ON-LINE Prague Arbitration Day 2021

How to Effectively Manage Arbitration: Modern and Innovative Approaches to Case Management

The conference is extraordinarily FREE OF CHARGE.

ICC Prague Arbitration Day 2021 is a unique ON-LINE one-day conference organised in the heart of Central & Eastern Europe that focuses on topical issues in arbitration. The event builds on previous successful conferences in 2019 and 2018, each having hosted over 100 attendees from dozens of countries.

The event is again co-organized by the ICC Czech Republic and the ICC International Court of Arbitration, with a representative of the ICC Court´s management as a keynote speaker.

Target Group:

An audience not only from the CEE region but from the rest of Europe as well, with a special focus on in-house counsels, as well as lawyers (legal counsels), arbitrators, and representatives of national and international chambers (banking, insurance, etc.).

Programme (on-line): 

ICC PAD 2021 will cover topics such as how to manage the arbitration process to make it more efficient from
the result and cost perspective. We will discuss tools to make communication more effective and smooth,
recent technology advancements that can assist in building a legal argument but that can also save time and
labour to cut down costs of running the arbitration process etc. We will further discuss the settlement process
and lessons learned from specific cases. The other area to be discussed will be the role of public entities in the
arbitration process. We will focus on recent cases and take-aways to implement or avoid in future arbitrations
while reflecting what we have learnt during Covid-19 pandemic and from hearings held remotely.

4 panels (each comprising 4  international panellists) – 4 main topics

10:00 - 10:05 Moderator:

Mr René Cienciala - Head of Int'l Desk at Urban & Hejduk/Secretary of Arbitration Commission at ICC Czech Republic

10:05 - 10:15 Opening speech:

Mr Miloš Olík - Partner at Rowan Legal, Chairman at ICC/ Czech Republic

10:15 - 10:30 Keynote speech:

Ms Hjordis Birna Hjartardottir (Counsel at ICC Court/ICA7)/ France

10:30 - 11:15  Panel 1    Cost efficiency: How to reduce the costs of arbitration?

Moderator: Mr Miloš Olík - Partner at Rowan Legal, Chairman at ICC/ Czech Republic
Speaker: Mr Jonathan Barnett - Senior Case Manager, Head of Vienna Office at Nivalion/ Austria
Speaker: Ms Adelina Prokop - Advocate at Clifford Chance/ Poland
Speaker: Ms Małgorzata Surdek - Partner at CMS Poland; ICC Court Member/ Poland

11:15 - 11:30   Short coffee break

11:30 - 12:15   Panel 2    Leading the parties to a settlement

Moderator: Mr Martin Magál - Partner at Allen & Overy/ Slovakia
Speaker: Mr Theo Paeffgen - Director of Litigation Funding at Harbour Litigation Funding/ United Kingdom
Speaker: Mr Marek Procházka - Partner at PRK Partners/ Czech Republic
Speaker: Mr Christian Dorda  - Arbitrator and Founding Partner at DORDA, Vice-Chairman at ICC/ Austria

12:15 - 12:30 Short coffee break

12:30 - 13:15   Panel 3    Moving case management to the next level thanks to technology

Moderator: Ms Jana Lefranc - Director at Deloitte/ France, Czech Republic
Speaker: Mr Karl Hennessee - Senior Vice President at Airbus/ France
Speaker: Mr Al Karim Makhani - Vice President at TransPerfect/ United Kingdom
Speaker: Ms Dorothee Schramm - Partner at Sidley Austin/ Switzerland

13:15 - 13:30 Short coffee break

13:30 - 14:15 Panel 4    Public entities in (international) commercial arbitration

Moderator: Mr Dušan Sedláček - Partner at Havel & Partners, Chairman (until 2020) of Arbitration Commission at ICC/ Czech Republic
Speaker: Ms Maria Hauser-Morel - Counsel at Hanefeld/ France
Speaker: Mr Vít Horáček - Partner at Legalité, ICC Court Member/ Czech Republic
Speaker: Mr Rostislav Pekař - Partner at Squire Patton Boggs; Chairman (as of 2021) of Arbitration Commission at ICC Czech Republic)/  Czech Republic

14:15 - 14:30 Closing remarks:

Mr Rostislav Pekař - Partner at Squire Patton Boggs; Chairman (as of 2021) of Arbitration Commission at ICC Czech Republic)/ Czech Republic

Organization information:

• on-line conference
• venue: anywhere on your PC or laptop with a quality internet connection
• the conference is technically provided by Mikenopa company.
• login details will receive registrated participants to their e-mail by Mikenopa company
• ICC PAD 2021 will commence at 10:00 am and conclude around 2:30 pm
• language: English (no interpretation will be provided by organizers)

Conference fee:

The conference is extraordinarily FREE OF CHARGE. Prior registration is, however, required. Please, fill the registration form bellow.

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