18th International Arbitration Conference

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Program

Program subject to change

Young Practitioners Forum

12:00 p.m.

Registration

2:00 p.m.

Panel 1

Public interest and arbitrability: possibilities and limits

Moderator: Gisela Ferreira Mation

Speakers: Bruno Lopes Megna, Flavia Mange, and Andressa Murta Rocha Cavalcante

3:30 p.m.

Coffee Break

4:00 p.m.

Panel 2

Application of the CISG to administrative contracts for the international purchase and sale of goods: possibilities and limits

Moderator: João Vicente Pereira de Assis

Speakers: Gustavo Santos Kulesza and Lígia Espolaor Veronese

5:15 p.m.

Break

Conference

5:15 p.m.

Welcome coffee

5:30 p.m.

Opening by the President of CBAr

Giovanni Ettore Nanni

5:45 p.m.

Opening

Ministro Luís Felipe Salomão

6:15 p.m.

Opening Lecture

Arbitration in Public Administration: retrospect and tendencies on the Brazilian scenario

Keynote speaker: Selma M. Ferreira Lemes

8:00 p.m.

Opening cocktail

9:30 a.m.

Panel 1

Arbitrability and Public Administration

Moderator: Ministra Ellen Gracie Northfleet

The boundaries between what is and what is not subject to arbitration
Concession agreements and "arbitrable disputes"
Speaker: Cesar Augusto Guimarães Pereira
Arbitrability of disputes involving acts of corruption
Speaker: Simon Greenberg

11:00 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:30 a.m.

Panel 2

Contractual balance and Interpretation

Moderator: Juliana Krueger Pela

Arbitration and interpretation of contracts involving state institutions
Speaker: Emilia Onyema
Force majeure in contracts involving public administration
Speaker: Catarina Monteiro Pires
Hardship in agreements involving public administration entities and arbitration
Speaker: Cristiano de Sousa Zanetti

1:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:30 p.m.

PCA Panel

Special Panel: The experience of PCA-CPA in arbitrations involving public entities

Moderator: Nadia de Araújo
Speaker: Martin Doe Rodriguez
Debater: Eduardo Grebler

3:00 p.m.

Panel 3

The formation of the administrative agreement and the State as party to the arbitration convention

Moderator: Carlos Alberto Salles

The Uruguayan experience
Speaker: Sandra González
The Brazilian experience
Speaker: Marçal Justen Filho
The Peruvian experience
Speaker: Hugo Alonzo Navarro

4:30 p.m.

Coffee Break

5:00 p.m.

Panel 4

Enforcement and annulment of the arbitral award involving direct and indirect Public Administration Entities

Moderator: Ministra Isabel Gallotti

The Brazilian experience in controlling domestic awards: an overview of case law
Speaker: Carlos Alberto Carmona
The Portuguese experience
Speaker: Paula Costa e Silva
The French experience: the participation of the Conseil d’État in the review of arbitral awards
Speaker: Jean Baptiste-Racine
The North-American experience
Speaker: Mélida N. Hodgson

6:45 p.m.

Closing

Workshops

The workshops take place simultaneously, in different places.

9:30 a.m.

Room 1

Arbitration in Tax Law

Moderator: Priscila Faricelli de Mendonça

The Brazilian experience
Speaker: Marcelo R. Escobar
The Portuguese experience
Speaker: Serena Cabrita Neto

Room 2

Regulatory agencies and arbitration

Moderator: Rafaella Ferraz

National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and arbitration in airport services
Speaker: Gustavo Carneiro
National Petroleum Agency (ANP) and arbitration in the bidding rounds
Speaker: Artur Watt Neto
National Agency for Electrical Energy (ANEEL) and energy arbitration
Speaker: Julião Silveira Coelho
The Regulatory Agency as a party to the procedure: co-parties, amicus curiae and other possibilities
Speaker: Flávio Luiz Yarshell

Room 3

Investment arbitration

Moderator: Adriana Noemi pucci

South American countries and the investment treaties: an overview
Speaker: Alejandro A. Escobar
Compliance obligations imposed on foreign investors and soft law instruments (OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, UNs' Principles on Human Rights and Companies, Global Compact and others)
Speaker: Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou

11:00 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m.

Room 1

Dispute resolution methods applied to Privatization Projects and Investment Partnerships

Moderator: Rafael Vanzella

Speaker: Rafael Fortunato

Speaker: Eduardo Garcia de Araújo Jorge

Speaker: Gustavo da Rocha Schmidt

Speaker: Pedro Ivo Peixoto

Room 2

Regulated sectors and dispute resolution methods involving public administration

Moderator: Rita Maria Costa Dias Nolasco

Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), antitrust rules and arbitration in competition matters
Speaker: Paulo Burnier da Silveira
The example of the Joint Commission ANEEL, ANATEL and ANP: the differences between arbitration and administrative dispute resolution
Speaker: Paula Butti Cardoso
Partnership Agreements and arbitration under the Federal Law 13.448/17
Speaker: Alexandre Santos de Aragão

Room 3

Peculiarities of Arbitration Procedures involving Public Administration

Moderator: Gustavo Fernandes de Andrade

Impartiality and independence of the arbitrators in arbitration procedures involving public administration
Speaker: Márcio Souza Guimarães
Financial aspects: Costs with the arbitration institution and selection of experts
Speaker: Flavio Amaral Garcia
Publicity and confidentiality in arbitration procedures including the State as a party
Speaker: Eugênia Marolla

12:45 p.m.

Brunch

2:00 p.m.

Closing

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Speakers

Main Event

Carlos Alberto Carmona

Carlos Alberto Salles

Catarina Monteiro Pires

Cesar Augusto Guimarães Pereira

Cristiano de Souza Zanetti

Eduardo Grebler

Emilia Onyema

Hugo Alonzo Navarro

Jean-Baptiste Racine

Juliana Krueger Pela

Marçal Justen Filho

Martin Doe Rodriguez

Mélida N. Hodgson

Ministra Ellen Gracie Northfleet

Ministra Isabel Gallotti

Ministro Luís Felipe Salomão

Nadia de Araujo

Paula Costa e Silva

Sandra González

Selma M.Ferreira Lemes

Simon Greenberg

Young Practitioners Forum

Andressa Murta Rocha Cavalcante

Bruno Lopes Megna

Flavia Mange

Gisela Ferreira Mation

Gustavo Santos Kulesza

João Vicente Pereira de Assis

Lígia Espolaor Veronese

Workshops

Adriana Noemi Pucci

Alejandro A. Escobar

Alexandre Santos de Aragão

Artur Watt Neto

Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou

Eduardo Garcia de Araújo Jorge

Eugênia Marolla

Flavio Amaral Garcia

Flávio Luiz Yarshell

Gustavo Carneiro

Gustavo da Rocha Schmidt

Gustavo Fernandes de Andrade

Julião Silveira Coelho

Marcelo R. Escobar

Márcio Souza Guimarães

Paula Butti Cardoso

Paulo Burnier da Silveira

Pedro Ivo Peixoto

Priscila Faricelli de Mendonça

Rafael Fortunato

Rafael Vanzella

Rafaella Ferraz

Rita Maria Costa Dias Nolasco

Serena Cabrita Neto

Venue

Ballroom - Hotel Royal Tulip Brasília Alvorada

SHTN Trecho 1 Conj. 1B - Asa Norte, Brasília - DF, 70800-200

Hotels

Royal Tulip Brasília Alvorada (Official Hotel)
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The Royal Tulip Brasilia Alvorada hotel is certainly one of the most imposing hotels in Brasilia. With its architecture signed by Ruy Ohtake, it is located on the shores of Lake Paranoá, next to the Alvorada Palace and less than 10 minutes away from the commercial center of Brasilia and 15 minutes away from the airport