The Eighth Annual Conference of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society
Points of View:  Multiple Perspectives on International Arbitration
 
Three days of events organized by AtlAS in connection with
the International Chamber of Commerce and Global Arbitration Review
 
Schedule – September 8 – 10, 2019
 
Eighth Annual AtlAS Conference Co-Chairs:
Glenn Hendrix, Arnall Golden Gregory (Atlanta)
Shelby Grubbs, Miller & Martin PLLC (Atlanta)

• Sunday – September 8, 2019
• 2:00 PM – 3:45 PM – ICC Young Arbitrators Forum/AtlAS Young Practitioners

Chairs:
Rebecca Kolb, Arnall Golden Gregory (Atlanta)
Sara Burns, King & Spalding (Atlanta)
Interviews with Practitioners from Around the World:  Different Perspectives on Building a Successful International Arbitration Practice
Moderator:
Mariya Davis, Fulton County Business Court (Atlanta)
Panel:
Jesus Saracho Aguirre, Uria Menendez (New York)
Pedro Arcoverde, ICC Court of International Arbitration (New York)
Annie Lesperance, Bentham IMF (Montreal)
Chris Smith, King & Spalding (Atlanta)
Venue:  Faculty Commons Room, Third Floor, GSU College of Law, 85 Park Place NE, Atlanta, GA, USA
Registration:  Free event but registration required on GAR Live Atlanta 2019 website

• 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM – AtlAS Tertulia Sessions

Chair:
Brent Clinkscale
Attendees can choose two of four sessions:  1) When and where to arbitrate and when and where to litigate; 2) Choosing an administering institution; 3) Financing arbitration and litigation and the rise of orders for security for costs; 4) Technology and artificial intelligence in arbitration.
Moderators:
Pedro Arcoverde, ICC Court of International Arbitration (New York)
Nancy Baughan, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs (Atlanta)
Carlos Concepcion, Shook Hardy & Bacon (Miami)
Mathew Draper, Draper & Draper (New York
Clifford Hendel, Hendel IDR (Madrid)
LouAnn Kelleher, Weinberg Wheeler (Atlanta)
Simon Mortimer, HKA (Atlanta)

Johanna Pasila, Lindholm Wallgren (Helsinki)

Valerie Sanders, Eversheds Sutherland (Atlanta)
Christof Siefarth, Goerg (Cologne)
Brian White, King & Spalding (Atlanta)
W.K. Whitner, Paul Hastings (Atlanta)
Stephen Wright, Taylor English Duma (Atlanta)
Venue:  Knowles Conference Center, Lower Lobby, Georgia State University College of Law, 85 Park Place, NE, Atlanta, GA, USA
Registration:  Covered by AtlAS Ticket or Combined GAR – AtlAS Ticket.

• 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM – Cocktails

Venue: Ritz Carlton, Atlanta, 181 Peachtree Street, NE.
Registration:  Covered by AtlAS Ticket or Combined GAR – AtlAS Ticket

• Monday – September 9, 2019
• 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM – Welcome, coffee and registration
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM – Chairs’ opening remarks

Ambassador Charles Adams, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (Geneva)
Randall Hafer, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton (Atlanta)
Ank Santens, White & Case (New York)
Venue:  Knowles Conference Center, Lower Lobby, Georgia State University College of Law, 85 Park Place, NE, Atlanta, GA, USA
Registration:
Covered by GAR Ticket or combined GAR – AtlAS Ticket

• 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM: – Session one: The year in review, a guide through the essentials

All the developments in both regional and international arbitration that you need to know about.
Some of the topics our esteemed panel are expected to discuss include:

• The Prague Rules, HKIAC rules and others, their status and developments to date;
• What have recent cases such as Henry Schein v. Archer & White Sales, Vantage Deepwater Company v. Petrobas, USDC SD Tx and Achmea revealed as pressing issues?
• Recent trends in arbitration such as transparency and summary disposition.

Moderator:
Shelby Grubbs, Miller & Martin
Panel:
Calvin Hamilton, Hamilton Abogados
Mark Kantor, Independent Arbitrator
Elizabeth Silbert, King & Spalding
Andrew Tuck, Alston & Bird

• 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM – Coffee break
• 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM – Session two: The GAR Live Debate on construction – which blueprints are best?

In a twist on the Oxford Union style, we discuss and debate the pros and cons of several motions seeking enforcement of contractual clauses excluding or limiting certain damages and claims, including provisions:

• Prohibiting the recovery of consequential damages;
• Imposing caps on damages;
• Shortening periods for asserting claims.

Moderator:
Randall Hafer, Kilpatrick Townsend
Panel:
Neil Gaudion, FTI
Don Harvey, Secretariat International
John Hinchey, JAMS Global Engineering and Construction Panel
Veronica O’Brien, Regional General Counsel, Andritz

• 12:45 PM – 2:15 PM – Lunch with keynote speech

George Bermann, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School and Reporter and Chief Reporter, American Law Institute Restatement (Third) of US Law of International Commercial Arbitration

• 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM – Session three: Expecting the unexpected, a simulation

This role-playing session will examine unanticipated problems that can arise during arbitrations, testing the judgment and reflexes of experienced arbitrators.
You can be sure to expect:

• Unexpected witnesses
• Unexpected exhibits
• Absent witnesses
• Cyberbreaches
• Arbitrator misbehavior

Moderator:
Ank Santens, White & Case
Panel:
John Keefe, Keefe Chambers
Glenn Hendrix, Arnall Golden Gregory
Carita Wallgren Lindholm, Lindholm Wallgren
Kurt Lindquist, Womble, Bond Dickinson

• 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM – Coffee break
• 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM – Session four: The GAR Live Question Time

GAR Live want YOU to submit your burning questions to the panel.
Ideas for questions:

• Cybersecurity;
• Constructions;
• Technology and artificial intelligence;
• Transparency;
• Judicial and Bureaucratic hostility.

Moderator:
Charles Adams, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Panel
Brent Clinkscale, Independent Arbitrators
Mark Cymrot, Baker Hostetler
Grant Hanessian, Baker & McKenzie
India Johnson, American Arbitration Association

• 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM – Chairs’ closing remarks

Charles Adams, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Randall Hafer, Kilpatrick Townsend
Ank Santens, White & Case

• 5:45 PM – 7:15 PM – Cocktails

Venue: Ritz Carlton, Atlanta, 181 Peachtree Street, NE.
Registration:  Covered by GAR Ticket, AtlAS Ticket or Combined GAR – AtlAS Ticket

• Tuesday – September 10, 2019
• 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM – First Annual AtlAS Forum

Chair:
Magaly Cobian (Atlanta)
An interactive discussion regarding award writing in both domestic and international arbitrations and covering, among other matters:
How counsel can present their claims and defenses to will assist arbitrators in writing an efficient award.
How counsel and experts can present information pertaining to damages in a way that will assist arbitrators writing an award,
How, if at all, counsel misbehavior figures into award writing.
What arbitrators do when they find that information may have been overlooked in the presentation of evidence.
Moderators:
Pedro Arcoverde, ICC Court of International Arbitration (New York)
Hon. Stanley Birch, JAMS (Atlanta);
John Hinchey, JAMS (Atlanta and Washington)
Luis Martinez; Vice President, ICDR (New York)
Robert Meynardie, Meynardie & Nanny (Raleigh)
Penn Payne, Arbitrator (Atlanta)
Venue:  Knowles Conference Center, Lower Lobby, Georgia State University College of Law, 85 Park Place, NE, Atlanta, GA, USA
Registration:  Covered by AtlAS Ticket or Combined GAR – AtlAS Ticket.