XV BELGRADE ARBITRATION CONFERENCE

 

4 April 2024

Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

 

Welcome Address by the Organizers

13:15

13:30          Signing and presentation of DIS-SAA/BAC Cooperation Agreement
I PANEL –

Blueprints for Resolution: Navigating FIDIC Contracts and Construction Arbitration

13:40- 15:30

Chair:

Jovan Nikčević

Nikčević Kapor law office

/SERBIA

Chris Seppälä Seppälä Arbitration

/FRANCE

On Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication Boards (DABs), Time Bar and Claim Proceedings, and other pertinent topics

 

Milan Dakić BDK Advokati
/SERBIA
Sally Kottb BakerMcKenzie
/UAE
Filip Šušulić Karanović & Partners
/SERBIA
Discussion

 

 15:30-15:50 coffee break

II PANEL –
Arbitration at a Crossroads: Balancing Procedure, Jurisdiction, and Strategy

 

15:50-17:30

Chair:

Evgenia Peiffer

CMS
/ GERMANY
Aleksandar Ristić Wolf Theiss
/SERBIA
Asymmetrical Jurisdiction Clauses: Effects of the New CJEU Judgement
Marija Šćekić Squire Patton Boggs
/UK
Pre-Arbitration Procedural Requirements: Updates from the Dismal Swamp

 

 

Reinmar Wolff DIS/University of Marburg
/GERMANY
Preliminary views and pro-settlement approach under DIS rules
Blagoje Milošević Schoenherr
/SERBIA
Parallel Proceedings: Issues and Practical Solutions
Discussion

 

 17:30-17:50 coffee break

 

III PANEL –
Behind the Curtain: Legal Privilege, Admissibility, and Procedural Challenges in Arbitration
17:50-19:45  
Chair:

Milica Savić

Karanović & Partners
/SERBIA
 
Greta Körner WilmerHale

/UK

Legal privilege in arbitration: problems, recent developments and efforts towards a uniform framework
Parvan Parvanov I.A. Chambers

/USA

Piercing privilege – the admissibility of without prejudice communications in international arbitration
Shane Daly BREDIN PRAT

/FRANCE

Admissibility of Illegally Obtained Evidence
Katarina Živković SOG-KINSTELLAR

/SERBIA

Arbitration in the Digital Age: Protecting Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
Đorđe Novčić JMP & Partners

/SERBIA

Temporary and Interim Measures in International Arbitration: Much Ado About Nothing?
Discussion

 

 

19:45 Opening of XVII Belgrade Open Pre-Moot and cocktail