Schedule
YOUNG ARBITRATORS EVENT |
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.| Arbitration in the Bill for Amendment of the Brazilian Civil Code (DB n. 04/2025)
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.| Arbitration Assistants and Integrity: Secretaries, Party-appointed and Tribunal-appointed Experts, and Others
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Coffee Break |
MAIN EVENT |
Opening Ceremony
5:30 p.m. – 6:10 p.m. | Opening Concert
5:50 p.m. – 6:10 p.m. | Opening Remarks by the President of the CBAr
6:10 p.m. – 6:20 p.m. | Opening Remarks
6:20 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Opening Lecture – Integrity and Arbitration: A Path to Legitimacy
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.| Panel I: Integrity and the Discipline of the Arbitral Proceeding |
Topic: The Discipline of Ethics in Soft Law: Guidelines, Standards, Codes of Ethics, and Other Sources of Transnational Law
Topic: Contrasting Disciplines: Variations in Ethical Standards Applicable to Domestic and International Arbitration
Topic: The Brazilian Discipline of Annulment Actions: Is Article 32 of the Brazilian Arbitration Law numerus clausus?
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.| Coffee Break |
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.| Panel II: Integrity and Parties in the Arbitral Proceeding |
Topic: Parties and Procedural Bad-Faith: How to Sanction Bad-Faith Litigation in Arbitration
Topic: Parties and Procedural Nullities: The Limits of Preclusion and Public Policy
Topic: Parties and Cooperation in the Proceeding: Duty or Burden?
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.| Special Panel: Diversity and Inclusion Under Attack? |
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.| Lunch |
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.| Panel III: Integrity and Arbitrators |
Topic: Arbitrators and Conflict of Interest: Is there an overlap between the duty of disclosure and the duties of independence and impartiality?
Topic: Arbitrators and Dual Roles: Are “double hatting” or “revolving door” a legally adequate cause for distrust in arbitrators’ conduct?
Topic: Arbitrators and Liability: Boundaries of Civil and Criminal Liability for Arbitrators
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.| Coffee break |
4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.| Simultaneous Round Tables Section 1: Integrity and Arbitral Chambers |
Room 1: Scrutiny, Award Review, and Other Instruments of Control of Arbitral Decisions
Room 2: Challenges against Arbitrators and Special Committees
5:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Simultaneous Round Tables Section 2: Integrity and Transparency in Arbitration |
Room 1: Publication of Procedural Data and Arbitral Awards: Where Are We, and Where Are We Heading?
Room 2: Boundaries of Procedural Confidentiality: Publicly Traded Companies and Public Administration
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.| Panel IV: Integrity and Contract |
Topic: Contract and Arbitrator’s Powers: Corruption in the Contract Performance vs. a Contract as a Product of Corruption
Topic: Contract and Lessons from Practice: What Can We Learn from the Case Republic of Nigeria v. P&ID?
Topic: Contract and Breach of ESG Clauses: Contractual Non-Performance and Arbitrability?
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.| Coffee break |
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.| Special Panel: Is Arbitration Under Attack?
