11th Annual Arbitration Conference
Zurich, Switzerland
27 June 2019 - 29 June 2019
Towards Greater Efficiency in International Arbitration
Thursday 27 June 2019 | |
| 18:00 » 20:30 | Welcome Cocktail and Registration at the Terrasse Address: Limmatquai 3, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland |
| 20:30 | Optional dinner Not included in the registration fee, payable locally |
Friday 28 June 2019 | |
| 08:00 » 09:00 | Registration at the Belvoir Park Address: Seestrasse 125, CH-8002 Zürich, Switzerland |
| 09:00 » 09:30 | Welcome address by the AIJA First Vice-president (Tokyo meeting room) Paola Fudakowska, AIJA First Vice-president, FCO Legal Directorate, United Kingdom |
| 09:30 » 10:00 | Keynote speech (Tokyo meeting room) Urs Weber-Stecher, President of the Swiss Commission of Arbitration (National Committee) of ICC Switzerland, a member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution, Wenger & Vieli, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 10:00 » 11:15 | Panel 1: Has Arbitration Become Too Expensive? (Tokyo meeting room) Moderator: Nadia Smahi, Bär & Karrer AG, Associate, Geneva, Switzerland Speakers: Alina Leoveanu, ICC International Center for ADR, Manager, Paris, France Christopher Campbell, Baker Huges/GE Company, Visiting Counsel, Florence, Italy Ewelina Wetrys, K&L Gates, Senior Associate, Warsaw, Poland |
| 11:15 » 11:45 | Coffee break (Halle Asien) |
| 11:45 » 13:00 | Panel 2: Faster, Higher, Stronger – Shaping efficient procedures (Tokyo meeting room) Moderator: Stefan Leimgruber, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland Speakers: Camilla Gambarini, Withersworldwide, London, UK James Menz, Bombardier Transportation, Senior Litigation Expert, Berlin Germany Flore Poloni, August Debouzy, Paris, France |
| 13:00 » 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 » 15:30 | Workshop A: Efficiency – the client's perspective (Boston meeting room) Moderator: Chloé Terrapon, Walder Wyss Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland Speakers: Eric Johnson, Cederquist KB, Stockholm, Sweden Elisabeth Leimbacher, Takeda, Zurich, Switzerland Maria Gritsenko, Veon, Amsterdam, Netherlands Anna Bilanová, Czech Ministry of Finance, Prague, Czech Republic Workshop B: Efficiency – the counsel's perspective (Chicago meeting room) Moderator: Michael Bösch, Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte KLG, Zurich, Switzerland Speakers: Melissa Magliana, Lalive, Zurich, Switzerland Michelangelo Cicogna, De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani, Milan, Italy Gunnar Pickl, Dorda Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austria Workshop C: Efficiency – the institution's and the arbitrator's perspective (San Francisco meeting room) Moderator: Simone Hofbauer, Barandun AG, Zurich, Switzerland Speakers: Marlene Sauer, Deputy Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration Pascale Gola, Ruoss Voegele, Zurich, Switzerland Heidi Merikalla-Teir, Director of the Finland Chamber of Commerce and Secretary General of the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce Christian Oetiker, Court Member of Swiss Chambers Arbitration Institution, VISCHER, Basle, Switzerland |
| 15:30 » 16:00 | Coffee break (Halle USA) |
| 16:00 » 17:45 | Repeat of Workshops A-B-C (Boston, Chicago & San Franciso meeting rooms) |
| 17:45 | Informal Commission Meeting |
| 20:30 | Dinner at Hotel Atlantis by Giardino Address: Döltschiweg 234, 8055 Zürich, Switzerland |
| 23:00 | Optional Bar & clubbing at HILTL CLUB Address: Sihlstrasse 28, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland |
Saturday 29 June 2019 | |
| 10:00 » 11:15 | Panel 3: Brave New World – or how technology can be used to improve efficiency (Tokyo meeting room) Moderator: Elena Kadelburger, Underwood & Co Solicitors LLP, London, UK Speakers: Marc Krestin, Allen & Overy LLP, Paris, France Francesca Salerno, Legance Avvocati Associati, Rome, Italy Michael Cartier, Walder Wyss Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland David Bloch, CEO of Legartis, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 11:15 » 11:45 | Coffee break |
| 11:45 » 13:00 | Panel 4: Who pays the bill? Separate deposits, security for costs, and allocation of costs (Tokyo meeting room) Moderator: Lukas Rusch, Pestalozzi, Zurich, Switzerland Speakers: Tino Schneider, Lalive, Zurich, Switzerland Silvia Dahlberg, Vinge, Gothenburg, Sweden Nicola Peart, Three Crowns, London, UK Nino Sievi, CMS, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 13:00 » 14:00 | Lunch |
| 15:00 » 17:00 | Optional afternoon social programme Not included in the registration fees, payable locally - Uetliberg-hike (people who do not wish to hike may take the train and join for drinks at the Restaurant on top) - Visit of Museum Rietberg. - Swimming in Lake Zurich |
| 19:30 | Home Hospitality Dinner |
| 22:00 » 02:00 | Optional Bar & clubbing at Widder Garage Bar Address: Widder Garage, Augustinerhof 1, 8001 Zürich |
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