6th ICC Asia Conference on International Arbitration

9.00 – 9.05 CEST / 15.00 – 15.05 HKT/SGT

Welcome address

• Alexander G. Fessas, Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Director, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, Paris

9.05 – 9.20 CEST / 15.05 – 15.20 HKT/SGT

Keynote address

• Alexis Mourre, President, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris
  

9.25 – 9.35 CEST / 15.20 – 15.35 HKT/SGT

Introductory session

• Claudia T. Salomon, President-Elect, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris

Interviewed by

• Yoshimi Ohara, Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Japan; Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration
  

9.35 – 9.50 CEST / 15.35 – 15.50 HKT/SGT

“What is the future of arbitration?”

Necessity is the mother of invention! In the wake of the pandemic, the International Arbitration ecosystem had to reinvent itself to continue the dispute resolution mechanism. The parties, arbitrators, counsel, experts, and institutions have altered the traditional methods and have adapted to the virtual world. One and a half years hence, while the pandemic continues to affect mobility around the world, new ways have set in to conduct international arbitrations. Are the changes brought about by the pandemic, here to stay? Predicting the future of arbitration, the experts on the panel will discuss the future of arbitration, its practices and procedures and the legitimate expectation of where we are heading!

Key-note address

• Anselmo Reyes SC, International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court

9.50 – 10.50 CEST / 15.50 – 16.50 HKT/SGT

Panel discussion

• James Claxton, Independent Arbitrator and Mediator; Associate Professor of Law, Waseda University; Professor of Law, Rikkyo University, Japan
• Hop Dang, Arbitrator, Hop Dang’s Chambers, Vietnam
• Amanda Lees, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Singapore
• Lawrence Teh, Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore

Moderated by

• Smitha Menon, Partner, WongPartnership LLP, Singapore; Alternate Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration

10.50 – 11.15 CEST / 16.50 – 17.15 HKT/SGT

Networking break

11.15 – 12.30 CEST / 17.15 – 18.30 HKT/SGT

The changing landscape of expert evidence in international arbitration

Asian parties, their counsel and arbitrators are slowly but surely becoming more accepting of the involvement of experts in International Arbitration. We see a shift from the traditional in-house approach of calculating damages to businesses now engaging an expert even before filing the Request for Arbitration. An involvement of any additional player in international arbitration comes with its own set of challenges. Recently, we have seen national courts scrutinizing the independence and impartiality of experts. There are also instances where a third-party funder has approached an expert to assess a claim, prior to filing the Request for Arbitration, so that the funder can make a more informed decision about funding. The arbitral tribunals are also adapting to expert evidence and the weight it carries in the ultimate decision-making process. The panel will discuss issues relating to the emergence of experts and their role in international arbitration.

• Jiang Hong, Partner, Hui Zhong Law Firm, China
• Vivienne Li, Manager, Secretariat, Singapore
• V K Rajah SC, International Arbitrator, Duxton Hill Chambers (Singapore Group Practice); Former Attorney General of Singapore
• Arpinder Singh, India and Global Markets Leader, Forensic & Integrity Services, E&Y, India

Moderated by

• Loretta Malintoppi, Independent Arbitrator, 39 Essex Chambers, Singapore; Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law

12.30 – 12.45 CEST / 18.30 – 18.45 HKT/SGT

Concluding remarks

• Abhinav Bhushan, Regional Director for South Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, Singapore
• Mingchao Fan, Regional Director for North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, Shanghai