08:30–9:00

Registration / Coffee

09:00–9:10

Welcome addresses

9:10–10:30

Session 1: Anything taken for granted?

Moderator:
Michael Ostrove, Partner at DLA Piper (France)

Speakers:
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Ivan Lishchyna, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine
Georgios Petrochilos, Partner at Three Crowns (France)

Discussed topics:
Document production (including government parties): The good or the evil?
Arbitrators and the criminal: Hitch up one’s knickers or hands off forever?
The “public interest” in transparency: Throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

10:30–11:00

Coffee break

11:00–12:20

Session 2: Threatened effectiveness

Moderator:

Yaroslav Tekliuk, Director of Legal Department at NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine

Speakers:

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Discussed topics:

Withstanding or surviving the abuse of criminal proceedings

Enforcement of ethics: Overeager regulators?

A winner with empty hands: asset tracing, when and how?

12:20–13:20

Lunch

13:20–13:50

Key Note Address : Corruption issues in international arbitration

Speaker:

Emmanuel Gaillard, Partner at Shearman Sterling LLP (France)

13:50–14:20

Special Presentation: The recent reform of Ukrainian arbitration law

Speaker:

Oleksiy Filatov, Deputy Head at the ‎Administration of the President of Ukraine

14:20–14:50

Coffee break

14:50–16:10

Session 3: The science or fiction of legal technology – time to adjust?

Moderator:

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Discussed topics:

Blockchain contracts, arbitration agreements, and procedure

Kasparov v Deep Blue: A new frontier for counsel and arbitrators?

Deep Blue and the sunny side: predictability of results?

16:10–16:40

Session 4: Amendment of ICSID's Rules and Regulations

16:40–18:00

Moderator:

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The session will examine the different perspectives of States, investors, counsel, and arbitrators.