Venue: Virtual. Fifteen virtual events bringing together the Washington DC and global international arbitration community, including arbitrators, practitioners of investment and international commercial arbitration, international organizations, diplomats, academics and students. Note that at the end of each panel participants will have a chance to network in breakout rooms. WAW 2020 is supported, among others, by ICSID, ASIL, the ILI and Georgetown University, attorneys of firms specialized in international arbitration who will serve as moderators and panelists, and other firms and experts in the field of international arbitration. WAW was founded by Jose Antonio Rivas, SJD, Xtrategy LLP, and Ian Laird, Crowell & Moring LLP. To see the full program and register, please visitwww.washingtonarbitrationweek.com; or register to any or all of the panels by clicking the links following each program below. Please note, attendance is free of cost, but advanced registration is required.
30 November 2020, 9:00am-10:30am US ET. Women in International Arbitration. Panelists: Mónica Jiménez, Ecopetrol Colombia; Melissa Stear Gorsline, Jones Day; and Ashley Riveira, Crowell & Moring LLP. Moderator: Margarita R. Sánchez,Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP. Register here.
30 November 2020, 12:00pm-1:30pm US ET. COVID-19 and International Arbitration. Panelists: Gonzalo Flores, Deputy Secretary-General at ICSID; Anne Marie Whitesell, Georgetown University Law Center, Professor, LL.M. Program and Faculty Director, Program on International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution;Karl Hennessee, FRAes, Airbus Senior Vice President Litigation, Investigations & Regulatory Affairs; and Mélida Hodgson, Jenner & Block. Moderator: Gaela K. Gehring Flores, Arnold & Porter. Register here.
30 November 2020, 4:00pm-5:30pm US ET. Third-Party Funding: Developments, Pitfalls and Looking to the Future. Panelists: Michael Kelley, Parker Doe Partnership LLP; Ty Ludbrook, Allegiance Capital; Michael Perich, West Fleet Advisors; and William C. Marra, Validity Finance. Moderator: Timothy Feighery,Arent Fox LLP. Register here.
1 December 2020, 9:00am-9:30am US ET. Keynote Address. Meg Kinnear, ICSID Secretary-General. Register here.
1 December 2020, 9:30am-11:00am US ET. Reform of ISDS – The ICSID Rules Amendments and UNCITRAL Working Group. Panelists: Meg Kinnear, Secretary General of ICSID; Anna Joubin-Bret, UNCITRAL Secretary, and Director, International Trade Law Division; and Mallory Silberman, Arnold & Porter. Moderator: Lee Caplan, Arent Fox LLP. Register here.
1 December 2020, 1:00pm-2:30pm US ET. Alternative Approaches to Valuing Early Stage Investments in Investor-State Arbitration. Panelists: Mark Kantor, Independent Arbitrator and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University; Borzu Sabahi, Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP; Garret Rush, Versant Partners, and Miguel Nakhle, Compass Lexecon. Moderator: Christina Beharry, Foley Hoag LLP. Register here.
1 December 2020, 4:00pm-5:30pm US ET. Draft Guidelines on States’ Defenses and Prevention of Investment Arbitration. Panelists all former or current government officials with experience in defense in investor-State arbitrations:Chester Brown, Professor Sydney University; Adam Douglas, Trade Law Bureau, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Moderator: José Antonio Rivas,SJD, Xtrategy LLP and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. Register here.
2 December 2020, 9:00am-10:30am US ET. EU Investment Arbitration: Current Issues Regarding the Validity and Enforcement of Awards Even Beyond the EU. Panelists: Patrick Pearsall, Allen & Overy LLP; Maria Eugenia Salazar, Baker Mackenzie; Alex Willbraham, Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer LLP; and Dev Krishan, Monarc Group. Moderator: Ignacio Madalena, White & Case. Register here.
2 December 2020, 12:00pm-1:30pm US ET. Fossil Fuel, Clean Energy and the Environment in International Arbitration. Moderator: Jennifer Haworth McCandless, Sidley Austin. Register here.
2 December 2020, 4:00pm-5:30pm US ET. International Commercial Arbitration from the Client’s Perspective: Panelists: Theresa Goetzee, Marriott International Inc.; Rafael Boza, Sarens USA. Moderator: Charles (Chip) Rosenberg, King & Spalding. Register here.
3 December 2020, 9:00am-10:30am US ET. Perspectives of Young Arbitration Practitioners. Panelists: Claire-Naïla Damamme, White & Case LLP; Daniela Paez, Herbert Smith Freehills; María Lucía Casas, Xtrategy LLP; and Enrique Molina, King & Spalding. Moderator: Pablo Mori, GST LLP. Register here.
3 December 2020, 12:00pm-1:30pm US ET. The Rise of Technology in International Arbitration – Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Hearings. Panelists: Jara Minguez, Counsel at ICSID; Jonathan Hamilton, White & Case LLP; and Isabel Yang, CEO & Founder of Arbilex. Moderator: Nigel Blackaby,QC, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. Register here.
3 December 2020, 4:00pm-5:30pm US ET. Infrastructure Disputes and Claims of Corruption in International Arbitration. Moderator: Ian Laird, Crowell & Moring LLP. Register here.
4 December 2020, 9:00am-10:30am US ET. States’ Claims and Counterclaims in Investment Arbitration. Panelists: Ana María Ordoñez, Director at the International Office of the National Agency for the Legal Defense of the State Colombia. Moderator: Marinn Carlson, Sidley Austin). Register here.
4 December 2020, 12:00pm-1:30pm US ET. Human Rights and Investment Arbitration. Panelists: Douglass Cassel, King & Spalding; Christian Leathley, Herbert Smith Freehills; and Naomi Briercliffe, Allen & Overy LLP. Moderator: Clovis Trevino, Covington & Burling LLP. Register here.