UNCCA May Seminar 2023 (CONCLUDED)

UNCCA invites you to our 8th annual May Seminar in Canberra celebrating the 65th anniversary of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. Join us for a full day conference to celebrate this anniversary whilst learning about the work of UNCITRAL and its Working Groups. 

Online attendance will also be available for our May Seminar, however, in-person participation is strongly encouraged.

PROGRAMME

Friday, 26th May 2023, 8:30am - 4:00pm (AEST)

9:00am - 9:30am

      Registration

9:30am - 9:45am

      Welcome - The Hon. Justice Brigitte Markovic (Chair of UNCCA, Federal Court of Australia)

9:45am - 10:00am

      Special address by UNCITRAL - Anna Joubin-Bret (Secretary of UNCITRAL)

10:00am - 10:45am

      Keynote - The Hon. Justice Kevin Lyons KC (Supreme Court of Victoria) with commentary by Justice Clyde Croft AM

10:45am - 11:00am

      Morning tea

11:00am - 12:15am

 SESSION I - 75TH ANNIVERSARY NY CONVENTION ON RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS

• Chair: The Hon. Justice Clyde Croft AM
• Speakers: Dr Drossos Stamboulakis (Barrister, Senior Lecturer, Monash University), Bronwyn Lincoln (Partner, Thomson Geer), Nastasia Suhadolnik (Head of Arbitration, Corrs Chambers Westgarth)

12:15am - 1:15pm

 Lunch

1:15pm - 2:20pm

 SESSION II - INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION IN ASIA & THE PACIFIC

• Chair: Dr Dalma Demeter (Independent Consultant, Arbitrator & Academic)
• Speakers: Athita Komindr (Head of UNCITRAL RCAP), Dr. Benjamin Hayward (Senior Lecturer, Monash Business School), Romesh Weeramantry (Special Counsel, Clifford Chance)

2:20pm - 2:35pm

 Afternoon tea

2:35pm - 3:45pm

 SESSION III - UPDATES ON CURRENT WORKS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW

• Chair: Dr Jessica Viven-Wilksch (Deputy Chair, UNCCA)
• Speakers: Warren Brody and Samantha Grundy (Private International and Commercial Law Section, Attorney General's Department), Rhianna Benjamin (Director of the Investment Law Section, Trade and Investment Law Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), Lisa Spagnolo (Associate Professor, Macquarie University), Anne Matthews (Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology) & other updates from Working Groups

3:45pm - 4:00pm

 Closing address: Dr Jessica Viven-Wilksch (Deputy Chair, UNCCA)