Presentations will encompass Case Management, Arbitrator Appointment and Disqualification, Interim Relief, Multiparty Arbitration, Iura Novit Curia, Aspects of Nationality, Choice of Seat, Disclosure, Costs, The Development of Guidelines and Other Soft Law, Mediation, Investment Treaty Arbitration, Enforcement of Arbitral Awards and Other Hot Topics.
The symposium starts on Thursday, 24 May with lunch. Professional sessions will run Thursday afternoon and all day Friday and Saturday; the symposium concludes with a piano concert and dinner on Saturday. General departure day is Sunday, 27 May. The working language is English.
Thursday, 24 May 2012 |
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Palace, Great Hall |
Pre-Lunch Drinks |
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Palace, Marble Hall |
Networking Lunch |
12:00 – 1:00 PM |
Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 1. Case Management |
1:00 - 2:30 PM |
Panel Chair: David P. Roney, Sidley Austin LLP, Geneva, Switzerland Bernd Ehle, LALIVE, Geneva, Switzerland Timothy G. Nelson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York, United States Simon Nesbitt, Hogan Lovells International LLP, London, England, United Kingdom |
Meierhof Center |
Coffee Break |
2:30 - 2:45 PM |
Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 2. Arbitrator Appointment and Disqualification |
2:45 - 4:30 PM |
Panel Chair: C. Ryan Reetz, DLA Piper US LLP, Miami, Florida, United States Frédéric Bachand, McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montréal, Québec, Canada Margaret L. Moses, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States Robert W. Wachter, Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austria Louis B. Buchman, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, Paris, France |
Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 3. Interim Relief |
4:30 - 6:00 PM |
Panel Chair: Rolf M. Winkler, Haver & Mailänder, Stuttgart, Germany Philippe Bärtsch, Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva, Switzerland Sumeet Kachwaha, Kachwaha & Partners, New Delhi, India Marianne Roth & Claudia Reith, Faculty of Law Salzburg University, Salzburg, Austria |
Palace, Great Hall |
Cocktail Reception and Tour of the Palace |
6:30 - 7:30 PM |
Palace, Marble Hall |
Opening Dinner |
7:30 – 9:00 PM |
Friday, 25 May 2012 |
Palace, Marble Hall |
Breakfast |
7:00 - 8:30 AM |
Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 4. Multiparty Arbitration |
8:30 - 10:00 AM |
Panel Chair: John J. Tieder, Jr, Watt Tieder Hoffar & Fitzgerald LLP, McLean, Virginia, United States Stefan Gerlach, Alpine Bau Deutschland AG, Eching, Germany Annet van Hooft, Bird & Bird, Paris, France S. I. Strong, HIIL/NIAS, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States |
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Meierhof Center |
Coffee Break |
10:00 – 10:15 AM |
Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 5. Iura Novit Curia |
10:15 - 11:45 AM |
Panel Chair: Georg Naegeli, Homburger AG, Zurich, Switzerland Phillip Landolt, Landolt & Koch, Geneva, Switzerland Christina Cathey Schütz, Clifford Chance CIS Limited, Moscow, Russia Manuel Arroyo, MeyerLustenberger Lachenal, Zurich, Switzerland |
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Palace, Marble Hall |
Networking Lunch |
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM |
Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 6. Choice of Seat |
12:45 - 2:15 PM |
Panel Chair: Mauro Rubino-Sammartano, LawFed Rubino-Sammartano & Associati, Milan, Italy Nish Shetty, Clifford Chance, Singapore, Singapore José Maria Abascal, Abascal, Segovia & Asociados, Mexico D.F., Mexico Bernard Ballansat, Bugnion, Ballansat, Ehrler, Geneva, Switzerland |
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Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 7. Disclosure |
2:15 – 3:45 PM |
Panel Chair: Christof Siefarth, GOERG, Cologne, Germany Mark A. Nadeau, DLA Piper US LLP, Phoenix, Arizona, United States John L. Watkins, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Diederik De Groot, DLA Piper Nederland N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands Elena Lebakina, Gillioz Dorsaz & Associés, Geneva, Switzerland |
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Meierhof Center |
Coffee Break |
3:45 – 4:00 PM |
Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 8. Costs |
4:00 – 5:30 PM |
Panel Chair: John B. Pinney, Graydon, Head & Ritchey LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Christopher Koch, Landolt & Koch, Geneva, Switzerland Colm Ó hOisín, Senior Counsel, Dublin, Ireland Joseph Tirado, Norton Rose LLP, London, England, United Kingdom |
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Free Evening |
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Saturday, 26 May 2012 |
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Palace, Marble Hall |
Breakfast |
7:00 – 8:30 AM |
Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 9. The Development of Guidelines and Other Soft Law |
8:30 - 10:00 AM |
Panel Chair: Joachim Kuckenburg, KAB - Kuckenburg Bureth Associés, Paris, France Stacey L. Barnes, Lewis & Barnes, Houston, Texas, United States Philipp Wagner, Weitnauer Rechtsanwälte, Berlin, Germany |
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Meierhof Center |
Coffee Break |
10:00 – 10:15 AM |
Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 10. Mediation |
10:15 - 11:45 AM |
Panel Chair: Albert Bates, Jr, Duane Morris LLP, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Federico Antich, Studio Avvocato Antich, Florence, Italy Renate Dendorfer, Heussen, Munich, Germany Sheryl Mintz Goski, Law Offices Sheryl Mintz Goski PA, Florham Park, New Jersey, United States |
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Palace, Marble Hall |
Networking Lunch |
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM |
Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 11. Investment Treaty Arbitration |
12:45 - 2:15 PM |
Panel Chairs: Rostislav Pekar, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP, Prague, Czech Republic Ieva Kalnina, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva, Switzerland Guido Carducci, Carducci Paris-Rome, Paris, France Mark Bravin, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington DC, United States |
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Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 12. Enforcement of Arbitral Awards |
2:15 – 3:45 PM |
Panel Chair: Michael Kotrly, Norton Rose (Middle East) LLP, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Clarisse
von Wunschheim, WunschARB Consulting Co., Ltd., Beijing,
China Nusrat
Hassan, DH Law Associates, Mumbai, India
Katarína
Chovancová, Pan European University, Faculty of Law,
Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Meierhof Center |
Coffee Break |
3:45 – 4:00 PM |
Meierhof, Parker Hall |
Session 13. Hot Topics |
4:00 – 5:45 PM |
Panel Chair: Walter Sapronov, Sapronov & Associates, PC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Luc
Demeyere, Contrast, Zaventem, Belgium Alexander
Lamme, Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald LLP, McLean,
Virginia, United States Mark
Joelson, Law Office of Mark R. Joelson, Washington DC, United
States
Günther
J. Horvath, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna,
Austria |
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Palace, Great Hall |
Piano Concert |
6:30 – 7:30 PM |
Palace, Marble Hall |
Concluding Dinner |
7:30 – 9:00 PM |
The Meierhof Café is open for after-dinner drinks. |
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Sunday, 27 May 2012 |
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Palace, Marble Hall |
Breakfast |
7:30 - 10:00 AM |
Meierhof, Front Desk |
Check-Out and Individual Departure |
Unitl 10:00 AM |
Should you wish to check out later, please ask at the Front Desk if it is possible. |
The Center will certify up 1.8 CLE credits (based on 50-min hours) and/or 1.5 CLE/CPD (based on 60-min hours) per 90-min session attended
Fees include three nights accommodation (different categories), all breakfasts and lunches, cocktails, palace tour, opening and closing dinners, cancellation insurance, professional program, CLE/CPD credits, materials and login rights to online distribution board.
Dress: Business Attire
When arriving at Salzburg Airport, ask the taxi to bring you to Schloss Leopoldskron. It is about a ten minute ride.
If cancellation received in writing before: 12 April 2012 we will refund/waive 80 per cent of your registration fees; 3 May 2012 we will refund/waive 40 per cent of your registration fees; Refunds are made after the event. “No Shows” are non-refundable and liable for the full registration.