ICC India Arbitration Conference – Bengaluru 2024

11:00 – 11:45 

Registration

11:45 – 11:55

Welcome Remarks

11:55 – 12:00

Opening Remarks 

• Tejus Chauhan,Director, Arbitration and ADR, South Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services

12:00 – 13:20

Panel I: Demystifying Confidentiality vs Transparency in Arbitrations - Balancing act or fitting a square peg in a round hole?

The competing aims of confidentiality and transparency in arbitrations often strike at the inner workings of the arbitral process. While some argue that transparency is critical for development of arbitral jurisprudence, this impinges upon the inherent feature of any private dispute resolution process aimed at keeping high stakes disputes indeed ‘private’. 

The panel will dive deep into the intricacies of the conflicting themes of confidentiality and transparency, examine real-world examples and potential solutions. The panel will also discuss the critical issues including whether secrecy in arbitrations creates a lack of public accountability when public assets come into play.

• Poornima Hatti, Partner, Samvad Partners, Bengaluru
• Akshay Kishore, Partner, Bird & Bird, Singapore
• Ananya Kumar, Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors, New Delhi 
• Jennifer Lim, Partner, Sidley Austin, Singapore
• Moderator: Promod Nair, Senior Advocate, High Court of Karnataka 

13:20– 14:20

Networking Lunch

14:20 – 15:40

Panel II: Decoding the Technology Toolkit in Arbitrations 

Bengaluru is the hub of technology and has remained the frontrunner in innovation and growth in India through decades. The panel will examine the underlying negotiation points and disputes in the technology sector including FinTech, blockchain, crypto assets, and AI. Our speakers will discuss strategies for managing tech disputes and provide insights on how AI can be used to increase efficiency in the arbitral process.

• Mathew Chacko, Partner, Spice Route Legal, Bengaluru
• Lakshmi Nair, Head of Legal India, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Bengaluru
• Tamarra Sequeira, Partner, Khaitan & Co, Bengaluru 
• Mohammed Shameer, Partner, Trilegal, Bengaluru 
• Moderator: C K Nandakumar, Senior Advocate, High Court of Karnataka

15:40 – 16:00

Keynote Address 

• Justice R V Raveendran, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India, Bengaluru

16:00 – 16:05

Closing Remarks

• Shania Elias,Deputy Director, Arbitration & ADR, ICC India, Deputy Director, Arbitration and ADR, India, ICC Dispute Resolution Services

16:05 – 17:00

Networking Hour