Columbia Arbitration Day 2019 Programme - Cloned

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

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

Conference Introduction by the CAD Chair

9:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.

Panel: Re-shaping ISDS Through a Multilateral Investment Court: A Closer Look at the Desirability and Workability of the EU’s Proposal

Moderator:

George Bermann, Columbia Law School, New York

Panelists:

John Beechey, Beechey Arbitration, Hong Kong

Aikaterini Florou, EU Commission

Grant Hanessian, Baker McKenzie LLP, New York

Prof. Michael Reisman, Professor of International Law at Yale Law School Garth Schofield, PCA Senior Legal Counsel, The Hague Shane Spelliscy, Chair of UNCITRAL Working Group III and Director at the Trade Law Bureau, Government of Canada, Ottawa

Topic: What Does it Mean to be Pro-Arbitration?

Moderator:

Kabir Duggal, Arnold & Porter, Washington D.C.

Panelists:

Carlos Forbes, President of the 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.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.

1:40 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

Panel: Hot Topics in Energy Arbitration in Latin America

Moderator:

Howard Zelbo, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York

Panelists:

Julie Bédard, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, São Paulo David M. Otra, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Washington D.C. Maribel Rodriguez Vargas, Cuatrecasas, Madrid Aníbal Sabater, Chaffetz Lindsey, New York

Panel: Interactive Relations Between Court Systems and Arbitration in Asia

Moderator:

Frances E. Bivens, Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City

Panelists:

Alison Chang, Chair of Young Members Group of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, East Asia Branch, Taiwan Chapter and Senior Associate at King and Wood Mallesons, Beijing

Joshua Karton, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at Queen’s University Faculty of Law, Kingston

Joongi Kim, Professor at Yonsei Law School, Seoul and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown Law

Yoshimi Ohara, Vice-President of ICC International Court of Arbitration and Partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo

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

Coffee Break

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

Panel: What Does Diversity Bring to Arbitration?

Moderator:

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

Panelists:

Dana C. MacGrath, Bentham IMF and President of ArbitralWomen, New York

Mirèze Philippe, Special Counsel, International Court of Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce, Paris Julissa Reynoso, Winston & Strawn, New York Alex Spiro, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, New York Erin Thomas, Covington and Burling, LLP, New York Aviva Will, Burford Capital and The Equity Project, New York

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