Conference schedule
09.30 – 09.40 Introduction to the conference
Professor Renato Nazzini, Kings College, Director of Research and James Pickavance, Partner, Jones Day (Conference chair and Moderator)
09.40 – 10.00 Keynote speech: International construction dispute resolution in London
Dame Finola O'Farrell DBE QC, Judge in Charge of the Technology and Construction Court
10.00 – 10.40 Advanced technologies and the role of the expert
Vivek Kapoor, Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers (chair)
Derek Nelson, Partner, HKA
Ashilee Schreiber, Senior Director, Ankura
10.40 – 11.20 Life after death – contested issues following a termination
Tony Dymond, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton (chair)
James Howells QC, Atkin Chambers
James Bowling, 4 Pump Court Chambers
Tom Hutchinson, Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
11.20 – 11.40 Break
11.40 – 12.20 Can't we just sort this out nicely? Contractual and non-contractual strategies for avoiding or amicably resolving disputes
Adrian Bell, Partner, CMS (chair)
Charles Blamire-Brown, Partner, Pinsent Masons
David Pliener, Hardwicke Chambers
Steve Abraham, Partner, Baker McKenzie
12.20 – 13.00 The increasing role of dispute boards in the international arena
Nicholas Gould, Partner, Fenwick Elliott (chair)
Lindy Patterson QC, 39 Essex Chambers
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.40 New technology = fewer disputes?
Emma Schaafsma, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills (chair)
Julian Bailey, Partner, White & Case
Angus Rankin, Partner, Hogan Lovells
Ewan Maclean, Partner, Blackrock Expert Services
Ben Gough, Senior Engineer, Mott MacDonald
14.40 – 15.20 Ensuring that arbitration meets the needs of each case
Philip Clifford QC, Partner, Latham & Watkins (chair)
Anna Mills, Partner, DLA Piper
Professor Renato Nazzini, Kings College London
Jonathan Hosie, Partner, Mayer Brown
15.20 – 15.40 Break
15.40 – 16.20 Getting the story across: the challenges and different approaches to witnesses and document production
James Clarke, Partner, BCLP (chair)
Krista Lee QC, Keating Chambers
Hamish Lal, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Arjun Agarwal, Senior Legal Counsel, Chevron Corporation
16.20 – 17.00 Client perspectives and experiences on international arbitration arising out of major projects
James Pickavance, Partner, Jones Day (chair)
Karin Griggel, General Counsel, Linde Engineering
Sevag Panossian, Group General Counsel, Consolidated Contractors Company
Tim Williams, Global Head of Disputes, Wärtsilä