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A GIAC ARBITRATION DAYS IN TBILISI 2018 D N E G A New Era in Dispute Resolution 4-5 October 2018 | Tbilisi, Georgia DAY 1 | 04.10.2018 | 09:30 – 18:00 09:30 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:45 10:45 – 10:55 10:55 – 11:05 Registration / Welcome Coffee Opening Remarks/Welcome Speeches: Nino Chikovani – President of GCCI Tea Tsulukiani – Minister of Justice of Georgia Carl Hartzell – EU Ambassador to Georgia Nino Bakakuri – Judge of Supreme Court of Georgia Irakli Lekvianidze - Business Ombudsman of Georgia Sophie Tkemaladze – Chair of Georgian Association of Arbitrators Business Chooses Arbitration David Saganelidze – CEO JSC “Partnership Fund” Signing Ceremony of the Cooperation Agreement between GIAC and VIAC 11:10 – 12:40 Panel I – Innovations: Technology Meets Arbitration - Use of technology in regular arbitration proceedings - Technology for Document Production - Online dispute resolution - Blockchain technology in arbitration Moderator: Helene Gogadze - Senior Associate at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton LLP, Washington DC Panel Members: Steven Finizio - Partner at WIlmerhale, London Sirshar Qureshi - Partner, Forensic leader for CEE/CIS at PWC, Prague Mariia Puchyna - Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris Sergey Alekhin - Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Paris DISCUSSION 12:40 – 13:00 13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH 14:00 – 15:25 Panel II – Access to Arbitration - Diversity in tribunals - Diversity in parties - Diversity in institutions Moderator: Alexander Korsak - Partner at Arzinger Attorneys-at-Law, Minsk Panel Members: Joe Tirado - Partner, Co-Head of International Arbitration at Garrigues, London Anna Sazhko - Associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris Dr. Patricia Shaughnessy - Stockholm University, Department of Law, Stockholm DISCUSSION 15:25 – 15:45 15:45 – 16:15 COFFEE BREAK 16:15 – 17:40 Panel III – Evidence Taking Battle: IBA Rules v. Prague Rules (Debate Style) Sophie Tkemaladze - GIAC Council Member, Tbilisi Moderator: Panel Members: Andrey Panov - Senior Associate at Norton Rose
 Fulbright, Moscow Dr. Alexander Petsche - Partner at Baker Mckenzie, VIAC Board member, Vienna Artem Dudco - Partner, Head of Russia & CIS Disputes at Osborne Clarke, London David Bonifacio - Counsel at LALIVE, Geneva A G E N D A 17:40 – 18:00 DISCUSSION 21:00 AFTER PARTY HOSTED BY BLC DAY 2 | 05.10.2018 | 09:30 – 17:00 09:00 – 09:30 Welcome Coffee 09:30 – 11:00 Panel IV – Third Party Funding - Due diligence with Third Party funders - Third Party Funding: Frustrating or facilitating dispute resolution - Future of Third Party Funding Industry Olena Perepelynska – Partner, Head of CIS Arbitration Practice at INTEGRITES, Kiev Moderator: Panel Members: Sarah Vasani – Partner at Addleshaw Goddard, London Ioannis Alexopoulos – Partner at Signature Litigation, London Prof. Catherin Rogers - Professor of Law at Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs at Queen Mary, University of London 11:00 – 11:20 DISCUSSION 11:20 – 11:35 COFFEE BREAK 11:35 – 13:00 Panel V: Offering New Dispute Resolution Horizons for Businesses - Efforts of institutions to open horizons - Designing new dispute resolution models - specialized courts - Arbitration in Free Economic Zones - Creation of new Multilateral Fora Mariam Gotsiridze – Head of Arbitration Department of Ministry of Justice of Moderator: Georgia, Tbilisi Panel Members: Levent Sabanogullari - Legal Counsel at Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague James Bridgeman - President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrator, London Thomas Snider - Partner, Head of Arbitration at Al Tamimi & Company, DIFC Dr. Patricia Shaughnessy - Stockholm University, Department of Law, Stockholm 13:00 – 13:15 DISCUSSION 13:15 – 14:30 LUNCH 14:30 – 17:00 Practical Workshop for Businesses: - Introduction to DCFTA and Dispute Resolution Terms - ICDR Y&I-GIAC Workshop on Drafting Effective Arbitration Clauses 14:30 – 17:00 CIArb Practitioners’ Workshop: Dealing With Ethical Dilemmas in Arbitration 20:00 GALA DINNER Panel III – Evidence Taking
 Battle: IBA Rules v. Prague Rules (Debate Style) Moderator: Sophie Tkemaladze - GIAC Council Member, Tbilisi Panel Members: Andrey Panov - Senior Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright, Moscow Dr. Alexander Petsche - Partner at Baker Mckenzie, VIAC Board member, Vienna Artem Dudco - Partner, Head of Russia & CIS Disputes at Osborne Clarke, London David Bonifacio - Counsel at LALIVE, Geneva DISCUSSION A G E N D A A GIAC ARBITRATION DAYS IN TBILISI 2018 16:15 – 17:40 17:40 – 18:00 D N E G A New Era in Dispute Resolution 4-5 October 2018 | Tbilisi, Georgia DAY 1 | 04.10.2018 | 09:30 – 18:00 09:30 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:45 Registration / Welcome Coffee Opening Remarks/Welcome Speeches: Nino Chikovani – President of GCCI Tea Tsulukiani – Minister of Justice of Georgia Carl Hartzell – EU Ambassador to Georgia Nino Bakakuri – Judge of Supreme Court of Georgia Irakli Lekvianidze - Business Ombudsman of Georgia Sophie Tkemaladze – Chair of Georgian Association of Arbitrators 21:00 AFTER PARTY HOSTED BY BLC DAY 2 | 05.10.2018 | 09:30 – 17:00 09:00 – 09:30 Welcome Coffee 10:45 – 10:55 Business Chooses Arbitration David Saganelidze – CEO JSC “Partnership Fund” 10:55 – 11:05 Signing Ceremony of the Cooperation Agreement between GIAC and VIAC 09:30 – 11:00 Panel IV – Third Party Funding - Due diligence with Third Party funders - Third Party Funding: Frustrating or facilitating dispute resolution - Future of Third Party Funding Industry Helene Gogadze - Senior Associate at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton LLP, 11:00 – 11:20 Moderator: Olena Perepelynska – Partner, Head of CIS Arbitration Practice at INTEGRITES, Kiev Panel Members: Sarah Vasani – Partner at Addleshaw Goddard, London Ioannis Alexopoulos – Partner at Signature Litigation, London Prof. Catherin Rogers - Professor of Law at Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs at Queen Mary, University of London DISCUSSION 11:20 – 11:35 COFFEE BREAK 11:35 – 13:00 Panel V: Offering New Dispute Resolution Horizons for
 Businesses - Efforts of institutions to open horizons - Designing new dispute resolution models - specialized courts - Arbitration in Free Economic Zones - Creation of new Multilateral Fora Alexander Korsak - Partner at Arzinger Attorneys-at-Law, Minsk 13:00 – 13:15 Moderator: Mariam Gotsiridze – Head of Arbitration Department of Ministry of Justice of Georgia, Tbilisi Panel Members: Levent Sabanogullari - Legal Counsel at Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague James Bridgeman - President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrator, London Thomas Snider - Partner, Head of Arbitration at Al Tamimi & Company, DIFC Dr. Patricia Shaughnessy - Stockholm University, Department of Law, Stockholm DISCUSSION Joe Tirado - Partner, Co-Head of International Arbitration at Garrigues, London Anna Sazhko - Associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris Dr. Patricia Shaughnessy - Stockholm University, Department of Law, Stockholm 13:15 – 14:30 LUNCH 14:30 – 17:00 Practical Workshop for Businesses: - Introduction to DCFTA and Dispute Resolution Terms - ICDR Y&I-GIAC Workshop on Drafting Effective Arbitration Clauses 14:30 – 17:00 CIArb Practitioners’ Workshop: Dealing With Ethical Dilemmas in Arbitration 20:00 GALA DINNER 11:10 – 12:40 Panel I – Innovations: Technology Meets Arbitration - Use of technology in regular arbitration proceedings - Technology for Document Production - Online dispute resolution - Blockchain technology in arbitration Moderator: Washington DC Panel Members: Steven Finizio - Partner at WIlmerhale, London Sirshar Qureshi - Partner, Forensic leader for CEE/CIS at PWC, Prague Mariia Puchyna - Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris Sergey Alekhin - Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Paris 12:40 – 13:00 DISCUSSION 13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH 14:00 – 15:25 Panel II – Access to Arbitration - Diversity in tribunals - Diversity in parties - Diversity in institutions Moderator: Panel Members: 15:25 – 15:45 DISCUSSION 15:45 – 16:15 COFFEE BREAK