5th annual GAR live ABU DHABI
· Tuesday, 28 January 2020
· Rosewood Abu Dhabi, Al Maryah Island
· PROGRAMME
9.00: Welcome coffee and registration
9.30: Chairs’ opening remarks
Alec Emmerson, Independent Arbitrator
Lara Hammoud, Senior Legal Counsel, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Arbitrator
9.40: Session one: Technology and international arbitration
Our esteemed panelists will discuss the latest in international arbitration and technology, including:
· Artificial intelligence;
· How recent developments in arbitration will affect the future of international arbitration.
Moderator:
Sana Belaid, Senior Legal Counsel, Cisco, Dubai Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC
Panel:
Cameron Cuffe, Ashurst
Brandon Malone, Quadrant Chambers and Scottish Arbitration Centre
Robert Stephen, Registrar DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre
10.55: Coffee break
11.30: Session two: Procedural challenges in international arbitration
In this session our panelists will identify the procedural challenges that cause lengthy and costly arbitration proceedings as well as the tools available (or not) to address them. Drawing from specific scenarios that they have come across in their respective experiences.
Questions that are expected to be addressed include:
· The impact of soft law on international arbitration proceedings;
· The future of international arbitration;
· The role of arbitrators, parties, institutions and governments in improving efficiency in arbitration;
· Does international arbitration require innovation?
· The limits of party autonomy;
· Differences between common law and civil law and impact on proceedings.
Moderator:
Lara Hammoud, Senior Legal Counsel, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Arbitrator
Panel:
Antonia Birt, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
Nadine Debbas Achkar, Independent Arbitrator
Akram Abu El Huda, General Counsel and Director of Compliance, CICON Charles Lilley, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
12.45: Networking lunch
14.00: Session three: Insurance and international arbitration
Our esteemed panellists will focus on insurance and reinsurance disputes, and particularly the causes of disputes, their common features, the industries in which they mainly arise and the best methods for their resolution.
Points expected to be discussed are:
· Is ADR for insurance and reinsurance disputes helpful?
· Damages and quantum, how are they assessed?
· To what extent can insurers be guarantors;
· Insurers pursuing subrogated claims (how this differs in the region from common law jurisdictions);
· Insurers providing bonds and guarantees
· Policy holder disputes. How have things changed since the UAE’s Federal Arbitration Law 2018 and the Insurance Authority’s Committees for the Settlement and resolution of Disputes?
Panel:
Brian Boahene, Ince
Peter Ellingham, Kennedys Law
15.15: Coffee break
15.45: Session four: The GAR Live Debate
In Oxford Union style, we will hear teams of debaters argue in favour of, or against a motion. A panel of judges will then voice their opinions on what has been heard, before choosing which side to support and giving reasons for their decisions.
Motion: "This house believes that the erosion of arbitral immunity is to invite the guerrilla into the room.”
Moderator:
Alec Emmerson, Independent Arbitrator
Judges:
Alex Bevan, Shearman & Sterling
Richard Briggs, Hadef & Partners and Vice Chairman of Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre
Debaters:
Michael Black QC, XXIV Old Buildings
Anne K. Hoffmann, Independent Arbitrator
Amani Khalifa, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Tim Taylor QC, King & Wood Mallesons
17.15: Chairs' closing remarks
Alec Emmerson, Independent Arbitrator
Lara Hammoud, Senior Legal Counsel, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
· TICKETS
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PRIVATE PRACTITIONER
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Super Early
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£500
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20 Dec 2019
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£600
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17 Jan 2020
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Standard
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£700
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28 Jan 2020
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IN-HOUSE COUNSEL/ GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES
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Venue : Rosewood Abu Dhabi
Al Maryah Island - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Tel : +44 203 780 4137