Join us at the historic, art-deco Design Exchange, on the former trading floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange, to tap the collective brain trust around the theme of "Navigating the Road Ahead: Overcoming and Embracing Change in International Arbitration."
The ICC Canada Arbitration Committee's long-standing annual conference brings together international dispute resolution practitioners, corporate counsel and arbitrators based around the world for interactive discussion and debate on cutting-edge topics in international dispute resolution, not to mention a hefty dose of merriment, libations and camaraderie among friends old and new.
The conference will kick-off with a joint YCAP and ICC Canada welcome reception at Fasken's offices from 6:00 pm until8:00 pm on 18 October 2023.
The main event will take place on 19 October 2023 from 8:00 am - 6:30 pm at the Design Exchange and will feature a keynote speech on artificial intelligence by John Weigelt, the National Technology Officer for Microsoft Canada, as well as panels, breakout sessions, a debate and a gameshow on:
- New developments in international arbitration from across the globe
- E-discovery and machine learning
- ESG and valuation damages
- Quantifying damages in mining and infrastructure arbitration
- Changing roles for arbitrators and counsel in blockchain, crypto and cyberverse disputes
- Diversity, inclusion and the elimination of bias
- Tips and advice from in-house counsel
- Access to justice
- Artificial intelligence
- Climate change and ESG
There will be lots of time for networking during breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and the cocktail reception.
Dinner and an after party for ICC members will follow.
The AGM for ICC members will take place on 20 October 2023 at Torys' offices.
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18:00-20:00 |
Joint YCAP and ICC Canada Welcome Reception
(Fasksen, Bay Adelaide Centre, 33 Bay St. #2400) |
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08:00 – 09:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast
(Design Exchange, 234 Bay St.) |
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09:00 – 09:10 |
Welcome to the Conference Blissfully short welcome remarks from ICC Canada Arbitration Committee Chair
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09:10 – 09:30 |
Keynote Speech: Reimaging a Legal World Transformed by Artificial Intelligence We live in a world that is being reinvented. AI is shaping up to be the defining technology of our time, and the transformation has already begun. There are a lot of big questions, and perhaps the biggest of all is: who benefits? How can we be empowered by artificial intelligence to create solutions to new challenges?
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09:30 – 10:45 |
Session 1 – Tour d’Horizon New developments in international arbitration from across the globe. Moderator:
Panelists:
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10:45 – 11:15 |
Morning Coffee Break Hosted by Crowell |
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11:15 – 12:30 |
Session 2 – Roundtable discussions Round table discussions on the following topics: A. E-Discovery and Machine Learning – Developments and Challenges in Arbitration
Moderators:
B. The Rise of ESG disputes, and the Impact on Liability, Valuations and Economic Damages (Hosted by Secretariat) Moderators:
C: Quantifying Damages in Mining and Infrastructure Arbitration (Hosted by HKA) Moderators:
D: Changing roles for arbitrators and counsel in blockchain, crypto and cyberverse disputes Moderators:
E: Diversity, inclusion and the elimination of bias
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12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch
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13:30 – 14:00 |
Report from the roundtable discussions |
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14:00 – 15:00 |
Session 3 – Users Speak Tips and advice from in-house counsel Moderator:
Panellists:
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15:00 – 15:45 |
Session 4 – Debates Debate Topic 1: Be it resolved that arbitration is the solution to the access to to justice crisis. Debate Topic 2: Be it resolved that AI should replace our jobs as counsel and arbitrators. Moderator:
Debaters:
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15:45 – 16:15 |
Afternoon Coffee Break |
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16:00 – 16:50 |
Session 5 – Game show Gameshow on climate change and Environmental, Social, and Governance Gameshow Host:
Contestants:
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16:50 – 17:00 |
Concluding Remarks Closing remarks from ICC Canada Arbitration Committee Vice-Chair
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17:00 – 17:30 |
Cocktail Reception
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19:00 – 21:00 |
Dinner & Karaoke Afterparty (Dasha, 620 King Street West) |
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Nader Akkaoui |
Director, HKA, Montreal |
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Yassine Alaoui |
Associate, Teynier Pic, Paris |
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Gabriela Alvarez |
Partner, DLA Piper, Mexico |
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Gigi Cantalupo |
Director, Secretariat, New York |
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Jeremy Chan |
Associate General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Westport Fuel Systems Inc., Vancouver |
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Craig Chiasson |
Vice-Chair, ICC Canada Arbitration Committee; Partner, BLG, Vancouver |
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Jessica Crow |
Arbitrator, Arbitra, London and Washington D.C. |
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Mark Funk |
Principal, HKA, Washington D.C. |
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F. Teresa Garcia-Reyes |
Vice-President, Litigation, Baker Hughes, Houston |
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Rahat Godil |
Partner, Fasken, Toronto |
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Adam Hirsh |
Partner, Osler, Toronto |
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Joshua Karton |
Associate Professor, Queen’s University Faculty of Law |
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Ian Laird |
Partner, Crowell, Washington DC |
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Ryan Lax |
Senior Associate, Torys, Toronto |
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Joanne Luu |
Partner, BD&P, Calgary |
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Mark Luz |
Senior Counsel, Global Affairs, Ottawa |
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Isabelle Michou |
Partner, Quinn Emanuel, Paris |
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Eric Morgan |
Partner, Kushneryk Morgan, Toronto |
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Sophie Nappert |
Arbitrator, 3VB, London |
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Tafadzwa Pasipanodya |
Partner, Foley Hoag, Washington, D.C. |
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Dina Prokic |
Associate, Woods, Montreal |
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Peter Sanford |
Partner, Deloitte, Vancouver |
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Myriam Seers |
Chair, ICC Canada Arbitration Committee; Partner, Agora, Toronto |
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Vasuda Sinha |
Counsel, Freshfields, Paris |
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Laura Smith |
Partner, HKA, Washington D.C. |
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Chidinma Thompson |
Partner, BLG, Calgary |
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Eddie Tobis |
Managing Director, Secretariat, Toronto |
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Jocelyn Turnbull Wallace |
Associate, McCarthy Tetrault, Calgary |
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John Weigelt |
National Technology Officer, Microsoft Canada, Ottawa |
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Martin Valasek |
Partner, Norton Rose, Montreal |
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Christopher Yang |
Vice-President, Legal and Business Affairs, Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., Toronto |
| Venue |
The Design Exchange 234 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2W4, Canada |
| Working language | English |
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