29 MARCH 2010

JOINT SYMPOSIUM:

INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

WILLIAM AND DEBORA

SLATE

SPONSORED BY:

MEDIA SPONSOR:

Monday, March 29 is the syMposiuM

sunday, March 28 is the pre-syMposiuM dinner and vineyard tour for participants

KEY PARTICIPANTS:

Gabriela Alvarez-Avila, Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Lisa B. Bingham, Professor and Keller-Runden Chair in Public Service,

Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Andrea K. Bjorklund, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis

Lada Busevac, Product Leader in ADR, International Finance Corporation

Domenico Di Pietro, Advocate, Chiomenti Studio Legale

Roberto Echandi, Ambassador of Costa Rica to the

European Union, Government of Costa Rica

Ambassador Carlo Gianelli Derois, Oriental Republic of

Uruguay, Ambassador to the United States of America

Patricio Grané, Counsel, Arnold and Porter LLP

Richard Karugarama, Senior Legal & Governance Policy Analyst,

Office of the President of the Republic of Rwanda

Jae-Hoon Kim, Public Prosecutor / former Legal

Counsel in the Ministry of Justice of Korea

Dany Khayat, Counsel, Mayer Brown LLP

Barton Legum, Partner, Salans

Céline Lévesque , Associate Professor, University of

Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section

David Pawlak, International Legal Consultant, David A. Pawlak LLC

Srilal M. Perera, Chief Counsel Legal and Claims,

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

F. Peter Phillips, Principal, Business Conflict Management LLC

Andrea Saldarriaga, International Legal Consultant

Leroy Sheffer, Consultant, International Trade Advisory Services

Hi-Taek Shin, Professor, Seoul National University School of Law

Eduardo Silva Romero, Partner, Dechert LLP

Brad Stilwell, Office of Investment Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Hannah Tuempel, Manager, International Chamber of

Commerce Dispute Resolution Services

Nancy Welsh, Professor of Law, Penn State University,

Dickinson School of Law

Jason Yackee, Assistant Professor of Law,

University of Wisconsin Law School

a Joint collaboration between washington and lee school of law   

frances lewis law centertransnational law institute

and the united nations conference on trade and developMent

PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES – 28 MARCH 2010 (BY INVITATION)

16:00–17:30: Wine Tasting

19:00–21:00: Pre-conference Dinner – Sponsored by Foley Hoag LLP• Welcoming Remarks: Ronald Goodman, Ph.D.

Partner, Foley Hoag LLP

CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES – 29 MARCH 2010 (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

• 8:00–9:00: Registration and Breakfast

Sponsored by Shearman & Sterling LLP and Curtis LLP

9:00–9:15: Introductions

• Rodney Smolla, Dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. Professor

of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law

• Susan D. Franck, Associate Professor

Washington and Lee University School of Law

• Anna Joubin-Bret, Senior Legal Advisor, UNCTAD

9:15–9:45: Keynote Speaker:

• W. Michael Reisman, Myres S. McDougal Professor

of International Law, Yale Law School

9:45–11:45: Panel 1 – Experiences of Stakeholders in Investment

Arbitration and Dispute Resolution – Pitfalls and Successes:

1. Moderator: • Ted Posner, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

2. Speakers: • Mark Clodfelter, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP

• Jack J. Coe, Jr., Professor of Law,

Pepperdine University School of Law

• Alvaro Galindo, Director of International Arbitration and

Litigation, Office of the Attorney General, Republic of Ecuador

• Vilawan Mangklatanakul, Minister Counselor, Ministry

of Foreign Affairs, Government of Thailand

• Ignacio Torterola, ICSID Liaison,

Embassy of the Argentine Republic

3. Commentator: • Mark Feldman, Chief, NAFTA/CAFTA-DR Arbitration,

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State

11:45–13:15: Lunch (Ticketed Event by Invitation) – Sponsored by Arnold & Porter LLP and the American Society of International Law• Lunchtime Address: Margrete Stevens,

Consultant, King & Spalding LLP

13:15–15:00: Panel 2 – Exploring Existing Strategies and Innovations

for Preventing and Managing Investment Treaty Disputes Efficiently

1. Moderator: • William K. Slate II, President and CEO,

American Arbitration Association

2. Speakers: • Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General, International Centre for

the Settlement of Investment Disputes, World Bank

• Aguie Lendor, Manager of Trade and Investment Policies,

Center of Export and Investment, Dominican Republic

• Michael McIlwrath, Senior Counsel, General

Electric Infrastructure – Oil & Gas

• Paul Andres Paredes Portella, Director of

International Economic and Financial Entities,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peru

• Andrea A. Schneider, Professor of Law,

Marquette University School of Law

3. Commentator: • Jonathan (Josh) Kallmer, Deputy Assistant

U.S. Trade Representative for Investment,

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

15:00–15:30: Tea Break – Sponsored by Crowell & Moring LLP

15:30–17:30: Panel 3 – Creative Options for the Future: Setting

a Common Agenda of Mutual Interests and Expectations:

1. Moderator: • Yas Banifatemi, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP

2. Speakers: • Laurence Boulle, Director of the Mandela Institute for Global

Economic Law, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

• Cathy Costantino, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown

University Law School, George Washington University Law

School and Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Noriyuki Mita, Director for FTA, Ministry of

Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

• José Antonio Rivas, Foreign Attorney, Arnold & Porter LLP

• Wolf von Kumberg, Legal Director and Assistant

General Counsel, Northrop Grumman Corporation

3. Commentator:• Mariana Hernandez Crespo, Associate Professor

and Founder of the UST International ADR Research

Network, University of St. Thomas School of Law

17:30–17:45: Closing Remarks

• Lucy Reed, Partner and Co-Head of Global International

Arbitration Group, Freshfields and Immediate Past

President of the American Society of International Law

18:00–19:00: Drinks Reception – Sponsored by the American Arbitration Association and William and Debora Slate