ICC PANARB Conference

8:00 – 8:30

Registration

8:30 – 8:40

Welcome Remarks

8:40 – 9:00

Inaugural Speech

9:00 – 10:05

Panel I - Integrity in International Arbitration: Ethics, Transparency, and Corruption Prevention.

• Report “Red Flags or Other Indicators of Corruption in International Arbitration” (November 2024).
• Identification, validation, analysis, impact on arbitral proceedings, and evidentiary issues.
• Ethical duties of arbitrators and counsel: current dilemmas and evolving soft law.
• Mauritius Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration.

Panelists:*

• Hervé LeLay (Partner, Mourre Chessa Le Lay, France).
• José Ricardo Feris (Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, France).
• Xavier Andrade (Partner, AVL Abogados, Ecuador).
• Leandro J. Caputo (Partner, Capparelli, D’Angelo & Caputo, Argentina).

10:05 – 10:20

Q&A Session

10:20 – 10:35

Coffee Break

10:35 – 11:40

Panel II - Beyond the Award: Challenges in Enforcement and the Role of National Courts.

• Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards under the New York Convention: divergent standards across jurisdictions.
• Judicial intervention at the enforcement stage: limits, support, and tensions with arbitral autonomy.
• Recent practice in Latin America: landmark cases of enforcement or refusal of awards.
• Soft law and enforcement guidelines: ICC Guide to National Procedures for Recognition and Enforcement of Awards under the New York Convention.

Moderator: Carlos Arrue (Lawyer, Professor, and Arbitrator, Panama).

Panelists:

• Javier Echeverri (Lawyer and Arbitrator, Colombia/France).
• Lucía Cazal Zaldivar (Lawyer, Altra Legal, Paraguay).
• María Angélica Burgos (Partner, Baker McKenzie, Colombia).
• Antonio Bravo (Partner, Eversheds Sutherland, Spain).

11:40 – 11:55

Q&A Session

11:55 – 13:25

Lunch

13:25 – 13:55

Keynote Speech

- Speaker: Ana María Muñoz (Senior Director – Strategic Communications, Crisis & Cyber Crisis, FTI Consulting, Colombia).

13:55 – 15:00

Panel III - Data, Evidence, and Cybersecurity: The Future of International Arbitration.

• Advanced cybersecurity: safeguarding data and evidence in international arbitration.
• Digital evidence: deepfakes, authenticity, and admissibility.
• Arbitration in the digital economy: platforms, e-commerce, and data.

Moderator: Liza McPherson (Partner, Mulino & Mulino, Panama).

Panelists:

• Javier Fernández-Samaniego (Lawyer and Certified Foreign Legal Consultant, Spain/USA).
• Debora Visconte (Partner, Visconte Advogados, Brazil).
• Sebastián Salazar Castillo (Partner, Rincón-Cuéllar & Asociados, Colombia).
• Catalina Echeverri (Partner, Wordstone Dispute Resolution, France).

15:00 – 15:15

Q&A Session

15:15 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:00

Keynote Speaker

16:00 – 17:05

Panel IV - Psychology and Soft Skills in Arbitration.

• Psychology of arbitration: cognitive biases and arbitrators’ decision-making.
• Persuasion and storytelling in arbitral hearings.
• The future of arbitral talent: mentoring and training the next generation. Innovative industries.
• Managing cultural diversity in international arbitration.

Moderator: Claudio De Castro (Partner, Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega, Panama).

Panelists:

• Andrés Jana (Founding Partner, Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution, Chile).
• Andrea Orta González (Founding Partner, Orta González Sicilia Abogados, Mexico).
• Ramilka Taveras-Urzhumova (Founding Partner, Taveras Partners, France).
• Analía González, Partner and Head of the Litigation and Arbitration Practice for Latin America at BakerHostetler. USA/Uruguay

17:05 – 17:20

Q&A Session

17:20 – 17:30

Closing Remarks and Official Adjournment

18:00

Closing Cocktail Reception