| XV BELGRADE ARBITRATION CONFERENCE
 
 4 April 2025 Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry 
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| Welcome Address by the Organizers
 13:15  | 
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| 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  | 
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| Chair: | Nikčević Kapor law office
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| Chris Seppälä | Seppälä Arbitration
 /FRANCE  | 
On Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication Boards (DAABs), Time Bar and Claim Proceedings, and other pertinent topics
 
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| Milan Dakić | BDK Advokati /SERBIA  | 
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| Sally Kottb | BakerMcKenzie /UAE  | 
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| Filip Šušulić | Karanović & Partners /SERBIA  | 
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| Discussion
 
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15:30-15:50 coffee break
| II PANEL – Arbitration at a Crossroads: Balancing Procedure, Jurisdiction, and Strategy 15:50-17:30  | 
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| Chair: | CMS /GERMANY  | 
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| 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
 
 
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| 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 | 
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17:30-17:50 coffee break
| III PANEL – Behind the Curtain: Legal Privilege, Admissibility, and Procedural Challenges in Arbitration  | 
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| 17:50-19:45 | ||
| Chair: | Karanović & Partners /SERBIA  | 
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| Greta Körner | WilmerHale
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Legal privilege in arbitration: problems, recent developments and efforts towards a uniform framework | 
| Parvan Parvanov | I.A. Chambers
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Piercing privilege – the admissibility of without prejudice communications in international arbitration | 
| Shane Daly | BREDIN PRAT
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Admissibility of Illegally Obtained Evidence | 
| Katarina Živković | SOG-KINSTELLAR
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Arbitration in the Digital Age: Protecting Data Privacy and Cybersecurity | 
| Đorđe Novčić | JPM & Partners
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Temporary and Interim Measures in International Arbitration: Much Ado About Nothing? | 
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 19:45 Opening of XVII Belgrade Open Pre-Moot and cocktail  | 
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