Columbia Arbitration Day | Columbia Law School

9:00 – 9:30

Registration and Light Breakfast

9:30 – 10:50

Introduction to Conference
Conference Chairs 

Panel 1: Remedies Alternative to Damages
Moderator: Anthea Roberts, London School of Economics and Columbia Law School, New York
Teresa Giovannini, Lalive, Geneva
Jennifer Haworth McCandless, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington D.C.
Mark Kantor, Arbitrator, Washington D.C.
Ian A. Laird, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington D.C.

10:50 – 11:20

Coffee Break

11:20 – 12:40

Panel 2: Enforcement of Awards Set Aside in the Country of Origin
Moderator: William W. Park, Boston University
Domenico Di Pietro, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Rome
Professor Franco Ferrari, New York University School of Law
Ignacio Torterola, Foley Hoag LLP, Washington D.C.

12:40 – 2:10

Buffet Lunch

2:10 – 3:30

Panel 3: Waiver of the Right to Set Aside the Award
Moderator: George A. Bermann, Columbia Law School, New York
Patricia Shaughnessy, Stockholm University
Todd Weiler, Arbitrator, London, Canada
Anne Marie Whitesell, Dechert LLP, Washington D.C.

3:30 – 4:00

Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:20

Panel 4: Best Practices in Enforcement Proceedings
Moderator: Mark A. Cymrot, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington D.C.
Jonathan I. Blackman, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York and London
Robert H. Smit, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York
Christopher Style QC, One Essex Court, London

Concluding Remarks
Conference Chairs

5:20 – 7:30

Reception