Program date: 08.19.2011
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Monday September 26th • INTRODUCTION DAY

9:00 Registration

9:30 Welcome Remarks:
Prof. Dr. Jan Busche, Dean, Faculty of Law, Heinrich
Heine University and Alexandra Diehl, LL.M. (SU
Boston), Clifford Chance (Düsseldorf)

9:45-11:00 Introduction to ADR
Prof. Christopher Gibson, Suffolk University School of
Law (Boston)

11:00-11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:15-12:30 Basic Principles of International Commercial
Arbitration (Main Arbitral Institutions, Rules and
Procedures, Ad Hoc Arbitration, Institutional
Arbitration, Pros and Cons of Arbitration)
Prof. Christopher Gibson, Suffolk University School of
Law (Boston)

12:30-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-15:15 UNCITRAL MODEL LAW on International
Commercial Arbitration and Proceedings under the
UNCITRAL Regime
Dr. Mathias Wittinghofer, Baker & McKenzie
(Frankfurt)

15:15-15:30 COFFEE BREAK

15:30-17:00 Arbitration Clauses: Pitfalls & Challenges
Uwe Hornung, Clifford Chance (Frankfurt)
17:00-17:30 The China International Economic and Trade
Arbitration Commission and its Rules
James Kwan, Baker & McKenzie (Hong Kong)

19:00 Welcome Reception at the Düsseldorf Office of
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Georg-Glock-Strasse 4

Tuesday September 27th • LEGAL CULTURE DAY

9:30-11:00 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods
Ulrike Gantenberg, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
(Düsseldorf) and Dr. Denis Gebhardt, LL.M.
(Sacramento), Beiten Burkhardt (Düsseldorf)

11:00-11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:15-12:30 Cont.
Ulrike Gantenberg, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
(Düsseldorf) and Dr. Denis Gebhardt, LL.M.
(Sacramento), Beiten Burkhardt (Düsseldorf)

12:30-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-15:00 Section 1782 and Discovery in Aid of Arbitration
Proceedings
Birgit Kurtz, Crowell & Moring (New York)

15:00-15:15 COFFEE BREAK

15:15-17:30 Bridging the Gap between Common Law and Civil
Law in International Arbitration
A Discussion between Prof. Christopher Gibson,
Suffolk University School of Law (Boston) • Prof.
Dr. Siegfried H. Elsing, LL.M. (Yale), Orrick Hölters
& Elsing (Düsseldorf) • Kenneth R. Fleuriet, King
& Spalding (Paris) • Dr. Rolf M. Winkler, LL.M.
(Berkeley), Haver & Mailänder (Stuttgart)
Moderator: Jan Schäfer, LL.M. (Singapore), Allen &
Overy (Frankfurt)

20:00 Brewery Night:
Brauerei “Im Füchschen”, Old Town of Düsseldorf

Wednesday September 28th • DRAFTING DAY

9:30-11:00 Choosing Arbitrators, Drafting Skills, Case Analysis
Dr. Stephan Wilske, LL.M. (Chicago), Gleiss Lutz
(Stuttgart)

11:00-11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:15-12:30 Cont.
Dr. Stephan Wilske, LL.M. (Chicago), Gleiss Lutz
(Stuttgart)

12:30-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-15:30 Written Advocacy in International Arbitration
Christian P. Alberti, LL.M. (Tulane), ICDR (New York)
and Jocelyn Burgos, Baker Hostetler (New York)

15:30-15:45 COFFEE BREAK

15:45-16:30 Cont.
Christian P. Alberti, LL.M. (Tulane), ICDR (New York)
and Jocelyn Burgos, Baker Hostetler (New York)
16:30-18:00 “Splitting the Baby” - Interactive Seminar on the Role
of Arbitrators in Settlement Proceedings
Dr. Martin Rothermel, Taylor Wessing (Munich)

19:30 Reception at the Düsseldorf Office of
Clifford Chance, Königsallee 59

Thursday September 29th • PLEADING DAY

9:30-11:15 Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
Dr. Thomas Kreifels, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
(Düsseldorf)

11:15-11:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:30-12:45 Cont.
Dr. Thomas Kreifels, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
(Düsseldorf)

12:45-13:45 LUNCH BREAK

13:45-14:45 Oral Pleadings, Opening Statements, Closing
Speech, Delivery Techniques and the Art of
Persuasion
Dr. David Quinke, LL.M. (Boston), Gleiss Lutz
(Düsseldorf)

14:45-15:00 COFFEE BREAK

15:00-16:30 Cont.
Dr. David Quinke, LL.M. (Boston), Gleiss Lutz
(Düsseldorf)

16:30-17:30 Interactive Pleading Exercises
Dr. David Quinke, LL.M. (Boston), Gleiss Lutz
(Düsseldorf)

OPTIONAL AFTERNOON EVENT:
INTERACTIVE SEMINAR FOR YOUNG PRACTITIONERS
• in cooperation with Deutsche Institution für
Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit DIS e.V. •

19:00 Guided City Walks
Meeting Point Old Town Tour: Tourist Info Altstadt
(Marktstrasse/Corner of Rheinstrasse)
Meeting Point Media Harbor Tour: Main Entrance
Apollo Varieté (Haroldstrasse 1)

Friday September 30th • DÜSSELDORF INTERNATIONAL
ARBITRATION CONFERENCE: ARBITRATION IN TIMES
OF CRISES

9:30-9:45 Welcome Speech
Prof. Dr. R. Alexander Lorz, LL.M. (Harvard),
Heinrich Heine University (Düsseldorf)

9:45-10:30 Evolution of Investment Arbitration
Baiju Vasani, Crowell & Moring (Washington, D.C.)

10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:00-12:30 MORNING PANEL: INVESTMENT ARBITRATION IN
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Richard H. Kreindler, Shearman
& Sterling (Frankfurt)
Panelists: Dr. David J. A. Cairns, B Cremades
y Asociados (Madrid) • Baiju Vasani, Crowell &
Moring (Washington, D.C.) • Audley Sheppard, LL.M.
(Cantab.), Clifford Chance (London) • Prof. Doug
Jones, Clayton Utz (Sydney)

12:30-13:45 LUNCH BREAK

13:45-15:45 AFTERNOON PANEL: ARBITRATION IN (RE-)
INSURANCE MATTERS: GROWING PRESSURE OR
BUSINESS AS USUAL?
Introductory Remarks by Dr. Herbert Palmberger,
M.C.J. (NY), Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek (Düsseldorf)
Moderator: Dr. Daniel Busse, LL.M. (Columbia),
Allen & Overy (Frankfurt)
Panelists: Dr. Hubertus Labes, Chilting International
GmbH (Rellingen) • Dr. Hans-Werner Rhein, M.C.J.
(Miami) , ARIAS Europe e.V. (Cologne) • Dr. Oliver
Sieg, Noerr (Düsseldorf) • Dr. Eberhard Witthoff,
Munich Re (Munich)