2018 Program

OPENING MEETING

Daniel Cohen
Professor at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
President of the Arbitration Academy

INAUGURAL LECTURE

Investment Protection in the 21st Century
Juan Fernández-Armesto
Partner at Armesto & Asociado

THE BERTHOLD GOLDMAN LECTURE

Revisiting the Alabama Arbitration: The Use and Abuse of History
William W. Park
Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law

GENERAL COURSE

Commercial Arbitration: Pros and Cons of Recent Developments in International Arbitration
Andrea Giardina
Emeritus Professor of International Law at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and Independent Arbitrator and Counsel

SPECIAL COURSES

  • International arbitration facing economic sanctions
    Mathias Audit
    Professor of Law at the University of Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
  • Urgency and Arbitration / Arbitration and other ADR: the possible interactions
    Olivier Caprasse
    Professor of Law at the University of Liège (ULg) and Brussels (ULB)
  • How to choose the applicable law in arbitration?
    Giuditta Cordero-Moss
    Professor Dr.juris at the Department of Private Law at the Faculty of Law of the
    University of Oslo – PhD (Moscow)
  • Perspectives on Arbitrability
    Fabien Gélinas
    Sir William C. Professor of Law, McGill University
  • International Investment Law in Africa
    Makane Moïse Mbengue
    Associate Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva and Visiting Professor at Sciences Po Paris (School of Law)
  • International Arbitration – CISG and UNIDROIT – Principles
    Ingeborg Schwenzer
    Dean of Swiss International Law School and Professor emerita of Private Law at the University of Basel/Switzerland

WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

  • Workshop – PCA Arbitration Practice
    Brooks W. Daly
    Deputy Secretary-General and Principal Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of
    Arbitration
  • Workshop – ICC Arbitration Practice
    Alexander G. Fessas
    Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Ana Serra e Moura  Deputy Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration
  • Workshop – HKIAC Arbitration Practice
    Sarah Grimmer
    Secretary General, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
  • Special Seminar – Presentation of the UNCITRAL Secretariat Guide on the New York Convention and thenewyorkconvention1958.org website
    Benjamin Siino
    Counsel, Shearman & Sterling