Transcript 2nd Dutch Arbitration Day – The Future of Arbitration Thursday, 18

2nd Dutch Arbitration Day – The Future of Arbitration
Thursday, 18 September 2014
Hermitage
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
09.30 – 10.00
Registration and welcome coffee
10:00 – 10.30 Opening:
a. Welcome by the President of the Dutch Arbitration Association (Gerard
Meijer, Nauta Dutilh)
b. Introduction and explanation of the program: (Melanie van Leeuwen,
Derains & Gharavi and Rogier Schellaars, Simmons & Simmons)
10.30 – 12.00
Plenary session I:
Key note address by Professor Zachary Douglas (Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies (Geneva) and Matrix Chambers
(London) on The Future of Arbitration
The key note speaker will be challenged in three interventions
12.00 – 13.30
Lunch on classic boats in the Amsterdam canals
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13.30 – 15.00
Breakout sessions I: (each participant to select one session or take a guided
tour through the Hermitage Museum)
Topic
Investment
Arbitration
Financial
Services
Arbitration
Jeroen
Ouwehand
(Clifford
Chance,
Amsterdam)
Insurance
Arbitration
Dutch
debater
Nikos Lavranos
(EFILA, Brussels)
Foreign
debater
Michael
Polkinghorne
(White & Case,
Paris)
Matthew
Gearing
(Allen &
Overy, Hong
Kong)
James Pollock
(Simmons &
Simmons,
London)
Inhouse
counsel
René Visser,
(former General
Counsel at
Eureko/Achmea)
Peter Werner,
(ISDA,
London)
Ronald
Nieuwenstein
(AIG Insurance,
Europe,
Rotterdam)
Natalie
Vloemans
(Ploum Lodder
Princen,
Rotterdam)
Wieger Wielinga
(Omni Bridgeway
Funding &
Recovery,
Amsterdam)
15:00 – 15.30
Arbitration
Institute
Hugo Siblesz (PCA,
The Hague)
Gerard Meijer
(PRIME, The
Hague)
Colin Croly
(AIDA,
London)
Umpire/
Moderator
Albert-Jan van den
Berg (Hanotiau Van
den Berg, Brussels)
George Affaki
(University
Paris II;
Former
Managing
Director BNP
Paribas CIB
Legal, Paris)
Marc Hendrikse
(University of
Amsterdam,
Amsterdam)
Rapporteur
Bo Ra Hoebeke
(Nauta Dutilh,
Rotterdam)
Wouter de
Clerck (DLA
Piper,
Amsterdam)
Erik Koster
(Loyens &
Loeff,
Rotterdam)
Coffee break
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Guided tour
Hermitage
15.30 – 17.00 Breakout sessions II: (each participant to select one session or take a
guided tour through the Hermitage Museum)
Topic
Construction
Arbitration
Shawn Conway
(Conway &
Partners,
Rotterdam)
Gas Pricing
Arbitration
Marnix Leijten
(De Brauw
Blackstone
Westbroek,
Amsterdam)
Maritime
Arbitration
Michiel van
Leeuwen
(Boonk Van
Leeuwen,
Rotterdam)
Foreign
debater
Jan Schaefer
(King &
Spalding,
Frankfurt )
Georgios
Petrochilos
(Three Crowns,
Paris)
Stephen
Kirkpatrick
(Reed Smith,
London)
Inhouse
counsel
Rob Hoefnagels
(Royal Imtech,
The Hague)
Javier Gallego
(Gas Natural,
Madrid)
Gjalt Eltenbaas
(Jumbo
Shipping,
Rotterdam)
Arbitration
Institute
Bommel van der
Bend (NAI,
Rotterdam)
Gustav FleckeGiammarco
(ICC, Paris)
Marcel
Verhagen
(TAMARA,
Rotterdam)
Umpire/
moderator
Vera van Houtte
(Independent
arbitrator,
Leuven)
David Mildon
QC (Essex
Court
Chambers,
London)
Vincent de
Brauw (AKD,
Rotterdam)
Rapporteur
Hilde van der
Baan (Allen &
Overy,
Amsterdam)
Jelle Drok
(Freshfields,
Amsterdam)
Pieter den Haan
(Van Traa,
Rotterdam)
Dutch
debater
17:00– 18.00
Guided tour
Hermitage
Plenary Session II:
Presentations by Rapporteurs on outcome panel discussions
18:00- close
Concluding remarks
18.15 – 21.00
Drinks and walking dinner at the Royal Amsterdam Rowing and Sailing
Club 'De Hoop'
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