.

5:05 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

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^{Panel 1 : The EU and ISDS: A Work in Progress}

^{Panel 2: What Does it Mean to be Pro-Arbitration?}

^{Panel 3A: Energy Arbitration in Latin America: Challenges and Trends}

^{Panel 3B: Interactive Relations Between Court Systems and Arbitration in Asia}

^{Panel 4: What Does Diversity Bring to Arbitration?}