Sunday, June 21, 2009
- 19:30 - 22:00 Welcome reception. Offered by Barcelona Chamber of Commerce in Casa Llotja de Mar
Monday, June 22, 2009
- 9:00 Registration of participants
- 10:00 OPENING CEREMONY
- Mrs. Montserrat Tura. Counselour of Justice.
- Mr. Jordi William Carnes. Third Deputy Mayor of Barcelona City Council
- Mrs. Silvia Giménez-Salinas. Dean of the Barcelona Bar Association
- Mr. Antonio Hierro. Chairman of the Spanish Arbitration Club
- Mr. Jesús Remón.Chairman of the Spanish Arbitration Club
- Mr. Julio González Soria. Chairman of the Organizing Committee
- 11:00 - 12:30 FIRST ROUND TABLE: CRISIS AND LEGAL CERTAINTY
- Moderator
- Mr. Ramón Mullerat. Former President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), KPMG Abogados – Barcelona
- Speakers
- Mr. Manuel Conthe. Chairman of the Advisory Board of Expansión. Former Chairman of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission
- Mr. Luis Diez-Picazo. Civil Law Professor and Former Spanish Constitutional Court Judge
- Mr. José María Alonso. Managing Partner, Garrigues
- 12:30 Break
- 12:45 - 14:15 SECOND ROUND TABLE. ARBITRATION IN INVESTMENT
- Moderator
- Ms. Mercedes Tarrazón. Partner, Dispute Management
- Speakers
- Mr. Jason Fry Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration
- Mr. Carlos Soto. Counselor of Muñiz-Ramirez, Perez-Taiman & Luna-Victoria (Lima)
- Mr. Ignacio Suarez Anzorena. Partner, Clifford Chance (Washington)
- 14:15 Lunch. El Principal Restaurant.
- 16:15 - 17:45 THIRD ROUND TABLE. ARBITRATION AND COMPETITION LAW
- Moderator
- Mr. Xavier Carbonell. Managing Director of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce.
- Speakers
- Mr. Rafael García Valdecasas. Former Judge of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, Government lawyer on leave of absence
- Mr. Helmut Brokelmann. Partner, Howrey Martínez Lage
- Mrs. Carmen Núñez Lagos. Lawyer, Bredin Prat (France)
- 17:45 - 19:15 FOURTH ROUND TABLE. ARBITRATION AND THE CRISIS IN RELATION TO CONTRACTS
- Moderator
- Mr. Marius Miró. Partner, Roca y Junyent
- Speakers
- Mr. José Miguel Alcolea. Director of Business Legal Services, Iberdrola, S.A.
- Mr. Javier Gallego. Legal Director, Gas Management. Gas Natural
- Mr. Pablo Salvador. Civil Law Professor. Partner, Cuatrecasas
- 21:30 Gala Dinner. Offered by Barcelona City Council in Las Reales Atarazanas
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
- 09:30 - 11:00 FIFTH ROUND TABLE. ARBITRATION IN SITUATIONS OF TECHNICAL AND LEGAL INSOLVENCY
- Moderator
- Mr. Julio González Soria. Arbitrator. Honorary President of the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission. Former Chairman of the Madrid Arbitration Court
- Speakers
- Mr. Luis Martínez. President of the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission. Vice-President of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the American Arbitration Association.
- Mr. Francisco González de Cossío. Partner of Gonzales de Cossío Abogados, S.C. (Mexico)
- Mr. Pedro Martínez Fraga. Partner of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLE (Miami)
- 11:00 Break
- 11:45 - 12:45 SIXTH ROUND TABLE. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARDS
- Moderator
- Mr. Miguel Ángel Fernández-Ballesteros. Professor of Procedural Law. Partner, Fernández-Ballesteros Abogados
- Speakers
- Mr. Ignacio Sancho Gargallo. Barcelona Provincial Appellate Court Judge
- Mr. Tito Arantes Fontes. Partner, Uria y Menéndez (Portugal)
- Mr. Pedro Jedlicka. Partner, Imery Urdaneta Calleja Itriago & Flamarique S.C. (Venezuela)
- 13:00 CLOSING CEREMONY
- Mrs. María Eugenia Alegret . Chief of the Superior Court of Catalonia
- Mr. Jesús Remón.Chairman of the Spanish Arbitration Club
- Mr. Antonio Hierro.Chairman of the Spanish Arbitration Club
- Mr. Julio González Soria.Chairman of the Organizing Committee
- 14:30 Lunch. In Condes de Barcelona Hotel Restaurant.
NOTE. To promote the exchange of ideas and experiences, at each Round Table the speakers will give an address of approximately 15 minutes each in order to present a summary of his Paper, which will have been delivered to the attendees in advance, and will be followed by an open discussion chaired by the moderator.
The appropriate instructions to receive the full texts of the Papers will be sent by the Congress Secretariat directly to those registered to attend the Congress.