20-21 JUNE, 2024

CONFERENCIA LATINOAMERICANA DE ARBITRAJE

A celebration of excellence and innovation in the dynamic world of arbitration!

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The main event for professionals in the world of arbitration

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20th June, Thursday

Morning

9:00 – Opening

José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez (Asunción, Director de la CLA)

Diego P. Fernández Arroyo (París, Director de la CLA)

Rodrigo Garcia da Fonseca (Río de Janeiro, Presidente CAM-CCBC)

9:30 – Inaugural lecture – The increasing complexities of international Arbitration practice and how to tame them

Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler (Geneva)

10:30 – Break

Economic and political Arbitration challenges

10:45 – Panel I – Arbitration and international economic sanctions

Chairs:

Yves Derains (Paris)

Introduces:

Julie Bédard (New York / São Paulo)

Debate:

Diego Durán de la Vega (Washington DC)

Diego Gosis (Miami)

Maria Claudia Procopiak (London)

Christian Leathley (New York)

12:15 – Lunch Time/Hour

Belmond Copacana Palace

Afternoon-Evening

14:00 – Panel II – Impact of national and international political crisis on Arbitration

Chairs:

María Carolina Durán (Washington, DC)

Introduces:

Cristián Conejero (Santiago)

Debate:

Fernando Tupa (Buenos Aires)

Debora Visconte (São Paulo)

María del Carmen Tovar (Lima)

Bernardo Wayar Caballero (La Paz)

15:30 – Break

Current issues of the settlement of international disputes involving States

15:45 – Panel III – Will investment contracts replace the BITs?

Chairs:

Silvia Marchili (Miami)

Introduces:

Eduardo Silva Romero (París)

Debaten:

Patricio Grané Labat (London)

Mairée Urán Bidegain (Santiago)

Julián Bordaçahar (The Hague)

17:15 – Break

17:30 – Panel IV – Enforcement of arbitral awards against the State – Hot issues

Chairs:

Renato Grion (São Paulo)

Introduces:

María Inés Corrá (Buenos Aires)

Debate:

Carmen Tiburcio (Río de Janeiro)

Paul Arrighi (Montevideo)

Verónica Sandler (Buenos Aires)

Irma Rivera (Bogotá)

19:00 – End of first day

21st June, Friday

Morning

Optimizing evidence production

9:00 Panel V – Do we need to rationalize document production?

Chairs:
Valeria Galíndez (São Paulo)

Introduces:
Fabiano Robalinho Cavalcanti (Rio de Janeiro)

Debate:
Christian Albanesi (Washington DC)
Claudia Benavides (Bogotá)
Ezequiel Vetulli (New York)
André Abbud (São Paulo)

10:30 – Break

10:45 – Panel VI – How to deal with expert reports?

Chairs:
Alfonso Iglesia (Madrid)

Introduces:
Carlos Alberto Carmona (São Paulo)

Debate:
Eliane Carvalho (São Paulo)
Flavio Yarshell (São Paulo)
Nadia de Araujo (Rio de Janeiro)
Andrés Jana (Santiago)

12:15 – Lunch Time/Hour

Belmond Copacana Palace

Afternoon-Evening

Emerging topics – Professionalization of Arbitration

14:00 – Panel VII – Are tribunal secretaries writing too much?

Chairs:
Selma Lemes (São Paulo)

Introduces:
José Roberto Castro Neves (Rio de Janeiro)

Debate:
Patricia Ferraz (São Paulo)
Javier Íscar de Hoyos (Madrid)
Flavia Bittar (Belo Horizonte)
Eduardo Damiao Gonçalves (São Paulo)

15:30 – Break

15:45 – Panel VIII – The great challenge: Arbitration via ChatGPT?

Chairs:
Pedro Batista Martins (Rio de Janeiro)

Introduces:
Fernanda Medina Pantoja (Rio de Janeiro)

Debate:
Mónica van der Schraft (Santiago)
Filipa Cansado Carvalho (Lisboa)
Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (Edinburgh)
David Orta (Washington DC)

17:15 – Break

17:30 – Closing dialogue – Does Arbitration have a future?

José Emilio Nunes Pinto (São Paulo),

interviewed by
Rodrigo Garcia da Fonseca (São Paulo)

18:30 – Final remarks

Diego P. Fernández Arroyo (París, Director de la CLA)

Organized jointly by CEDEP and CAM-CCBC, CLA 40 is a conference specially tailored for the young arbitral community in anticipation of the Conferencia Latinamericana de Arbitraje – CLA 2024.

Topics include Arbitration in the electricity sector, social conflicts and arbitration, conflict of interest in Latin America, and annulment of arbitration awards.

Join us on June 19th, running from 09:30 am to 06:00 pm, at the PUC-RJ (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro) for insightful discussions on Hot Topics in International Arbitration.

Hot topics en arbitraje internacional

Wednesday 19.06.24


Schedule	Panel
9:30AM – 10:00AM	Opening Remarks
10:00AM – 11:30AM	Arbitration in the energy sector and the impact of the change in the energy matrix Hernán Chiriboga, Nicolas Wayar, Eugénie Caroit, Munial El Harti Alonso, Eugenia Seoane, and Belén Moreno.
11:30AM – 11:45AM	Coffee Break
11:45AM – 1:15PM	Social conflicts and arbitration Orlando Cabrera, Victoria Rodríguez Goyena, Jorge López Fung, Juan Pablo Labbe, Luisa Quintão and Fernanda Veremeenco.
1:15PM – 2:45PM	Lunch
2:45PM – 4:15PM	Conflicts of Interest in Latin America Bruno Barreto de A. Teixeira, Felicita Argaña, Daniela Guarderas, Bernardo Pires, Paola Aldrete, and Agustina Rodríguez.
4:15PM a 4:30PM	Coffee break
4:30PM a 6:00PM	Setting aside of arbitral awards Camila Ordonez, Josefina Lavin, Nicolas Rosero, Javier Jaramillo Troya, Christopher Glasscock, and Lucía Cazal.
7:00PM	Social Event Location: Rufi Bar Praça Santos Dumont, 106 rooftop – Gávea, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22470-100