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W(h)ither ISDS? The Impact of Achmea on Pending Arbitrations under Member States' BITs and the Energy Charter Treaty
26 June 2018
Amsterdam, The Netherlands ICCA and the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) invite you to a full-day colloquium that will provide a high-level forum for the discussion and clarification of the issues arising from the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision in Achmea (C-284/16 - ECLI:EU:C:2018:158). MODERATOR: Prof. Stephan Schill, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Center for International Law CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: * Prof. George Bermann, Columbia Law School; * Dr. Angelos Dimopoulos, Queen Mary University of London; * Prof. Catherine Kessedjian, University Panthéon-Assas Paris II; * Prof. Jan Kleinheisterkamp, London School of Economics; * Prof. Stefan Talmon, University of Bonn.
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2018
June 2018
July 2018
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Arbitration Academy 2018
2 July 2018 - 20 July 2018
France ALL applications to attend the 2018 session must be submitted BEFORE March 9th, 2018, 23:59 hrs. The Academy was created to address the increasing demand for specialized teaching in int'l arbitration. The Academy provides advanced Summer Courses in Paris to students and young practitioners interested in int'l arbitration. The Curriculum is conceived by int'l arbitration academics and practitioners to cover all aspects of int'l arbitration, and the Courses are taught by the most renowned experts in the fields of int'l commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration. The Curriculum includes a 105-hour General Course, alternating every year between int'l commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration, Special Courses, as well as Workshops and Seminars. The program will commence with an Inaugural Lecture and also includes the Berthold Goldman Lecture.
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GoArb: Investment Arbitration Course
2 July 2018 - 7 July 2018
Madrid, Spain IASC is an association of young int'l arbitration practitioners founded in 2016 that provides legal training to university students and young practitioners, which aim to foster a deeper understanding of arbitration as a peaceful and effective means of dispute resolution. All IASC programs are supervised by its Academic Council formed by leading practitioners in the field. GoArb is a one-week introductory course on int'l arbitration based on the analysis of a mock case. GoArb has held editions all over the world with the collaboration of arbitral institutions, chambers of commerce, universities and young arbitration groups. The 2018 Madrid edition of GoArb is organized with the collaboration of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. GoArb features the best professionals in the field to offer students and young practitioners a unique opportunity to approach the practice of investment arbitration through: * Lectures; * Workshops; * A Mock Case; * Networking Events.
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A Conversation On: Transparency in International Arbitration
3 July 2018
Madrid, Spain Young ICSID and the International Arbitration Seminars & Courses (IASC) would like to cordially invite you to a conversation on "Transparency in International Arbitration" at the occasion of GoArb Madrid 2018 that will be held in Madrid, Spain from July 2 to 7, 2018. The event is open to students and professionals in the field. The program will begin with a key note speech by Mr. Juan Fernández-Armesto, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session. The event will feature a discussion on new trends and challenges of confidentiality and transparency in international arbitration with: * Laurie Achtouk‐Spivak; * Cathy Kettlewell; * Montserrat Manzano; * Michele Potestà. Moderated by: Lucía Montes Saralegui.
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The SIEL 2018 Global Conference - International Economic Law in Unsettling Times
12 July 2018 - 14 July 2018
Washington D.C., USA The Conference Theme will be "International Economic Law in Unsettling Times." For the int'l economic law community these last years have been anything but settled. The political consensus on free trade and integration has broken down in states that are traditional supporters of global liberalism even while new champions of free trade are emerging. The widely shared feeling that trade gains have been unequally divided for too long and that globalization has to be made more inclusive puts the system under tremendous pressure to change. Lack of progress in WTO negotiations is now aggravated by threats to its institutional set-up. Investment law is affected by its own uncertainties and discussions, and monetary law is still suffering from the large uncertainties inserted into the system by the global financial crises and a debt crisis that remains unresolved.
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AALCO Annual Arbitration Forum: Connecting Asia & Africa, Connecting Investment & ADR - Opportunities and Challenges
21 July 2018 - 22 July 2018
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Inaugural Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) Annual Arbitration Forum. TOPICS - DAY 1: * Panel Discussion: The 5 Pillars of ADR; * Panel Discussion: Investing in Asia & Africa; * Doing business in Asia and Africa. A practical guide for investors (Break-out Sessions covering North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia & East Asia); DAY 2: * Panel Discussion: Connecting Asia with Africa through The Belt & Road Initiative; * Panel Discussion: Shift in paradigm of international trade and investment law in Asia and Africa; * Contemporary Developments in the Field of ADR in Asia & Africa (Break-out Sessions covering North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia & East Asia); * Panel Discussion: AALCO and the harmonisation of legal regimes.
August 2018
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Litigation, Arbitration and Meditation: Competitive or Collaborate/Cooperate Relations? (Call for papers)
27 August 2018 - 28 August 2018
Taipei, Taiwan [Call for Papers - abstracts by April 30, 2018] The conference invites arbitration experts and scholars to provide the latest academic findings and case studies on any one of the following topics: 1. A reverse trend of traditional or modified mode of court systems serving as an alternative to arbitration? 2. How to revise court systems to make them more competitive in terms of time, costs & quality for private disputes...? 3. Turning the rivalrous relations into cooperative or convergent ones among the different modes of dispute settlement mechanism? 4. The possibility of eliminating the dichotomy of domestic/foreign arbitral awards and its implications for the enhancement of the preference for arbitration. 5. Ex aequo et bono arbitration in the contemporary world. 6. Revisiting lex mercatoria in int'l commercial arbitration. 7. Other Fundamental Issues & Recent Development in Commercial Arbitration. 8. Investment Arbitration. 9. Recent Development of Int'l Mediation.
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6th Annual East Africa International Arbitration Conference (EAIAC) 2018 - Re-focusing regional trade, energy and arbitration
30 August 2018 - 31 August 2018
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia This year's theme is 'Re-focusing regional trade, energy and arbitration'. EAIAC has been running for 6 years. This year, we take it back to Addis where it started in 2013. Addis is also home to the AU Headquarters, the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) and the 6,000 MW Grand Ethiopian Reinessance Dam (GERD). 2018 is the year for African introspection. In trade, 44 members of the African Union (AU) recently signed the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA). In energy, there is growing cross-border energy infrasturcture and trade, including regional power transmission systems and cross-border oil pipelines. What does this mean for African international commercial and investment arbitration? Incredible potential! [Early Bird Fees until 31st July 2018]
September 2018
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Kyiv Arbitration Days 2018: Think Big!
14 September 2018
Kyiv, Ukraine The UBA has the pleasure of inviting you to attend the annual International Conference "KYIV ARBITRATION DAYS 2018: Think Big!" and check out the refreshed event format! No matter the changes, the starry cast of speakers is our traditional foundation! This year our key presenters include Emmanuel Gaillard (Shearman Sterling LLP); Georgios Petrochilos (Three Crowns); Michael Ostrove (DLA Piper); Oleksiy Filatov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration; Ivan Lishchyna, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine; Yaroslav Tekliuk, Director of Legal Department at Naftogaz of Ukraine and many others. The KAD-2018 is a platform for a wider-than-ever int'l network of business communication due to a large number of foreign guests uniting well-known professionals and new names in int'l arbitration. Therefore we offer a unique opportunity to meet and share ideas with top-notch world-class experts, which will lay the foundation for fruitful cooperation in the future.
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Colloquium: International Investment Law & Competition Law
27 September 2018 - 28 September 2018
Zaragoza, Spain Although international investment law and competition law coexist regularly in international praxis, scholarly analysis largely treats them as parallel universes, and as a result their actual and potential overlap has yet to be sufficiently explored. The Colloquium aims to address this and, to this end, interested academics and practitioners, senior and junior, are invited to submit paper abstracts on the interaction of the two disciplines. The Colloquium is coordinated by Dr Katia Fach Gómez (University of Zaragoza, Faculty of Law), Dr Anastasios Gourgourinis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law; Athens PIL), and Dr Catharine Titi (CNRS and CREDIMI, University of Burgundy). (May 2018: Registration is now open at event website)
October 2018
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Annual International Commercial Arbitration Lecture Series 2018 Speaker: Professor William Park
4 October 2018
Washington, D.C., United States The Annual Lecture series brings prominent leaders in international commercial arbitration to discuss pertinent issues before the Washington College of Law and Washington, DC legal community. The lecture is sponsored by Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.
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Religion and Ethnicity on the International Bench (Call for Papers, deadline 18 July 2018)
4 October 2018 - 5 October 2018
The Hague, The Netherlands On 4 and 5 October 2018, the third and final conference in the /Identity on the International Bench/ Series is taking place in The Hague, organized by the PluriCourts Centre of Excellence, Oslo University. The aim of this conference is to analyse when and how adjudicators’ identity and, in particular, features relating to religion and ethnicity (including race, language, culture, ancestry and membership of minority groups, among other) may affect the composition of international courts and tribunals, as well as judicial reasoning and decision-making. The conference will also investigate whether the prevalence of certain religious and political backgrounds, ethnic identities and languages, may also have implications for the perceived legitimacy of the international adjudicatory process itself. Deadline for submission of abstracts: 18 July 2018
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ILI Training: 2018 Advanced Oil, Gas, Power, and Sustainable Energy
22 October 2018 - 2 November 2018
Washington, D.C., United States Countries face many challenges related to sustainable development of their energy sectors. Governments must adapt policies and legal framework to efficiently develop their natural resources (both conventional and renewable resources); diversify and optimize the energy source mix, address climate change impact and meet INDC requirements, attract capital and expertise to develop the entire energy sector value chain; capture economic rents to pass through energy sector benefits to local communities; ensure optimum local content development; improve linkages to power sector; foster transparency, corporate social responsibility and environmental stewardship... COURSE ADVISORS: Guly Sabahi, independent legal adviser and outside general counsel. Robert Lesnick is an Executive Advisor to businesses and governments seeking to develop projects which expand development and use of natural gas.
November 2018
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ILI Training: 2018 Foundations of Advanced Arbitration and Mediation
5 November 2018 - 9 November 2018
Washington, D.C., United States The seminar comprises the first week of the Advanced Arbitration and Mediation seminar and examines the foundations of arbitration and mediation, including advanced legal issues in international commercial arbitration. Participants will learn the principles of mediation through case studies and practical exercises. The seminar is an indispensable asset to all professionals seeking to strengthen their knowledge of ADR. COURSE ADVISOR: Anne Marie Whitesell is a Professor and Faculty Director of the Program on International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at Georgetown University Law Center and Director of the ILI Center on Alternative Dispute Resolution. Ms. Whitesell was Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration from 2001 to 2007. She has practiced with law firms in both the United States and in France and was a lecturer at the Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Institut de Droit Comparé.
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ILI Training: 2018 Advanced Arbitration and Mediation
5 November 2018 - 16 November 2018
Washington, D.C., United States This course examines the practical applications of arbitration and mediation and discusses advanced legal issues in international commercial arbitration. The second week of the course takes critical focus on developing practical skills and knowledge through a simulated arbitration process. The course is intended for judges, lawyers, non-lawyer professionals who want to understand arbitration and mediation, as well as government officials, judicial officers, officials of judicial and legal training units, and court administrators. COURSE ADVISOR: Anne Marie Whitesell is a Professor and Faculty Director of the Program on International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at Georgetown University Law Center and Director of the ILI Center on Alternative Dispute Resolution. Ms. Whitesell was Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration from 2001 to 2007. She has practiced with law firms in both the United States and in France.
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ODR FORUM 2018 - Innovation and Impact: Online Courts and the Changing Landscapes of Digital Justice
14 November 2018 - 15 November 2018
Auckland, New Zealand Join your international colleagues in Auckland - consistently voted one of the world's top ten "livable" cities - to explore current developments in the rapidly evolving world of digital platforms, portals, networks and courts. The two key themes for the 2018 Forum are Innovation and Impact. The first, which will be the focus for presentations on the first day, will explore updates and developments in the world of taking dispute and justice systems online. The second day will address some of the challenges and critical questions that arise through moving beyond innovation into the disruptions that digital justice can create. This "impact" discussion may show that these can be ambivalent developments, in both fostering access to legal and other resources, and challenging other norms. More information and a call for presentation is available on the conference website.
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ILI Training: 2018 Fundamentals of Investor-State Arbitration
26 November 2018 - 30 November 2018
Washington, D.C., United States This course teaches lawyers, and other professionals, such as international investors (whether companies or individuals), as well as government officials how to draft, negotiate and interpret bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and investment chapters of free trade agreements, and how to resolve disputes arising from them, including the valuation of damages and enforcement of arbitral awards. The use of BITs has exploded in recent years, with almost 3,000 such treaties in effect. This course provides the participants with an in-depth understanding of the fundamental principles applied in Investor-State arbitration. COURSE ADVISORS: Ian A. Laird is co-chair of the Crowell & Moring's International Dispute Resolution Group. Dr. Borzu Sabahi is an attorney in the International Arbitration group of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP.
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ILI Training: 2018 International Investment Treaties and Investor-State Arbitration
26 November 2018 - 7 December 2018
Washington, D.C., United States The use of investment treaties - including bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) - has exploded in recent years. Almost 3000 such treaties are in effect. Foreign investors have used BITs to initiate hundreds of international arbitration disputes against host governments with amounts ranging from a few million to several billion dollars in connection with foreign investments. This seminar teaches participants how to draft, negotiate, and interpret international investment treaties and also how to prevent and resolve disputes arising from them. Additionally, it includes advanced instruction in how and when international arbitration proceedings are initiated against nations that violate international treaties. COURSE ADVISORS: Ian A. Laird is co-chair of the Crowell & Moring's International Dispute Resolution Group. Dr. Borzu Sabahi is an attorney in the International Arbitration group of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP.
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ILI Training: 2018 Multilateral and Regional Trade Agreements
26 November 2018 - 30 November 2018
Washington, D.C., United States The seminar will cover the basic GATT and WTO rules, and examine the implications of the growth of RTAs. The course is designed to help governments and enterprises to take full advantage of the opportunities provided by multilateral and regional trade agreements, as well as to deal with their challenges. It will be taught by present and former senior government officials, leading academics and practitioners, and officials from multinational organizations. COURSE ADVISOR: Patrick Macrory is Director of ILI's International Trade Law Center. He was a senior partner in two of Washington's largest law firms, and has practiced trade law for more than forty years.
Note: a list of prior events can be found here.
