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7th YAP Colloquium held in Paris on 22 September 2009
The 7th YAP Colloquium was held in Paris on September 22, with over
100 young arbitration practitioners from 13 countries (Belgium, Brazil,
Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland,
Syria, UK and USA).
The theme of the conference was "New Challenges of International
Arbitration". The first panel discussed "International arbitration and
financial crisis". The moderators were Michael E. Schneider (Lalive,
Geneva) and Nadia Darwazeh (ICC) and presentations were given by Jan
Schäfer (Allen & Overy, Frankfurt) and Mélanie Van Leeuwen (Loyens &
Loeff, Paris). The second panel focused on "The arbitrator facing
the judge - A selection of current hot issues in international
arbitration". The moderators were Pierre Mayer (Dechert, Paris) and
Sophie Lamb (Debevoise & Plimpton, London), and presentations were
made by Eduardo Silva Romero (Dechert, Paris) and Olivier Caprasse
(Hanotiau & van den Berg, Brussels).
Click on the following links to view the program, the
list of participants, or the
pictures of the event.
First IAI Forum held in Vougeot
The International Arbitration Institute (IAI) launched a new
series of conferences, the IAI Forum/Les Entretiens de l'IAI, the
first of which took place in Burgundy, at the Château du Clos de Vougeot,
from Friday 12 September to Sunday 14 September 2008.
These conferences are in the form of a two day
retreat and combine formal presentations and active dialogue between the
speakers and the floor.
This inaugural IAI Forum was dedicated to the
review of arbitral awards. The first day focused on the review of arbitral
awards by domestic courts. The speakers included Bernard
Hanotiau and Olivier Caprasse, from Hanotiau & van den Berg, who made
an introductory presentation, and a panel of judges from four
jurisdictions: Justice Stephen Breyer, from the United States Supreme
Court; Judge Dominique Hascher, from the Paris Court of Appeal; Lord
Mance, from the House of Lords; and Judge Roland Halvorsen, from the Svea
Court of Appeal. Johnny Veeder also contributed with an outstanding key note speech on whether the New York
Convention should be amended.
The second day of the Forum was
devoted to the review of awards in the ICSID system. Speakers
included Professor W. Michael Reisman, from Yale Law School; Sir
Franklin Berman, from Essex Court Chambers; Ahmed El-Kosheri, from
Kosheri, Rashed and Riad; Judge Gilbert Guillaume, former President of the
International Court of Justice; and Professor Andreas Bucher, from the
University of Geneva.
Participation in this event was limited to 50 attendants so as to
allow for active exchange. The proceedings of the Forum will be published
as IAI Series on International Arbitration No. 6.
Click on the following links to view the program, the
list of participants, or the pictures of the
event.
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