Application pending for 6.0 CLE credits by the Florida Bar.  The 6.0 credits will also qualify as Certification Credits for International Litigation & Arbitration and International Law.

#mias2023

Conference Itinerary

Join us for a day packed with debates, discussions and presentations from some of the leading Arbitrators and international trade dispute resolution experts from around the world.

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Registration and Networking

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Light breakfast

Welcome Remarks

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.

Richard C. Lorenzo, Chairman, Miami International Arbitration Society (MIAS) and Regional Managing Partner - Americas, Hogan Lovells LLP. Thayane Machin Martinez, President, Miami Law International Arbitration Society Student Organization

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1st Debate 

9:20 -10:45 a.m.

Proposition I:  Whether ISDS will no longer exist in 20 years
 

Moderator: Bernardo Cremades, Founding Partner, B. Cremades y Asociados (Madrid)  Debaters for the proposition: TBC and Diego Gosis, Partner, GST LLP
Debaters against the proposition: Renzo Seminario Cordova, Sr. Associate, King & Spalding and Deva Villanúa, Independent Arbitrator (Madrid)

Coffee break 

10:45– 11:15 a.m

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2nd Debate 

11:15 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.

Proposition II:  Whether a rule against double hatting will impede the generational change in ISDS arbitrator

Moderator: Katharine Menéndez de la Cuesta, Partner, Holland & Knight  (US)
Debaters for the proposition: Mélida N. Hodgson, Partner, Arnold Porter (US) and Andrés Moreno, Partner, Moreno Baldivieso Estudio de Abogados (Bolivia)
Debaters against the proposition: Juan Carlos Castillo, Partner, Aguilar Castillo Love (Guatemala) and Elisabeth Eljuri, Elisabeth Eljuri P.A. (US)

Keynote Address

12:40 – 2:10 p.m.

Keynote Address and Lunch, Alexis Mourre, Founding Partner, MGC Arbitration (France)

Tylney Hall-style symposium

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

Symposium Moderators: Christian Leathley, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills (US) and Josefa Sicard-Mirabal, Sicard Mirabal ADR (US)

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Closing Remarks

3:45 – 3:55 p.m.

Closing Remarks: Richard Lorenzo Chairman, Miami International Arbitration Society (MIAS) and Regional Managing Partner - Americas, Hogan Lovells LLP (US)

Plenty of time to get to the ICC Welcome Party....

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It's going to be a great day!

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