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Download the seminar programme and the registration form.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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14:00 – 14:30
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REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
WELCOME TO PARTICIPANTS
Cham Palace Hotel, Damascus City Centre Maysaloun Street
P.O Box 33555 Damascus
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14:30 – 15:00
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WELCOME AND OPENING OF THE SEMINAR
Nizar AL-SKEIF, Syrian Bar President, Damascus, Syria Corrado DE MARTINI, UIA President, Rome, Italy
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15:00 – 16:00
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Mock Mediation
“Actors”:
Helena DE BACKER, DS De Backer & Bastin, Brussels, Belgium Marie-Anne BASTIN, DS De Backer & Bastin, Brussels, Belgium Lotfi EL AJERI MOHAMED, El Ajeri Lawyers, Tunis, Tunisia Jorge VERISSIMO, BFV Sociedade de Advogados, Lisbon, Portugal
Birgit SAMBETH GLASNER, Altenburger Ltd legal + tax, Geneva, Switzerland
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16:00 – 17:00
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Debriefing the Mock Mediation: Mediation and ADR
Panellists:
Marie-Anne BASTIN, DS De Backer & Bastin, Brussels, Belgium Jorge VERISSIMO, BFV Sociedade de Advogados, Lisbon, Portugal
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17:00 – 17:15
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COFFEE BREAK
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17:15 – 18:00
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Mediation in Commercial Disputes: Why does it work?
Panellists:
Helena DE BACKER, DS De Backer & Bastin, Brussels, Belgium
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18:00 – 18:45
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An Arabic Perspective on Mediation
Lotfi EL AJERI MOHAMED, El Ajeri Lawyers, Tunis, Tunisia
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18:45 – 19:30
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Mediation in Disputes related to Distribution Contracts
Panellist :
Birgit SAMBETH GLASNER, Altenburger Ltd legal + tax, Geneva, Switzerland
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20:30
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COCKTAIL
Hosted by the Syrian Bar Cham Palace Hotel, Damascus City Centre Maysaloun Street
P.O Box 33555 Damascus
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
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09:00 – 09:20
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REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
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09:20 - 09:30
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Introduction
Xavier FAVRE-BULLE, President of the UIA International Arbitration Commission, Lenz Staehelin, Geneva, Switzerland
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09:30 – 10:30
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How to draft efficient ADR Clauses:
Mediation and Arbitration Clauses; combining Mediation and Arbitration: does it work? Two Models for Discussion: ICC and Swiss Rules Panellists: Laurence KIFFER, Teynier, Pic & Associés, Paris, France (coordinator) Asma BENELMOUFFOK, Mediale, Geneva, Switzerland Dr. Mohanad NOUH, Attorney at law and Professor of law at the Damascus University, Damascus, Syria
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10:30 – 11:00
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COFFEE BREAK
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11:00 – 12:15
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Arbitration in the Public Sector
Panellists: Essam AL TAMIMI, Al Tamimi & Company, Dubai, UAE Ahmad HADAD, Attorney at law, Damascus, Syria Jacques AL-HAKIM, Hakim Law Firm, Damascus, Syria
Adeeb HUSSAINI, Attorney at Law, Secretary of the Syrian Bar Association, Damascus, Syria
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12:15-13:15
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Interim Measures in Arbitration
Panellists: Roland ZIADE, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Paris, France (coordinator) Xavier FAVRE-BULLE, Lenz Staehelin, Geneva, Switzerland Ryad GHALI, Ryad Ghali, Damascus, Syria
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13:15-15:15
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LUNCH
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15:15 - 16:30
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The Role of State Courts in Arbitration: when and how to interpret, implement or disregard an Arbitration Clause?
Panellists:
Andrea CARLEVARIS, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Rome, Italy (coordinator) Samaa HARIDI, Crowell & Moring, New York, USA Michael BÜHLER, Jones Day, Paris, France Judge Tawfik NACHEF, Vice Chairman of the Syrian State Council, Damascus, Syria
Fadi SARKIS, Sarkis Law Firm, Damascus, Syria
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16:30 – 17:00
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COFFEE BREAK
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17:00 – 18:15
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Setting aside and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards –
The Role of Public Policy
Panellists: Félix J. MONTERO, Perez-Llorca, Madrid, Spain (coordinator) Mohammed CHEMLOUL, Former legal office of Sonatrach, Algerian member of the ICC Court, Algiers, Algeria Raëd FATHALLAH, Bredin Prat, Paris, France Judge Nael MAHFOUZ, Chairman of the Syrian Supreme Court, Damascus, Syria
Sadir AL-KHERDAJI, Al-Kherdaji & Diab Law Firm, Damascus, Syria
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18:15
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CONCLUSIONS AND END OF SEMINAR
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20:45
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DINNER
Hosted by the Syrian Bar
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