ICC Prague Arbitration Day 2025 - Insights from Europe and USA on modern arbitration and ADR

06 Mar 2025

Prague English
Start: 09:30 (Prague) || End: 17:45 (Prague)

Join us in Prague for the Annual ICC Prague Arbitration Day!

ICC Prague Arbitration Day is an annual one-day conference organized in the heart of Central & Eastern Europe that focuses on topical issues in arbitration. Since 2018, the event has been co-organized by the ICC Czech Republic and the ICC International Court of Arbitration. As the title suggests, our speakers who will provide their valuable insights on the below topics will include professionals with both European and American backgrounds.

Who should attend?

In-house counsels, practising lawyers, arbitrators, mediators, representatives of national and international chambers (banking, insurance, etc.) as well as all professionals interested in and/or involved in arbitration

(Prague Time Zone)

More details on the programme to be announced shortly. Download the event flyer here.


Keynote speech 

  • Speaker: Ms Sarah Vasani, Partner and Co-Head of International Arbitration, CMS, London; Alternate Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
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  1. Panel 1: Challenges arbitration professionals may face when practicing as arbitrators in a large firm and as independent practitioners in a boutique firm
  2. Panel 2: Challenging and enforcement of awards
  3. Panel 3: Addressing the topics of evidence taking and document production
  4. Panel 4: Focus on the use of mediation and other ADR mechanisms

09:30-09:35

Opening

  • Moderated by: Viktor Glatz, Secretary of the Commission on International Arbitration, ICC Czech Republic; Associate, PRK, Prague

09:35-09:45

Opening remarks

  • Marek Procházka, Vice-Chairman of the Commission on International Arbitration, ICC Czech Republic; Partner, PRK, Prague

09:45-10:00

Keynote speech

  • Sarah Vasani Partner, Co-Head of International Arbitration and Head of Investor State Dispute Resolution, CMS, London; Alternate Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration

10:00-11:15

1st Panel: Practice as arbitrator in a large firm and as independent practitioner in a boutique firm - conflict of interest and other challenges

  • Christpoher Chinn, Partner, Chinn Arbitration, Paris
  • Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, Senior Partner, Gessel, Warsaw
  • Lucia Raimanová, Co-Managing Partner of Bratislava, A&O Shearmann, Bratislava
  • Dušan Sedláček, Partner, Havel & Partners, Prague

11:15-11:45

Coffee break

11:45-13:00

2nd Panel: Challenging and enforcement of awards

  • Ulrich Kopetzki, Acting Director, Arbitration and ADR, Europe, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
  • Olena Perepelynska, Partner, Integrites, Kyiv
  • Flavio Peter, Partner, Peter & Kim, Zurich
  • Petr Polášek, Partner, White & Case, Washington D.C.

13:00-14:15

Lunch break

14:15-15:30

3rd Panel: Evidence taking and document production

  • James Carter, Partner, DLA Piper, London
  • Sarah Lemoine, Senior Associate, Clifford Chance, Frankfurt
  • Matej Pustay, ICC YAAF Representative for Europe and Central Asia; Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Prague
  • Marie Talašová, Counsel, Wolf Theiss, Bratislava

15:30-16:00

Coffee break

16:00-17:15

4th Panel: ADR / Mediation

  • Chris Clements, Partner, Deloitte, Dubai
  • Leon Kopecky, Partner, Schönherr, Vienna
  • Aisha Nadar, Partner, Advokatfirman Runeland, Stockholm

17:15-17:20

Closing remarks

  • Miroslav Dubovský; Chairman of the Commission on International Arbitration, ICC Czech Republic; Partner, DLA Piper, Prague

18:30

Evening cocktail

More speakers to be announced shortly.

James Carter

Partner, DLA Piper, London

Christpoher Chinn

Partner, Chinn Arbitration, Paris

Chris Clements

Partner, Deloitte, Dubai

Miroslav Dubovský

Chairman of the Commission on International Arbitration, ICC Czech Republic; Partner, DLA Piper, Prague

Viktor Glatz

Secretary of the Commission on International Arbitration, ICC Czech Republic; Associate, PRK, Prague

Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz

Senior Partner, Gessel, Warsaw

Leon Kopecky

Partner, Schönherr, Vienna

Ulrich Kopetzki

Acting Director, Arbitration and ADR, Europe, ICC Dispute Resolution Services

Sarah Lemoine

Senior Associate, Clifford Chance, Frankfurt

Aisha Nadar

Partner, Advokatfirman Runeland, Stockholm

Olena Perepelynska

Partner, Integrites, Kyiv

Flavio Peter

Partner, Peter & Kim, Zurich

Petr Polášek,

Partner, White & Case, Washington D.C.

Marek Procházka

Vice-Chairman of the Commission on International Arbitration, ICC Czech Republic; Partner, PRK, Prague

Matej Pustay

ICC YAAF Representative for Europe and Central Asia; Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Prague

Lucia Raimanová

Co-Managing Partner of Bratislava, A&O Shearmann, Bratislava

Dušan Sedláček

Partner, Havel & Partners, Prague

Marie Talašová

Counsel, Wolf Theiss, Bratislava

Sarah Vasani

Partner and Co-Head of International Arbitration, CMS, London; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration

Dates & Venues

Martinický Palác, Hradčanské nám. 67, Prague 1, Czech Republic

  • Conference will commence at 9:30 am at Martinický Palác
  • During the approx. 1 hour gap between the conference and the evening cocktail reception, guests will have the option to join a guided tour of a historic site
  • Cocktail reception will commence at 5:30 pm and will be held in the restaurant situated at the venue of the conference, with access to the terrace
Registration

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Registration fees
  • Early Bird Conference Fee (until 6 January 2025) – 250 EUR incl. VAT per person
  • Regular Conference Fee (from 7 January 2025) – 290 EUR incl. VAT per person - The price includes conference fee, two coffee breaks, lunch and conference materials
  • Cocktail Reception Fee – 100 EUR incl. VAT per person - Cocktail reception has to be ordered and paid separately
Standard discounts for members of the ICC Czech Republic apply

For more information, please contact

Viktor Glatz

Attorney, PRK Partners s.r.o. attorneys at law, Prague

viktor.glatz@prkpartners.com

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