CIArbs Asia Pacific Conference 2011 - special rates for members of the NSW Bar Association

20/04/2011

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators is offering members of the New South Wales Bar Association a discounted rate to register for the Asia Pacific Conference 2011, which will be held on 27-28 May 2011 at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel. Barristers may register at the discounted CIArb membership rate by entering NSW Bar in the "discount code" box.

Titled "Investment and Innovation:� International Dispute Resolution in the Asia Pacific"� this regional conference is being jointly organised by the North American, East Asia, Thai, Indian, Singapore, Malaysian and Australian Branches of CIArb - a truly regional event for a region whose trade flows are enormous.

Offering leading edge perspectives on international dispute resolution as an integral part of good business practice, speakers include:

• The Hon Justice James Allsop, president, New South Wales Court of Appeal, Australia
• Chiann Bao MCIArb, secretary general, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Hong Kong
• The Hon Murray Gleeson AC, former chief justice of the High Court of Australia (Gala Dinner speaker)
• Lord Peter Goldsmith QC, head of European Litigation Practice, Debevoise & Plimpton, UK and former UK attorney general (Blair Government)
• Yu Jianlong, vice chairman and secretary-general, China International Economic Trade & Arbitration Commission, PR of China
• Cheng Yee Khong, director and counsel, Secretariat of the ICC, International Court of Arbitration, Hong Kong
• Damian Lovell, general counsel, BHP Billiton, Australia
• The Hon Robert McClelland MP, attorney general of Australia
• Rashda Rana FCIArb, general counsel, Australia, Project Management & Construction, Lend Lease, Australia
• Peter Rees QC FCIArb, legal director, Royal Dutch Shell, The Netherlands and many more.

Delegates will learn about:

• innovations in international arbitration – recent changes in legislation and practice in the Asia Pacific region;
• technical innovation in arbitration;
• regional challenges to and opportunities for international arbitration;
• international arbitration and the courts – the Australian approach;

• the growth of international mediation in the region; and

• arbitration – a commercial client perspective �and much more.

Co-sponsored by global arbitral groups and international professional associations, the conference offers high level networking opportunities by bringing together:

• judges and arbitrators
• practitioners in international commercial arbitration and mediation
• corporate counsel and legal directors of corporations engaged in international trade
• lawyers advising corporations engaged in international trade
• practising lawyers
• policy makers
• regional regulators
• investors
• financiers
• chief executives and senior managers
• academics and students

3 May 2011

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