Thursday, June 20
Shaping the upcoming arbitration
9:00 AM – Opening
- José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez (Asunción, Director de la CLA)
- Diego P. Fernández Arroyo (Buenos Aires / París, Director de la CLA)
- Rodrigo Garcia de Fonseca (Río de Janeiro, Presidente CAM-CCBC)
9:30 AM – Inaugural lecture – The increasing complexities of international Arbitration practice and
how to tame them
- Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler (Ginebra)
10:30 – Break
Economic and political Arbitration challenges
10:45 AM – Panel I – Arbitration and international economic sanctions
Chairs: Yves Derains (Paris)
Introduces: Julie Bédard (New York / São Paulo)
Debate:
- Isabelle Michou (Paris)
- Diego Durán de la Vega (Washington DC)
- Diego Gosis (Miami)
- Maria Claudia Procopiak (Londres / Rio de Janeiro)
12:15 AM – Free lunch
2:00 PM – Panel II – Impact of national and international political crisis on Arbitration
Chairs: María Carolina Durán (Washington, DC)
Introduces: Cristián Conejero (Santiago)
Debate:
- Fernando Tupa (Buenos Aires)
- Debora Visconte (São Paulo)
- María del Carmen Tovar (Lima)
- Bernardo Wayar Caballero (La Paz)
- Patricia Nacimiento (Frankfurt)
3:30 PM – Break
Current issues of the settlement of international disputes involving States
3:45 PM – Panel III – Will investment contracts replace the BITs?
Chairs: Silvia Marchili (Miami)
Introduces: Eduardo Silva Romero (París)
Debate:
- Patricio Grané Labat (London)
- Ximena Herrera (London)
- Mairée Urán Bidegain (Santiago)
- Julián Bordaçahar (The Hague)
5:15 PM – Break
5:30 PM – Panel IV – Enforcement of arbitral awards against the State – Hot issues
Chairs: Renato Grion (São Paulo)
Introduces: María Inés Corrá (Buenos Aires)
Debate:
- Carmen Tiburcio (Río de Janeiro)
- Paul Arrighi (Montevideo)
- Verónica Sandler (Buenos Aires)
- Irma Rivera (Bogotá)
7:00 PM – End of first day
Friday, June 21
Optimizing evidence production
9:00 AM- Panel V – Do we need to rationalize document production?
Chairs: Valeria Galíndez (São Paulo)
Introduces: Fabiano Robalinho Cavalcanti (Rio de Janeiro)
Debate:
- Christian Albanesi (Washington DC)
- Claudia Benavides (Bogotá)
- Mauricio Almeida Prado (São Paulo)
- André Abbud (São Paulo)
10:30 AM – Break
1:45 AM – Panel VI – How to deal with expert reports?
Chairs: Alfonso Iglesia (Madrid)
Introduces: Carlos Alberto Carmona (São Paulo)
Debate:
- Eliane Carvalho (São Paulo)
- Flavio Yarshell (São Paulo)
- Nadia de Araujo (Rio de Janeiro)
- Andrés Jana (Santiago)
12:15 PM – Free lunch
Emerging topics – Professionalization of Arbitration
14:00 PM – Panel VII – Are tribunal secretaries writing too much?
Chairs: Selma Lemes (São Paulo)
Introduces: José Roberto Castro Neves (Rio de Janeiro)
Debate:
- Patricia Ferraz (São Paulo)
- Javier Íscar de Hoyos (Madrid)
- Flavia Bittar (Belo Horizonte)
- Eduardo Damiao Gonçalves (São Paulo)
15:30 PM – Break
7:30 PM – Closing dialogue – Does Arbitration have a future?
- José Emilio Nunes Pinto (São Paulo)
Interviewed by: Rodrigo Garcia da Fonseca (São Paulo)
18:30 PM – Final remarks
Diego P. Fernández Arroyo (Buenos Aires / París, Director de la CLA)