Time: 8:30am - 7:00pm Venue: Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, 3 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2AQ
AFSIA is the worldwide network for Alumni and Friends of the School of International Arbitration of Queen Mary University of London.
Since its foundation, more than 2,000 students from over 80 countries all over the world have graduated from the School of International Arbitration (SIA) and many others have been closely involved with its activities in different capacities. The AFSIA was founded in June 2008 with the objective to bring all of these people together, to allow them to keep in touch with each other and the SIA, and to thus create an invaluable network of people involved in the field of arbitration at every level and in every part of the world.
Following the School of International Arbitration 30th Anniversary Conference: 'The Evolution and Future of International Arbitration: The Next 30 Years', AFSIA will organise a full-day Alumni Conference in London on 22 April 2015. The theme of this alumni conference will be "The Procedure of International Arbitration: How Effective are the Tools?"
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8.30 am: Registration
9:30 am: Welcome
9.45 am: Current and Preferred Practices in the Arbitral Process vs. New Initiatives to Increase Efficiency and Reduce Costs
11.00 am: Coffee break
11.30 am: Debate on Current Issues of Procedure in International Arbitration (Tylney Hall Style Debate)
1.00 pm: Lunch
2.30 pm: Influences of Local Habits in International Arbitration – What Works and What Doesn’t? (Panel Session)
4.00 pm: Tea break
4.30 pm: "This House Believes that Document Production in Arbitration is the Greatest Invention Since the Arbitration Clause" (Oxford Style Debate)
5.45 pm: Final Conclusions
6.00 pm: Drinks reception
The programme is accredited for 6 CPD Points with the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
Please book your seat through the QMUL Alumni Portal (also available for non-Alumni).
For more information, please email afsia@afsia.org.
This conference is generously sponsored by Norton Rose Fulbright LLP.
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