REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the second edition of the ArbCEE Arbitration Retreat, which will take place on 4 and 5 October 2024 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, at the Dubrovnik President Valamar Collection Hotel.
The ArbCEE Arbitration Retreat is an intensive knowledge-sharing and exchange retreat, where about 40 practitioners from various CEE backgrounds actively participate in academic discussions, and share their knowledge, experience and views on a variety of topics.
For this second edition of the Retreat, which is open exclusively to ArbCEE Members, the academic discussions will focus on the taking of evidence in international arbitration. Under the guidance of two discussion leaders, participants will share their experience on various topics, such as how to streamline document production, contentious issues of privilege, how to select witnesses and to prepare them for the hearing, collaborating with experts, and more.
Keynote: Crenguta Leaua, Managing Partner, LDDP, Bucharest
Discussion leaders:
Senka Mihaj, Partner, mim law, Belgrade
Davor Babić, Professor, University of Zagreb
Jurgita Petkute, Partner, Knoetzl, Vienna
Petra Rihar, Partner, RIHAR & THOUVENIN Dispute Resolution, Zürich
Wojciech Sadowski, Partner, Queritius, Warsaw
Veronika Korom, Affiliated Partner, Paragon, Vienna
Martin Magal, Partner, A&O Shearman, Bratislava
Galina Zukova, Arbitrator and Counsel, Zukova Legal, Paris
Sylvia Tonova, Partner, Pinsent Masons, London
Maria Kostytska, Partner, Winston & Strawn, Paris
Crenguta Leaua, Managing Partner, LDDP, Bucharest
Miroslav Dubovsky, Country Managing Partner, DLA Piper, Prague
Program
Friday, 4 October 2024
| 13:00-14:00 | Welcome and coffee |
| 14:00-15:30 | Academic session 1: Approaches to evidence across jurisdictions |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Academic session 2: Strategic deployment of documentary evidence |
| 17:30-19:30 | Break |
| 19:30 | Networking dinner |
Saturday, 5 October 2024
| 09:30-11:00 | Academic session 3: Document production |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30-13:00 | Academic session 4: Witness evidence |
| 13:00-13:30 | Keynote speech |
| 13:30-14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30-16:00 | Academic session 5: Expert evidence |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30-18:00 | Academic session 6: Tribunal’s powers converning evidence |
| 20:00 | Closing dinner (outside venue) |
Registration and accomodation
To register, please send us an email at contact@arbcee.org attaching your CV and/or linking to your professional profile. To ensure an interactive event, the number of participants is limited, so do make sure to register soon!
Please note that the registration will be subject to payment of a registration fee of EUR 100.
ArbCEE has negotiated a quota of rooms at preferential rates at the Retreat venue, the Dubrovnik President Valamar Collection Hotel. A booking link will be sent to participants upon registration.
The Retreat has been made possible by the generous support of our
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
