Description
A joint conference with UNCITRAL addressing the upcoming UNCITRAL Guide to the New York Convention and other contemporary topics regarding the Convention.
Date: October 21, 2015
Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: The Great Hall of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York 42 West 44th Street
Convention fee: Free
The conference is free of charge, but advance registration is required. To purchase tickets for the luncheon session
Download Event FlyerSessions/speakers:
9:00 – 10:00 The Guide to the New York Convention – Process and Key Issues involved in its formation
• Dr. Yas Banifatemi, Shearman & Sterling LLP
• Renaud Sorieul, Secretary, UNCITRAL
• Santiago Villalpando*, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
10:15 – 11:30 Enforcement of Awards – Have contracting states been true to the letter and spirit of Article V?
• Prof. George Bermann, Columbia Law School
• Donald Donovan*, Debevoise & Plimpton
• Prof. Emmanuel Gaillard, Shearman & Sterling LLP
11:45 – 1:00 Current Issues in Architecting an International Arbitral Proceeding
• Jean Kalicki*, Arnold & Porter LLP
• Louis Kimmelman, Sidley Austin LLP
• Prof. Paul Oberhammer, Vienna University
*Moderator and speaker
1:00 – 3:00 Ticketed Luncheon at the Princeton Club (optional)
• Keynote Speaker: Gerald Aksen
