Speakers & programme
Programme
(subject to amendment)
Thursday 26 May
1830 Registration & Welcome Reception Sponsored by List A Barristers
Friday 27 May
0800 Registration & coffee
0900 Introduction
Doug Jones AM FCIArb, President, CIArb, Australia
0910 Welcome Address
The Hon Robert McClelland MP, Attorney General, Australia
0925 Sponsor's Address
Mark Griffith, Director, Hinds Blunden, Australia
0930 Keynote Address
Leng Haidong, Deputy Secretary General, CIETAC, PR of China
Session 1: Sponsored by Norton Rose Group
Innovations in International Arbitration: recent changes to legislation and practice in the Asia Pacific region
0950 Sponsor Introduction
Rob Buchanan, Partner, Norton Rose Group, Australia
0955 Chairman's Introduction
Albert Monichino SC FCIArb, Member of the Melbourne Bar, Australia
1000 Philip Jeyaretnam SC, Managing Partner, Rodyk & Davidson LLP & Chairman, Maxwell Chambers, Singapore
1010 Rob Buchanan, Partner, Norton Rose Group, Australia
1020 Chiann Bao MCIArb, Secretary General, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Hong Kong
1030 Colin Ong FCIArb, Managing Partner, Dr Colin Ong Legal Services, Advocates & Solicitors, Brunei
1040 Panel Discussion and Q&A
1100 Morning coffee
Session 2: Sponsored by KordaMentha
Technical Innovation in Arbitration
1130 Chairman and Sponsor Introduction
Owain Stone, Partner, KordaMentha, Australia
1140 Damian Sturzaker MCIArb, Partner, Marque Lawyers, Australia
1150 Cheng Yee Khong, Director and Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration Secretariat - Asia, Hong Kong
1200 Peter Megens FCIArb, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Australia), Australia
1210 Panel Discussion and Q&A
1245 Networking lunch
Session 3: Sponsored by Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
Regional Challenges to and Opportunities for International Arbitration
1400 Sponsor Introduction
Alex Baykitch, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP, Australia
1405 Chairman Introduction
Alastair Henderson MCIArb, Managing Partner, Herbert Smith, Singapore
1410 Christopher Lau SC FCIArb, Arbitrator, Singapore
1420 Vinayak Pradhan FCIArb, Vice President, CIArb, Skrine, Malaysia
1430 Hop Dang, Senior Associate, Allens Arthur Robinson, Vietnam
1440 Vikram Nankani FCIArb, Arbitrator, India
1450 Panel Discussion and Q&A
1530 Afternoon tea
Session 4: Sponsored by Holman Webb Lawyers
International Arbitration and the Courts - the Australian Approach
1600 Chairman and Sponsor Introduction
John Wakefield FCIArb, Chairman, Conference Organising Committee & Partner, Holman Webb, Australia
1605 Justice James Allsop, President, New South Wales Court of Appeal, Australia
1635 Q&A
1700 Close of day
1830-2000 Networking Reception at the Sydney offices of and sponsored by Mallesons, Stephen Jaques
Saturday 28 May
0900 Keynote Address
Hon James Spigelman AC, Chief Justice of New South Wales Court and Lieutenant Governor of Australia, Australia
0915 Keynote Address
Peter Goldsmith DC QC, Head of European Litigation Practice, Debevoise & Plimpton, UK
Session 5: Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie
How to Draft an Effective Arbitration Clause and its Effect on Enforcement
0945 Chairman and Sponsor Introduction
Sarah Lancaster, Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie, Australia
0955 Malcolm Holmes QC FCIArb, Senior Counsel, New South Wales, Australia
1005 Luke Nottage, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Australia
1015 Panel Discussion and Q&A
1100 Morning coffee
Session 6: Sponsored by IMF (Australia) Ltd
The Growth of International Mediation in the Region
1130 Sponsor Introduction
Susanna Khouri, Investment Manager, IMF (Australia) Ltd, Australia
1135 Chairman Introduction
Suzanne Nusbaum FCIArb, former US Administrative Law Judge, USA
1140 Alan Limbury, Mediator and Arbitrator, Strategic Resolution, Australia
1150 Tim Hill FCIArb, Partner, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong
1200 Karen Mills FCIArb, Founding Member and International Legal Counsel, KarimSyah Law Firm, Indonesia
1210 Susanna Khouri, Investment Manager, IMF (Australia) Ltd, Australia
1220 Panel Discussion and Q&A
1300 Networking lunch
Session 7: Sponsored by Clifford Chance LLP
Arbitration - a commercial client perspective
1415 Sponsor Introduction
Tim Grave, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP, Australia
1420 Chairman Introduction
Nancy Milne AM, Consultant, Clayton Utz, Australia
1425 Peter J Rees QC FCIArb, Legal Director, Royal Dutch Shell, The Netherlands
1435 Rashda Rana FCIArb, General Counsel Australia, Project Management & Construction, Lend Lease, Australia
1445 Damian Lovell, General Counsel, BHP Billiton, Australia
1455 Tim Grave, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP, Australia
1505 Panel Discussion and Q&A
1545 Closing Address
Doug Jones AM FCIArb, President, CIArb, Australia
1600 Close of Conference
1915-2230 Conference Gala Dinner at the Art Gallery of New South Wales sponsored by The Law Society of New South Wales & New South Wales Office of Trade, Business and Industry
Guest Speaker: The Honourable Murray Gleeson AC, Companion, CIArb
Speakers
Our dynamic line up of world class speakers will include:
- Mary Macken, Immediate Past President, NSW Law Society, Australia (Gala Dinner Speaker)
