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15:00 UTC |
Zoom Networking Coffee Leo Grutters, President, DRBF Region 2 Board |
15:30 UTC | Welcome Address Leo Grutters, President, DRBF Region 2 Board Ann Russo, DRBF Executive Director |
15:35 UTC | Session 1 - Should DBs apply the governing law? There is a general perception that the disputes that come before a DB primarily involve technical issues and not legal ones. However, many disputes will have to be decided by the application of legal principles arising from the governing law agreed by the parties. When/why might the governing law become relevant? What are the parties’ expectations? What are the DB’s challenges and possibilities? Moderator: Irina Pongracz, Leboulanger & Associes Speakers: |
16:30 | Break |
16:40 UTC | Session 2 - An interview with a Dispute Board panel Clive Horridge, an experienced and established counsel and expert witness, interviews an accomplished panel of Dispute Board Adjudicators: Florin Niculescu and Giovanni Di Folco. Clive will foster debate about often-controversial topics in adjudication: the empowerment of the DB to exert inquisitorial powers, issuing interim conservative measures, and decisions on their own jurisdiction. The panel will welcome questions from the audience during and after the presentation. Moderator: Clive Horridge, Techno Engineering |
17:40 UTC |
Networking Rooms - Meet DRBF Country Representatives in Europe Room 1- Room 2- Room 3- |
18:05 UTC |
Session 3 - Conflict and disputes - are they in your blood or just your legal system? There are conflict avoidance differences between common and civil law jurisdictions in culture, attitudes, and approach to ADR generally. How does this affect the use of DBs as a conflict avoidance tool? Moderator: Julie Forsyth, Gunner Cooke |
19:00 UTC | Highlights of the Day Giorgiana Tecuci, Conference Chair and member of the DRBF's Region 2 Board of Directors |
19:05 |
End of day. Please join us again tomorrow. |