Dublin International Arbitration Day 2023
Event Programme

The 11th annual Dublin International Arbitration Day, Ireland’s leading conference on international arbitration, will take place on Friday, November 17 in the Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, Dublin 7. The conference offers an outstanding line-up of international expert speakers on topics of relevance and interest.

8.30 – 9.15             Registration and refreshments

9.15 – 9.20             Welcome and opening address

Paul McGarry SC, President of Arbitration Ireland

9.20 – 10.50        Panel 1

Enforcement of Intra-EU Arbitral Awards: Latest Developments from the UK, Australia, the US and EU

Moderator: David Herlihy, Allen & Overy, Dublin

Speakers:

Ruth Byrne KC, King & Spalding, London
Catherine Gilfedder, Dentons, London
Lucinda Low, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington
Dr Markus Perkams, Addleshaw Goddard, Frankfurt
Lena Sandberg, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Brussels
Jeffrey Sullivan KC, Debevoise & Plimpton, London

10.50 – 11.15           Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.30           Panel 2

Arbitration, Bankruptcy & Sanctions

Moderator: 

Ronnie Barnes, Co-head International Arbitration and Litigation Practice, Cornerstone Research, London

Speakers:

Matthew H. Adler, Troutman Pepper, US
Shawn Conway, Conway & Partners, Netherlands
Stavros Pavlou, Patrikios Pavlou & Associates LLC, Cyprus
Diora Ziyaeva, Dentons, New York

 

12.30 – 13.45          Lunch Break – kindly Sponsored by FTI Consulting

14.00 – 14.10             Attorney General, Rossa Fanning SC – Address:

International Arbitration – A view from Government

14.10 – 15.25         Panel 3

Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT & Arbitration

Moderator: Paula Gibbs, A&L Goodbody LLP, Dublin

Speakers:

Sanaa Babaa, Director, EY, London
Stephen Dowling SC, Bar of Ireland/TrialView
Tunde Oyewole, Orrick, Paris
Dr Nils Rauer, MJI, Pinsent Masons, Frankfurt

15.25 – 16.25         Panel 4

ESG Issues in Arbitration

Moderator: Susan Ahern BL, The Bar of Ireland

Speakers:

Nessa Cahill SC, The Bar of Ireland
Matthew Draper, Draper & Draper LLC, New York
Colleen Parker Bacquet, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris
Jeremy Wilson, Covington & Burling LLP, London

16.25 – 17.00          Coffee Break

17.00 – 17.50         Panel 5

Quick fire round

Moderator: The Hon. Mr Justice David Barniville, President of the High Court, Ireland

Speakers:

Daragh Brehony, Pérez-Llorca, Madrid
James Coleman, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP, Chicago
Louis Flannery KC, Mishcon de Reya
Anya George, Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich
Niamh Leinwather, Secretary General, VIAC
Kieran John McCarthy, Gateley, London
María Paula Jijón, Lawyer, CIAM
Florian Stefan, Vavrovsky Heine Marth, Vienna
Bree Taylor, Alius Law, London

 

17.50 – 18.00         Close of conference

Paul McGarry SC, President of Arbitration Ireland

Evening Entertainment

Conference dinner – King’s Inns, Constitution Hill, Dublin 7

18.15 – 19.00          Pre-dinner drinks reception
19.00 – 21.00         Conference dinner
21.00 till late          Traditional music by Cogar