AGENDA
October 2
09:30 – 10:00
Registration/Welcome Coffee
10:00 – 10:30
Opening Remarks/Welcome Speeches
Giorgi Kvirikashvili (TBC)
Thea Tsulukiani (TBC)
Nino Gvenetadze
Nino Chikovani
EUD
UNDP
Sophie Tkemaladze – Chairperson of GAA
10:30 – 11:10
Key Note Address
Hamid Gharavi – Partner at Derains & Gharavi International
11:10 – 13:00
PANEL I - INSTITUTIONAL INTERFERENCE
Institution-appointed arbitrators
Limits of institutional interference (irresponsible arbitrators)
Relation with party autonomy and institutional rules
Panel Members:
Levent Sabanogullari - Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration, the
Hague
Dr. Johannes Koepp – Partner at Baker Botts, London
Dr. Reinmar Wolff - Attorney at Law, Assistant Professor
DISCUSSION
13:00 – 14:00
LUNCH
14:00 – 15:45
PANEL II - QUALITY CONTROL IN ARBITRATION
Ethics tools for ensuring quality in arbitration
Counsel’s Perspective on quality control in arbitration
Public Criticism – Media in Arbitration
Panel Members:
James Shaerf - Senior Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris
Karl Pörnbacher – Partner at Hogan Lovells, Munich
Franz T. Schwarz – Partner at Wilmerhale, Vice Chair, International
Arbitration Practice Group
DISCUSSION
15:45 – 16:15
COFFEE BREAK
16:15 - 18:00
PANEI III - COMPETITION FOR JURISDICTION
Enforcement of Arbitration Agreement
Does PIL matter
Arbitration Clause vs. Court clause [forum selection]
Option Clauses New trends: issues for consideration
Panel Members:
Sébastien Besson – Partner at Levy Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva
Dr. Giorgi Svanadze - Head of EY Law Practice in Georgia
Helene Gogadze - Associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP,
Washington DC
Sarah Vasani – Partner at Addleshaw Goddard, London
DISCUSSION
SUMMARY REMARKS
20:00
SPONSOR AFTER-PARTY
October 3
09:00 – 9:30
Welcome Coffee
9:30 – 11:00
PANEL IV - JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE IN ARBITRATION
Interim measures: in international and national context
Legal assistance witness/document production
Anti-suit/anti arbitration injunction
Panel Members:
Maria Gritsenko - Counsel at Bryan Cave, London
Ioannis Alexopoulos – Partner at Signature Litigation, London
Dominique Hascher – Judge of the French Supreme Judicial Court (Cour de cassation)
John Adam – Counsel at Latham & Watkins, Paris
DISCUSSION
11:20 – 11:35
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 13:00
PANEL V - ROUNDTABLE WITH COURT ENFORCEMENT
DISCUSSION
13:15 – 13:30
GIAC Arbitration Days 2017 CLOSING REMARKS
13:30 – 14:30
LUNCH
14:30 – 17:00
ICDR Y&I - ICC YAF JOINT SESSION
Mock Arbitration - Cross Examination
Separate Registration Required (see Registration Notes below)
GALA DINNER
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Dr. Johannes Koepp
Partner at Baker Botts, London
Franz T. Schwarz
Partner at Wilmerhale, Vice Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group
Maria Gritsenko
Counsel at Bryan Cave London Office
Ioannis Alexopoulos
Partner at Signature Litigation, London
Dr. Hamid Gharavi
John Adam
Council in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins
Sébastien Besson
Partner at Levy Kaufmann-Kohler
Ketevan Betaneli
Knowledge Management Lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Paris
Helene Gogadze
Lawyer at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Dominique Hasher
Judge of the French Supreme Judicial Court ( Cour de cassation)
Beka Injia
Secretary General of the Georgian International Arbitration Centre
Inga Kačevska
Attorney at Law
Nicola Mariani
Karl Pörnbacher
Partner at Hogan Lovells, Munich
Levent Sabanogullari
Legal Consel, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague
James Shaerf
Senior Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
George Svanadze
Head of EY Law Practice in Georgia
Sophie Tkemaladze
Member of GIAC Arbitration Council
Sarah Vasani
Partner at Addleshaw Goddard
Reinmar Wolff
Attorney at Law, Assistant professor
FEES
Fees are generously subsidized by the UNDP
General
- Cancellation
- Before/on August 20 - 90% of registration fee
- Before/on September 20 - 50% of registration fee
- After September 20 - no refund
GBA / AGLF / AIG members / Public servants*
$ 80 .00
- Cancellation
- Before/on August 20 - 90% of registration fee
- Before/on September 20 - 50% of registration fee
- After September 20 - no refund
Students / Academics**
$ 40 .00
- Cancellation
- Before/on August 20 - 90% of registration fee
- Before/on September 20 - 50% of registration fee
- After September 20 - no refund
Registration Notes
* Georgian public servants and members of these organizations can benefit from this discount: GBA - Georgian Bar Association; AGLF - Association of Georgian Law Firms, AIG - Arbitration Initiative Georgia
**Full time Academics and Students of Bachelor's and Master's programs are eligable for Students/Academics 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
Attandance at the ICDR Y&I - ICC YAF Joint Session on 3rd October 2017 is subject to a separate r egistration on a "first-come-first-serve-basis" and is free of charge. Priority will be given to the ICC YAF Members. For all inquires regarding the registration for the workshop please contact Ms. Lela Basilaia at l.basilaia@giac.ge.
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: Radisson Blu Iveria
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
General Sponsor
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CONTACT
Georgian International Arbitration Centre
Email: giacarbitrationdays@giac.ge | +995 (599) 334 649
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