2021 Tokyo Forum on Dispute Resolution
Enhancing the principles of dispute resolution in the digital economy
DAY 1 : Tuesday, 7 December[Session 1] 16:30-18:15 JST / 7:30-9:15 GMT
Opening & Stocktaking of developments in dispute resolution in the digitaleconomy (Part I)
16:30-16:45 JST

Opening Remarks

7:30-7:45 GMT

Jun Tsushima

Anna Joubin-Bret

Meg Kinnear

State Minister ofSecretary

Secretary-General

Justice

UNCITRALICSIDJapan
16:45-18:15 JST

Stocktaking of developments in dispute resolution in the7:45-9:15 GMT

digital economy (Part I)
Moderator: Jae Sung Lee (Legal Officer, UNCITRAL)Speaker

Topic of presentation

Takashi Takashima

Introduction of the DRDE

(Senior Attorney, Ministry ofstocktaking project

Justice, Japan)
Anna Masser

ICC “Report on Leveraging(Partner, Allen & Overy LLP)

Technology for Fair, Effectiveand Efficient International
Arbitration Proceedings”

Noradèle Radjai

Technology Resources for(Partner, LALIVE)

Arbitration Practitioners – theIBA ReportMichael Schneider

Flood of information &(Senior Counsel, LALIVE)identifying the key issues

Kim Rooney

Case management and the(Arbitrator/Hong Kong Barrister) use of digital means
Camilla Macpherson

Latest developments in digital(Head of Secretariat,

dispute resolution

P.R.I.M.E.)
Barton Legum

Access to and preservation of(Partner, Denton)

digital evidence

Amy J. Schmitz

Measuring “Access to Justice”(Professor, University ofin the Rush to Digitize –Missouri School of Law)downsides of ODR (prerecorded)

DAY 2 : Wednesday, 8 December[Session 2] 10:00-12:00 JST / 1:00-3:00 GMT
ICSID Rules Amendment and investor-State disputes in the digital era
10:00-11:55 JST

ICSID Rules Amendment and ISDs in the digital era

1:00-2:55 GMT

Moderator: Meg Kinnear (Secretary-General, ICSID)
Speakers:
Campbell Mclachlan QC (Professor, Victoria University ofWellington; Associate Member (Bankside Chambers,Auckland & Singapore; Essex Court Chambers, London))Eduardo Zuleta (Founding Partner, Zuleta Abogados
Asociados)
Jeffery Commission (Director, Burford Capital)
May Tai (Managing Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills)
Toby Landau QC (Barrister (London), Advocate (Duxton
Hill Chambers, Singapore), Arbitrator)
Yoshimi Ohara (Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)

11:55-12:00 JST

Closing Remarks

2:55-3:00 GMT

Fumihiko Yanaka (Director, Ministry of Justice, Japan)[Session 3] 16:30-19:00 JST / 7:30-10:00 GMT
Stocktaking of developments in dispute resolution in the digital economy(Part II)
16:30-16:50 JST

Arbitration/mediation and engagement of courts

7:30-7:50 GMT

Moderator: Takashi Takashima (Senior Attorney, Ministry ofJustice, Japan)

Speaker

Topic of presentation

Osamu Kaneko

Arbitration and mediation in(Director-General, Ministry ofJapan

Justice, Japan)
16:55-17:55 JST

Online hearings and witness examination in arbitration

7:55-8:55 GMT

Moderator: Jae Sung Lee (Legal Officer, UNCITRAL)
Speaker

Topic of presentation

Lisa Bingham

Legal basis for remote(Deputy

Executive

Director, hearings and the ICCA studyICCA)Kevin Nash

Services/technology provided(Deputy Registrar/Centreby arbitral institutions forDirector, SIAC)

online hearings and witness
examinations

Kevin Kim

Key aspects of(Senior Partner, Peter & Kim)

videoconferencing(safeguards on witness
examination)

Yoshihiro Takatori

Online hearings/witness(Arbitrator; F.C.I.Arb./

examination and the JIDRC

JAA/JIDRC)

study

Emmanuelle Ta (CEO, eBRAM

Conduct of hearings on onlineCentre)

platforms

17:55-18:55 JST

Online mediation

8:55-9:55 GMT

Moderator: JamesClaxton (Professor of Law, Waseda

University)
Speakers:
Anne-Karin Grill (Principal, AKG ADVISORY)
Chuan Wee Meng (CEO, SIMC)
Nadja Alexander (SIDRA)
William Wood QC (Brick Court Chambers, MaxwellMediators)
18:55-19:00 JST

Closing Remarks

9:55-10:00 GMT

Naoki Watanabe (Director, Ministry of Justice, Japan)

Venue: Virtual (Via Zoom)
Language: English (Simultaneous Japanese translation)

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