Arbitration & ADR in Georgia and the Wider Region

14 Jun 2024

Tbilisi English and Georgian

Arbitration

Start: 09:30 (Tiblisi) - End: 17:30 (Tiblisi)

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150 GEL

ICC Georgia, Georgian Association of Arbitrators, and Mediators Association of Georgia members

100 GEL

Student

50 GEL

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For the first historic time, the Arbitration and Mediation Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, the world’s most trusted provider of dispute resolution services, are being published in Georgian, one of the oldest, original languages/alphabets of the world. To celebrate this special occasion, Alexander G. Fessas, Secretary General of ICC International Court of Arbitration and Director of ICC Dispute Resolution Services, will visit Tbilisi, and will be joined by many members and alumni of the Court and other distinguished dispute resolution colleagues from across the wider region spanning Eastern Europe, Baltics, Caucasus, Central Asia and beyond.

This conference will provide a comprehensive insight into the advantages of ICC's premier dispute resolution services, including the role and importance of the ICC Rules, as well as more broadly into the achievements and remaining challenges that arbitration and ADR still face in our part of the world.

Who should attend: All local, regional and international professionals involved in international trade and dispute resolution services: businesses, government representatives, in-house counsel, private practitioners, arbitrators and mediators.

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09:30-10:00	Coffee / registration
10:00-10:15	Welcome & Introductions Nick Gvinadze, Managing Partner, Gvinadze & Partners LLC, Tbilisi; Chair, ICC Georgia Arbitration & ADR Commission Eric Wenz, Attorney Advisor, International Commercial Law Development Program, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce (CLDP), Washington D.C.
10:15-10:35	Keynote Address Alexander G.Fessas, Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Director, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
10:35-11:35	Panel I – A Century of Excellence: The Impact and Key Benefits of ICC Arbitration Rules Crenguta Leaua, Founding Partner, LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU, Bucharest; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Sergii Melnyk, Lawyer, De Gaulle Fleurance, Paris Marily Paralika, Partner, Fieldfisher, Paris; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration Moderated by: Małgorzata Surdek-Janicka, SURDEK ARBITRATION, Warsaw; Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration
11:35-12:00	Coffee break
12:00-13:00	Panel II – Arbitration and ADR: Competing Methods or Complementary Solutions? Helene Gogadze, Special Counsel, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Washington D.C. ; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Samantha Nataf, Partner, De Gaulle Fleurance , Paris ; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration Patricia Shaughnessy, Associate Professor, Law Faculty, University of Stockholm, Stockholm; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration Sophie Tkemaladze, Arbitrator, Assistant Professor, Director of Center for Effective Communication and Leadership, New Vision University, Boston / Tbilisi; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Moderated by: Ketevan Betaneli, Senior Knowledge Lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
13:00-14:30	Lunch
14:30-15:45	Panel III – Latest Developments and Challenges in the Region: An Overview Natalia Alenkina, Associate Professor, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration Giorgi Batlidze, Partner, BLC Law Office, Tbilisi; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Renata Berzanskiene, General Counsel, Orlen Lietuva, Vilnius; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration Tinatin Gugunava, General Counsel, Pepsi Georgia, Tbilisi; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Hayk Hovhannisyan, Managing Partner, HAP Law Firm, Yerevan; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Moderated by: Triinu Hiob, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, NJORD, Tallinn; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
15:45-16:10	Coffee break
16:10-17:25	Panel IV – Energy and Infrastructure Disputes in the Middle Corridor Firuza Bobokulova, Partner, My Lawyer Law Firm, Tashkent; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration Aigoul Kenjebayeva, Partner, Dentons, Almaty; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration Daduna Kokhreidze, General Counsel, FIDIC, Geneva Kamalia Mehtiyeva, Professor, Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), Paris; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Candan Yasan Tepetas, Assistant Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Moderated by : Nata Ghibradze, Counsel, Hogan Lovells, Munich; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
17:25-17:30	Closing remarks Nick Gvinadze, Managing Partner, Gvinadze & Partners LLC, Tbilisi; Chair, ICC Georgia Arbitration & ADR Commission
19:30	Cocktail Reception to Celebrate Publication of the Georgian Version of the ICC Arbitration and Mediation Rules

Natalia Alenkina	Associate Professor, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Giorgi Batlidze	Partner, BLC Law Office, Tbilisi; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Renata Berzanskiene	General Counsel, Orlen Lietuva, Vilnius; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Firuza Bobokulova	Partner, My Lawyer Law Firm, Tashkent; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Ketevan Betaneli	Senior Knowledge Lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Daduna Kokhreidze	General Counsel, FIDIC, Geneva
Alexander G. Fessas	Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Director, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
Nata Ghibradze	Counsel, Hogan Lovells, Munich; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Helene Gogadze	Special Counsel, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Washington D.C.; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Tinatin Gugunava	General Counsel, Pepsi Georgia, Tbilisi; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Nick Gvinadze	Managing Partner, Gvinadze & Partners LLC, Tbilisi; Chair, ICC Georgia Arbitration & ADR Commission
Triinu Hiob	Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, NJORD, Tallinn; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Hayk Hovhannisyan	Managing Partner, HAP Law Firm, Yerevan; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Aigoul Kenjebayeva	Partner, Dentons, Almaty; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Crenguta Leaua	Founding Partner, LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU, Bucharest; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Kamalia Mehtiyeva	Professor, Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), Paris; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Sergii Melnyk	Lawyer, De Gaulle Fleurance, Paris
Samantha Nataf	Partner, De Gaulle Fleurance , Paris ; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Marily Paralika	Partner, Fieldfisher, Paris; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Patricia Shaughnessy	Associate Professor, Law Faculty, University of Stockholm, Stockholm; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Małgorzata Surdek-Janicka	SURDEK ARBITRATION, Warsaw; Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Candan Yasan Tepetas	Assistant Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Sophie Tkemaladze	Arbitrator, Assistant Professor, Director of Center for Effective Communication and Leadership, New Vision University, Boston / Tbilisi; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Eric Wenz	Attorney Advisor, International Commercial Law Development Program, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce (CLDP), Washington D.C.

Venue	The Biltmore Tbilisi Hotel, 29 Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi, 0108, Georgia.
Registration fees	Full registration fee for the event is 150 GEL (reduced to 100 GEL for members of: ICC Georgia, Georgian Association of Arbitrators, and Mediators Association of Georgia; reduced to 50 GEL for students). If you would like to receive an invoice from ICC Georgia for the registration fee, please forward your/company's requisites to the following email: khatia.b@icc.ge.
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Additional information	LODGING: If you would like to book your lodging at the Biltmore Hotel at a discounted rate, please use the following Discount Code: ICC 14.06.24 and send a request to the following email: Ketevan.rekhviashvili@biltmorecollection.com