2nd ICC Arbitration Conference in Nordeste

09:00 – 09:30

Welcome coffee and participants registration

09:30-09:45

Welcoming remarks

Debora Visconte, President, Commission on Arbitration and Mediation, ICC Brasil; Partner, Visconte Advogados, Sao Paulo

09:45-10:30

Interview with the Vice-President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration

Ana Serra e Moura, Deputy Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris

Eduardo Damião Gonçalves, Vice President, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Partner, Mattos Filho, Sao Paulo

10:30-10:45

Q & A Session

10:45  - 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 – 12:15

ICC Arbitration: leading and innovating for almost 100 years

• Measures to ensure procedural efficiency and greater transparency
• Publication of awards
• Increased use of technology

• Emergency Arbitrator
• Statistics
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Discussion of practical examples

• Expedited Arbitration Provisions - EPP
• Statistics
• Reasons for its application and benefits to the parties
• Discussion of practical examples

• ICC Brasil’s Commission on Arbitration and Mediation
  • The Comission’s role
  • Main activities for the development of arbitration and ADR

Speakers:

João Bosco Lee, Partner, Lee, Taube e Gabardo Advogados, Curitiba
Fabiano Robalinho, Partner, Sergio Bermudes Advogados, Rio de Janeiro

Clavio Valença, Partner, Valença Arb, Sao Paulo

Debora Visconte, President, Commission on Arbitration and Mediation, ICC Brasil; Partner, Visconte Advogados, São Paulo

Moderated by:

Patrícia Figueiredo Ferraz, Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR, Latin America, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, Sao Paulo

12:15 – 12:30

Q & A Session

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 15:00

Trending Topics on arbitration with the public administration

• The increase of cases involving the public administration: the experience of the ICC Court’s case management office in Brazil. 
• The experience of accreditation of arbitral institutions as a requirement to manage procedures involving public administration and the local arbitration laws: advantages and disadvantages
• Anomalous intervention of the Federal Government in arbitration procedures involving regulatory agencies

Speakers:

Leonardo Carneiro da Cunha, State Attorney, State of Pernambuco; Professor, Faculdade de Direito do Recife (UFPE), Recife

Mayara Nunes, Deputy Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Sao Paulo

Julia Thiebaut Sacramento, Attorney for Brazil, Attorney General's Office – Arbitration Unit, Brasília

Moderated by:

Miguel Calmon Teixeira Dantas, State Attorney Responsable for the arbitrations of the State of Bahia, Salvador

15:00 – 15:15

Q & A Session

15:15 – 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 – 16:45

Arbitration and other methods of alternative dispute resolution as catalysts for investment

• The impact of arbitration agreements and ADR on attracting foreign investment
• Dispute Boards and complex construction contracts
• The customer’s experience in the Northeast of Brazil

Speakers:

Cristiano Borges Castilhos, Executive Legal Director, Álya Construtora, Rio de Janeiro

Sheila Neder Cerezetti, Partner, Neder Cerezetti Advogados, Professor, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo 

Adriana Sarra, Partner, Toledo, Marchetti, Oliveira, Vatari e Medina Advogados, Sao Paulo

Moderated by:

Gabriel Seijo, Partner, Cescon Barrieu, Salvador

16:45 – 17:00

Q&A Session

17:00 – 17:15

Concluding remarks

Debora Visconte, Partner, Visconte Advogados, President, Commission on Arbitration and Mediation, ICC Brasil, São Paulo

17:15 – 19:00

Cocktail