18th International Arbitration Conference
Brazilian Arbitration Committee – CBAr
August 22nd – 24th, 2019
Public Adminstration and Arbitration
22/08
Young practitioners forum
2 p.m. – 3:30 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. – 4 p.m. | Coffee Break
4 p.m. 5:15 p.m.| Panel II: Application of the CISG to administrative contracts for the international sale of goods: possibilities and limits
Moderator: João Vicente Pereira de Assis
Speakers: Gustavo Santos Kulesza and Lígia Espolaor Veronese
5:15 p.m. – 5:30 | Break
5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. | Opening by the President of CBAr: Giovanni Ettore Nanni
5:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. | Opening: Ministro Luís Felipe Salomão
6:15 p.m. – 7 p.m. | Opening Lecture: Arbitration in Public Administration: retrospect and tendencies on the Brazilian scenario
Keynote speaker: Selma M. Ferreira Lemes
8 p.m. | Opening cocktail
23/08
9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Panel I: Arbitrability and Public Administration
Moderator: Ministra Ellen Gracie Northfleet
– The boundaries between what is and what is not arbitrable
Speaker: Cesar Augusto Guimarães Pereira
– Arbitrability of disputes involving acts of corruption
Speaker: Simon Greenberg
11 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. | Coffee Break
11:30 p.m – 1 p.m. | Panel II: Contractual balance and Interpretation
Moderator: Juliana Krueger Pela
– Arbitration and contract interpretation involving state institutions
Speaker: Emilia Onyema
– Force majeure in contracts involving public administration
Speaker: Catarina Monteiro Pires
– Hardship in contracts involving public administration and arbitration
Speaker: Cristiano de Sousa Zanetti
1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Lunch
2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Special Panel: The PCA-CPA experience in arbitrations involving public entities
Moderator: Nadia de Araújo
Speaker: Martin Doe Rodriguez
Debater: Eduardo Grebler
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Panel III: The formation of administrative contracts and the State as a party to the arbitration agreement
Moderator: Carlos Alberto de Salles
– The Uruguayan experience
Expositora: Sandra González
– The Brazilian experience
Expositor: Marçal Justen Filho
– The Peruvian experience
Expositor: Hugo Alonzo Navarro
4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.| Coffee Break
5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. | Panel IV: Enforcement and annulment of arbitral awards involving direct and indirect Public Administration entities
Moderator: Ministra Isabel Gallotti
– The Brazilian experience in controlling domestic awards: a case law overview
Speaker: Carlos Alberto Carmona
– The Portuguese experience
Speaker: Paula Costa e Silva
– The French experience: the participation of the Conseil d’État in the review of arbitral awards
Speaker: Jean-Baptiste Racine
– The American experience
Speaker: Mélida N. Hodgson
24/08
9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Workshops
Arbitration in Tax Law | Regulatory agencies and arbitration | Investment arbitration |
Moderator: Priscila Faricelli Mendonça
– The Brazilian experience Speaker: Marcelo R. Escobar – The Portuguese experience Speaker: Serena Cabrita Neto |
Moderator: Rafaella Ferraz
– National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and arbitration in airport services Speaker: Gustavo Carneiro – National Petroleum Agency (ANP) and arbitration in the bidding rounds Speaker: Artur Watt Neto – National Agency for Electrical Energy (ANEEL) and energy arbitration Speaker: Julião Silveira Coelho – The Regulatory Agency as a party to the procedure: co-parties, amicus curiae and other possibilities Speaker: Flávio Luiz Yarshell |
Moderator: Adriana Noemi Pucci
– South American countries and the investment treaties: an overview Speaker: Alejandro A. Escobar – Compliance obligations imposed on foreign investors and soft law instruments (OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, UNs’ Principles on Human Rights and Companies, Global Compact and others) Speaker: Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou |
11 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 Partnerships | Regulated sectors and dispute resolution methods involving public administration | Peculiarities of Arbitration Procedures involving 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
– Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), antitrust rules and arbitration in competition matters Speaker: Paulo Burnier da Silveira – The example of the Joint Commission ANEEL, ANATEL and ANP: the differences between arbitration and administrative dispute resolution Speaker: Paula Butti Cardoso – Partnership Agreements and arbitration under the Federal Law 13.448/17 Speaker: Alexandre Aragão |
Moderator: Gustavo Fernandes de Andrade
– Impartiality and independence of arbitrators in arbitration procedures involving public administration Speaker: Márcio Souza Guimarães – Financial aspects: Costs with the arbitral institution and selection of experts Speaker: Flavio Amaral Garcia – Publicity and confidentiality in arbitration procedures including the State as a party Speaker: Eugênia Marolla |
12:45 p.m. | Brunch