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29 MARCH 2010
JOINT SYMPOSIUM:
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
WILLIAM AND DEBORA
SLATE
SPONSORED BY:
MEDIA SPONSOR:
Monday, March 29 is the syMposiuM
sunday, March 28 is the pre-syMposiuM dinner and vineyard tour for participants
KEY PARTICIPANTS:
Gabriela Alvarez-Avila, Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Lisa B. Bingham, Professor and Keller-Runden Chair in Public Service,
Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Andrea K. Bjorklund, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
Lada Busevac, Product Leader in ADR, International Finance Corporation
Domenico Di Pietro, Advocate, Chiomenti Studio Legale
Roberto Echandi, Ambassador of Costa Rica to the
European Union, Government of Costa Rica
Ambassador Carlo Gianelli Derois, Oriental Republic of
Uruguay, Ambassador to the United States of America
Patricio Grané, Counsel, Arnold and Porter LLP
Richard Karugarama, Senior Legal & Governance Policy Analyst,
Office of the President of the Republic of Rwanda
Jae-Hoon Kim, Public Prosecutor / former Legal
Counsel in the Ministry of Justice of Korea
Dany Khayat, Counsel, Mayer Brown LLP
Barton Legum, Partner, Salans
Céline Lévesque , Associate Professor, University of
Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
David Pawlak, International Legal Consultant, David A. Pawlak LLC
Srilal M. Perera, Chief Counsel Legal and Claims,
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
F. Peter Phillips, Principal, Business Conflict Management LLC
Andrea Saldarriaga, International Legal Consultant
Leroy Sheffer, Consultant, International Trade Advisory Services
Hi-Taek Shin, Professor, Seoul National University School of Law
Eduardo Silva Romero, Partner, Dechert LLP
Brad Stilwell, Office of Investment Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Hannah Tuempel, Manager, International Chamber of
Commerce Dispute Resolution Services
Nancy Welsh, Professor of Law, Penn State University,
Dickinson School of Law
Jason Yackee, Assistant Professor of Law,
University of Wisconsin Law School
a Joint collaboration between washington and lee school of law
frances lewis law centertransnational law institute
and the united nations conference on trade and developMent
PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES – 28 MARCH 2010 (BY INVITATION)
16:00–17:30: Wine Tasting
19:00–21:00: Pre-conference Dinner – Sponsored by Foley Hoag LLP• Welcoming Remarks: Ronald Goodman, Ph.D.
Partner, Foley Hoag LLP
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES – 29 MARCH 2010 (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
• 8:00–9:00: Registration and Breakfast
Sponsored by Shearman & Sterling LLP and Curtis LLP
9:00–9:15: Introductions
• Rodney Smolla, Dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. Professor
of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law
• Susan D. Franck, Associate Professor
Washington and Lee University School of Law
• Anna Joubin-Bret, Senior Legal Advisor, UNCTAD
9:15–9:45: Keynote Speaker:
• W. Michael Reisman, Myres S. McDougal Professor
of International Law, Yale Law School
9:45–11:45: Panel 1 – Experiences of Stakeholders in Investment
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution – Pitfalls and Successes:
1. Moderator: • Ted Posner, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
2. Speakers: • Mark Clodfelter, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP
• Jack J. Coe, Jr., Professor of Law,
Pepperdine University School of Law
• Alvaro Galindo, Director of International Arbitration and
Litigation, Office of the Attorney General, Republic of Ecuador
• Vilawan Mangklatanakul, Minister Counselor, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Government of Thailand
• Ignacio Torterola, ICSID Liaison,
Embassy of the Argentine Republic
3. Commentator: • Mark Feldman, Chief, NAFTA/CAFTA-DR Arbitration,
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State
11:45–13:15: Lunch (Ticketed Event by Invitation) – Sponsored by Arnold & Porter LLP and the American Society of International Law• Lunchtime Address: Margrete Stevens,
Consultant, King & Spalding LLP
13:15–15:00: Panel 2 – Exploring Existing Strategies and Innovations
for Preventing and Managing Investment Treaty Disputes Efficiently
1. Moderator: • William K. Slate II, President and CEO,
American Arbitration Association
2. Speakers: • Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General, International Centre for
the Settlement of Investment Disputes, World Bank
• Aguie Lendor, Manager of Trade and Investment Policies,
Center of Export and Investment, Dominican Republic
• Michael McIlwrath, Senior Counsel, General
Electric Infrastructure – Oil & Gas
• Paul Andres Paredes Portella, Director of
International Economic and Financial Entities,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peru
• Andrea A. Schneider, Professor of Law,
Marquette University School of Law
3. Commentator: • Jonathan (Josh) Kallmer, Deputy Assistant
U.S. Trade Representative for Investment,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
15:00–15:30: Tea Break – Sponsored by Crowell & Moring LLP
15:30–17:30: Panel 3 – Creative Options for the Future: Setting
a Common Agenda of Mutual Interests and Expectations:
1. Moderator: • Yas Banifatemi, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP
2. Speakers: • Laurence Boulle, Director of the Mandela Institute for Global
Economic Law, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
• Cathy Costantino, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown
University Law School, George Washington University Law
School and Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Noriyuki Mita, Director for FTA, Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
• José Antonio Rivas, Foreign Attorney, Arnold & Porter LLP
• Wolf von Kumberg, Legal Director and Assistant
General Counsel, Northrop Grumman Corporation
3. Commentator:• Mariana Hernandez Crespo, Associate Professor
and Founder of the UST International ADR Research
Network, University of St. Thomas School of Law
17:30–17:45: Closing Remarks
• Lucy Reed, Partner and Co-Head of Global International
Arbitration Group, Freshfields and Immediate Past
President of the American Society of International Law
18:00–19:00: Drinks Reception – Sponsored by the American Arbitration Association and William and Debora Slate