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Time

Session

08:30-09:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee/Tea

09:00-09:15 

Welcome Address & Introduction to the Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, High Court of Australia:

Georgia Quick, President, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration


09:15-09:35 

Keynote Address 
The Honourable Chief Justice Kiefel AC
High Court of Australia

09:35-10:35

Session One: Around the World – the Latest Developments and What’s to Come
Chair: Justice Quentin Loh, Singapore International Commercial Court
Panel:

  • Gavin Denton, Arbitration Chambers, Hong Kong & London

  • Aicha Mane, Houda Advocates, Senegal

  • Nastasja Suhadolnik, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Brisbane

  • Jennifer Younan, Shearman & Sterling, Paris 

10:35-10:50

Morning Tea Break

10:50-11:30 

Session Two: Smart Contracts, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Disputes 
Chair: Paul Tan, Gibson Dunn, Singapore (effective 1 Nov 2022)
Panel:

  • Natasha Blycha, Stirling & Rose

  • Adam Percy, Swyftx, Brisbane

  • Brandon Malone, Arbitra International, UK

11:30-12:30 

Session Three: The Evolving ISDS Landscape
Chair: The Honourable Justice Catherine Button, Supreme Court of Victoria
Panel:

  • Gonzalo Flores, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Washington 

  • Monty Taylor, Arnold & Porter, London

  • Christopher Tahbaz, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York

  • Jo Feldman, Norton Rose Fulbright, Perth

12:30-13:15

Session Four: Key Practical Considerations: Costs, Interest, and Confidentiality 
Chair: Simon Greenberg, Clifford Chance, Paris

Panel:

1. Professor Matthew Secomb, White & Case, Singapore

2. Dr Anna Kirk, Bankside Chambers, Auckland

3. Jeff Gleeson QC, Victorian Bar, Melbourne

4. Elizabeth Macknay, Herbert Smith Freehills, Perth

13:15-14:15

Lunch Break

14:15-15:00 

Session Five: The Shift to Renewables
Chair: Dr Cameron Kelly, General Counsel, Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Sydney
Panel:

  • Gabriela Alvarez-Avila, DLA Piper, Mexico

  • Damien Sturzaker, Marque Lawyers, Sydney

  • Brer Adams, Pollination, Sydney

  • Kumar Padisetti, FTI Consulting, Melbourne

15:00 - 15:45

Session Six: Insolvency and Arbitration
Chair: Dr Andrew Hanak KC, Victorian Bar, Melbourne
Panel:

  • Polly Pope, Russell McVeigh, Auckland

  • Karen Petch, New Chambers, Sydney

  • Matt Lee, Burford Capital, Sydney

  • Courtney Lotfi, Jones Day, Frankfurt

15:45-16:00

Afternoon Tea Break

16:00-17:00

Session Seven: Arbitration Incubation: Ideas from the Next Generation 
Co-Chairs: Guillermo Garcia-Perrote, Herbert Smith Freehills, Sydney and Robert Tang, Clifford Chance, Sydney
Panel: 

  • Mevelyn S. Ong, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York

  • Laurence Terret, Herbert Smith Freehills, Brisbane 

  • Raeesa Rawal, Debevoise & Plimpton, London

  • Professor Avineet Singh Chawla, Jindal Global Law School

17:00-17:45 

Session Eight: Resolving Disputes Efficiently – Expedited Arbitration or Expert Determination?
Chair: Erika Williams, Williams Arbitration, Brisbane
Panel: 

  • Bill Smith, Ashurst, Sydney

  • Mark Mangan, Dechert LLP, Singapore

  • Nikki O’Leary, Allens, Brisbane

  • Jonathan McTigue, Clayton Utz, Melbourne

17:45-18:00

Closing Address:

Dr Andrew Hanak KC, President, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Australia