Programme

Tiia-Maria Ripatti & Anna-Maria Svinhufvud

During lunch, you will have the opportunity to meet with representatives of arbitral institutions.

Stefano Azzali
President, International Federation for Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI); Secretary General, the Milan Chamber of Arbitration (CAM), Italy

Marko Hentunen
Partner, Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd; Vice-Chair of the Board, the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce, Finland

Topics to be addressed during the panel discussion include, among others, the following:

• Conflict diagnosis: What does it mean in practice? Whose duty is it? When should it be carried out?
• What are the key factors affecting conflict resolution strategies?
• How to manage the risk portfolio as in-house counsel? How to meet the strategic objectives of their organizations?
• Should arbitral institutions play a more active role in ensuring effective conflict resolution by, inter alia, encouraging parties to combine mediation and arbitration?

Moderator: Tuuli Timonen, Senior Associate, White & Case LLP, Finland

Speakers:

• Carlos S. Forbes, President, Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil Canada (CAM-CCBC), Brazil
• Ralf Lindbäck, Area Counsel, Asset, Dispute and Trade Management, Marine, Wärtsilä Corporation, Finland
• James South, Managing Director, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), UK
• Urs Weber-Stecher, Partner, Wenger Vieli AG, Switzerland

Topics to be addressed during the panel discussion include, among others, the following:

• What are the practical implications of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and Cybersecurity considerations on arbitrators’ work (e.g., concerning document production)?
• What are the limits to party autonomy in arbitration: How can arbitrators effectively exercise their discretion to deviate from the parties’ agreement during the arbitral proceedings?
• What is the safe course of action in case of a truncated tribunal?

Moderator: Alice Fremuth-Wolf, Secretary General, the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), Austria

Speakers:

• Karl Hennessee, Senior Vice-President Litigation, Investigations & Regulatory Affairs, Airbus, France; Chairman of the Governing Body, ICC International Court of Arbitration
• Daniel Hochstrasser, Partner, Bär & Karrer Ltd., Switzerland
• Kathleen Paisley, Partner, Ambos NBGO, Belgium
• José Rosell, International Arbitrator, Denmark
• Ismail Selim, Director, the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, CRCICA, Egypt

Topics to be addressed during the panel discussion include, among others, the following:

• How active a role should the national courts play in the conduct of arbitral proceedings?
• Should arbitral tribunals have full power to manage all aspects of arbitral proceedings?
• Should the assistance and intervention of national courts be limited?
• How to avoid the risk of parallel proceedings and to enhance the efficient cooperation and resolution of disputes in practice?
• How to effectively manage parallel proceedings?

Moderator: Marieke van Hooijdonk, Partner, Allen & Overy LLP, Netherlands

Speakers:

• Alexander G. Fessas, Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICC) and Director of ICC Dispute Resolution Services, France
• Gisela Knuts, Partner, Roschier Attorneys Ltd, Finland
• Emilia Lundberg, Advokatfirman Lundberg & Gleiss KB, Sweden
• Joe Tirado, Partner and Co-Head of International Arbitration and ADR, Garrigues UK LLP, UK

What will international arbitration/dispute resolution look like in 10 years?

Interviewee: Maxi Scherer, Professor, Queen Mary University of London, School of International Arbitration; Special Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP; UK

Interviewer: Anna-Maria Tamminen, Partner, Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd, Finland

Heidi Merikalla-Teir
Secretary General, the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce (FAI), Finland

DJs Meri Milas and Bifu

Welcome Words
Juho Romakkaniemi, CEO, Finland Chamber of Commerce, Finland

Dinner Speech: “What Is an Award, Anyway?”
Jennifer Kirby, Principal, Kirby, France

MUSIC
Maria Ylipää and Marzi Nyman
DJs Meri Milas and Bifu