AGENDA
October 4
09:30 – 10:00
Registration / Welcome Coffee
10:00 – 10:45
Opening Remarks / Welcome Speeches
Nino Chikovani – President of GCCI
Thea Tsulukiani – Minister of Justice of Georgia
Carl Hartzell – EU Ambassador to Georgia
Nino Bakakuri – Judge of Supreme Court of Georgia
Irakli Lekvianidze - Business Ombudsman of Georgia
Sophie Tkemaladze – Chair of Georgian Association of Arbitrators
10:45 – 10:55
Business Chooses Arbitration
David Saganelidze – CEO JSC “Partnership fund”
10:55 – 11:05
Signing Ceremony of the Cooperation Agreement between GIAC and VIAC
11:10 – 12:40
PANEL I - INNOVATIONS: TECHNOLOGY MEETS ARBITRATION
Use of technology in regular arbitration proceedings
Technology for document production
Online dispute resolution
Blockchain technology in arbitration
12:40 – 13:00
DISCUSSION
13:00 – 14:00
LUNCH
14:00 – 15:25
PANEL II - ACCESS TO ARBITRATION
Diversity in the tribunals
Diversity in parties
Diversity in institutions
15:25 – 15:45
DISCUSSION
15:45 – 16:15
COFFEE BREAK
16:15- 17:40
PANEI III - EVIDENCE TAKING BATTLE: IBA RULES V. PRAGUE RULES - DEBATE STYLE
17:40 – 18:00
DISCUSSION
SUMMARY REMARKS
21:00
AFTER PARTY hosted by BLC
October 5
09:00 – 09:30
Welcome Coffee
09:30 – 11:00
PANEL IV - THIRD PARTY FUNDING
Due diligence with Third Party funders
Third Party Funding: frustrating or facilitating dispute resolution
Future of Third Party Funding industry
11:00 – 11:20
DISCUSSION
11:20 – 11:35
COFFEE BREAK
11:35 – 13:00
PANEL V - OFFERING NEW DISPUTE RESOLUTION HORIZONS FOR BUSINESSES
Efforts of institutions to open horizons
Designing new dispute resolution models - specialized courts
Arbitration in Free Economic Zones
Creation of new Multilateral Fora
13:15 – 13:30
GIAC Arbitration Days 2018 CLOSING REMARKS
13:30 – 14:30
LUNCH
14:30 – 17:30
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP FOR BUSINESSES:
- Introduction to DCFTA and Dispute Resolution Terms
- ICDR Y&I-GIAC Workshop on Drafting Effective Arbitration Clause
14:30 – 17:30
CIArb PRACTITIONERS’ WORKSHOP: DEALING WITH ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN ARBITRATION – OPEN TO ALL PARTICIPANTS OF GIAC ARBITRATION DAYS
20:00
GALA DINNER
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
James Bridgeman SC
President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Dr. Alexander Petsche
VIAC Board Member, Partner at Baker Mckenzie, Vienna
Dr. Patricia Shaughnessy
Stockholm University, Department of Law
Thomas Snider
Partner, Head of Arbitration at Al Tamimi & Company, DIFC
Olena Perepelynska
Partner, Head of CIS Arbitration Practice at INTEGRITES, Kiev
Artem Doudko
Partner, Head of Russia & CIS Disputes at Osborne Clarke, London
Joe Tirado
Partner, Co-Head of International Arbitration and ADR at Garrigues, London
Sirshar Qureshi
Partner, Forensic leader for CEE / CIS at PwC
David Bonifacio
Counsel at LALIVE, Geneva
Catherine A. Rogers
Professor of Law at Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs; Professor of Ethics, Regulation & the Rule of Law Co-Director of the Institute for Regulation & Ethics at Queen Mary, University of London
Mariia Puchyna
Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris
Steven P. Finizio
Partner at WilmerHale, London
Andrey Panov
Senior Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright, Moscow
Sergey Alekhin
Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Paris
Anna Guillard Sazhko
Associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris
Sophie Tkemaladze
Member of the GIAC Arbitration Council
Ioannis Alexopoulos
Partner at Signature Litigation, London
Levent Sabanogullari
Legal Consel, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague
Alexander Korsak
Managing Partner at Arzinger Law, Minst Office
Sarah Vasani
Partner at Addleshaw Goddard, London
Helene Gogadze
Senior Attorney at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton LLP, Washington DC
Speakers will be announced soon...
Stay tuned
FEES
Fees are generously subsidized by the EU and UNDP
General
- Cancellation
- Before/on August 25 - 90% of registration fee
- Before/on September 20 - 50% of registration fee
- After September 20 - no refund
Public servants / Academics / GAA/ GBA members / AGLF members / UAA members *
$ 80 .00
- Cancellation
- Before/on August 25 - 90% of registration fee
- Before/on September 20 - 50% of registration fee
- After September 20 - no refund
AIG members / Students **
- Cancellation
- Before/on August 25 - 90% of registration fee
- Before/on September 20 - 50% of registration fee
- After September 20 - no refund
Registration Notes
* Georgian public servants, full time Academics and members of these organizations can benefit from this discount: GAA - Georgian Association of Arbitrators; GBA - Georgian Bar Association; AGLF - Association of Georgian Law Firms; UAA - Ukraine Arbitration Association.
** AIG - Arbitration Initiative Georgia members and Students of Bachelor's and Master's programs are eligable for AIG members/Students registration discount rate.
Registrations are subject to acceptance on a “first-come-first-served” basis. In the event of no-show, payment is not refundable.
Registration forms received without payment will not be processed.
A confirmation will be sent by email upon receipt of your registration form and full payment of registration fee.
The Conference Program is subject to change without prior notice.
In the unlikely event of cancellation of the Conference, the only liability of the Conference Organizer is to refund all the fees paid.
All enquiries, changes and cancellations should be made in writing submitted at giacarbitrationdays@giac.ge
Please note that ICDR Y&I and CIArb events are subjects to the separate registration. For ICDR Y&I Workshop registration, the interested candidates should submit their request to the Secretariat of the GIAC at info@giac.ge and include in the subject line the event name ("ICDR Y&I evnet"). For registration at CIArbr Workshop, the candidates should submit their request to the following e-mail address: gaa.arbitration@gmail.com and insert in the subject line the name of the event ("CIArb event"). Successful applicants will be informed by an email.
LOCATION
Conference address: Courtyard Marriott Tbilisi, 4 Freedom
Square, 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia |
+995 (32) 277 91 00
Gala Dinner address: TBD
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LOGISTICS
The GIAC has negotiated preferential rates in the following hotels, please contact us for details at giacarbitrationdays@giac.ge:
CONFERENCE VENUE HOTEL: Holiday Inn Tbilisi
Other recommended hotels:
Vinotel | Betsy Hotel | Hotel River Side | Hotel Vere Palace | Hotel Kopala | The Hotel Citadel Narikala
For more information please contact GIAC Arbitration Days organizing team at: giacarbitrationdays@giac.ge
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CONTACT
Georgian International Arbitration Centre
Email: giacarbitrationdays@giac.ge | +995 (592) 51 37 37
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