Phoenix | January 14, 2022
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 Sale 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.
