THE EVOLUTION OF ARBITRATION IN THE LAST DECADE

10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE CLUB ESPAÑOL DEL ARBITRAJE
“THE EVOLUTION OF ARBITRATION IN THE LAST DECADE”
Program
Date: Monday 8 June to Wednesday 10 June 2015
Venue: Auditorium Rafael del Pino, Madrid, Spain (calle Rafael Calvo, 39A)
Monday 8 June 2015
09.00 to 10.00: Registration
10.00 to 11.00: Opening Ceremony
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Rafael Catalá Polo, Ministry of Justice
Francisco J. Vieira Morante, Presidente of the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid
José Antonio Caínzos, President of the Club Español del Arbitraje
David Arias, President of the Club Español del Arbitraje
Julio González Soria, President of the 10th CEA Conference Organizing Committee. CEA
Vice-President
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11.00 to 11.30: Coffee break
11.30 to 13.30: First panel. Party representation in international arbitration
Moderator:
 Luis Felipe Castresana, Attorney and Arbitrator, State Attorney, CEA Treasurer, Madrid
Speakers:
 Bernardo Cremades, Partner,B. Cremades y Asociados, Madrid
 Carlos de los Santos, Partner, Garrigues, Madrid
 Mercedes Fernández, Partner, Jones Day, Madrid
 Paul Friedland, Partner, White & Case, New York
13.30 to 15.30: Lunch (Hotel Intercontinental Madrid Paseo de la Castellana, 49)
15.30 to 17.00: Second panel. Complex arbitration: multiple parties, multiple contracts and
consolidation
Moderator:
 Yves Derains, Partner, Derains & Gharavi International, Paris
Speakers:
 Bernard Hanotiau, Partner, Hanotiau & van den Berg, Brussels
 Antonio Hierro, Arbitrator, CEA Honorary President, Madrid
 Fabian Von Schlabrendorff, Arbitrator, Frankfurt
17.00 to 17.15: Coffee break
17.15 to 18.45: Third panel. Experts; party allies or arbitral tribunal auxiliaries?
Moderator:
 Miguel Ángel Fernández-Ballesteros, Professor, Attorney and Arbitrator, CEA
Vice-President, Madrid
Speakers:
 Mark Kantor, Arbitrator and Professor, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
 Ricardo Noreña, Responsible partner FIDS Spain and Western Europe EY, Madrid
20.30: Welcome Dinner. Cocktail dress.
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Tuesday 9 June 2015
09.00 to 10.30: Fourth panel. Conflicts of interest in international arbitration
Moderator:
 Carole Malinvaud, Partner, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris
Speakers:
 Lawrence Newman, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, New York
 José Rosell, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Paris
 Anne Véronique Schlaepfer, Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva
10.30 to 11.00: Coffee break
11:00 to 13.00: Fifth panel. Optimization of time and costs
Moderator:
 Pilar Perales, Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid
Speakers:
 José Ricardo Feris, Deputy Secretary General of the International Court of Arbitration of
the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
 Francisco González de Cossío, Partner, González de Cossío Abogados, Mexico City
 Eduardo Silva Romero, Partner, Dechert, Paris
13.00 to 15.00: Lunch (Hotel Intercontinental Madrid. Paseo de la Castellana, 49
15.00 to 16.30: Sixth panel. The European Union and arbitration
Moderator:
 Rafael García-Valdecasas Fernández, Former Judge of the General Court (European Union),
Attorney, Madrid & Luxembourg
Speakers:
 Fernando Castillo de la Torre, European Commission Legal Service, Brussels
 Santiago Martínez Lage, Partner, Martínez Lage Allendesalazar & Brokelmann, Madrid
 Luca G. Radicati di Brozolo, Partner, ArbLit, Milano
 Miguel Virgós, Partner, Uría Menéndez, Madrid
16.30 to 17.00: Coffee break
17.00 to 18.30: Seventh panel. The judiciary and arbitration
Moderator:
 Jesús Remón, Partner, Uría Menéndez, CEA Honorary President, Madrid
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Speakers:
 María Pía Calderón, Judge, Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana,
Valencia
 Antonio García Martínez, Judge, Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco, Bilbao
 Juan Antonio Xiol Ríos, Judge, Tribunal Constitucional, Madrid
20.30: Gala Dinner in Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Club Español del
Arbitraje (Casino de Madrid, Salón Real. Alcalá, 15). Black tie.
Wednesday 10 June 2015
09.00 to 10.30: Eighth panel. Investment arbitration
Moderator:
 Juan Fernández-Armesto, Partner, Armesto & Asociados, CEA Vice-President, Madrid
Speakers:
 Nigel Blackaby, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington, D.C.
 J. Eloy Anzola, Arbitrator, Miami
 Gonzalo Flores, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID),
Washington, D.C.
10:30 to 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 to 12:30: Ninth panel. Where is arbitration heading?
Moderator:
 José María Alonso Puig, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, CEA Honorary President, Madrid
Speakers:
 John Beechey, President of the International Court of Arbitration of the International
Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
 Sally Harpole, Arbitrator, Hong Kong & San Francisco
 Francisco Orrego Vicuña, Arbitrator and Professor, the Universidad de Chile, Santiago
12.30 to 13.00: Closing Ceremony
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David Arias, President of the Club Español del Arbitraje
José Antonio Caínzos, President of the Club Español del Arbitraje
Julio González Soria, President of the 10th CEA Conference Organizing Committee. CEA
Vice-President.
13.00 to 14.00: General Assembly of the Club Español del Arbitraje (for CEA members only)
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Previously, on Sunday 7 June 2015, the 9th Gathering of the CEA-40 will be held in Madrid under
the title: “The evolution of arbitration in the last decade: practice cases”.
On the afternoon of Wednesday 10 June 2015, the 3rd Mediation Coffee, organized by the
CEA Mediation Commission, will take place in Madrid at the Auditorium Rafael del Pino.
The Madrid Arbitration Week will be held on occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Club
Español del Arbitraje. We invite you to attend the arbitration events which will take place in
Madrid on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 June.
More information is available at the CEA Conference website (www.clubarbitraje.com/en/xcongreso-internacional).
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