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Investor-State Dispute Settlement: What does a random investment case look like?
Conference room Rome (level -1)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 5 / Boulevard de la Plaine 5, B-1050, Brussels
bda@vub.ac.be
ISDS disputes are usually resolved through international arbitration, which is a well-established legal method for resolving cross-border conflicts. The international debate surrounding investment protection and ISDS has been characterized by misconceptions and confusion. The aim of this joint event is to explain the basis and functioning of ISDS and to take away the misconceptions and confusion in public and political debate.
TARGET GROUPS: government officials responsible for negotiations of investment treaties and involved in representing a state in dispute resolution proceedings, attorneys specializing in dispute resolution, in-house counsel, civil servants in state investment’s policies, and investors in all kind of businesses.
LANGUAGE: English.
FEE: 250 EUR (VAT excluded)
Places are limited and are allocated on a first come first served basis.
REGISTRATION: Download the registration form (Word) and send it to events@arbitration-adr.org
PROGRAMME:
| No | Agenda item | Speaker | Time |
| 1. | Opening | Gunter Gaublomme – welcome word + intro AIA/SCC/BDA | 14.00 – 14.10 |
| First Panel: ISDS – Recent Development (Moderator: Iuliana Iancu) | |||
| 2. | The role of ISDS in a developed world: why it was there and why it should still be here. | Christer Söderlund, Vinge | 14.10 – 14.25 |
| 3. | Trends involving Amici Curiae: Pros and Cons. | John Willem, White & Case | 14.25 – 14.40 |
| 4. | Procedural Development: Emergency Arbitrator in ISDS cases | Natalia Petrik, SCC | 14.40 – 14.55 |
| 5. | ISDS and Sustainable Development | Sukma Andrina, SCC | 14.55 – 15.10 |
| 6. | Q&A | 15.10 – 15.25 | |
| Coffee break | 15.25 – 16.00 | ||
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Second panel: ISDS Reform– way forward (Moderator: Johan Billiet) |
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| 7. | ISDS and public interest | Gaëtan Verhoosel, Chair of the International Bar Association Committee on Investment Arbitration. | 16.00 – 16.15 |
| 8. | Transparency in ISDS – recent development | Fredrik Andersson, Mannheimer Swartling | 16.15 – 16.30 |
| 9. | Conflict of law and choice of arbitrator | P. Lefebvre, Hanotiau en Van den Berg | 16.30 – 16.45 |
| 10. | Private adjudication and the public interest | N. Angelet, Liedekerke | 16.45 – 17.00 |
| 11. | Q&A and debate | 17.00 – 17.15 | |
| 12. | Concluding remarks | 17.15 – 17.25 | |
| 13. | Networking | 17.25– 18.30 | |