International Commercial Arbitration and ADR in a Challenging World

…..Cross Cultural Perspectives

29-30 March 2009 Headquarters of the League of

Arab States , Cairo - Egypt

A genda guidelines <<Commemorative speech in honor of the late Dr. Mohamed Aboul-Enein, the former Director of the Cairo Center <

CRCICA in its 30th anniversary: Retrospects and Prospects

The Role of Institutional Arbitration in the Arab World between the present and the future

The Harmonization of International Arbitration Laws and Rules: Achievements and Challenges ahead

♦ The UNCITRAL Model Arbitration Law middling its third decade ♦ The UNCITRAL Model Arbitration Rules: Revisions and Future Ramifications ♦ The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: The Proposed New Text of the New

York Convention ♦ The Uniform Arbitration Law of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries

Current Key Issues:

♦ Investment Arbitration: Public Interest Considerations and Requisites of Development ♦ Construction Arbitration: the Increasing Role of Dispute Adjudication Boards ♦ Multi-party Arbitration: Current Status and Recent Developments ♦ Corruption and Arbitration ♦ Res Judicata in International Commercial Arbitration

The Greatest Challenges Facing International Dispute Resolution in the Next 25 Years

♦ International Perspective ♦ Regional Perspective ♦ Institutional Perspective

Mediation on the Horizon

♦ International Mediation and International Standards for the Efficient Performance of Mediators ♦ The Role of Lawyers in the Different Mediation Stages ♦ Commercial Construction Mediation ♦ The Future of Mediation in the Arab World: The Role of International Institutions and Non -

Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

Looking Ahead:

♦ The Effect of the World Financial Crisis on Arbitration and ADR ♦ The Future of Arbitration:

Sports Arbitration Online Arbitration Entertainment Arbitration

Round Table Session:

The Arab World and International Dispute Resolution: Practical Steps and Mechanisms of the Future

International Commercial Arbitration and ADR in a Challenging World

…..Cross Cultural Perspectives

29-30 March 2009 Headquarters of the League of

Arab States , Cairo - Egypt

Speakers:

Dr. Abdel Hamid Al Ahdab ♦ President, Arab Association for International Arbitration

Lebanon

Mr. Abdel Wahab Al Bahi ♦ President, Tunisian Conciliation and Arbitration Center ♦ Assistant Secretary of the Arab Union for International Arbitration

Tunisia

Dr. Ahmed S. El-Kosheri ♦ Senior Partner, Kosheri, Rashed and Riad Law Firm

Egypt

Dr. Ahmed Sharafeldin ♦Professor of Law, Ain Shams University

Egypt

Dr. Ahmed Sheta ♦ Secretary General, Qatar International Center For Arbitration

Qatar

Mrs. Anna Joubin-Bret ♦ Senior Legal Advisor, International Arrangements Section, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Switzerland

Mr. Audley Sheppard ♦ Partner-International Arbitration Group, Clifford Chance LLP.

England

Mr. Bernardo Cremades ♦ President of the Spanish Court of Arbitration

Spain

Dr. Borham Atallah ♦ Professor, Faculties of Law, Cairo and Alexandria Universities ♦ International Lawyer and Arbitrator

Egypt

Professor. Don Wallace, Jr., ♦ Georgetown University Law Center,& Chairman, International Law Institute (ILI)

USA

Prof. Fathi Waly ♦ Professor of law and former Dean, Faculty of Law, Cairo University

♦ International Lawyer and Arbitrator

Egypt

Prof. George Abi Saab ♦ Member and Former Chairman, Appellate Body, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Switzerland

Dr. Ghaleb Mahmassani ♦ Managing Partner, Mahmassani Law Firm

Lebanon

Dr. Hamza Haddad ♦ Secretary General, Arab Union for International Arbitration ♦ President, Jordanian Law and Arbitration Center

♦ Former Jordanian Minister of Justice

Jordan

Prof. Dr. Herbert Kronke ♦ Secretary-General, International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

Germany

Mr. Jason Fry ♦ Secretary General, International Court of Arbitration (ICC)

France

Dr. Jernej Sekolec ♦ Secretary, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) (2001 -2008) ♦ Court Member, the London Court of International Arbitration(LCIA)

Austria

Dr. Karim Hafez ♦ Principal, HAFEZ; ♦ Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators -CIArb

Egypt

Dr. Karim Youssef ♦ Lecturer in Private & Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, Cairo University ♦ Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Egypt

Dr. Khaled El Shalakany ♦ Managing and Senior Partner, Shalakany Law Office

Egypt

Prof. Mahmoud Samir Al Sharkawy ♦ Lawyer before the Court of Cassation ♦ Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law, Faculty of Law, Cairo University

Egypt

Prof .Mohamed .S El-Awa ♦ Lawyer before the Court of Cassation ♦ Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Ain Shams University

Egypt

* Names have been included in accordance with the alphabetical order.

International Commercial Arbitration and ADR in a Challenging World

…..Cross Cultural Perspectives

29-30 March 2009 Headquarters of the League of

Arab States , Cairo - Egypt

Dr. Mohamed Abdel Raouf ♦ Deputy Director, Secretary General of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) ♦ Lecturer on international commercial arbitration, Faculties of Law, Cairo and Ein Shams Universities

Egypt

Dr. Mohamed Badran ♦ Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Law, Cairo University ♦ International Lawyer and Arbitrator

Egypt

Dr. Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab ♦ Partner, Shalakany Law Office ♦ Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Cairo University ♦ Vice-Chairman, Cairo Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-CIArb

Egypt

Dr. Mostafa Trari-Tani ♦ Attorney ♦ Professor of International Arbitration and Comparative Law at Oran University

Algeria

Dr. Muhieddine Al Kaissi ♦ General Secretary, Lebanese Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Center ♦ Assistant Secretary of the Arab Union for International Arbitration

Lebanon

Dr. Nabil Elaraby ♦ Director, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) ♦ Former Judge, International Court of Justice, ♦ Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab Union for International Arbitration

Egypt

Dr. Nasser El Zeid ♦ Secretary General, Commercial ArbitrationCentre for the Gulf Countries

Bahrain

Dr. Nassib G. Ziadé ♦ Elected Deputy Secretary-General, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes(ICSID)

USA

Dr. Nayla Comair-Obeid ♦ Founding Partner Obeid Law Firm ♦ Chairman, Lebanon branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-CIArb

Lebanon

Mr.Philippe Leboulanger ♦ International Lawyer and Arbitrator, Cabinet Leboulanger,

France

Ms.Rabab M.K. Yasseen ♦ Partner, Mentha & Partners, Geneva ♦ Deputy Judge, Geneva Civil Courts

Switzerland

Dr. Refaat Abdel Meguid ♦  Vice-President, Egyptian Court of Cassation President of the First Commercial and Investment Circuit at the Court of Cassation

Egypt

Dr. Eng. Sherif El-Haggan ♦ Partner, Contract Administration & Arbitration Bureau (CAB), Consulting ♦ Engineer and International Arbitrator

Egypt

Mr. Shaher El Salhy ♦ Director, Yemeni Arbitration and Conciliation Centre ♦ Assistant Secretary of the Arab Union for International Arbitration

Yemen

Mr. Ulf Franke ♦ President, International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI)♦ Secretary General of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC)

Sweden

Dr. Werner Melis ♦ President, International Arbitral Centre of the Federal Economic Chamber of Austria; ♦ Honorary Vice-President of (ICCA); ♦ Former Vice-President of London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

Austria

Mr. William K. Slate II ♦ President and CEO, American Arbitration Association (AAA)

USA

Mr. Yasser A. Mansour ♦ Lawyer of the Court of Cassation ♦ Partner, Mansour Law Office

Egypt

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…..Cross Cultural Perspectives

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