8.30 – 9.15
Registration and refreshments
9.20 – 9.25
Welcome and opening address
Paul McGarry SC, President of Arbitration Ireland
Panel 1: 9.30 – 10.45
1994-2024: The Demise of the Energy Charter Treaty?
SPEAKERS:
MODERATOR:
David Herlihy, A&O Shearman, Dublin
Charlie Caher,
Wilmerhale,
London
Naomi Briercliffe,
Squire Patton Boggs LLP,
London
Emmanuel Foy,
Derains & Gharavi,
Paris
Matt Fritzsche,
EY,
London
10.45 – 11.15
Coffee break
11.15 – 11.30
Address
Rossa Fanning SC, Attorney General of Ireland
Panel 2: 11.30 – 12.45
The intersection between arbitration and criminal law
SPEAKERS:
MODERATOR:
Dr. Yağmur Hortoğlu Grant,
Lecturer in Law, School of Law & Criminology, Maynooth University, Ireland
Utku Cosar,
Independent Arbitrator,
Arbitration Chambers,
Istanbul and New York
Ahmed Abdel Hakam,
Volterra Fietta,
London
Dr. Patricia Nacimiento
Herbert Smith Freehills,
Frankfurt
Pierre Pic,
Teynier Pic,
Paris
12.45 – 14.00
Lunch Break
Kindly Sponsored by FTI Consulting
Panel 3: 14.00 – 15.15
The interaction between Human Rights and international arbitration
SPEAKERS:
MODERATOR:
James Castello
Arbitration Chambers, New York
Gordon Nardell KC
Twenty Essex,
London
Suzanne Spears
Paxus LLP,
London
Janet Whittaker,
Clifford Chance,
Washington DC
Panel 4: 15.15 – 16.30
Privilege in international arbitration
SPEAKERS:
MODERATOR:
Colleen Hanley,
Twenty Essex,
London
John J. Buckley, Jr.
Independent arbitrator based in New York and Washington, D.C. and Senior Counsel with Williams & Connolly LLP
Stephen Dowling SC
The Bar of Ireland/
Trialview,
Dublin
Canelle Goldstein
Addleshaw Goddard,
London/Paris.
David Kavanagh KC
Retired Partner,
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP,
London
16.30 – 17.00
Coffee break
Panel 5: 17.00 – 17.50
Quickfire
SPEAKERS:
MODERATOR:
President of the High Court,
The Hon Mr Justice David Barniville
Ronnie Barnes
Cornerstone Research,
London
Dr Sonja Heppner
Norton Rose Fulbright,
Australia
John McElroy
Fieldfisher,
London
Natascha Tunkel
KNOETZL,
Austria
Conna Weiner
Arbitrator, JAMS,
Boston
Matthew York
Vice President, Operations,
JAMS, New York
Andy Moody
Baker & McKenzie LLP,
London
17.50 – 18.00
Close of conference
Paul McGarry SC, President of Arbitration Ireland
18.15 – Late
Conference dinner – Kings Inns, Constitution Hill, Dublin 7
18.15 – 18.45
Pre Dinner drinks reception kindly sponsored by JAMS
18.45 – 21.00
Conference Dinner kindly sponsored by JAMS
21.00 till late
Traditional Music by Cogar
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