Speakers

Fireside chat with Hon. Bridget McCormack and Pr. George Bermann.

Prof. George A. Bermann (Columbia Law School) will discuss modern implications of the AAA proceedings with Hon. Bridget McCormack. During this fireside chat, Hoon. McCormack will also share her unique perspective as former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme court and answer some questions from the audience.

ISDS and the new emerging economies: where we stand and where next.

Prof. Kabir Duggal (Columbia Law School, Senior Arbitration Advisor, Arnold & Porter) will give a voice to very new emerging economies such as Bosnia Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and Colombia.

He shall discuss with Ana María Ordoñez Puentes, Director of the Colombia’s National Agency for Legal Defence of the State, Samira Sulejmanovic, (Head of Department for Bilateral Trade Relations at Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Jaroslav Kudrna, Head of International Arbitration and Investment Protection at the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, and Yermek S. Kuantyrov,(Chief Legal Support & Corporate Governance Officer of NAC Kazatomprom JSC, Kazakhstan)

Panel 1: Effective management of evidence in Construction Arbitration: The Perspective from an Arbitrator, Counsel and Expert.

This panel aims to identify an effective management toolkit for these types of arbitration proceedings from the perspective of an Arbitrator, a Counsel, and an Expert. The discussion will address the multiplicity of claim, the efficiency of tests and site visits, how to target the most relevant documents... The panel will be moderated by Alejandro Garro, adjunct professor of law and a senior research scholar in the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law at Columbia Law School. The panel features:

Panel 2: TechTalk: Unraveling the Tapestry - AI's Influence on International Arbitration

This panel will canvass different perspectives on AI in international arbitration. After the opening remarks of AI experts, who will decode the mechanics of AI functioning, the panelists will discuss the use of AI in international arbitration. Panelists are selected among practitioners, deciders, and business actors. The panel will be moderated by Paris Aboro, Associate at Covington & Burling (New York), Lecturer in Law at Columbia and features:

Panel 3: Procedural Toolkit for Efficient and Cost-Effective Arbitration.

This panel aims to identify an effective management toolkit for these types of arbitration proceedings from the perspective of an Arbitrator, a Counsel, and an Expert. A very technical emphasis is given to behaviors to adopt in the proceedings, but also how the tribunal should address them without risking annulment for lack of due process. The panel will be moderated by Viren Mascarenhas, Partner at Milbank, Lecturer in Law at Columbia (Columbia Law School) and features: