Dear members of Arb|Aut
1) Vienna Arbitration Days 2019
We would like to invite you to our Vienna Arbitration Days 2019. Over the years the Vienna Arbitration Days have become the leading arbitration conference in Austria. Once again we welcome participants from numerous jurisdictions around the globe for two days of discussion on leading topics in international arbitration.
The Vienna Arbitration Days 2019 will take place from
01-02 March 2019 at Palais Niederösterreich
and will discuss the topic “Sciences and Innovation in Arbitration”.
We are happy to announce that this year’s keynote speech will be delivered by
Catherin A. Rogers
(CCLS, Queen Mary University of London | Penn State Law)
Speakers and moderators include: Anna Joubin-Bret (UNICITRAL), Edna Sussman ( ESQ), Philip Anthony (CEO DecisionQuest ), Philippa Charles Stewarts (Head of international Arb), Claudia Winkler (CDRC Vienna ), Günther Horvath (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP ), Wendy Mac Laughlin (Senior Vice President at Hill International), Howard Rosen (FTI Consulting, Senior Managing Director, Toronto), Marie Stoyanov (Allen & Overy LLP), Klaus Peter Berger (University Cologne), Paul Oberhammer (University of Vienna), Floriane Lavaud (Debevoise&Plimpton), Cecilia Carrara (Legance - Avvocati Associati), Carsten Van de Sand (Hengeler Müller), among many others.
After last year’s success we expect a particularly high number of registrations. We would not be surprised if the conference was sold out early.
In order to give our members the chance to secure their participation,
Arb|Aut offers a special rate for Arb|Aut members, who register and pay the registration fee
on or before 15 January 2019.
Please use the followed link to
register here.
2) Austrian Arbitration Academy
The Austrian Arbitration Academy of the University of Vienna offers an intensive, five-day program on "Arbitration Rules in Practice" in cooperation with SHS, VIAC, YAAP and ArbAut. The course takes place in
Vienna from 26 February to 2 March 2019, immediately preceding the Vienna Arbitration Days.
The course addresses the following groups of participants:
• young practitioners (in particular junior associates / RechtsanwaltsanwärterInnen) working in the field of dispute resolution
• PhD and diploma students specializing in arbitration
It will cover the following topics:
• Introduction
• The Arbitration Agreement + Constitution of the Arbitral Tribunal
• Organization of Proceedings
• The Arbitral Award + Costs
• Multiparty Arbitration
• Evidence
• The Hearing in Practice
• Mock Organizational Hearing
Successful participants will receive the University of Vienna-Austrian Arbitration Academy-VIAC practice diploma. Austrian associates can receive individual accreditation for the participation from the Vienna Bar Association.
The fee amounts to € 600,00 which includes registration, tuition, lunch & coffee breaks, dinner as well as the registration fee for the Vienna Arbitration Days (excluding conference dinner & ball).
Application deadline is 20 December 2018.
For further details please click here.
Kind regards,
Dr. Johannes Hock
(Arb|Aut President)