SEPTEMBER 15 THURSDAY
09:00-10:30 | Plenary session, American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL) and Canadian College of Construction Lawyers (CCCL) - Hot Topics in Construction Law - Part I
09:00-09:15 | Introduction
Douglas Oles, Partner, Oles Morrison (Seattle, USA)
09:15-10:10 | Streamlining International Arbitration
Professor Philip L. Bruner, Arbitrator and Mediator, JAMS International (Minneapolis, USA)
Professor Doug Jones AO, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Law School (Melbourne, Australia) and Queen Mary University of London Law School (London, UK)
The Honourable Sir Vivian Ramsey, International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court and former Judge in Charge of the Technology and Construction Court (London, UK)
10:10-10:30 | Cross-Jurisdictional Views of the Implied Duty of Good Faith
10:30-11:00 | Coffee break
11:00-12:30 | Plenary session, American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL) and Canadian College of Construction Lawyers (CCCL) - Hot Topics in Construction Law - Part II
11:00-11:30 | Role of Expert Witnesses in International Arbitration
R. Bruce Reynolds, Partner, BLG (Toronto, Canada)
Duncan Glaholt, Partner, Glaholt (Toronto, Canada)
11:30-12:00 | Comparing Canadian, UK and US law: Defenses to Liquidated Damages and Waivers of Consequential Damages
Marina Pratchett, Partner, Fasken Martineau (Vancouver, Canada)
12:00-12:30 | Avoiding and Resolving Problems with EPC and Design-Build Construction
Douglas Oles, Partner, Oles Morrison (Seattle, USA)
Helmut Johannsen, Associate Counsel, Singleton Urquhart (Vancouver, Canada)
12:30-14:00 | Lunch
14:00-15:30 | Working sessions
3A13 - Mediation, Dispute System Design (DSD), and Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE): Trends and developments
Chair:
Andrea Maia, Partner, FindResolution (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Speakers:
Anil Changaroth, Arbitrator and Mediator, Changaroth Chambers (Singapore)
John Bishop, Arbitrator and Mediator, John Maurice Bishop, (Beijing, China)
Ivan Loo, Partner, Skrine, (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Joaquim Muniz, Partner, Trench, Rossi e Watanabe (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Professor Philip L. Bruner, Arbitrator and Mediator, JAMS International (Minneapolis, USA)
3B14 - London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Qatar 2022: Lessons learned for Olympic and World Cup events
Chair:
Adrian Hughes QC, Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers (London, UK)
Speakers:
Ahmad Ali H Al-Ansari, Contracts Advisor at Contract Affairs Department, Public Works Authority (Doha, Qatar)
Augusto Figueiredo, Dispute Prevention and Resolution, Rio 2016 Organizing Committee Brazil
Paul Jouanneau, Construction Contracts, Rio 2016 Organizing Committee Brazil
Naoki Iguchi, Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Tokyo, Japan)
3C15 - The ABC of construction delivery systems: DBB’s, EPC’s EPCM’s, Alliance Contracts and alike
Chair:
Helmut Johannsen, Associate Counsel, Singleton Urquhart (Vancouver, Canada)
Speakers:
Arent Van Wassenaer, Owner, The Faithful Goose (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Claus Lenz, LLS Lungerich Lenz Schuhmacher (Köln, Germany)
Donald G. Gavin, Partner, Akerman (Vienna, USA)
Leonardo Toledo da Silva, Partner, Porto Lauand (São Paulo, Brazil)
Thiago Fernandes Moreira Partner, Mattos Filho (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
3D16 - Managing conflicts in construction contracts: An open discussion
Chair:
Basil Georgiou, Projects, Infrastructure & Construction, Jackson McDonald (Perth, Australia)
Speakers:
The Honourable Justice Peter Norman Vickery, The Supreme Court of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)
15:30-16:00 | Coffee break
16:00-17:15 | Plenary session | The application of United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) in construction contracts and disputes, organized by CAM-CCBC
Chair:
Carlos Forbes, President, Center for Arbitration and Mediation - CAM-CCBC (São Paulo, Brazil)
Speakers:
Professor Stefan Kröll, Partner, Rechtsanwalt Kroell (Köln, Germany)
Professor Cláudio Finkelstein, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
Cesar A. Guimarães Pereira, Partner, Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini (Curitiba, Brazil)
Rodrigo Moreira, Partner, Laudelino da Costa Mendes Neto Advocacia (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
17:15-18:00 | Final remarks and Closing
Report from SCL International
Launching of the 2018 Seventh Society of Construction International Biennial Conference