10th Annual AtlAS Conference

AtlAS at 10: Past, Present and A Bold New Future For International Arbitration

AtlAS 2021 Conference and GAR Live Atlanta
September 12th - 14th, 2021:

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Sunday, September 12, 2021

14:00 - 15:45 ET -- Login, Welcome from AtlAS and Co-Chairs
ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF) & AtlAS Young Practitioners Group

Co-Chairs:
Rebecca Lunceford Kolb, Arnall Golden Gregory
Kristen Bromberek, Alston & Bird
Christopher Smith, King & Spalding

PANEL:

“Virtually Back to Normal? Takeaways from a Year of Remote Arbitration Hearings and Pathways Forward”

Laughlin Allen, McGuire Woods, Atlanta
Isabel Fernandez de la Cuesta, King & Spalding, New York
Ryan Harbin, Baker Hostetler, Atlanta
Kimberly Blake, ICC, New York

Moderator:
Jamie George, Alston & Bird, Atlanta

16:00 - 18:15 ET -- Tertulias
Chair:
Chris Campbell, Baker Hughes

Committee:
Mathew Cauthen, USC Law
Rebecca Lunceford Kolb, Arnall Golden Gregory
Whit Engle, Engle Law
Nancy Baughan, Parker Hudson

PANELS:
" Tomorrow Land: International ADR in Next Generation Industries”:
Attendees can choose two of four sessions one in each time period:

16:00 - 17:00 ET -- Sustainability & Green Issues in international Dispute Resolution
Moderator #1: Wendy Miles, QC, Twenty Essex
Moderator #2: Alina Leoveanu, Mayer Brown
Moderator #3: Olivier Andre, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Moderator #4: Deborah Hylton, Hylton ADR Services

16:00 - 17:00 ET -- Entertainment and Media Disputes
Moderator #1: Leonid Shmatenko, Peter & Kim
Moderator #2: Jesse Weiner, YK Law
Moderator #3: Keisha Perry-Walker, The Perry Law Group
Moderator #4: Ucheora Onwuamaegbu, Arent Fox

17:15 - 18:15 ET -- Space Law Disputes
Moderator #1: Les Schiefelbein, Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution
Moderator #2: Mark Kantor, Arbitrator and Mediator
Moderator #3: Timiebi Aganaba, Professor, Arizona State University
Moderator #4: Pamela Meredith, KMA Zuckert

17:15 - 18:15 ET -- Life Science & Tech. Disputes
Moderator #1: Clay Holloway, Kilpatrick Townsend
Moderator #2: Conna Weiner, JAMS Arbitrator and Mediator
Moderator #3: Elizabeth Silbert, King & Spalding
Moderator #4: Gary Benton, Gary Benton Arbitration

Monday, September 13, 2021: GARLive Atlanta

09:00 - 09:10 ET -- Login, welcome from GAR and co-chairs

Kurt Lindquist, Cozen O’Connor
Matt Richardson, Alston & Bird
Janet Walker, Independent Arbitrator

09:10 - 09:30 ET -- Keynote address
James Smith, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Ecolab

09:30 - 10:15 ET -- The year in review, a guide through the essentials

All the most important developments in both regional and international arbitration that you need to know about.

Topics to include:

• Overview of the latest developments in commercial and investor state arbitration – new laws, decisions, and changes to institutional rules and soft law
• Exploring the latest high-profile arbitration cases across the US and internationally
• Understanding niche or specific challenges to arbitration; e.g. ability to enforce an international arbitration agreement against a non-signatory party and the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act

Moderator:
Henry Parr, Wyche

Panelists:
Shan Greer, Spencer West
Florian Mohs, Pestalozzi Law
Ucheora Onwuamaegbu, Arent Fox
Christopher Ryan, Sherman & Sterling

10:15 - 11:00 ET -- IP and arbitration

Similar to banks, large IP owners have been slower than some to adopt international arbitration. Lately though, that appears to be changing. So, how can international arbitration be of help when in the intellectual property sphere? How can the international arbitration world meet the industry’s concerns about its usefulness, and what are the peculiarities of the IP disputes that may require creative thinking? And where will the arbitrators be found?

Topics the panelists are expected to address include:

• Reasons IP firms have avoided arbitration, and how many of those are insurmountable
• IP owners who have had embraced international arbitration and why. Are there any themes? Is there a US-rest of the world divide?
• The most common types of IP-related arbitrations
• Particular issues in life sciences and molecule development
• Compulsory licensing disputes
• Quantifying damages in patent infringement cases in Pharma
• Covid-19 related IP and life sciences disputes

Moderator:
Kurt Lindquist, Cozen O’Connor

Panelists:
Rachel Kent, WilmerHale
Rachel Thorn, Cooley
Andy Tuck, Alston & Bird
Brian White, King & Spalding

11:00 - 11:15 ET -- Coffee break

11:15 - 12:00 ET -- The GAR Live Question Time with IP in-house counsel

This session provides an opportunity to hear directly from in-house counsel from large IP owning companies on the good and the bad experiences, what they want to see from external counsel, and their latest challenges. The panel of in-house counsel will discuss questions submitted by the audience and moderator in advance.

Moderator:
Matt Richardson, Alston & Bird

Panelists:
Ron Antush, Nokia
Peter Barr, Rack Room Shoes
George Jurch, Continental Tire the Americas
James Smith, Ecolab

12:00 - 12:45 ET -- GAR Live: Would you challenge?

Our panel of esteemed practitioners will introduce and then discuss intriguing scenarios, loosely based on their own lives, before asking the audience and other panel members to vote on how they would respond – giving the session its title – before outlining their own solution. As well as providing lots of food for thought, these sessions offer the chance to benchmark one’s own practice and instincts against a group of peers.

Moderator:
Janet Walker, Independent Arbitrator

Panelists:
Sarah Biser, Fox Rothschild
Charles Adams, Orrick
Andrew Flake, Arnall Golden Gregory
Bill Jennings, Delta Consulting Group

12:45 - 13:00 ET -- Chairs’ closing remarks
Kurt Lindquist, Cozen O’Connor
Matt Richardson, Alston & Bird
Janet Walker, Independent Arbitrator


Dinner on your own

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

09:00 - 11:00 ET -- Login, Welcome from AtlAS and Chair
AtlAS Forum

AtlAS at 10: Past, Present and A Bold New Future For International Arbitration
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Chair and Moderator:
Shelby Grubbs, JAMS Arbitrator and Mediator

Panel:
Glenn Hendrix, AtlAS Founder, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory
Carita Wallgren-Lindholm, Arbitrator, Lindholm Wallgren, Helsinki, Finland and Chair, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge, Dean, University of Georgia School of Law
Brent O. E. Clinkscale, AtlAS President, Clinkscale Global ADR
Luis M. Martinez, Vice President, International Centre for Dispute Resolution

HOTELS
Marriott Suites Midtown, AC Hotel Midtown, The Four Seasons Midtown, The Moxy Midtown

The Conference is Free but individuals must register.
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