DAY 1

15 November 2012

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION

08:00 - 09:00 Registration / Coffee

09:00 - 09:30 Conference Opening. Welcome addresses

Valentyn Zagariya, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Managing partner at Spencer&Kauffmann

Irina Nazarova, Program Coordinator, Managing partner at ENGARDE Attorneys at Law

Sir Brian Neill, Arbitrator at 20 Essex Street

FIRST SESSION

09:30 - 11:00

Arbitrability: Spotlights

Moderator:

Sylwester Pieckowski, the President of Polish Arbitration Association, Partner at Chadbourne & Parke LLP, Poland

Speakers:

Prof. Hrvoje Sikirić, Vice-President of the Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Economy, Croatia

Oleksandr Martinenko, Senior Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, Ukraine

Alexey Filatov, Partner at Vasil Kisil and Partners, Ukraine

Mariia Puchyna, Associate Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, France

Discussed topics:

• Law applicable to arbitrability and conflict of law rules: how to opt for the right one?

• Lex arbitri/the chosen law of the contract v. mandatory rules of the law of a third country.
• Comparative analysis of arbitrability of corporate disputes in CIS, and Western European States.
• Sovereign immunity: Impact of agreed arbitration on immunity. How to get hold of state property for enforcement. Development of the immunity doctrine in practical examples.

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

SECOND SESSION

11:30 - 13:30

Interim measures in International Arbitration 

Moderator:

Dr. Manfred Heider, Secretary General at Vienna International Arbitral Centre, Austria

Speakers:

Prof. Gianmaria Ajani, Dean Faculty of Law at University of Torino, Italy

Dr. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, President of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration, Managing Partner at GESSEL Attorneys at Law, Poland

Johan Lundstedt, Counsel at Arbitration Institute at SCC, Sweden

Soteris Pittas, Managing Director of the Soteris Pittas & Co, Cyprus

Simon Bushell, Partner at Herbert Smith LLP, UK

Gene M. Burd, Co-Chair of the Russia/Eurasia Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law, Of Counsel at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, USA

Discussed topics:

• Efficiency and enforceability of arbitral interim measure: Courts v. Arbitral Tribunals.
• Emergency Arbitrator: useful and effective?
• Norwich Pharmacal and Discovery Orders.
• Mareva injunctions. World freezing orders?
• Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitration: The overview of options, opportunities and mechanism in the USA

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch 

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

14:30 - 15:00

Speaker:

Prof. Oleksandr Merezhko, Professor at Kyiv National Linguistic University, Modrzewski Academy in Krakow, Poland

Discussed topic:

• International commercial arbitration from the perspective of the psychological theory of law

THIRD SESSION

15:00 - 16:15

Challenges in Arbitration

Moderator:

Joseph Tirado, Global Co-Chair of International Arbitration at Winston & Strawn LLP, UK

Speakers:

Dr. Günther J. Horvath, Vice-President of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre, Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Austria

Francisco Manuel  Serrano  Osobliwa, Partner at Garrigues, Spain

Samia Maktouf, Member of the ICC Arbitration Committee, Partner at Dubreuil & Maktouf, France

Discussed topics:

• Arbitrator and counsel: Sitting on two chairs?
• Precedent in arbitration: consistency or mayhem?

• Disqualification of experts in arbitration: ethical & liability issues.

16:15 - 16:45 Coffee break

PRESENTATION

16:45 - 17:00

Speaker:

Jurriaan Braat, Partner at Omni Bridgeway, Switzerland

Discussed topic:

• Seven decisive factors why a third party funder will accept or reject your case

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

17:00 - 18:00

Speaker:

Meg Kinnear, Secretary General of ICSID, USA

Discussed topic:

• ICSID: overview

19:00 - 21:00 EVENING RECEPTION (Restaurant “O'Panas”, Tereschenkovskaya street, 10, Shevchenko Park)

AFTER-DINNER SPEAKER

Gary Born, Partner at WilmerHale, UK

DAY 2

16 November

 INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION

08:00 - 09:00 Registration / Coffee

FIRST SESSION

09:00 - 10:15

Preparing for Arbitration

Moderator:

Lisa Richman, Of Counsel at K&L Gates LLP, USA

Speakers:

Fredrik Andersson, Partner at Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå AB, Sweden

Elitza Popova-Talty, Associate at Milbank, USA

Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, Partner at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and partners, Ukraine

Discussed topics:

• Effective Settlement Negotiations - and when to end them.
• Practical issues: securing witnesses, documents and other evidence.
• Treaty, contract, or both - which way to go?

10:15 - 10:35 Coffee break

SECOND SESSION

10:35 - 11:40

Commencing Arbitration

Moderator:

Gary Born, Partner at WilmerHale, UK

Speakers:

Meg Kinnear, Secretary General of ICSID, USA

Veijo Heiskanen, Partner at Lalive, Switzerland 

Discussed topics:

• ICSID vs. non-ICSID.
• Choosing an arbitrator.

11:40 - 12:00 Coffee Break

THIRD SESSION

12:00 - 13:15 

First Skirmishes

Moderator:

Sergei Voitovych, Partner at Grischenko and Partners, Ukraine

Speakers:

Christophe Guibert de Bruet, Associate at Lalive, Switzerland

Dr. Vojtìch Trapl, Senior Partner at Dr. Trapl a partner advokáti s.r.o., Czech Republic

Olga Boltenko, Legal Counsel at Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Netherlands

Discussed topics:

• Document Production and other disclosure issues.
• To bifurcate or not to bifurcate.
• Setting the stage on procedural details at the outset.

13:15 - 14:15 Lunch

FOURTH SESSION

14:15 - 16:00

The Battle – Cross-examination

Moderator:

Dr. Sabine Konrad, Partner at K&L Gates LLP, Germany

Speakers:

Lord Peter Goldsmith QC, former Attorney General for England and Wales and Northern Ireland, Partner at Debevoise Plimpton LLP, UK

Jacob Grierson, Partner at McDermott Will & Emery, France

Laura Hardin, Vice-president at Charles River Associates, USA

Prof. Alan Riley, City Law School, City University Grays Inn, UK

Discussed topics:

• General aspects of cross-examination.
• Factual witnesses - The (supposed) beauty.
• Expert witnesses - ...and the (potential) beast.
• Practical situations in cross-examination.

FIFTH SESSION

16:20 - 17:35

Interaction between Treaty Arbitration and Other Proceedings 

Moderator:

Luis Gonzalez Garcia, member of Matrix Chambers, UK

Speakers:

Oleksandr Vodyannikov, National Program Officer at OSCE, Ukraine

Loukas Mistelis, Professor at Queen Mary University of London, UK

Johannes Koepp, Partner at Baker Botts, UK

Discussed topics:

• Coordinating parallel commercial and treaty arbitrations.
• Treaty Arbitration and National Courts - Friends or Foes.
• Non-enforcement of Commercial Awards as Treaty Breaches?

Closing remarks