Se voce nao conseguir se inscrever no seminario, nao se preocupe. Ainda ha algumas vagas. Pode comparecer diretamente na PUC-Rio, edificio Frings (elevador do Banco Itau) e se inscrever diretamente no evento, a partir das 9hs. O evento sera no B-8. O resumo e as conclusoes do seminario realizado na PUC-Rio foram postadas no site da Conferencia da Haia, no setor de publicacoes.Segue o texto em ingles:SUMMARY REPORTSeminar on the settlement of international disputesRio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5 November 2010OverviewOn 5 November 2010, a seminar on the settlement of international disputes was held at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC Rio). The Seminar was one of two events organised by the Hague Conference in Brazil, the other being a joint seminar with the Brazilian Ministry of Justice on choice of court in international litigation, held in Brasilia on 8 November 2010. Details of this event are available under News & Events on the Hague Conference website (< www.hcch.net >).The focus of the PUC Rio seminar was on three multilateral instruments dealing with the settlement of international disputes:the United Nations Convention of 10 June 1958 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York Convention);the Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements (Choice of Court Convention); andthe MERCOSUR Buenos Aires Protocol of 5 August 1994 on International Jurisdiction in Contractual Matters (Buenos Aires Protocol).The seminar was attended by approximately 70 participants, including government officials, legal practitioners, arbitrators, academics and students, as well as representatives from the Permanent Bureau. Proceedings were co-chaired by Ms Daniela Vargas (Vice-Dean of the Center of Social Sciences at PUC Rio) and Ms Carmen Tiburcio (Adjunct Professor of Private International Law at Rio de Janeiro State University) and were conducted in Portuguese and English, with simultaneous interpretation available.PurposeThe purpose of the seminar was:to raise awareness of and assess the operation of the New York Convention and Buenos Aires Protocol which are both in force in Brazil and the other Contracting States of MERCOSUR (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay);to compare these two instruments to the Choice of Court Convention, which is not in force in Brazil but under examination in some States in the region; andto assess the potential benefits to business that could be brought if Brazil joined the Choice of Court Convention.Summary of proceedingsThe seminar consisted of four presentations:Ms Nadia de Araujo, Current perspectives in BrazilMr Lauro Gama, Jr., Brazil as a venue for international disputesMs Marta Pertegas, What do New York and The Hague have in common?Mr Ignacio Goicoechea, The Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreementsas well as ample time for discussion.2A summary of the seminar proceedings can be found online in the blog entries available at: < http://controversiasinternacionais.blogspot.com > (in Portuguese).The seminar began with Ms Nadia de Araujo, Professor at PUC Rio, giving a presentation on the current climate in Brazil with respect to choice of court agreements. She noted that choice of forum clauses in international contracts are not clearly regulated in Brazil and that the jurisprudence is faltering in the face