Program

Stated topics and speakers
09.00 - 09.30
Registration. Welcome tea & coffee
9:30-11:30
Plenary session: Views of leading international arbitration institutions on arbitration reform and the registration process in Russia.

Moderator: Vladimir Khvalei, Chairman of Board, Russian Arbitration Association; Partner and Head of CIS Dispute Resolution practice, Baker and McKenzie

Speakers:

Alexis Mourre, President, International Court of Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Manfred Heider, Secretary General, Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC)

Annette Magnusson, Secretary General, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC)

Martin Burkhardt, Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution (SCAI)


Representatives of LCIA, Swiss Chambers, HKIAC, SIAC
11:30-12:00
Coffee break
12:00-13:30
Session 1: Debates: Creeping Americanization of international arbitration: is it the right time to develop inquisitorial rules of evidence?
13:30-14:30
Lunch
14:30-15:30
Session 2. Landmark Russian arbitration cases of 2016
- Arbitrability of disputes.
- Public policy.
- Independence of arbitrators and arbitration institutions.

Speakers:

Stepan Guzey, Partner, Lidings - Arbitration and bankruptcy: the boundaries of non-interference

Alexander Bezborodov, Partner and the Head of the Litigation Practice Group at BEITEN BURKHARDT’s Moscow office - Types of arbitration agreements
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-17:30
Session 3. Debates. Women in arbitration - “A chicken is not a bird, Poland is not abroad, a woman is not an arbitrator”? Do we need a special treatment for female arbitrators?
Moderator: Anna Grishchenkova, Partner, KIAP
Speakers:

For 
Dr. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, President , Lewiatan Court of Arbitration
Prof. Nina Vilkova (tbc)

Against
Prof. Ivan Zykin (tbc)
17:30-19.00
Annual Meeting of the RAA Members 2016 (conference participants are also invited).

    Agenda of the Annual Meeting 2016:

  • The Annual Report for 2016 - Roman Zykov, Secretary General of the RAA;
  • The RAA Audit Commission report - Chairman of the RAA Audit Committee;
  • Amendments to the Charter of the Arbitration Association;
  • Including of the "Russian" to the name of the Arbitration Association. 
19.00
Reception