DAA Dutch Arbitration Day 2016

The Dutch Arbitration Association organized its fourth annual conference on Wednesday 5 October 2016. This year's conference was about the Quality Control in International Arbitration. Speakers discussed why quality control is needed, how control mechanisms work and what room there is for improvement.

Dutch Arbitration Day 2016 Program - Hermitage Amsterdam

Time	Issue	Speakers
09.00 - 09:45	Registration, Coffee and Refreshments
09:45 - 10.00	Welcome	Gerard Meijer, President of the Dutch Arbitration Association, Professor of Arbitration & Dispute Resolution at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, partner at Nauta Dutilh, Amsterdam
10.00 - 11.30	What Makes an Arbitration a Quality Experience? – Users’ Expectations and How to Meet Them (or How They Are Not Yet Met)	David Blackmon, Senior Vice President Tax, Legal & Insurance, Heerema Marine Contractors, Leiden Susanne Gropp-Stadler, Chief Litigation Counsel, Siemens, Munich Adrian Howes, Head of European Litigation, Nokia, Düsseldorf Jasmin Kaboni-Voit, Senior Legal Counsel in the Legal Department of RWE Supply & Trading GmbH, Essen Moderator: Thabiso van den Bosch, partner at Conway & Partners, Rotterdam
11.30 - 12.30	Strive or Perish – Why Quality Control Matters to the Future of Arbitration	Philippe Pinsolle, partner at Quinn Emanuel, Paris
12.30 - 14.00	Lunch Break & Discussion of the Amsterdam Arbitration Quality Agenda
14.00 - 15.30	How Do Arbitral Institutions Control the Quality of the Process? – Insights on the Approaches of Some Leading Institutions	Andrea Carlevaris, Secretary-General of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof, Director-General of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), London Dirk de Meulemeester, President of the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI), Lexlitis, Gent Moderator: Willem van Baren, Chairman of the Dutch Arbitration Institution (NAI), partner at Allen & Overy, Amsterdam
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 - 17.15	Is There Room for Improvement? – Critical Views from Counsel and Arbitrators	Jason Fry, partner at Clifford Chance, Paris Albert Marsman, partner at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Amsterdam Robin Oldenstam, partner at Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm, Gothenburg Serge Zwanen, partner at Loyens & Loeff, Rotterdam Moderator: John Fellas, partner at Hughes Hubbard Reed, New York
17.15 - 17.30	The Amsterdam Arbitration Quality Agenda – Initial Results and Moving Forward	Wieger Wielinga, partner at Omni Bridgeway, Schiphol
17.30 - 17.45	Farewell	Jurjen de Korte, Chair of the DAD’s Organising Committee, partner at Eversheds, Amsterdam
17.45 - 18.45	Drinks reception at the Hermitage
19:00 - 22.30	Dinner (Restaurant Riva: Amstelboulevard 1, 1096 HH Amsterdam)

Supporting Organization

The Dutch Arbitration Day 2016 was organized with the support of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

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