THE IMPACT OF COVID ON INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES
Organisation: Professor Steven G. Shapiro and Dr. Shaheeza Lalani
Co-organized with 
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Liens UNIL
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF 14 SEPTEMBER 2021
PROGRAM
| Hours | Conferences |
|---|---|
| 14.00 | Welcome |
| 14.20 | The Rise and Impact of the Zoom Negotiation: Cross-Cultural Variations in Virtual Negotiations and Lessons from Covid by Professor Edoardo Agamennone, Institut d'études politiques de Paris |
| Discussant: Ana C. Reyes, Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C. | |
| 14.40 | The Impact of Covid on the Legal Services Industry by Liz Roberts, General Counsel at Arbitration Place |
| Discussant: Dr. Elza Reymond-Eniaeva, Partner, Sedlex Avocats, Lausanne | |
| 15.00 | Salient Considerations for Virtual International Arbitration Hearings in a Post-Pandemic Global Economy |
| by Karthik Nagarajan, Senior Associate, White & Case LLP, Washington, D.C. and James J. East, Jr., Associate at Baker Hostetler LLP, Washington, D.C. | |
| Discussant: Michael Nolan, Arbitration Chambers, New York | |
| 15.20 | Technology as a Vehicle to Enhance Arbitration: The Impact of Covid on Using Online Dispute Resolution by Aichell Alvarado, Sole Practitioner, Legal Counsel |
| Discussant: Constance Bonzé, Research Consultant in Private International Law, BIICL, London / PhD Student, UNIL | |
| 15.40 | New Landscape of Arbitration in View of Digitalization Process by Dr. Magdalena Łągiewska, University of Gdańsk, Poland and Dr. Katherine Simpson, Simpson Dispute Resolution, Michigan |
| 16.00 | Break |
| 16.20 | Lessons Learned in Arbitration During the Pandemic |
| by Bjorn Arp, Fellow, Center on International Commercial Arbitration, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., | |
| Edwin Nemesio, Attorney in Mexico, Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)-North America Branch and Dr. Katherine Simpson, Simpson Dispute Resolution, Michigan | |
| 16.40 | An Institutional View of Online ADR by Helena Tavares Erickson, Senior Vice-President, CPR: The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Inc. |
| Discussant: Kevin Nash, Deputy Registrar and Centre Director, Singapore International Arbitration Centre | |
| 17.00 | The Impact of COVID on the Use of International Arbitration: Challenges and Opportunities of Remote Hearings by Dr. Bahar Hatami Alamdari, Senior Lecturer, St. Mary’s University, London |
| Discussant: Benjamin W. Graham, Associate, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C. | |
| 17.20 | Covid-19 and the Changes to the Arbitration Landscape: Making a Case to Review the Fees of Arbitral Institutions for the New Normal by Bamikole Martins Aduloju, Senior Associate, Afe Babalola & Co., Nigeria |
| Discussant: Kevin Nash, Deputy Registrar and Centre Director, Singapore International Arbitration Centre | |
| 17.40 | Discussion |
| 18.00 | End of Conference |
Program of 14 September 2021 (268 Ko)
Registration Fee
Webinar
Price for the Public: CHF 100.-
CEDIDAC Club Members: CHF 80.-
Special rates are charged for trainee lawyers and students on request
