ICC Canada - Arbitration Committee Annual Conference 2024

09-10 Oct 2024

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Arbitration

Start: 09:30 (PT Time Zone) || End: 23:00 (PT Time Zone)

ICC Canada Arbitration Annual Conference

CA$278.39

ICC Member: ICC Canada Arbitration Committee AGM

Free

Joint ICC-YCAP Cocktail Reception

Free

Dinner

CA$167.35

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Join us for the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee Annual Conference in the beautiful city of Vancouver on October 9 and 10, 2024. This year’s conference will take place at the Vancouver Convention Center, located on Vancouver’s stunning downtown oceanfront with mountain views.

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 the Annual General Meeting for the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee members on October 9, 2024. Later that evening, a joint YCAP and ICC Canada Arbitration Committee welcome reception will take place at Blakes’ offices.

The main event will take place on October 10, 2024 from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm at the Vancouver Convention Center. This year’s conference theme is “Arbitration Trends in Evolving Industries” and will feature a keynote speech by Claudia Salomon, the President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, as well as panels on:

Construction, infrastructure and energy transition
Business and human rights
Artificial intelligence, data, cybersecurity and intellectual property in the metaverse
Investor-state arbitrations (Arbitration Feud game show)

There will be lots of time for networking during breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and the cocktail reception.

There will also be a dinner held in the evening of October 10, 2024.

Organisers

08:00 - 09:00	Registration and Breakfast Sponsored by iJudicate Location: Vancouver Convention Center, 1055 Canada Place 3rd Floor
09:00 - 09:10	Welcome Remarks Myriam Seers, Founding Partner, Agora; ICC Canada Arbitration Committee Chair, Toronto
09:10 - 10:20	Session 1 – Construction, Infrastructure and Energy Transition Moderator: Lorna Cuthbertson Tardif, Partner, HKA, Montreal Panellists: Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall KC, Partner, White & Case, Paris Erin Miller Rankin, Partner, Freshfields, Dubai Rachel Mockler, General Counsel, Flatiron Construction, Vancouver Philippe Boisvert, Partner BLG, Montreal Sponsored by HKA
10:20 - 10:50	Morning Coffee Break
10:50 - 12:00	Session 2 – Business, Human Rights and the Environment Moderator and Panelist: Joe McArthur, Partner, Blakes, Vancouver Panellists: Alison Fitzgerald, Partner, Bennett Jones, Ottawa Andrea Bjorklund, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, McGill Faculty of Law, Montreal Benedict Wray, Senior Associate, BLG, Ottawa Ian Laird, Partner, Crowell, Washington, D.C.
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch Break Sponsored by Kroll
13:30 - 14:00	Keynote Speech Speaker: Claudia Salomon, President, ICC International Court of Arbitration
14:00 - 15:00	Session 3– Artificial Intelligence, Data, Cybersecurity and Intellectual Property in the Metaverse Moderator: Annie Lespérance, Head of Americas, Jus Mundi, New York Panellists: Amy Endicott, Partner, Arnold & Porter, San Fransisco Cynthia Randall, Deputy General Counsel, Litigation at Microsoft, Seattle Tracey Cohen KC, Partner, Fasken, Vancouver Sponsored by Jus Mundi
15:00 - 15:30	Afternoon Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30	Session 4 – Arbitration Feud Game Show on Investor-State Arbitrations Gameshow Host: Tim Robbins, Independent Arbitrator, The Hague/Hong Kong Contestants: Alexandra Dosman, Counsel, Global Affairs, Ottawa Christina Doria, Partner, Baker McKenzie, Toronto Elizabeth Montpetit, Partner, Taylor Wessing, London John Siwiec, Partner, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall, Ottawa Sara Nadeau Seguin, Partner, Teynier Pic, Paris Tom Hatfield, Partner, McMillan, Vancouver
16:30 - 16:40	Concluding Remarks Speaker: Craig Chiasson, Partner, BLG; ICC Canada Arbitration Committee Vice-Chair, Vancouver
16:40 - 18:30	Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Deloitte
19:00 - 23:00	Dinner Carlino Restaurant, 1115 Alberni Street (3rd Floor of Shangri-La Hotel *11:00 p.m. onwards: Karaoke After Party SWITCH, 1339 Robson Street Sponsored by Fasken and PwC

Andrea Bjorklund	Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, McGill Faculty of Law, Montreal
Philippe Boisvert	Partner BLG, Montreal
Craig Chiasson	Partner, BLG; ICC Canada Arbitration Committee Vice-Chair, Vancouver
Tracey Cohen KC	Partner, Fasken, Vancouver
Christina Doria	Partner, Baker McKenzie, Toronto
Alexandra Dosman	Counsel, Global Affairs, Ottawa
Amy Endicott	Partner, Arnold & Porter, San Fransisco
Alison Fitzgerald	Partner, Bennett Jones, Ottawa
Tom Hatfield	Partner, McMillan, Vancouver
Ian Laird	Partner, Crowell, Washington, D.C.
Annie Lespérance	Head of Americas, Jus Mundi, New York
Joe McArthur	Partner, Blakes, Vancouver
Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall KC	Partner, White & Case, Paris
Rachel Mockler	General Counsel, Flatiron Construction, Vancouver
Elizabeth Montpetit	Partner, Taylor Wessing, London
Cynthia Randall	Deputy General Counsel, Litigation at Microsoft, Seattle
Erin Miller Rankin	Partner, Freshfields, Dubai
Tim Robbins	Independent Arbitrator, The Hague/Hong Kong
Claudia Salomon	President, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Myriam Seers	Founding Partner, Agora; ICC Canada Arbitration Committee Chair, Toronto
Sara Nadeau Seguin	Partner, Teynier Pic, Paris
Junior Sirivar	Partner & Co-Chair, McCarthy, Toronto
John Siwiec	Partner, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall, Ottawa
Lorna Cuthbertson Tardif	Partner, HKA, Montreal
Benedict Wray	Senior Associate, BLG, Ottawa