Embracing Diversity and Inclusion as Core Values in International Arbitration

03 Dec 2024

Hong Kong English
Start: 18:00 (Hong Kong time) - End: 20:00 (Hong Kong time)

Initiated by Claudia Salomon upon taking office as President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, a task force on disability inclusion in international arbitration and ADR was established in December 2021. Its primary objective was to relieve persons with a disability of the burdens they face and lead an inclusive conversation on advancing awareness and inclusion in all stages and activities in international arbitration and ADR. Led by persons with a disability and their allies, the task force of over 50 members from 26 jurisdictions worked for one year and a half on the pioneering guide.

 

This ICC Guide on Disability Inclusion in Arbitration and ADR (the ‘Guide’) is intended to provide practical guidance on how disability inclusion can become a standard feature of arbitration and other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). This Guide is intended to place disability on the same plane as other characteristics protected by law, each of which is equally deserving of inclusion.

18:00-18:30

Registration & Charity Sales

18:30-18:35

Opening Remarks (recorded)

  • Claudia Salomon, President, the ICC International Court of Arbitration, ICC

18:35-18:45

Introduction to the ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission and the Guide (recorded)

  • Sylvia Tee, Member, ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission and Disability Inclusion Task Force; Partner, Ashurst, Hong Kong

18:45-19:00

Interview about the Guide

  • Dr. Rajesh Sharma, ICC Disability Inclusion Guide Task Force Member; Associate Professor, RMIT University,Melbourne

Interviewed by: 

  • Dr. Donna Huang, Regional Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR for North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services

19:00-20:00

Panel Discussion: Embracing Diversity and Inclusion as Core Value in International Arbitration

  • Mia Edin, Senior Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Business Partnering, John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, Hong Kong
  • Mustafa Hadi, Managing Director, BRG, Hong Kong/Singapore
  • Walter Yu Hang Tsui, Co-founder and CEO, CareER Association Limited, Hong Kong

Moderated by:

  • Vera He, Deputy Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR for North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, Shanghai

20:00

Onwards Charity Sales & Networking Cocktail 

Charity sales moderated by:

  • Latifah Sat, Associate and member of Clifford Chance Enable (disability affinity network), Clifford Chance, Hong Kong

Claudia Salomon

President, ICC International Court of Arbitration, ICC

Donna Huang

Regional Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR for North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services

Latifah Sat

Associate and member of Clifford Chance Enable (disability affinity network), Clifford Chance, Hong Kong

Mia Edin

Senior Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Business Partnering, John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, Hong Kong

Mustafa Hadi

Managing Director, BRG, Hong Kong/Singapore

Sylvia Tee

Member, ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission and Disability Inclusion Task Force; Partner, Ashurst, Hong Kong

Rajesh Sharma

Member, ICC Disability Inclusion Guide Task Force; Associate Professor, RMIT University, Melbourne

Walter Yu Hang Tsui

Co-founder and CEO, CareER Association Limited, Hong Kong

Vera He

Deputy Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR for North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services

Venue: Ashurst Hong Kong Office, 42/F, Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong SAR, China.

For further information please contact:

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Vera He

Deputy Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR for North Asia

+86 152 0196 6937

vera.he@iccwbo.org

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