2019 – Public Administration and Arbitration – 18th International Arbitration Congress

CBAr Brasilia, August 22-24, 2019

Schedule

08/22

Young practitioners forum

2:00 p.m. | Panel I: Public interest and arbitrability: possibilities and limits

Moderator: Gisela Ferreira Mation

Speakers: Bruno Lopes Megna, Flavia Mange and Andressa Murta Rocha Cavalcante

3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break

4:00 p.m. | Panel II: Application of the CISG to administrative contracts for the international purchase and sale of goods: possibilities and limits

Moderator: João Vicente Pereira de Assis

Speakers: Gustavo Santos Kulesza and Lígia Espolaor Veronese

5:15 p.m. | Break

 

5:30 p.m. | Opening remarks by the President of CBAr: Giovanni Ettore Nanni

5:45 p.m. | Opening remarks: Minister Luís Felipe Salomão

6:15 p.m. | Opening lecture: Arbitration in Public Administration: retrospect and trends in the Brazilian scenario

Speaker: Selma M. Ferreira Lemes

8 p.m. | Opening cocktail party

08/23

09:30 a.m. | Panel I: Arbitrability and Public Administration

Moderator:Minister Ellen Gracie Northfleet

Concession contracts and “arbitrable disputes”

Speaker:Cesar Augusto Guimarães Pereira

Arbitrability of disputes involving allegations of corruption

Speaker:Simon Greenberg

11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break 

11:30 a.m. | Panel II: Contractual Balance and Interpretation

Moderator: Juliana Krueger Pela

Arbitration and contractual interpretation in disputes involving state entities

Speaker: Emilia Onyema

Force majeure in contracts with the public administration

Speaker: Catarina Monteiro Pires

Excessive supervening burden in contracts with the public administration and arbitration

Speaker:  Cristiano de Sousa Zanetti

1:00 p.m. | Lunch 

2:30 p.m. | Special Panel: PCA-CPA’s Experience in Arbitrations involving Public Entities

Moderator: Nadia de Araújo

Speaker: Martin Doe Rodriguez

Debater: Eduardo Grebler

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Panel III: The Formation of the Administrative Contract and the State as a Party to the Arbitration Convention

Moderator: Carlos Alberto de Salles

– The Uruguayan experience

Speaker: Sandra González

– The Brazilian experience

Speaker: Marçal Justen Filho

– The Peruvian experience

Speaker: Hugo Alonzo Navarro

4:30 p.m. | Coffee Break

5:00 p.m. | Panel IV: Enforcement and Annulment of Arbitral Awards involving the direct and indirect Public Administration

Moderator: Minister Isabel Gallotti

– The Brazilian experience in the control of domestic awards: overview of case law

Speaker: Carlos Alberto Carmona

– The Portuguese experience

Speaker: Paula Costa e Silva

– The French experience: the role of the Conseil d’État in the review of arbitral awards

Speaker: Jean-Baptiste Racine

– The North American experience

Speaker: Mélida N. Hodgson

08/24

09:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Workshops

Tax ArbitrationRegulatory Agencies and ArbitrationInvestment Arbitration

Moderator: Priscila Faricelli de Mendonça

– The Brazilian experience

Speaker: Marcelo R. Escobar

– The Portuguese experience

Speaker: Serena Cabrita Neto

Moderator: Rafaella Ferraz

– ANAC and arbitration in services airports

Speaker: Gustavo Carneiro

ANP and arbitration in bidding rounds

Speaker: Artur Watt Neto

ANEEL and energy arbitration

Speaker: Julião Silveira Coelho

Regulatory Agency as a party to the procedure: litigation, amicus curiae and other possibilities

Speaker: Flávio Luiz Yarshell

Moderator: Adriana Noemi Pucci

South American countries and investment agreements: overview

Speaker: Alejandro A. Escobar

Obligations of compliance imposed on foreign investors and soft law instruments (OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, UN Principles on Business and Human Rights, Global Compact and others)

Speaker: Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou

 

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Break

 

11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Workshops

Dispute Resolution Methods Applied to Privatization Projects and Investment PartnershipsRegulated Sectors and Dispute Resolution Methods involving the Public AdministrationPeculiarities of Arbitration Procedures involving the Public Administration

Moderator: Rafael Vanzella

Speaker: Rafael Fortunato

Speaker: Eduardo Garcia de Araújo Jorge

Speaker: Gustavo da Rocha Schmidt

Speaker: Pedro Ivo Peixoto

Moderator: Rita Maria Costa Dias Nolasco

– CADE, antitrust law rules and arbitration in competition matters

Speaker: Paulo Burnier da Silveira

The example of the Joint Commission ANEEL, ANATEL and ANP: differences between arbitration and administrative dispute resolution

Speaker: Paula Butti Cardoso

Partnership contracts and arbitration in light of Federal Law No. 13,448/17

Speaker: Alexandre Aragão

Moderator: Gustavo Fernandes de Andrade

Impartiality and independence of arbitrators in arbitrations involving the public administration

Speaker: Márcio Souza Guimarães

Financial aspects: costs with the arbitration institution and hiring of experts

Speaker: Flavio Amaral Garcia

– Publicity and confidentiality in arbitrations with the State as a party

Speaker: Eugênia Marolla

 

12:45 p.m. | Brunch

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