Program

Stated topics and speakers
09.00 - 9:30
Registration. Welcome tea & coffee
9:30 -11:00
Plenary session: Views of leading international arbitration institutions on arbitration reform and the registration process in Russia.

Moderator: 

Timur Aitkulov, Partner, Clifford Chance

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)

Caroline Ming, Executive Director & General Counsel, Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution (SCAI)

Kevin Nash, Deputy Registrar & Centre Director, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)

Kathryn Sanger, Member, HKIAC Council

Datuk Sundra Rajoo, Director, KLRCA  

11:00-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-12:30
Session 1: Debates: Creeping Americanization of international arbitration: is it the right time to develop inquisitorial rules of evidence?
Moderator: Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner, Moscow, St. Petersburg, EPAM

Speakers

For
Alexandre Khrapoutski, Partner, Sysouev, Bondar, Khrapoutski and partners
Vladimir Khvalei, Partner, Baker McKenzie; RAA's Chairman of Board

 
Against:
Peter J. Pettibone, Retired Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP
Professor Bruce Collins QC, Arbitration Chambers, London and Hong Kong
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:30
Session 2. Landmark Russian arbitration cases of 2016
- Arbitrability of disputes.
- Public policy.
- Independence of arbitrators and arbitration institutions.

Moderator:

Artem Doudko, Counsel, White & Case

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
Valeria Romanova, Managing Associate, Attorney-at-Law, Linklaters - Deal structuring after adoption of new arbitration laws and drafting arbitration clauses.
14:30-15:00
Coffee break
15:00-16:30
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
Nicholas Peacock, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

Against
Prof. Ivan Zykin, Vice-President of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Chamber of Commerce
Antonias Dimolitsa, Founding partner, A. Dimolitsa & Associates
Anna Mantakou, Managing partner, Dr. Anna P. Mantakou Law Office

Pannel of experts: 

Heidi Merikalla-Teir, Secretary General, The Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce
Tamara Abova, Chief of the civil law and civil procedure Department, Professor, Honoured researcher, Institute of State and Law RAS.
16:30-17:00
Coffee break. Closing ceremony
17:00-18:30
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.

18.30 - 20.00
Reception