TCAS 2022 CONFERENCE and AGM

DATE:               Tuesday, May 31, 2022
TIME:                12:00 PM to 9:00 PM
LOCATION:       The National Club, 303 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R1
COST:                Education Program:  Free for Members; $75 for Non-Members      
                           Dinner:  $125 (Members and Non-Members)
DRESS:             https://www.thenationalclub.com/Dress_Code_Policy

CONFERENCE AGENDA

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM              REGISTRATION

12:45 PM – 1:00 PM                CONFERENCE AND AGM OPENER
                                                 WELCOME REMARKS

                                                 Doug Harrison, Chair, Executive Committee

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM                  DIVERSITY ALLYSHIP AND ARBITRATION

This panel will discuss the role of allyship in fostering a diverse and inclusive culture within the arbitration community. We will tackle questions such as: what is allyship? what does it offer the arbitration community? how does one become an “ally”?

Moderator:

• Dr. Todd Weiler, Independent International Arbitrator

Panelists:

• Louise Barrington, Independent Arbitrator, Aculex Transnational Inc. 
     and Arbitration Place
• Vasuda Sinha, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Junior Sirivar, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault

2:00 PM – 2:15  PM                 COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM                  CLIMATE CHANGE DISPUTES AND ARBITRATION

This panel will discuss climate change disputes and arbitration. In particular, we will consider what role arbitration can serve, and is likely to serve, in these disputes, and whether Canada is positioned to be a destination arbitral seat for these disputes.

Moderator:

• Alison FitzGerald, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright

Panelists:

• Kirsten Odynski, Partner, White & Case
• Benedict Wray, Senior Associate, Borden Ladner Gervais
• Myriam Seers, Partner, Savoie Laporte

3:15 PM – 3:30  PM                 COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM                  AI, CYBERJUSTICE AND ARBITRATION

• Is there a fair use and a real utility of Artificial Intelligence in justice? Valentin Callipel, Head of Mission of the Cyberjustice Laboratory in Montreal will present on the work of the Cyberjustice Lab research team, focusing on AI and Justice.

4:30 PM – 5:00  PM                 NETWORKING BREAK

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM                 TCAS AGM (MEMBERS ONLY)

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM                 COCKTAIL RECEPTION ON THE ROOFTOP PATIO

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM                 DINNER

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:           Franz J. Sedelmayer, CEO MARC LLC
                                               “Welcome to Putingrad – Tales of Graft and War”

• Learn how German businessman Franz Sedelmayer became the only person to successfully enforce a commercial arbitration award against the Russian Federation under Vladimir Putin.

See Bio

Remote access will be arranged for those who are unable to physically attend in person.