Enhancing Business Opportunities in Africa:

The Role, Reality and Future of Africa-Related Arbitration

November 2 – 4, 2014

Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center
3405 Lenox Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326

NOVEMBER 2

• Opening Reception
  7:00 p.m.
  Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center

NOVEMBER 3

• Continental Breakfast
  7:45-8:45 a.m.
• Doing Deals in Africa: What is Different and What is Not
  9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

  Program Chair: Roy E. Hadley, Jr., Thompson Hine LLP, Atlanta, GA
  Speakers:
  Phillip Aliker,Tanfield Chambers, London
  Edward W. Fashole-Luke II, Luke & Associates, Gaborone, Botswana
  Elikem Nutifafa Kuenyehia, Managing Partner, Oxford & Beaumont, Accra & London

• Networking Break
  10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
• Africa Rising? Prospects for the Emerging African Arbitral Venues
  11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

  Program Chair: Philip W. “Whit” Engle, EngleADR; Chair, North American Branch, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Atlanta, GA
  Speakers:
  Charles Adeyemi Candide-Johnson SAN, Strachan & Partners, Lagos, Nigeria
  Roland Abeng, The Abeng law Firm, Douala, Cameroon
  Paul Ngotho, Ngotho Property Consultants Ltd, Nairobi
  Grant Herholdt, ENS Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
  Bernadette Uwicyeza, Secretary General, Kigali International Centre of Arbitration, Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC), Rwanda

• Luncheon with Keynote Speaker
  12:30 – 2:00 p.m.

  Charles N. Brower, 20 Essex Street Chambers; London; Judge of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, The Hague

• Striking the Legitimate Balance between Host-State Sovereignty and Investor Needs: Perspectives from and regarding Africa
  2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

  Program Chair: Rukia Baruti, Managing Director, African International Legal Awareness (AILA), London
  Speakers:
  Charles N. Brower, 20 Essex Street Chambers; London; Judge of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, The Hague
  Karel Daele, Mischon de Reya, London
  Mustaqeem de Gama,Director, Department of International Trade and Investment (Legal); Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  Tunde Ogowewo, Professor, Kings College, London

• Networking Break
  3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
• Compensation, Damages and Valuation in International Investment Law and Arbitration
  4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

  Program Chair: Laura Hardin, Vice President, Alvarez & Marsal, Houston, TX
  Speakers:
  Makane Moïse Mbengue, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, Geneva
  Craig S. Miles, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, TX
  Matthew D. Richardson, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA
  Lisa M. Richman, McDermott, Will & Emory, Washington DC

• Reception and Dinner at the Carter Presidential Center
  6:00 – 10:00 p.m.

  The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. In 2002, President Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work “to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development” through The Carter Center. A nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 70 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy and human rights; preventing diseases; improving mental health care; and teaching farmers to increase crop production.A unique venue that has hosted many international leaders over the course of the past two decades, The Carter Center is located next to the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum on an expanse of parkland. Attendees will be permitted to tour the Library and Museum.
  Transportation to The Carter Presidential Center
  6:00 p.m.
  Reception and Museum Tours at The Carter Presidential Center
  6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
  Reception and Dinner at The Carter Presidential Center
  7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER 4

• Continental Breakfast
  7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
• Asia and Africa: Trends in the Developing East-South Dispute Resolution Axis
  9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

  Program Chair: Joan Grafstein, JAMS, Atlanta, GA
  Speakers:
  Nachiketa Mittal, Assistant Professor of Law, National Law University, Odisha, India
  Kenneth K. Mwenda, Adjunct Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington DC
  Ucheora Onwuamaegbu, Arbitration Principal, Onwuamaegbu & Co., Lagos, Nigeria
  Thomas R. Snider, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Washington DC
  Huawei Sun, Counsel/Arbitrator, Beijing

• Networking Break
  10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
• Arbitrating with the State
  11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

  Program Chair: Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge, Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, GA
  Speakers:
  Charles “Chip” Brower, Wayne Law School, Detroit, MI
  Becky L. Jacobs, Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, TN
  Philippe Leboulanger, Leboulanger & Associés, Paris
  Luke Sobota, Three Crowns, New York, NY

• Luncheon with Speaker
  12:30 – 2:00 p.m.

  Shelby R. Grubbs, Executive Director, Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation; Miller & Martin PLLC, Atlanta, GA

• Resolving Disputes in the Energy and Natural Resources Sectors
  2:00 – 3:30 p.m. (concurrent sessions)

  Program Chair: Timothy Meyer, Professor, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, GA
  Speakers:
  Francis Botchway, Professor, Qatar University College of Law; Consultant, Ince & Co., London and Crowell Moring, Washington DC
  Tunde Fagbohunlu SAN, Aluko & Oyebode, Lagos, Nigeria
  John A.M. Judge, Arbitrator, Arbitration Place, Toronto; Thirty Nine Essex Street Chambers, London
  Alexandra Kerr Meise, Foley Hoag LLP, Washington DC
  -AND-
  Dispute Prevention, Management and Resolution of Infrastructure and Construction Projects
  Program Chair: Stephens Clay, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA
  Speakers:
  Randall F. Hafer, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA
  John W. Hinchey, JAMS, Atlanta, GA
  Kwadwo Sarkodie, Mayer Brown, London
  George Anthony “Tony” Smith, Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, GA

• Networking Break
  3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
• Diversity and Inclusion in International Arbitration Appointments
  4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

  Program Chair: Benjamin G. Davis, Professor, University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, OH
  Speakers:
  Rachel Clarke, Deputy Director, Arbitration & ADR, North America, ICC International Court of Arbitration, New York, NY
  Ike Ehiribe, 7 Stones Commercial & IP Chambers, London; Officer, LCIA African Users’ Council¸ London
  Calvin A. Hamilton, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
  Richard W. Naimark, Senior Vice President, International Center for Dispute Resolution(ICDR)/American Arbitration Association (AAA), New York, NY
  Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour, Doyin Rhodes-Vivour & Co., Lagos, Nigeria

• Closing Remarks
  5:30 p.m.

  Glenn P. Hendrix,
  Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta, GA

• Closing Reception
  6:15 – 8:15 p.m.

  Say farewell to colleagues — new and old – after an excellent three days of networking. The reception will be hosted by Thompson Hine LLP at Two Alliance Center, 3560 Lenox Road NE, Suite 1600, Atlanta, just an eight-minute walk from the conference hotel. Registrants to the U.S. Department of Commerce Conference – “Global Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa” – are also cordially invited to attend.

NOVEMBER 5 – 6

• U.S. Department of Commerce Conference: Discover Global Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa

  This conference, which is organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), will immediately follow the Atlanta International Arbitration Society (AtlAS) conference and is also being held at the Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center.
  The DOC conference has been designed for businesses seeking to explore the dynamic and emerging markets of Sub-Saharan Africa. It will feature high-ranking U.S. government officials, visiting U.S. commercial diplomats posted at U.S. Embassies throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, and international business leaders from the private sector.
  Note that registration for the AtlAS conference does not cover the DOC conference. Although coordinated with the AtlAS conference, it is a separate event. For more information about the DOC conference, please see http://export.gov/georgia/dgmsubsaharanafrica/index.asp.