ICC Prague Arbitration Day 2024

16 May 2024

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

Join us in Prague for the 2024 edition of the Prague Arbitration Day!

ICC Prague Arbitration Day is an annual one-day conference organized in the heart of Central & Eastern Europe focusing 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.

Get a glimpse into our programme, more details to be announced shortly:

 

  • Keynote speech by Peter Rosher, Global Chair of International Arbitration practice at Reed Smith and a founding member of Paris Arbitration Week.
  • The first panel will focus on the current and potential future impacts of artificial intelligence on various aspects of arbitration.
  • The second panel will explore the specifics of arbitration in German speaking jurisdictions.
  • The third panel will address the topics of legitimacy, limitations, and the future of arbitration.
  • The fourth panel will discuss expedited procedure and injunctions in arbitration.

 

The audience for this year’s PAD extends beyond the CEE region to include participants from across Europe, with a particular emphasis on in-house counsel, lawyers (legal counsels), arbitrators, and representatives from national and international chambers, including those in the banking and insurance sectors.

9:00-9:30

Registration

9:30-9:35

Welcome remark

  • Viktor Glatz, Secretary of the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR, ICC Czech Republic; Associate, PRK, Prague

9:35-9:45

Opening remarks

  • Marek Procházka, Chairman of the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR, ICC Czech Republic; Partner, PRK, Prague

9:45-10:00

Keynote speech

  • Peter Rosher, Global Chair of International Arbitration Practice, Reed Smith, Paris; Founding member of Paris Arbitration Week

10:00-11:15

Panel I: Will AI replace us (arbitrators, counsel, tribunal secretaries)?

  • Michelle Glassman Bock, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Brussels
  • Lukáš Krejčí, In house counsel, Škoda Auto, Prague
  • Roman Prekop, Partner, Berger Prekop, Bratislava; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
  • Kateřina Skryjová, Forensic Services Director, PwC, Prague

11:00-11:45

Coffee break

11:45:13:00

Panel II: Is there a certain style of arbitration in German speaking jurisdictions?

  • Eliane Fischer, Partner, Rothorn, Zurich 
  • Stefan Riegler, Partner, Wolf Theiss, Vienna; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR
  • Anke Sessler, Partner, Skadden, Frankfurt; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
  • Irene Welser, Partner, Cerha Hempel, Vienna

13:00-14:15

Lunch break

14:15-15:30

Panel III: Legitimacy, limitations, and the future of arbitration

  • Jan Dobrý, Counsel, Clifford Chance, Prague
  • Marc Jacob, Partner, DLA Piper, Frankfurt 
  • Anna Masser, Partner, Allen Overy, Frankfurt; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR 
  • Petr Vošahlík, Partner, BBH, Prague

15:30-16:00

Panel VI: Expedited Procedure and Injunctions

  • Michal Čáp, Senior Associate, Rowan Legal, Prague
  • Ankita Godbole, Senior Associate, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva
  • Hjordis Hjartardottir, Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration
  • Dušan Sedláček, Partner, Havel Partners, Prague

17:15-17:30

Closing remarks

  • Rostislav Pekař, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Prague

17:45-18:30

Walking tour of Prague Castle

18:30

Evening cocktail 

Michelle Glassman Bock

Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Brussels

Michal Čáp

Senior Associate, Rowan Legal, Prague

Jan Dobrý

Counsel, Clifford Chance, Prague

Eliane Fischer

Partner, Rothorn, Zurich

Ankita Godbole

Senior Associate, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva

Hjordis Hjartardottir

Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration

Marc Jacob

Partner, DLA Piper, Frankfurt

Lukáš Krejčí

In house counsel, Škoda Auto, Prague

Rostislav Pekař

Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Prague

Roman Prekop

Partner, Berger Prekop, Bratislava; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration

Marek Procházka

Chairman of the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR, ICC Czech Republic; Partner, PRK, Prague

Viktor Glatz

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

Anna Masser

Partner, Allen Overy, Frankfurt; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR

Stefan Riegler

Partner, Wolf Theiss, Vienna; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR

Peter Rosher

Global Chair of International Arbitration Practice, Reed Smith, Paris; Founding member of Paris Arbitration Week

Dušan Sedláček

Partner, Havel Partners, Prague

Anke Sessler

Partner, Skadden, Frankfurt; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration

Irene Welser

Partner, Cerha Hempel, Vienna

Petr Vošahlík

Partner, BBH, Prague

Dates & Venues

Martinický palác

Hradčanské náměstí 67/8

118 00 Prague 1 – Hradčany

Czech Republic

Other

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Tereza Šťastná

Deputy Executive Director, ICC Czech Republic

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