Geneva & Online | 27 June 2025
Welcome and Introduction
Stacy Leeds, Dean & Foundation Professor of Law and Leadership | Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Art Hinshaw, Clinical Professor and Faculty Director of the Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center | Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Les Schiefelbein, CEO & Founder, Schiefelbein Global | Founder, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center
Keynote: From Discord to Accord: Breaking Language, Cultural and Other Barriers in Global Dispute Resolution
Kevin Kim, International Arbitrator, Founder and Managing Partner | Peter & Kim
Arbitration 2050: Facing the Future
Paul H. Cohen, International Lawyer & Barriester at Law | 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square (moderator)
Brandon Malone, International Arbitrator | Arbitra, Barrister | Quadrant Chambers, Advocate | Ampersand Advocates
Gary Marchant, Regents and Foundation Professor of Law & Faculty Director, Center for Law, Science and Innovation | Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Hon. Bridget Mary McCormack (Ret.), President and CEO | American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution
Colin Rule, President and CEO | odr.com
Crisis Negotiation
Art Hinshaw, Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Lodestar Dispute
Resolution Center | Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (moderator)
Calvin Chrustie, Senior Partner | The Critical Risk Team
Christine Pearson, Professor of Global Leadership | Thunderbird School of Global Management
Tom Villalón, International Lawyer, Associate | Three Crowns, Co-Founder | Rescue Afghan Women Now
Amb. Miomir Zuzul, Senior International Policy Advisor | Arnold & Porter
Breaking In: Careers in International Dispute Resolution
Chris Campbell, Senior Counsel, Litigation | Baker Hughes
Abbey Hawthorne, Deputy Director, Arbitration & ADR, North America | International Chamber of
Commerce
Nilufar Hossain, Investment Manager and Legal Counsel | Omni Bridgeway
Global Entertainment Disputes
Michael Maddigan, Office Managing Partner, Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment |
Hogan Lovells US LLP (moderator)
Caleb Jay, Vice President & General Counsel | Arizona Diamondbacks
Roger Kennedy, Fmr. Associate General Counsel-Patents, The Walt Disney Company
Anat Levy, Esq., Anat Levy & Associates P.C., Founding Member |
IFTA/ICDR Arbitrator, and Outside Counsel | MGM Studios
Nicholas A. Trutanich, Executive Vice President of Litigation & Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer |
Fox Corporation
International Supply Chain Disputes
Abby Cohen Smutny, Partner, Global Head of International Arbitration | White & Case LLP (moderator)
Mark Danis, Vice President | Deputy General Counsel | The Clorox Company
Ruth Franklin, Chief Counsel | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
Karl Hennessee, FRAeS, Senior Vice President, Head of Litigation, Investigations & Regulatory Affairs –
Airbus Legal & Compliance
Scott Statham, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel | Freeport McMoRan Inc.
Welcome and Introduction
Stacy Leeds, Dean & Foundation Professor of Law and Leadership | Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Art Hinshaw, Clinical Professor and Faculty Director of the Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center | Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Les Schiefelbein, CEO & Founder, Schiefelbein Global | Founder, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center
Keynote: Damocles Sword – A Tool to Resolve Disputes, If Used Effectively
Claudia Salomon, Arbitrator and President | ICC International Court of Arbitration
Catastrophic Sovereign Events
Mélida Hodgson, Partner | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (moderator)
Dr. Claudia Frutos-Peterson, Managing Partner | Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Dr. Chiara Giorgetti, Professor of Law | University of Richmond School of Law
Jeremy K. Sharpe, Independent International Arbitrator and Consultant
Baiju Vasani, International Arbitrator | Twenty Essex
Pharma & Life Sciences Disputes
Jonathan W. Fitch, Managing Partner | Fitch Law Partners LLP (moderator)
Steven M. Bauer, Mediator, Arbitrator, and Special Master | JAMS
James P. Duffy IV, Partner | Reed Smith LLP
Grant L. Kim, Partner | LimNexus LLP
Dr. Dorothee Schramm, Independent International Arbitrator
Nontraditional International Arbitration Claims
Hugh Carlson, Chief Executive Officer | Three Crowns LLP (moderator)
Steven K. Andersen, Vice President | International Centre for Dispute Resolution
Dr. Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof, Director General | London Court of International Arbitration
Patrícia Kobayashi, Secretary General | Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada
Marek Krasula, Director of Arbitration & ADR, North America | ICC International Court of Arbitration
Innovation in Investor-State Arbitration
Roger P. Alford, Professor of Law | University of Notre Dame Law School (moderator)
Christina L. Beharry, Partner | Foley Hoag LLP
Alejandro A. Escobar, Partner & Chair, Public International Law | Baker Botts LLP
David Ingle, Senior Counsel | Allen & Overy LLP
Martina Polasek, Deputy Secretary-General | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
Welcome and Introduction
Adam Chodorow, Interim Dean, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Art Hinshaw, Clinical Professor and Director of the Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Victoria Sahani, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Les Schiefelbein, International Arbitrator; Founder and CEO, Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution; CEO, Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center
Keynote: Lawyering and Leading in Turbulent Times
James Comey, Former Director of the FBI / Senior Research Scholar & Leader-in-Residence | Columbia Law School
Global Corporate Social Responsibility Disputes
Tiago Duarte-Silva, Vice President | Charles River Associates (moderator)
Olivier André, Client Relationship Advisor | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
William Crosby, Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Managing Attorney | Interpublic Group
Lea Felluss, Manager External Affairs | Philip Morris International
Laurie Achtouk-Spivak, Counsel | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Artificial Intelligence in Dispute Resolution
David Franklyn, Professor and Executive Director, McCarthy Institute | Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (moderator)
Crenguta Leaua, Managing Partner | Leaua Damcali Deaconu Paunescu
Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab, Founding Partner & Head of International Arbitration, Construction, and Energy | Zulficar & Partners Law Firm
Isabel Yishu Yang, Founder & CEO | ArbiLex
Lee J. Tiedrich, Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Ethical Technology, Duke Initiative on Science & Society | Duke University School of Law
Tribunals Aiding Tribunals
Catherine Rogers, Professor of Law | Università Bocconi & Queen Mary University of London (moderator)
Tai-Heng Cheng, Partner & Global Co-Chair, International Arbitration and Trade Practice | Sidley Austin LLP
Yoshimi Ohara, Partner | Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Ina C. Popova, Partner, International Dispute Resolution Group | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Peter J.W. Sherwin, Partner & Head of the International Arbitration Group | Proskauer Rose LLP
Food Insecurity Disputes
Kathleen Merrigan, Professor of Practice & Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems | Arizona State University (moderator)
Amb. Ertharin Cousin, Visiting Scholar, Center on Food Security and the Environment | Stanford University
Amy J. Cohen, Professor | University of New South Wales in Sydney
Max Finberg, President & CEO | Growing Hope Globally
Amb. Darci Vetter, Vice Chair, Agriculture, Food and Trade | Edelman North America
Welcome and Introduction
Doug Sylvester, Dean, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Art Hinshaw, Clinical Professor and Director of the Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Victoria Sahani, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Les Schiefelbein, International Arbitrator; Founder and CEO, Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution; CEO, Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center
Keynote: Going Virtual: Implications of the “New Age” of Cyber for International Disputes
Catherine Amirfar, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton / President, American Society of International Law
Indigenous International Dispute Resolution
Doreen Nanibaa McPaul, Attorney General, Navajo Nation (moderator) Amb. Keith Harper (Ret.), Partner, Jenner & Block LLP Stacy L. Leeds, Foundation Professor of Law and Leadership, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Enrique Prieto-Rios, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Universidad del Rosario Risa Schwartz, Lawyer, Risa Schwartz International Law
New Space: Opportunities and Challenges
Charles Blanchard, Partner, Arnold & Porter (moderator) Christopher T.W. Kunstadter, Global Head of Space, AXA XL Caryn Schenewerk, Vice President of Regulatory & Government Affairs, Relativity Space Emilie Marley Siemssen, Lead Legal & Space Regulatory Counsel and Launch Director, GomSpace
Mediation the World Over
Wolf von Kumberg, International Arbitrator and Mediator, The International Arbitration Center (moderator) Karl Hennessee, Senior Vice President, Litigation, Investigations & Regulatory Affairs, Airbus Christina Hioureas, Partner and Chair, United Nations Practice Group, Foley Hoag LLP Natalie Y. Morris-Sharma, Government Legal Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers (Singapore) Tim Schnabel, Executive Director, Uniform Law Commission
COVID-19 Class and Mass Disputes
Betsy Grey, Jack E. Brown Chair in Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (moderator) Barbara J. Dawson, Partner, Snell & Wilmer LLP Marek Krasula, Director, Arbitration & ADR, North America, SICANA Inc. / International Court of Arbitration Victoria Sahani, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law S.I. Strong, Associate Professor, University of Sydney Law School
Welcome and Introduction
Adam Chodorow, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Hon. Andrew D. Hurwitz, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Art Hinshaw, Clinical Professor and Director of the Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Victoria Sahani, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Les Schiefelbein, International Arbitrator; Founder and CEO, Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution; CEO, Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center
Keynote: Investor State Arbitration: Smart Remedies and Bold Predictions
Ucheora Onwuamaegbu, International Arbitrator & Attorney, Arent Fox
Cybersecurity in Global Dispute Resolution
Mark Morril, Arbitrator & Mediator, MorrilADR (moderator)
Brandon Malone, Arbitrator & Solicitor Advocate, Brandon Malone & Company
Micaela McMurrough, Partner, Covington & Burling
Calming the Waters: International Water Dispute Resolution
Rhett Larson, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (moderator)
Ximena Fuentes Torrijo, Ambassador & National Director of State Borders and Boundaries, Ministry of Foregin Affairs, Republic of Chile
Shafiqul Islam, Professor & Director, Water Diplomacy, School of Engineering and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Christina Leb, Senior Counsel, The World Bank
Mara Tignino, Reader, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva & Lead Legal Specialist, Platform for International Water Law, Geneva Water Hub
Innovation in International Arbitration Institutions
Claudia Salomon, Partner & Co-Chair, International Arbitration, Lathan & Watkins & Vice President, International Court of Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce (moderator)
Christian P. Alberti, Chief of ADR, Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration
Sue Hyun Lim, Secretary General, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board International
Arne Fuchs, Partner, Global Co-Chair International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, McDermott Will & Emery & Member, Rules Revision Committee, German Arbitration Institute
Eric Tuchmann, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, American Arbitration Association, International Centre for Dispute Resolution
Resolving International Sports Disputes
Kenneth Shropshire, CEO & Professor, Global Sport Institute (moderator)
Ray Anderson, Vice President for University Athletics, Arizona State University
Jeffrey Benz, Arbitrator/Mediator/Barrister, JAMS/4 New Square
Despina Mavromati, Attorney, SportLegis
Louise Reilly, Barrister & Arbitrator, Bar of Ireland
Welcome and Introduction
Adam Chodorow, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Art Hinshaw, Clinical Professor and Director of the Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Les Schiefelbein, International Arbitrator; Founder and CEO, Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution; CEO, Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center
Keynote: Ultima Thule: Prospects for International Commercial Mediation
Lucy Reed, Director of the Centre for International Law and Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Ultima Thule: Prospects for International Commercial Mediation (January 18, 2019), NUS Centre for International Law Research Paper No. 19/03.
Technology in Arbitration and Arbitration in Technology
Gary Benton, International Arbitrator; Founder and Chairman of the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (moderator)
Maria Chedid, Partner, Arnold & Porter
Paul Cohen, Barrister, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square Chambers
Rachael Kent, Partner, WilmerHale
Nancy Thevenin, General Counsel, United States Council for International Business
China’s Belt & Road: Impressive Scale and Unprecedented Risk
Mark Feldman, Professor of Law, Peking University School of Transnational Law (moderator)
Chiann Bao, Independent Arbitrator; Member, Arbitration Chambers, Hong Kong
Dan Tan, Principal, Dan Tan Law; Associate Member, Stone Chambers
Joongi Kim, International Arbitrator; Professor of Law, Yonsei Law School
Yu-Jin Tay, Partner, Mayer Brown
Atmospheric Arbitration: Resolving Climate-Change Related Disputes
Victoria Sahani, Associate Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (moderator)
Daniel Bodansky, Regents Professor and Foundation Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Monica Feria-Tinta, Barrister, 20 Essex Street
Judith Levine, Senior Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague
Rafael Llano, Partner, White & Case
Corporate Counsel’s Take
Mark Nadeau, Partner and National Co-Chair for Business and Commercial Litigation, DLA Piper (moderator)
Sasha Carbone, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary, American Arbitration Association
Teresa Garcia-Reyes, Senior Counsel, Litigation, Baker Hughes, GE Oil & Gas
Scott L. Jones, Vice President and General Counsel, Raytheon Missile Systems
Michael J. O’Neill, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, Avnet, Inc.
