Sixth Annual Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration:

How to Handle a BIT Arbitration

Washington, DC

October 13 – 16, 2009

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
       

Tuesday, October 13

 
  9:00am 9:10am*  

Opening Remarks

Dean Claudio Grossman, American University Washington College of Law
  9:10am 10:00am*  

Introduction to the Seminar and Presentation on Current Issues in the Practice of International Commercial Arbitration

Horacio A. Grigera Naón, Center on International Commercial Arbitration

  10:00am 10:15am*  

Break
  10:15am 12:00pm*  

Current Developments in International Arbitration: An Institutional Perspective

Moderator:
Betty Southard Murphy
Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington

Luis M. Martinez
International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), New York

Martina Polasek
International Centre forSettlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Washington

Jason Fry
ICC international Court of Arbitration, Paris

  12:15pm 2:00pm  

Lunch
6th floor – International Lounge

 

2:00pm

 


3:00pm

3:00pm

 


5:30pm

  

Stage I: Preliminary Steps in ICSID Arbitration

Claudia Frutos-Peterson
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, Washington

Preparatory Conference and Arbitral Procedure

Marinn F. Carlson
Jennifer Haworth McCandless
 Sidley Austin LLP, Washington

  • Break-out Session: Rooms 501 and 504
  • Plenary Session: Room 603    
 

5:30pm

 6:30pm   Reception Announcing the Establishment of the Center on International Commercial Arbitration
6th Floor
 

6:30pm

 8:30pm  

Opening Dinner
DeCarlo's Restaurant - 4822 Yuma St NW



Wednesday, October 14
 

9:00am

9:45am

9:45am

12:00pm

Stage II: The Arbitration Request

Nigel Blackaby
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington

  • Break-out Session: Rooms 516 and 501
  • Plenary Session: Room 603    
 

12:15pm

2:15pm

Lunch
Tara Thai - 4849 Massachusetts Ave NW
 

2:15pm

 


3:00pm

3:00pm

 


5:15pm

Stage III: Answer to the Arbitration Request

Patricio Grané
Arnold & PorterLLP, Washington

  • Break-out Session: Rooms 516 and 501
  • Plenary Session: Room 603     
       

Thursday, October 15
  9:00am 10:15am  

Presentations and Discussions on the Selection, Rights, Duties and Role of the Arbitrator

Abby Cohen Smutny
White & Case LLP, Washington

Andres Rigo Sureda          
International Arbitrator
Former Acting Vice President and General Counsel, World Bank

Nassib G. Ziadé
ICSID

  10:30am 12:00pm  

State of Necessity in BIT Arbitration

Gabriel Bottini 
Office of the Attorney General, Republic of Argentina, Buenos Aires

Lluis Paradel Trius
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Rome

  12:15pm 2:15pm  

Lunch
6th floor

  2:15pm 5:00pm  

Stage IV: Special Focus on Evidentiary Issues

John L. Gardiner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York

Miriam K. Harwood
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York

  • Break-out Session: Rooms 314 and 351
  • Plenary Session: Room 603     
  5:30 pm 7:00pm  

Networking Cocktail Co-Sponsored by AAA'S ICDR Young & International
6th floor

       

Friday, October  16
 

9:00am

11:00am

11:00am

12:00pm

  

Stage V: The Arbitral Award: Closing Oral Statements

Deliberations and Issuance of Arbitral Award

Henri C. Alvarez QC
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Margrete Stevens
King & Spalding LLP, Washington

Professor Brigitte Stern
University of Paris I -Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris
  12:15pm 2:15pm  

Lunch
DeCarlo's Restaurant - 4822 Yuma St NW
  2:15pm 3:45pm  

Domestic and International Remedies from the Perspectives of BIT Arbitration: Coexistence or Conflict?

Prof. Dr. Ahmed Sadek EL-Kosheri
Kosheri, Rashed & Riad Law Firm, Cairo

John Savage
Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington

  4:00pm 5:00pm  

Issues of Annulment and Enforcement of ICSID Awards

Antonio R. Parra
International Council for Commercial Arbitration, Washington
  5:00pm 6:00pm  

Closing Remarks – Reception
Dean's Suite, 3th floor

Horacio A. Grigera Naón
Dean Grossman

* Sessions are Free and Open to the Public, however Registration is Required