JAA Arbitration Day 2024
New Trends in ISDS: Recent Developments in Investor-State Arbitration and Mediation
Tuesday, 12 March 2024 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Bar Associations Building, 1-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
17th Floor 1701 Meeting Room
ISDS (Investor-State Dispute Settlement), a mechanism of dispute resolution between countries andforeign investors, is on the rise worldwide, and in recent years there have been increasing number ofcases in which Japanese companies are parties to ISDS.

At the same time, the United Nations

Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) is taking the lead in deepening discussions on the reformof the ISDS system.

I In addition, during such discussions, international mediation is drawing interest as a new ISDS tool. Inparticular, the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting fromMediation (the Singapore Convention on Mediation) entered into force in 2020 (Japan decided toaccede to it in 2023, which will enter into force in April, 2024) and interest in and expectations for
dispute resolution between countries and foreign investors through international mediation aregrowing. In fact, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and UNCITRAL
have also developed mediation rules that can be used in ISDS.
At this seminar, overseas and domestic leading individuals will provide presentations and panel
discussion on the recent developments and the effectiveness of arbitration and mediation as a tool for
ISDS. While international politics and economy is full of unstable factors, a possibility that Japan andJapanese companies will become (or is forced to become) parties to ISDS is growing. Under suchcircumstances, it will be a valuable opportunity for anyone who may be involved in ISDS cases (includinginhouse lawyers who may be in charge of ISDS cases or lawyers who may become the counsel, mediatoror arbitrator in future ISDS cases) to learn more about the arbitration and mediation as a tool for ISDS.
This seminar will be held in hybrid style (in-person and online). Those who are not members of theJAA can also participate either in-person or online.
1. Date and Time:
Tuesday, 12 March 2024 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm (JST)
2. Venue (hybrid style)
Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Bar Associations Building, 1-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
17th Floor 1701 Meeting Roomhttps://www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/about/us/access.html

3. Registration FeeFree
4. Program
17:00-17:10

Opening Remarks

Haruo Okada, President of JAA, former Chief
Director of the Japan International Mediation
Center in Kyoto
Junichi Matsuda, Vice President of Japan
Federation of Bar Associations

17:10-17:30

Keynote Speech

Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General of ICSID

Recent trends in dispute resolution
at ICSID
17:30-17:50

Keynote Speech

Anna Joubin-Bret, Secretary of UNCITRAL

Recent developments in UNCITRAL
in the area of dispute resolution
17:55-19:15

Panel Discussion
NewTrendsinPanelists:
ISDSutilizing

Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General of ICSID

arbitration and mediation andJudith Knieper, Legal Officer of UNCITRAL

Practical Considerations(online)Mitsuru Claire Chino, Managing ExecutiveOfficer, Itochu Corporation
Hi-Taek Shin, arbitrator, Twenty Essex
Joe Tirado, partner, Garrigues
Isomi Suzuki, attorney at Koga & Partners
Moderator:
Yoshimi Ohara, partner, Nagashima Ohno &Tsunematsu

19:15-19:20

Q&A

19:20-19:30

Closing Remarks

Soichiro Sakuma, President of JIDRC

5. Simultaneous interpretation
For online participants, simultaneous interpretation from English to Japanese will be provided. If
you participate in-person at the venue (Bar Associations Building, 1701 Meeting Room) and needinterpretation, please obtain the webinar link in advance, bring your PC/mobile phones and listen
to the interpretation online using your earphones, headphones, etc.

Members of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations may use wifi at the venue, but the registration
procedure is required at the secretariat in advance. If you want to use wifi at the venue, please
make sure you have plenty of time for the registration procedure.
6. Registration
Registrations are open until 5 March 2024. Please access to the registration form from the link or
the two-dimensional code below.
https://form.qooker.jp/Q/auto/en/cyusaikinen/ARBday2024/
Your personal information obtained for this event will be strictly managed in accordance withthe privacy policy of the JFBA and will be used for the affairs of this event. The obtained personal
information may be statistically processed and analyzed, and the results may be published in astate where no individual will be identified.
Secretariat of International Affairs Division/ General Affairs 2nd Dept., Japan Federation of
Bar Associations TEL: (+81)-(0)3-3580-9741
Hosted by:

Supporting Organizations:International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes,
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Tokyo Bar Association, Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (TBC),
Osaka Bar Association, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association,
International Chamber of Commerce, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution,
Swiss Arbitration Association, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board,
Japan Business Federation, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Singapore International Mediation Centre