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Early Registration
Register with payment
by 13
March 2009 for the early-bird discount rate of $595 USD ($375 for academics,
government employees, and in-house counsel). After that date, the
registration fee is $750 ($475 for academics, government employees, and
in-house counsel)
See the registration page for the registration form and
online registration.
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All conference participants will receive a copy of the
Second Edition of The
Leading Arbitrators’ Guide to International Arbitration,
Lawrence Newman and Richard Hill, editors.
A $175 value, the book contains advice and insight from
some of the most prominent and experienced international arbitrators in
the world. Click on the cover image for complete information including
the table of
contents.
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Fee includes written course materials, refreshments at
breaks, luncheon and drinks reception. The fee does not include
accommodations.
For full-time students with current ID only contact Juris
Conferences at events@jurisconferences.com for current rate.
Our Financial Aid policy is available here.
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Schedule
8:30 - 9:00 Registration
Coffee and tea upon arrival
9:00 - 10:30 Working Session 1
Pre-hearing activities:
Discussion leader: Sigvard Jarvin
· Procedural conferences and terms of reference
· Controlling the exchange of pleadings and memorials
· Production of documents
· Witness statements
· Expert reports
· Tribunal-ordered interim measures
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break
11:00 - 12:30 Working Session 2
Discussion leader: C. Mark Baker
Hearing and post-hearing activities
· Whether to have a hearing, for how long, and how to control and divide
time
· Advocacy and cross-examination, and dealing with advocates from
different cultures
· Witness conferencing
· Post -hearing briefs
· The Tribunal's deliberations
· Awarding costs
· Ensuring enforceability of the award
12:30 - 14:00 Networking Luncheon
14:00 - 15:30 Working Session 3
Discussion leader: Charles Brower
Ethics
· Applicable ethical codes
· Independence and impartiality of arbitrators, and standards of
impartiality
· Duties of disclosure and investigation of conflicts
· The role of the party-appointed arbitrator
· Preparation of witnesses
· Discovery and document retention obligations
· Competency of counsel
· Ethics issues vs. cultural issues
· Remedies
· The arbitrator's role in proposing settlement (or not)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea Break
16:00 - 17:30 Working Session 4
Discussion leader: Lawrence Newman
Expectations and disappointments in arbitration
· Who's arbitration is it anyway: the extent of control the parties can
expect to have over the way in which arbitrations are conducted
· The extent to which the parties are disappointed by arbitrators with
surprising ideas on matters such as the extent of discovery and time
allowed for cross-examination
· Attempts to harmonize expectations concerning documentary disclosure
and witness testimony, including the IBA Rules and the various recent
protocols (including those by the CPR and the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators) concerning disclosure and e-disclosure
· Disconnects between the approaches parties and their lawyers may assume
will be taken to the management of proceedings, whether arising from
cultural differences or from idiosyncratic approaches taken by some
arbitrators
· Expectations and realities as to time and cost
17:30 - 19:00 Drinks Reception
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