Time

Topics

Speakers

8:30-9:00

Registration

Opening Remarks

1.      Nigel N. T. Li (李念祖), Chairman, Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei; Partner, Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law

2.      Ming-yan Shieh (謝銘洋), Dean, NTU College of Law

Session 1

9:10-11:00

Commercial Arbitration – Fundamental Issues and Quality Enhancement

Chair: Nigel N. T. Li (李念祖)

1.       

The IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration

Olivier Caprasse, Of Counsel, Hanotiau & van den berg, Brussels; Professor at the Universities of Liège and Brussels, Belgium

2.       

Importance of Arbitrators Ethics and Integrity in Ensuring Quality Arbitrations

Sundra Rajoo, Professor Datuk, The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA), Malaysia

3.       

Arbitrator Ethics: Independence, Impartiality and Inconvenient Truths

Benjamin Hughes, Independent Arbitrator & Mediator

4.       

On the Nature and Sources of the International Arbitrator’s Duty to Apply the Law (to be presented at session 5 )

Joshua Karton, Assistant Professor, Queen's University Faculty of Law, Canada

11:00-11:10

Tea Break and Group Photos

Session 2

11:10-12:40

Commercial Arbitration –Interim Measures, Remedies and Enforcement

Chair: Olivier Caprasse

5.       

Court-subsidiarity and Interim Measures in Commercial Arbitration: A Comparative Study of UK, Singapore and Taiwan

Joseph Lee, Lecturer in law, University of Exeter, U.K.

6.       

Making Arbitration Effective: Expedited Procedures, Emergency Arbitrators and Interim Relief

Chan Leng Sun, Principal, Baker & McKenzie, Wong & Leow; Tan Weiyi, Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie, Wong & Leow

7.       

Remedies at the Seat and Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards: Res Judicata, Issue Estoppel and Abuse of Process

Renato Nazzini, Professor, King’s College of the University of London, U.K.

8.       

Legal Challenges to Delayed Arbitral Award

Stephan Wilske, Partner, Gleiss Lutz

12:40-13:40

Lunch Break

Session 3

13:40-14:50

Investor-State Arbitration – General Issues

Chair: Renato Nazzini

9.       

Negotiate and you shall litigate! Prospects of investment arbitration against Asian states

Julien Chaisse, Associate Professor of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong

10.    

Transparency in Investment Arbitration: A Survey of Recent Developments and a Case for Asia

Rahul Donde, Associate, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Attorneys at law, Geneva

11.    

The Many Faces of States in International Investment Law: Supranational Organization, Unrecognized State and Sub-state Entity

Chien-huei Wu (吳建輝), Assistant Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

14:50-15:10

Tea Break

Session 4

15:10-17:50

Investor-State Arbitration – Remedies and Cross-strait Issues

Chair: Stephan Wilske

12.    

 The Application of BIT Remedies to TRIPS Violation under Investor-State Arbitration

Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜), Professor, NTU College of Law; Director, ACWH

13.    

Possible Enhancement in the Operation of Investor-State Dispute Settlement Provision Under Cross-Strait Bilateral Investment Agreement

Tiffany Ting Sun (孫婷), LL.M., NTU College of Law

14.    

Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism to Address the Protection of Personal Freedom and Safety under the Taiwan – China BIA

Alex Lo (羅威遠), J.D., Hofstra University School of Law

15.    

A Case Study on Rate Adjustment Dispute between IPP and TaiPower Company: A New Challenge arising from Taiwan-Japan Bilateral Investment Agreement?

David Mao-wei Lo (羅懋緯), LL.M. Candidate, NTU College of Law

31 August 2013      

Session 5

9:00-11:00

(including a speaker from session 1)

Investor-State Arbitration – Specific Issues

Chair: Pi-song Tsai (蔡碧松)

16.  

Some Observations on ICSID’s Jurisdictional Decision in Philip Morris v. Uruguay from Public Health Perspective

Pei-kan Yang (楊培侃), Associate Professor, Department of International Business, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

17.  

Positioning Sovereign Wealth Funds as a Claimant in Investor-State Arbitration

Sonia Yea-shou Chen (陳怡秀), LL.M. Candidate, NTU College of Law

18.  

Relationship between International Investment Agreements and Sovereign Debt Restructuring

Kai-Wei Chan (詹凱惟), LL.M. Candidate, NTU College of Law

19.  

Normative and Operational Linkages between Human Rights Law and BITs – Building a Firmer Status of Human Rights in Investor-State Arbitration

Chang-fa Lo (羅昌發), Justice, Constitutional Court; Professor, NTU College of Law

11:00-11:10

Tea Break

Session 6

11:00-12:50

Mediation – Global Enforcement of Mediated Settlements

Chair: Benjamin Hughes

20.    

Arb-Med-Arb (and MSAs): A Whole Which Is Less Than, Not Greater Than, The Sum of Its Parts?

Bobette Wolski, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University, Australia

21.    

Enforcement of MSAs (Mediated Settlement Agreements) under the New York Convention: From Controversies to Creativities?

Winnie Jo-Mei Ma, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University, Australia

12:50-13:00

Concluding Remarks (by Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜), Director, ACWH)