Conference programme

8:30–9:30

Registration. Welcome coffee

9:30–9:45

Welcome addresses 

Tatiana Monaghan, Secretary General, ICC Russia

Yuri Lyubimov, State Secretary ‐ Deputy Minister of Justice of Russia

Hiroshi Oda, Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Professor, University College London; Attorney at law, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Japan

9:45–11:30

Session I – Plenary Session. The Reform of Arbitration Courts: first conclusions
Sponsored by Clifford Chance

Topics for discussion

• Tips for improving the arbitration process: creating conditions for shaping professional “internal” and international arbitration;
  
• Expectations of business with regards to the arbitration reform and its first results from the Russian practitioners’ point of view.;
• The Russian new law from a non-Russian view point;
• Novelties of the ICC Arbitration Rules and their application within the Russian legal system
• The practice of the ICAC at the Russian CCI in new conditions.

Moderator
Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners LLC; Vice-Chair,  ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, Russia

Speakers
Alexandra Usacheva, Deputy Director, Department of Economic Legislation, Ministry of Justice of Russia

Тimur Aitkulov, Partner, Clifford Chance, Russia

Steven Finizio, Partner,  Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale), UK

Vladimir Khvalei, Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Partner, Baker & McKenzie; Chairman, ICC Russia Arbitration Commission, Russia

Alexey Kostin, Chairman, International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Russia

11:30–12:00

Coffee break

12:00–14:00 

Session II. Territories of rapid growth: the development of international arbitration in Asia and Latin America 

Topics for discussion

• Why Russian End-Users May Be Interested in International Arbitration in Asia and Latin America and Peculiarities of Asian Arbitration Centres in Comparison to European?
• The legal framework and practice of international arbitration are like in China as well as ICC’s recent progress in the region;
• The current state of international commercial arbitration and legislative novelties dedicated to its regulation in Latin America;
• International commercial arbitration in India: what has been done and what else should be done to make India a recognized centre of arbitration in the region?
• Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the ICC International Court of Arbitration as the two most reputable centres of international commercial arbitration in Asia.

Moderator 
Alexei Dudko, Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution practice, Hogan Lovells, Russia

Speakers
Mingchao Fan, Regional Director of Arbitration & ADR for North Asia, ICC International Court of Arbitration, China

Eduardo Damiăo Gonçalves, Partner, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados, Brazil

Sushila Ram Varma, Founder and Chief Consultant, Legal Advisor, The Indian Lawyer and Allied Services, India

Olga Boltenko, Counsel, CMS Hasche Sigle, Hong Kong

Vasily Kuznetsov, Partner, Baker Botts, Russia

Anton Asoskov, Professor, Department of Civil Law, Faculty of Law, Moscow State University; member of the Expert Council of the Commission on International Arbitration, ICC Russia

14:00–15:00

Lunch break

15:00–17:00

Session III.  Arbitration of Intellectual Property Disputes: protecting the interests of Russian companies 
Sponsored by Kulkov, Kolotilov & partners

17:00–17:20

Coffee break

17:20–18:30

Session IV. Life after Yukos: challenges to recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards that have been set aside at the seat
Sponsored by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLC

Topics for discussion

• The contractual nature of arbitration in connection with recognition and enforcement of orphan awards;
• The approach of the Russian legislation to the enforcement of annulled arbitration awards: applied norms of international agreements and judicial practice;
• How are annulled arbitration awards enforced in France – the home of the ICC International Court of Arbitration?

Moderator
David Goldberg, Partner, White & Case, UK

Speakers 
Andrey Gorodissky, Managing Partner, Andrey Gorodissky & Partners, Russia

Kenneth D. Beale, Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, UK

Andrei Yakovlev, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, UK\UAE

Marina Akchurina, Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLC, Russia

Darya Shirokova, Deputy Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration, France

18:30

Conclusion of the conference