10:45 AM – 11:45 AM (GMT)| Welcome Note

10:45 AM- 11:45 AM (GMT)

Session 1: Alternative Dispute Resolution: What and Why corporations taking it more seriously?

Panelist:

• Stefano Catelani, Partner at Calimala Legal & Adjunct Professor of International Business Law, Geneva

• Henry Ukazu, Author & Legal Coordinator, New York City Department of Correction, USA

• Dr. Kabir Duggal, Attorney, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, USA

11:45 AM – 12:40 PM (GMT)

Session 2: Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration

Moderator:

• Stefano Catelani, Partner at Calimala Legal & Adjunct Professor of International Business Law, Geneva
  
  Panelist:

• Sebina Noreen Malik, Consultant Solicitor in Legal Services, UK

• Mehdi Mellah, Senior Legal Counsel at Deminor, Belgium

12:40 PM – 01:20 PM (GMT)

Session 3: Force Majeure Claims in a Modern Connected World

Moderator :

• International Lawyer & Coach Virginia Lombardo, Italy
  
  Panelist:

• Manuel Gordillo, Partner at ABENCYS, Spain

• Maxim Kuzmin, Senior associate, Attorney, BGP Litigation, Russia

01:20 PM – 01:35 PM (GMT) | Networking Break

01:35 PM – 02:10 PM (GMT)

Session 4: Enforcement Issues That Arise In Commercial Litigation and Arbitration

Panelist:

• Sebina Noreen Malik, Consultant Solicitor in Legal Services, UK

• Sharif Akkad , Founding Partner, MAK law firm, Saudi Arabia

02:10 PM- 02:50 PM (GMT)

Session 5: Litigation during COVID 19

Panelist:

• Zal Phiroz, Partner, Pier Consulting Group, USA

• Carmen Tang, Partner at Hugill & Ip, Solicitors, China

02:50 PM – 03:50 PM (GMT)

Session 6: Soft skills for Lawyers & Risk Mitigation

Panelist:

• Awin Tavakoli, Lawyer & Business Advisor, International Speaker & Trainer, Founder of Tavakoli Advisory, Switzerland

• Fred Fishback, President at Javelin Learning Solutions, USA

• Erik Simons, CEO, Singularity Creations, USA

03:50 PM (GMT) | End of day One

Day 2: September 09, 2020

10:30 PM – 11:40 PM (GMT)

Session 7: What happens during a Mediation? How does it work?

Panelist:

• John Lowe, International Arbitrator, and Mediator at Lowe Arbitration, France

• Nooshin Rahmannejadi, Senior Associate Legal Consultant, Araa Group Advocates, and Legal Consultancy, UAE

• Zoë Durand, mediator, lawyer and principal at Mediation Answers, Australia

11:40 PM- 12:20 PM (GMT)

Session 8: How to prepare a case to win in Arbitration or Litigation?

Panelist:

• Leonardo Carpentieri, Counsel at LMS Legal LLP, UK

• Jalal Seyedabadi, International Arbitration Counsel at FORSAT MC Law Firm, Iran

12:20 PM – 01:00 PM (GMT)

Session 9:  Challenges Faced by the Young Lawyer with New rules

Panelist

• Sebina Noreen Malik, Consultant Solicitor in Legal Services, UK

• Awin Tavakoli, Lawyer & Business Advisor, International Speaker & Trainer, Founder of Tavakoli Advisory, Switzerland

01:00 PM – 01:15 PM (GMT) | Networking Break

01:15 PM – 01:35 PM (GMT)

Networking Break

01:35 PM – 01:55 PM (GMT)

Session 11: Real Estate, Land Use, and Environmental Litigation

Panelist

• Parveen Mahtani, Chief Legal Officer, Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd, India

01:55 PM – 02:15 PM (GMT)

Session 12: Financial Services Dispute

Panelist

• Maureen Elizabeth Webb, Senior Legal Counsel, Hospital Employees’ Union, Canad

02: 15 PM – 02: 35 PM (GMT)

Session 13: Impact of AI, Legal Tech and Blockchain over litigation

Panelist

• Ijeoma Ononogbu, Managing Director, Dispute Resolver Consultancy, UK

02: 35 – 03:00 PM (GMT)

Networking Break

03: 00 PM -04: 20 PM (GMT)

Session 13: Cross Border Dispute Resolution

Panelist:

• Paul Kennedy, Counsel, Campbells, Cayman Islands

• Henrique Forssell, Duarte Forssell, Sao Paulo

• Koen Rutten, Wijn & Stael, Amsterdam

• Leyza Blanco, Sequor Law, Miami

• Victor Cruzo, Special Counsel at SRE, Mexico

04: 20 PM (GMT) Onwards | Closing of the day 2

Day 3: September 10, 2020

10:30 AM -11: 10 AM (GMT)

Session 14: GDPR and Data Privacy

Panelist:

• International Lawyer & Coach Virginia Lombardo, Italy

• Sebina Noreen Malik, Consultant Solicitor in Legal Services, UK

11:10 AM – 11: 50 AM (GMT)

Session 15: Technology Becoming a Necessity in Litigation Matters

Panelist:

• Leah Molatseli, Co-Founder & CEO, Lenoma Legal, South Africa

• Jalal Seyedabadi, International Arbitration Counsel at FORSAT MC Law Firm, Iran

11:50 AM – 12: 05 PM (GMT)

12:05 PM- 12:25 PM (GMT)

Session 16: Effective Settlement and the impact of ADR on reaching SDGs”

Panelist:

• Ali Naimi, Arbitrator, SDGs Activist, Iran

12:25 PM- 12:45 PM (GMT)

Session 17: Mergers & Acquisitions Laws and Regulations |

Panelist:

• Peter Ruggle, Rechtsanwalt – Attorney at Law, Switzerland

12:45 PM- 01:00 PM (GMT) | Networking Break

01:00 PM- 01:20 PM (GMT)
Session 18: How Legal design impact the Litigation

Panelist:

• Muna Farid, Director for strategy and legal affairs, Hatch FZE, UAE

01:20 PM- 01:40 PM (GMT)
Session19: Why Generations of litigants suffer amid a backlog of cases in the developing countries

Panelist:

• Humayoon Khan, Lawyer at High-Court Peshawar & Member at KP-Bar Council, Pakistan

01:40 PM- 02:00 PM (GMT) | Networking Break

02:00 PM- 02:20 PM (GMT)
Session 20:Impact of AI, Legal Tech and Blockchain over litigation 

Panelist:

• Ijeoma Ononogbu, Managing Director, Dispute Resolver Consultancy, UK

02:20 PM (GMT) | Conference Closing