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Monday, October 7, 2024

ICC YOUNG ARBITRATION & ADR FORUM; AtlAS YOUNG PRACTITIONERS GROUP

Sponsored by the ICC’s and AtlAS’s young practitioner groups, but open to attendees of all ages, free of charge.

McGuireWoods LLP, 1075 Peachtree St NE, 35th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30309


11:50amCheck in


12:20pmWelcome and Introductory Remarks

Shelby Guilbert (McGuireWoods LLP Atlanta; Ex Officio Member of the AtlAS Executive Committee)
Christopher Smith (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Atlanta; Co-Chair of the Conference Planning Committee; AtlAS Secretary; ICC YAAF Alum)


12:30pmPanel 1: Written Advocacy in International Arbitration Proceedings

Moderator:
Wheaton Webb (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Atlanta; Co-Chair of the Conference Planning Committee)
Speakers:
Abbey Hawthorne (ICC New York)
Carson Bennett (King & Spalding LLP Atlanta)
Tom Villalón (Three Crowns LLP Washington, D.C.)
Angélica María Perdomo Luna (Zulegal Bogota)


1:45pmCoffee & Networking Break


2:00pmPanel 2: Cross-Examination in International Arbitration Proceedings

Moderator:
Thomas Grantham (Alston & Bird Atlanta)
Speakers:
Erin Collins (DLA Piper (US) LLP New York)
Elizabeth Dye (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Houston)
James Coleman (Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP Chicago)
Dmitry Epstein (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Atlanta)


3:15pmCoffee & Networking Break


AtlAS CONFERENCE

McGuireWoods LLP, 1075 Peachtree St NE, 35th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30309


3:15pmCheck in


3:30pmWelcome and Introductory Remarks

Shelby Grubbs (JAMS Atlanta; Member of the Conference Planning Committee; Ex Officio Member of the AtlAS Executive Committee)


3:40pmTertulia Panel 1A: Getting an Arbitration Started

Facilitators:
Rikki Stern (King & Spalding LLP Atlanta) (Session Chair)
Kristen Bromberek (Alston & Bird LLP Atlanta; AtlAS Treasurer)
Sebastian Feiler (BODENHEIMER Cologne)


3:40pmTertulia Panel 1B: The Evidentiary Hearing in an Arbitration

Facilitators:
Laughlin Allen (McGuireWoods LLP Atlanta; Member of the Conference Advisory Committee) (Session Chair)
Christof Siefarth (BODENHEIMER Cologne; AtlAS President; Member of the Conference Planning Committee)
Henry Chalmers (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Atlanta)


4:50pmTertulia Panel 2A: Getting to the Evidentiary Hearing in an Arbitration

Facilitators:
Christopher Smith (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Atlanta; Co-Chair of the Conference Planning Committee; AtlAS Secretary; ICC YAAF Alum) (Session Chair)
Jennifer Grippa (Miles Mediation & Arbitration Jacksonville)
Brent Clinkscale (Clinkscale Global Greenville; Member of the Conference Advisory Committee; Ex Officio Member of the AtlAS Executive Committee)


4:50pmTertulia Panel 2B: The Arbitral Award and Post-Award Issues

Facilitators:
Victoria Alvarez (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP Charlotte) (Session Chair)
Henry Parr (Wyche, P.A. Greenville)
Ben Herzberg (BODENHEIMER Berlin)
Tom Childs (King & Spalding New York)


6:30 - 9:30pmSpeaker's Dinner

The Peachtree Club, 999 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia
(Speakers, Moderators, and Conference Organizers Only)


Tuesday, October 8, 2024

AtlAS CONFERENCE

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, 600 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 3000, Atlanta, GA 30308


9:00Welcome Coffee and Registration


9:30amOpening Remarks

Usher Winslett (ADR Office of Usher Winslett New York, Charleston; Winslett Studnicky McCormick & Bomser LLP New York; Co-Chair of the Conference Planning Committee)


9:40amPanel 1 - Top 10 Developments in International Arbitration in 2024

Moderator:
Richard Deutsch (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Houston)
Speakers:
Glenn Hendrix (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Atlanta; Member of the Conference Planning Committee; Ex Officio Member of the AtlAS Executive Committee)
Alan Anderson (Anderson Law Firm LLC Minneapolis)
Mark Kantor (Independent Arbitrator Washington, D.C.)


10:55amCoffee & Networking Break


11:10amIntroduction of Keynote Speaker

Anna Parks Muecke (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP Atlanta)


11:15amKeynote Address

Siegfried Elsing (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Dusseldorf)


11:45amPanel 2: Industry-Specific Arbitrator Panels – Considerations from Various Industries

Moderator:
Flip Petillion (PETILLION Brussels)
Speakers:
Justine Ferland (WIPO - Geneva)
Rouven Bodenheimer (BODENHEIMER Cologne)
Shelby Guilbert (McGuireWoods Atlanta; Ex Officio Member of the AtlAS Executive Committee)
Thomas Ventrone (AAA-ICDR New York)


1:00pmNetworking Lunch


2:00pmIntroduction of Peter “Bo” Rutledge

Christof Siefarth (BODENHEIMER Cologne; AtlAS President; Member of the Conference Planning Committee)


2:05pmFireside Chat

Speaker:
Peter “Bo” Rutledge (Dean of the University of Georgia School of Law Athens; Morris, Manning & Martin LLP Atlanta; Member of the AtlAS Board of Directors)
Facilitator:
Christof Siefarth (BODENHEIMER Cologne; AtlAS President; Member of the Conference Planning Committee)


2:35pmPanel 3: Revisions to the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration and Considerations on Arbitrator Disclosures

Moderator:
Kathleen Paisley (AMBOS NBGO Brussels)
Speakers:
Isabel Fernandez de la Cuesta (Independent Arbitrator New York)
Danielle Morris (WilmerHale Washington, D.C.)
Ryan Reetz (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Miami)
Shelby Grubbs (JAMS Atlanta; Member of the Conference Planning Committee; Ex Officio Member of the AtlAS Executive Committee)


3:50pmCoffee & Networking Break


4:20pmPanel 4: Awarding Costs in Arbitration

Moderator:
Usher Winslett (ADR Office of Usher Winslett New York, Charleston; Winslett Studnicky McCormick & Bomser LLP New York; Co-Chair of the Conference Planning Committee)
Speakers:
Joseph Neuhaus (Sullivan & Cromwell New York)
Mark Morril (MorrilADR New York)
Katie Gonzalez (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP New York)
Lawrence Schaner (Schaner Dispute Resolution LLC Chicago)
Leslie Davis (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP Washington, D.C.)


5:35pmClosing Remarks

Usher Winslett (ADR Office of Usher Winslett New York, Charleston; Winslett Studnicky McCormick & Bomser LLP New York; Co-Chair of the Conference Planning Committee)


5:45 - 6:45pmCocktail Reception


Wednesday, October 9, 2024

AtlAS FORUM

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, 1331 Spring St. NW, Suite 1400, Atlanta, GA 30309


9:00amWelcome Coffee and Registration


9:30amOpening Remarks

Michael Sullivan (Womble Bond Dickinson LLP Atlanta; AtlAS Vice President)
Wheaton Webb (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Atlanta; Co-Chair of the Conference Planning Committee)


9:40amPanel 1: The Force Majeure Defense Today: Considerations for the Construction Sector and Other Industries

Moderator:
Tamika Newson (Energizer Holdings Atlanta; Miles Mediation & Arbitration; Member of the Conference Advisory Committee)
Speakers:
Rebecca Velez (HKA Washington, D.C.)
James Derrick (Womble Bond Dickinson Charlotte)
Jessica Sabbath (McDermott Will & Emery LLP Atlanta)


10:55amCoffee & Networking Break


11:10amPanel 2: Regulatory Changes Mid-Stream: What’s a Business to Do?

Moderator:
David Gallo (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs Atlanta; Member of the Conference Advisory Committee; AtlAS Vice President and Content Coordinator)
Speakers:
Scott Cahalan (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Atlanta)
Florian Mohs (Pestalozzi Zurich)
Lance Lee (Arnall Golden Gregory Atlanta)
Fourth Speaker To Be Announced


12:25 - 1:25pmNetworking Luncheon


12:50pmClosing Remarks

Christof Siefarth (BODENHEIMER Cologne; AtlAS President; Member of the Conference Planning Committee)



Conference Chairs

Usher Winslett (ADR Office of Usher Winslett New York, Charleston; Winslett Studnicky McCormick & Bomser LLP New York)

Christopher Smith (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Atlanta; AtlAS Secretary; ICC YAAF Alum)

Wheaton Webb (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP  Atlanta)

 

Conference Planning Committee

Christof Siefarth (BODENHEIMER Cologne; AtlAS President)

Chris Campbell (Baker Hughes Florence; AtlAS President-Elect)

Glenn Hendrix (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Atlanta; Ex Officio Member of the AtlAS Executive Committee)

Shelby Grubbs (JAMS Atlanta; Ex Officio Member of the AtlAS Executive Committee)

 

Conference Advisory Committee

Tamika Newson (Energizer Holdings Atlanta; Miles Mediation & Arbitration)

Rikki Stern (King & Spalding LLP Atlanta) 

Laughlin Allen (McGuireWoods LLP  Atlanta)

Natasha Richardson (CPR Dispute Resolution Atlanta)

Luis Martinez (International Centre for Dispute Resolution New York)

Brent Clinkscale (Clinkscale Global Greenville; Ex Officio Member of the AtlAS Executive Committee)

David Gallo (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs Atlanta; AtlAS Vice President and Content Coordinator)


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