Dear Members and Friends,
After two fantastic and well-attended Round Tables abroad, the next journey takes us to Belgrade on 7 November before rounding up the year with a final Round Table in Prague on 13 December.
You should not miss the opportunity to join us in Belgrade: Serbia has been recently nicknamed the “workbench” of Europe. Reforms and political stability have attracted large new investments. Numerous – also Austrian companies – are moving their production to Serbia. We should not miss this trend to promote an efficient dispute resolution mechanism “next door” instead of going far away to resolve disputes originating in Serbia. Be part of these trends and participate in our Round Table under the motto REGIONAL – why regional arbitration support promotes effective dispute resolution. Continue reading for details and logistics.
Besides Belgrade several other exciting YAAP co-organized events are waiting for you this month. Already next week the VIAC/YAAP Master Class on cross-examination with prominent London-based practitioner Franz Schwarz and the second GAR Live Vienna with fantastic speakers in a unique event format.
Last but not least, we are looking for a new Advisory Board Member who will bring diverse, fresh and innovative ideas to our activities. Please submit your application by 5 November 2018 and join us in shaping the future of YAAP!
Enjoy reading and see you at one of the upcoming YAAP events!
Best regards,
Patrizia and Filip
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1) VIAC/YAAP Master Class on 18 October 2018
The Master Class is a regular series of seminars offered by VIAC and YAAP to young practitioners to gain practical insights into arbitration. Participants will receive a certificate of participation (the seminar is also likely to be accepted by the Vienna Bar Association for mandatory education credits). It is still not too late for last minute registrations for the upcoming session:
"
Cross Examination in Practice", held by Franz Schwarz
Date: 18 October 2018, 4.00 – 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), Wiedner Hauptstraße 63, 1045 Vienna, Room B4 1
(see detailed program and registration form
here)
Costs: EUR 150.00 including refreshments
Participants will receive a certificate of participation for each Master Class.
2) 2nd annual GAR Live Vienna, 19 October 2018
After a hugely successful event last year, the 2nd annual GAR Live Vienna will take place on 19 October 2018.
The event will be co-chaired by Stefan Riegler (Arb|Aut), Alice Fremuth-Wolf (VIAC) and Eliane Fischer (YAAP) with a lunch-time keynote held by Jörg Risse on “Poetic Prophecy: The Future of Arbitration”.
The programme consists of the following 4 sessions:
Session 1 will deal with Settlement in Arbitration
Session 2 is Question time on third party funding; and M&A disputes
Session 3 will deal with the future of investment arbitration
Session 4 is the famous GAR Live debate on the following motion: “This house believes, in all but exceptional cases, document production is a complete waste of time"
Following the event a Lifetime award will be presented to Prof Eric Bergsten with a laudatio held by Daniel Girsberger and Stavros Brekoulakis.
Date: 19 October 2018
Venue: Vienna International Arbitral Centre, Wiedner Hauptstraße 63, 1040 Wien, Austria
Registration is now open.
3) REGIONAL Round Table Table in Belgrade, 7 November 2018, 5 p.m.
Join us for this event co-organized with VIAC, the Belgrade Arbitration Center (BAC) and the Serbian Arbitration Association. We recommend taking the 13:05h flight from Vienna to Belgrade that will bring you right in time for the event and staying for the evening to enjoy a marvelous dinner event.
The event will take place at the Belgrade Faculty of Law
REgional – Introduction by Günther Horvath (President, VIAC) and Maja Stanivuković (President, BAC)
REshape – on which existing features of regional institutions should the future emphasis be put to resolve more international disputes in the region that originate in the region?
by Philipp Peters (Konrad & Partners) and Dragan Psodorov (Joksović, Stojanović & Partners)
REschedule – why with regional support international arbitration can be more cost effective and faster.
by Natascha Tunkel (KNOETZL) and Jovan Nikicević (BIT)
REinvent – an idea for a new feature that will make regional arbitration support more attractive.
by Helmut Ortner (WilmerHale) and Sara Pendjer (Stanković & Partners)
Moderated by Milena Đorđević (University of Belgrade) and Filip Boras (YAAP)
Closing remarks by Patrizia Netal (YAAP) and Vladimir Pavić (Arbitration Association)
REunion – Dinner event
4) Call for Nominations
As you are likely aware, the YAAP Advisory Board consists of seven members. Each member stays in this function until she or he either resigns or reaches the age of 40. Current members of the Advisory Board are Lisa Beisteiner, Filip Boras, Eliane Fischer, Christian Koller, Ulrich Kopetzki, Patrizia Netal and Philipp Peters.
For a term of two years, two members of the Advisory Board are appointed as YAAP Co-Chairs who take care of the day-to-day business of YAAP.
Beginning with January 2019, a position within the Advisory Board of YAAP will become vacant.
We therefore invite interested YAAP Members to become actively involved in YAAP and apply for the vacant position. Your application should consist of a short letter of motivation and a CV and put emphasis on the following criteria:
- practical experience and/or academic expertise in international arbitration
- willingness and availability to engage in organizing and developing of YAAP strategies, events and other projects
- preferably past involvement in YAAP activities
Applications should be addressed to the current Co-Chairs Patrizia Netal (patrizia.netal@knoetzl.com) and Filip Boras (filip.boras@bakermckenzie.com).
The deadline for your application is Monday, 5 November 2018.
The new member of the YAAP Advisory Board will be announced at the upcoming YAAP Anniversary Conference.
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