ICC YAAF: Abidjan Arbitration Day

08:30-09:30

Registration

09:30-10:00

Opening Remarks

• Aicha Mane, ICC YAAF Representative for Africa; Managing Counsel, Houda Law Firm, Dakar
• Joachim Bile-Aka, Partner, Bilé-Aka, Brizoua-Bi & Associés, Abidjan; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
• Claude Mentenon, President of the Order of the Ivory Coast Bar
• Paul Leon Boto, President, Association of the Order of Young Lawyers of Ivory Coast Bar

10:00-10:15

Keynote speech

• Olivier Pognon, Director & CEO, The African Legal Support Facility, Abidjan

10:15-11:15

Session 1 - The impact of regional and international economic crisis on investment and dispute prevention

• Mouhamed Kebe, Managing Partner, Geni & Kebe, Dakar; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration (moderator)
• Mariam Diawara, Executive Secretary to The Sanctions Appeals Board (BSAB), African Development Bank, Abidjan
• Yoro Moussa Diallo, State Judicial Agent of the State of Senegal, Dakar
• Olivier Pognon, Director & CEO, The African Legal Support Facility, Abidjan

11:15-11:30

Coffee break

11:30-12:30

Session 2 - Execution of arbitration awards in the Ohada space: challenges and potential reforms

• Sopi Patricia Kakou, Managing Partner, Ahead, Abidjan (moderator)
• Sylvie Bebohi Ebongo, Co-Founder & Partner, HBE Avocats France;Managing Partner, HBE Avocats Cameroon
• Aurélien Zuber, Senior Associate, Medici Law Firm, Paris

12:00-13:00

Lunch

14:00-15:00

Session 3 - Mock ICC Court Session

• Martial Akakpo, Managing Partner, Martial Akakpo et Associés, Lome; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
• Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong, Managing Partner, LithurBrew & Company, Accra; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
• Nadine Dossou-Sakponou, Partner, SCPA Robert M. Dossou, Cotonou; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
• Mouhamed Kebe, Managing Partner, Geni & Kebe, Dakar; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
• Thierry Ngoga, Partner, Legal Line Partners, KigaliMember, ICC International Court of Arbitration
• Achille Ngwanza, Managing Partner, Jus Africa, Paris; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration
• Michael Ostrove, Partner, DLA Piper, Paris; Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration
• Doyin Rhodes-Vivour, Managing Partner, Doyin Rhodes-Vivour & Co., Lagos; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration

15:00-16:00

Session 4 - The role of technology in arbitration: is it a viable solution in the African market?

• Alexandre Reynaud, Partner, Talma, Paris (moderator)
• Jimmy Kodo, Dispute Resolution Attorney & Arbitrator, Paris
• Diamana Diawara, Director, Arbitration and ADR, Africa, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
• Pui-Ki Ta, Chief Executive Officer, eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre Limited, Hong Kong

16:00-16:15

Coffee break

16:45-17:45

Session 5 - African doctrine: how do we ensure the development of our doctrine?

• Abbé Yao, Partner, Dogué-Abbe Yao & Associés, Abidjan (moderator)
• Achille Ngwanza, Managing Partner, Jus Africa, Paris; Member,ICC International Court of Arbitration
• Habibatou Touré, Lawyer, Habibatou Touré Law Firm, Dakar
• Michel Brizoua-Bi, Co-founder and Partner, Bilé-Aka, Brizoua-Bi & Associés, Abidjan

17:15-17:30

Closing remarks

• Diamana Diawara, Director, Arbitration and ADR,Africa, ICC Dispute Resolution Services

17:30-18:30

Cocktail