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15 December

8:30 - 9:30 Registration
9:15 - 9:45 Welcome Remarks

Jaime Gray – President – Region 4 DRBF
Ann Russo – Executive Director of the DRBF
Rosa Bueno de Lercari, President of the Lima Chamber of Commerce

9:45 - 10:45

Why DBs are the right answer in resolving disputes in the construction industry

Moderator: Carlos López (LLV, Peru)

Panelists:
César Guzmán Barrón (arbitrator)
Roberto Hernández (COMAD, Mexico)
José Hernández (Lima Airport Partners)

Magali Rojas (former President of OSCE)
Patricia Seminario (OSCE, Peru)

 10:45 - 11:45

Presentation of the DRBF Manual, of the Book “Dispute Boards Teoría, Prática e Provocacoes” written by Augusto Barros de Figueiredo and of the Book “Dispute Boards: Teoría y Práctica” written by Roberto Hernández García

Augusto Barros de Figueiredo (Member, DRBF Region 4 of Directors) 
Fatima Bonassa (DB member, Bonnassa Advogados)

Jaime Gray (President, DRBF Region 4 Board of Directors)
Roberto Hernández (Member, DRBF Region 4 of Directors and Partner, COMAD) 
Marcela Radovic (Member, DRBF Region 4 of Directors and Partner, Radovic y Asociados)

 11:45 - 12:10  Coffee Break
 12:10 - 13:10

 Regional successful experiences employing DBs 

Moderator: Gustavo Bayona (Bayona MacPherson, Peru)

Panelists:
Cristian Contador, Constructora El Sauce (Chile)
Ricardo Medina Salla (Toledo Marchetti Advogados, Brazil)
Katia Nuñez (Attorney General to the Reconstruction Authority, Peru)
Benito Zelaya (Honduras)

 13:10 - 14:30  Lunch on the premises, included in the fee for registered attendees
 14:30 - 15:30

Good Practices in Dispute Boards. How to properly employ Dispute Boards

Moderator: Augusto Barros de Figueiredo (Barros de Figueiredo Advogados, Brazil)

Panelists:
Luis Fukunaga (DB member, Peru)
León López (LLV, Perú)
Victor Madeira (MVGA Advogados, Brazil)
Beatriz Rosa (Member of Region 4 DRBF Board of Directors, Brazil)

 15:30 - 16:30

 Are the visits to the site as important as everyone says?

Moderator: Ignacio Palacios (Quantum, Spain)

Panelists:
Luis Ruiz (DB member, Perú and Costa Rica) 
Humberto Arrese (DB Member, Peru)
Maria Eliana Rivarola (DB member, Peru)
Reiner Solís (ANETRIC, Peru)

16:30 - 16:50  Coffee Break
16:50 - 17:50

Are DBs threatening Arbitration?

Moderator: Alexander Campos (Campos Abogados, Peru)

Panelists:
Juan Eduardo Figueroa (Figueroa Abogados, Chile)
Sandra Montes (Lima Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Centre)
Raúl Peña (OHL Peruvian branch)
Marianella Ventura (Executive Director of the Lima Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Centre)

17:50 - 19:00

Networking Cocktail Reception

16 December

9:30 - 9:45

Welcome Remarks

9:45 - 10:45

DBs, JRDs and Amicable Compositeur: are they all the same?

Moderator: Jerry Brodsky (Peckar and Abramson, USA. Member of the DRBF Region 4)

Panelists:
Fatima Bonassa (DB member, Bonnassa Advogados, Brazil)
Nelson Gallardo (FTI Consulting, USA, Colombia)
Jose Phun (DB Member, Peru)
Marcela Radovic (Radovic y Asociados, Chile)

 10:45 - 11:45

The Road ahead. How to undertake the pending issues users, DB members and DBs have?

Moderator: Marcela García Rivas (García Rivas, El Salvador)

Panelists:
Ricardo Barreiro Deymonnaz (DRBF Representative – Argentina)
Luis Ruiz (DB Member, Costa Rica – Perú)
Ann Russo (DRBF Executive Director)
Javier Sánchez Llópez (Driver Trett, España)
Alex Wagemann (Wagemann y Asociados, Chile)

11:45 - 12:10

Coffee Break

12:10 - 13:10

PPPs and Dispute Boards. Could DBs really help PPPs?

Moderator: Jaime Li (DB member, Peru)

Panelists:
Thierry Linares (FTI Consulting, France)
Amalia Moreno, General Manager Proinversión, Peru
Carlos Nuñez (DLA Piper and President of the Peruvian Society of Construction Law, Peru)

 13:10 - 14:30  Lunch
14:30 - 15:30

Is administrative regulation a solution for making DBs available for public users in Latin America?

Moderator: Sandra Montes (CCL, Perú)

Panelists:
Christian Diaz (DRBF Representative for Costa Rica)
Mario Linares (Linares Consultores, Peru)
Juan Carlos Mejia (DRBF Representative, Ecuador)
Mijail Vizcarra (Ministry of Finance – Acquisitions General Directorship, Peru)

 15:30 - 16:30 

How to protect the Dispute Boards from malpractices, corruption, and other menaces?

Moderator: Eric Franco (Engie, DB member, Peru)

Panelists:
Augusto Gutiérrez (Gleeds, Peru)
David Ortiz Gaspar (General Attorney to the Ministry of Transportation and Communication)
Luis Alonso Robas, (Manager at the General Comptrollership of the Republic of Peru)
Eduardo Sanhueza (DB member, Chile)

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee Break

17:00 - 18:00

Why international multilateral banks and agencies recommend Dispute Boards and international construction model contract forms 

Moderator: Gustavo Paredes (NPG Abogados, Peru)

Panelists:
Roberto Laguado (Senior Procurement Specialist for South Cone CSC-CAR, Inter-American Development Bank, USA)
Ana Claudia Oliveira (DB Member, Brazil- Perú)

Luis Otavio Rosa (Tarobá Engenheria Brazil), 

18:00 - 18:20

Final Remarks and Closing

Jaime Gray, President Region 4, DRBF
Marianella Ventura, Secretary General of the Lima Chamber of Commerce, Arbitration Center