The Third Annual Conference of the SETTING SAIL WITH INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION A one-day conference celebrating the launch of the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation. Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Marjorie and Ralph Knowles Conference Center Georgia State University College of Law 85 Park Place NE Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Conference Co-Chairs: Laura Ashby Miller & Martin and Magaly Cobian Managing Director, Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation
Program INTRODUCTION: 8:50 9:00 Welcome and introductory remarks. Welcome Ben Greer (President, AtlAS Alston & Bird (Retired)) Remarks from Rachel Gervin (President, Association of Corporate Counsel Georgia Chapter) PANEL 1: 9:00 10:00 Outfitting for our cruise: The AtlAS story, ACIAM, attracting international arbitration business to Atlanta, building an international arbitration practice. Moderator: David Adelman (Reed Smith New York, formerly US Ambassador to Singapore) Whit Engle (Attorney at Law) Shelby Grubbs (Executive Director, Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation) Glenn Hendrix (Arnall Golden Gregory Atlanta) Valerie Sanders (Sutherland Atlanta) BREAK: 10:00 10:30 PANEL 2: 10:30 12:00 Smooth sailing: Negotiating, drafting and revising the arbitration clause with a view toward enforcement, sample clauses, selecting the right seat and choosing the right rules, limitations on the ability to contract for arbitration. Moderator: James C. Nobles (James C. Nobles LLC, International Tax & Transaction Law, Georgia State Bar Atlanta) Stan Birch (JAMS, 11 th Circuit Court of Appeals (Retired)) Renato Stephan Grion (Pinheiro Neto Sao Paulo, Brazil) Bruce Jackson (General Counsel JAS Worldwide Management) Kurt Lindquist II (Womble Carlyle Charlotte) Elizabeth Silbert (King & Spalding Atlanta) Marek Krasula (Deputy Counsel, SICANA International Court Arbitration New York) LUNCH AND KEYNOTE: 12:00 1:30 Speaker: William W. Park (Professor of Law, Boston University and President, London Court of International Arbitration) PANEL 3: 1:30 2:30 Rough weather ahead: Preserving the right to arbitrate, compelling arbitration, jurisdictional challenges, interlocutory relief, third-party practice. Moderator: John Watkins (Thompson & Hine Atlanta) Susan Nofi (Senior Vice President, Human Resources and General Counsel, Heidelbergh USA, Inc.) John Lorn McDougal QC (Dentons (Retired), Arbitration Place Toronto) Matt Richardson (Alston & Bird Atlanta) Hon. John J. Goger (Judge, Fulton Business Court Atlanta) PANEL 4: 2:30 3:30 Lull before the storm: Pre-hearing conferences, motions, disclosure discovery. Moderator: Rebecca Lunceford (Arnall Golden Gregory Atlanta) Dr Rafael Bernal (Centro de Arbitraje y Conciliacion Bogota, Colombia) Bart Legum (Dentons Paris) Paul Reeve (UPS Atlanta) John Sherrill (Seyfarth Shaw, AAA/ICDR Atlanta) BREAK: 3:30 4:00 PANEL 5: 4:00 5:00 The storm breaks and passes: The hearing, the IBA rules on taking of evidence, award, enforcement, finding and recovering assets and annulment. Moderator: Shelby Guilbert (King & Spalding Atlanta) Randall Hafer (Kilpatrick Townsend Atlanta) Christof Siefarth (GÖRG Cologne, Germany) RECEPTION: 5:00 6:00 Nachiketa Mittal (National Law University Odisha, India) Cocktails and Tours of Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation Hearing Facility Remarks by Richard Naimark (Senior Vice President, ICDR New York) Course materials will include a First Edition copy of the AtlAS/ ACIAM International Dispute Resolution Drafter s Manual, published by ICLE, an $85 value. F I R S T E D I T I O N International Dispute Resolution Drafter s Manual A Joint Project of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society and the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation
Conference Registration Registration fees include admission to all aspects of the conference on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, and a copy of a new publication, The AtlAS/ACIAM International Dispute Resolution Drafter s Manual. Regular Registration: $370 on or before September 15, 2015, $385 after In-house Corporate Counsel: $180 on or before September 15, 2015, $190 after Full-time Law School Faculty: $180 on or before September 15, 2015, $190 after Full time Judges: complimentary registration on or before September 15, 2015 Speakers Based (and Traveling from) Outside the U.S.: complimentary registration on or before September 15, 2015 To register for the conference, visit: www.arbitrateatlanta.org/atlas-conference-2015-registration/ Refund Policy Cancellations must be made in writing and received by the Atlanta International Arbitration Society (AtlAS) by September 15, 2015, for a full refund of fees, less a $100 administration fee. No refund of registration will be granted after that date except in the case of medical emergency or extenuating circumstances approved by AtlAS in its sole discretion. Travel Please note that a visa is necessary for entry into the United States from many countries. Further information can be obtained from the United States Department of State at www.travel.state.gov or through a commercial VISA service. ATLAS Officers & Directors Bernard Ben Greer Jr. Alston & Bird LLP (Retired) President Brian A. White King & Spalding LLP President Elect Glenn P. Hendrix Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Immediate Past President A. Stephens Clay Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Vice President Philip W. Whit Engle EngleADR Vice President Joan C. Grafstein JAMS Vice President/Secretary Shelby S. Guilbert, Jr. King & Spalding LLP Vice President Valerie Strong Sanders Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Vice President/Treasurer John L Watkins Thompson Hine LLP Vice President Kirk W. Watkins Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC Vice President Randall L. Allen Alston & Bird LLP Tom Asselin Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP Dorothy Toth Beasley Henning Mediation & Arbitration Service, Inc. Linda Beyea American Arbitration Association Erika Birg Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Wayne Bonds Seyfarth Shaw LLP William F. Brogdon William F. Brogdon, Attorney & Counselor at Law Charles Chip H. Brower II Wayne State University Law School Jorge Fernandez Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce John H. Fleming Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Mark E. Grantham DLA Piper LLP Kwanza Hall Atlanta City Council David E. Harrell, Jr. Locke Lord Bissell & Lidell LLP G. Wayne Hillis, Jr. Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP Hunter Hughes Rogers & Hardin LLP Ryan A. Kurtz Miller & Martin PLLC James E. Lalumiere Project Development International, Inc. Jennifer Devine Odom Bryan Cave LLP Peter Bo Rutledge University of Georgia School of Law Leah Ward Sears Schiff Hardin LLP Christof Siefarth GÖRG Richard Sheinis Hall Booth Smith & Slover, PC Chris Soffe Gleeds George Anthony Tony Smith Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC Caroline J. Tanner Holland & Knight LLP Douglas Hurt Yarn Georgia State University College of Law Stephen L. Wright Taylor English Duma LLP Christopher C. York Christopher C. York, Attorney Frank M. Young III Red Mountain Law Group
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