Fifth Annual Fordham Law Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation

Date(s): 06.14.10 | Mon. - 06.15.10 | Tues.
Time: Mon. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. & Tues. 9:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: McNally Amphitheatre, Fordham Law School, 140 West 62nd Street, NYC

Program Description:
The conference will bring together leading international arbitrators, mediators, practitioners, and scholars to discuss contemporary issues in international arbitration and mediation. The papers by the speakers will be published in Arthur W. Rovine, ed., Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation: The Fordham Papers 2010, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.

Fifth Annual Fordham Law Conference on INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION June 14–15, 2010 (PDF)

Co-sponsors:
Fordham Law School Conflict Resolution & ADR Program and Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics

AAA/International Centre for Dispute Resolution | ABA Section of International Law | ASIL | Association of the Bar of the City of New York | College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA) | CPR: International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution | Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP | DuPont | ICC | www.InvestorStateLawGuide.com | JAMS | LCIA | New York State Bar Association International Law Section | Martinus Nijhoff Publishers | McGill University Faculty of Law | Orrick | Sidley Austin | TDM

In cooperation with the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution


Arthur W. Rovine

Monday, June 14, 2010

8:30 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. Welcome/Opening Remarks by Arthur W. Rovine, Fordham Law School, Conference Director

9:15 a.m. Investor-State Arbitration

Maurice Mendelson QC (Moderator)
Blackstone Chambers Barristers; Emeritus Professor of International Law in the University of London

Charles N. Brower
Judge, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, and Member, 20 Essex Street Chambers London
The Unsound 'Plama Principle' and other Errors In Application of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

Maurice Mendelson QC
Issues Relating to the Identity of the Investor

Brigitte Stern
Emeritus Professor of International Law at the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne
The Scope of Investor Protection under the ICSID/BIT Mechanism: Recent Trends

Christoph Schreuer
Wolf Theiss
Vienna
The Role of Domestic Courts in Investment Arbitration

11:00 a.m. Break


11:15 a.m. Mediation

Tony Willis (Moderator)
Barrister Mediator, Brick Court Chambers London
Mediation in the UK and Elsewhere in Western Europe

Maria Theresa Trofaier
Solicitor (England & Wales) and accredited Mediator (Ministry of Justice-Austria);
CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz
Vienna
Recent Developments in Mediation of Commercial Disputes in Austria, Central and Eastern Europe

Simeon Baum, Esq.
President, Resolve Mediation Services, Inc.
New York
Lessons from Russian Mediators

Suzanne Ulicny
ICC International Court of Arbitration, Deputy Director, Arbitration & ADR North America
New York
ICC ADR: Rules and Approaches for Reaching an Amicable Solution

Peter Wolrich
Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
Paris
Resolution of Disputes by ICC Dispute Boards


1:00 p.m. Lunch break

2:15 p.m. Key Issues in the U.S. Law of International Arbitration

George Bermann (Moderator)
Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law and Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law Director, European Legal Studies Center Columbia University School of Law
Enforceability of the Arbitration Agreement: Who Decides and Under Whose Law?

Catherine Rogers
Professor of Law, Penn State University Law School, Pennsylvania, and Bocconi University, Milan
The Expansion of International Arbitration into Public Realms

Tom Stipanowich
William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution; Professor of Law; Academic Director, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution; Pepperdine University School of Law
Malibu, California
Recent U.S. Legal Developments That Might Affect International Arbitration in the United States

Ben Sheppard
Distinguished Lecturer and Director, A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center University of Houston Law Center
Houston
"Article III Escape Hatches", Involving Refusal of U.S. Courts to Recognize/Enforce Foreign Awards under the NY Convention for Lack of Jurisdiction or on Forum non Conveniens Grounds

4:00 p.m. Break

4:15 p.m. Dispute Resolution by the World Trade Organization

Giorgio Sacerdoti (Moderator) Professor of International Law, Bocconi University Milan; Former member and Chairman, WTO Appellate Body

Greg Tereposky
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Ottawa
The Relevance of WTO Law and Principles in Investor-State Arbitration

Andrew Shoyer
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Washington, D.C.
The Use of Arbitration in Securing Compliance with WTO Dispute Resolution Decisions

Giorgio Sacerdoti
The Role of the Appellate Body in the Dispute Settlement System of the WTO

Richard Cunningham
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson
Washington, D.C.
The Future of WTO Dispute Settlement

6:00 p.m. Reception

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

9:15 a.m. Mediation

John Barkett (Moderator)
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Miami
Arbitration Cost Avoidance: Is International Mediation the Solution?

Tim Martin
Principal, adr.governance.inc
Calgary, Alberta
Is International Mediation Used and is it Useful? The User's Perspective

David H. Burt
Corporate Counsel, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Delaware
Inside Counsel as Sophisticated Users of the Mediation Process

Tai-Heng Cheng
Associate Professor & Associate Director, Center for International Law, New York Law School & Senior Legal Advisor, Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP
New York
Form and Function in International Commercial Mediation

Luis Martinez
Vice-President, ICDR, New York
The ICDR's International Mediation Experience


11:00 Break

11:15 How Major Corporations View International Arbitration

Loukas Mistelis (Moderator)
Queen Mary School of Law, University of London
Key Numbers and Perceptions: What Surveys Tell us About Corporate Attitudes Towards International Arbitration

Toni Hennike
Coordinator, International Investments & Arbitration
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Houston
International Arbitration: A Vexing Solution

Stephen E. Smith
Vice President and General Counsel
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Bethesda, Maryland
Hot Issues in International Arbitration - A Corporate Perspective

Roland Schroeder
Senior Counsel, Litigation and Legal Policy, General Electric Company
Virginia, and

Michael McIlwrath
Senior Counsel Litigation, General Electric Company Oil & Gas
Florence, Italy
Transparency in International Arbitration: What Are Arbitrators and Institutions Afraid Of?

Siegfried H. Elsing
Partner, Orrick Hölters & Elsing
Düsseldorf
On Babies And Bathwater: Keeping The Good (And Getting Rid Of The Bad) From the Company's Perspective

CLE Credits:: The conference has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State CLE Board for a maximum of 12 non-transitional, professional practice credit hours.

Registration fee(includes lunch):
$695 for Practitioners
$395 for Academicians and nonProfit/Government Employees
$150 for full-time law students


TO REGISTER: by fax, please download the registration form at the bottom.





CLE Credits: 12 non-transitional, professional practice
Telephone: 212.636-6945
Fax: 212.636-6984
Email: cle@law.fordham.edu
File Attachment: Registration Form Int'l Arb & Med 2010 (PDF)