Programme

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
• Maria Varsellona, Chief Legal Officer, Nokia Corporation; President of Nokia Legal Technologies, Finland/Italy
• 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
• Emilia Lundberg, Advokatfirman Lundberg & Gleiss KB, Sweden
• Ari Kantor, Justice of the Supreme Court of Finland, Finland
• Joe Tirado, Partner and Co-Head of International Arbitration and ADR, Garrigues UK LLP, UK

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

Dinner Speech: John Beechey CBE
Arbitrator, BeecheyArbitration, Arbitration Chambers Hong Kong, Hong Kong