Asia-Pacific Perspectives onInternational Commercial Arbitration

November 22 - 23, 2012Korean Chamber of Commerce, Seoul

Day 1 Registration: 8:30 - 9:30 amWelcome Address: 9:30 -10:15 amYun-Sung Hwang (Deputy Minister, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea)

Daisoo Kweon (President, KCAB)

Renaud Sorieul (Secretary, UNCITRAL)

Keynote Speaker: 10:15 - 10:30 amYoung Joon Mok (Former Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea)

Panel I: New York Convention: Perspectives for Broader Adoption and Uniform Interpretation in the Asia-Pacific Region (10:30 - 12:30 pm) Moderator: Kim Rooney (Gilt Chambers)

Speakers: Aaron Levine (ADB Advisor, Australia), Sean Lim (Lee & Ko, Korea), Robert S. Pe (Orrick, Herrington &

Sutcliffe), Sundra Rajoo (KLRCA, Malaysia), Christopher To (Construction Industry Council, Hong Kong)

Lunch Break: 12:30 - 2:00 pm

Panel II: UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration: Perspectives for Broader Adoption and Uniform Interpretation in the Asia-Pacific Region (2:00 - 4:00 pm)Moderator: James Castello (King & Spalding)

Speakers: Sambuu Demberel (Arbitration Court of Mongolia), Yoshihisa Hayakawa (Rikkyo University, Japan),Daniel Kalderimis (Chapman Tripp, New Zealand), Young Seok Lee (Yulchon, Korea), Romesh Weeramantry

(King & Wood Mallesons)

Coffee Break: 4:00 - 4:30 pm

Panel III: Korean Arbitration Act: Current Trends and Perspectives for Reform (4:30 - 6:00 pm)Moderator: Moon Chul Chang (Korean National Police University)

Speakers: Joon Sang Lee (Suwon District Court, Korea), B.C. Yoon (Kim & Chang, Korea), Benjamin

Hughes (Shin & Kim, Korea), Hanjo Kim (UNCITRAL-RCAP)

Organized by UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea, and Korean Commercial Arbitration Board

Day 2Panel I: UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and the Future of Arbitration in the Asia-Pacific Region:A View from the Arbitral Institutions (9:30 - 12:30 pm)Moderator: Nikolaus Pitkowitz (Graf & Pitkowitz, VIAC)

Session 1 Speakers: Peter Megens (Vice President, ACICA), Gao Fei (Secretary General, CIETAC),

Chiann Bao (Secretary General, HKIAC)

Coffee Break: 10:45 - 11:15 am

Session 2 Speakers: Kayla Byun (International Counsel, KCAB), Rammit Kaur (Head of Legal Services,

KLRCA), Eun Young Park (Member, LCIA), Michael Pryles (Chairman, SIAC)

Lunch Break: 12:30 - 2:00 pm

Panel II: Investor-State ArbitrationModerator: Hi-taek Shin (Seoul National University, Korea)

Sub-panel A: Practical Issues Arising out of Investment Arbitration (2:00 - 3:30 pm)Speakers: P.K. Kang (Korea University Law School, Korea), Kevin Kim (Bae, Kim & Lee, Korea),Oommen Mathew (Eversheds), Wook Jin Rha (Ministry of Justice, Korea)

Coffee Break: 3:30 - 4:00 pm

Sub-panel B: Investment Arbitration under UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (4:00 - 5:45 pm)Speakers: Justin D’Agostino (Herbert Smith Freehills), Beom Su Kim (Shin & Kim, Korea),

Joongi Kim (Yonsei Law School, Korea), Jae Min Lee (Hanyang University Law School, Korea),

Michael Young (Allen & Overy)

Please register by email by sending name, work information, and email address of each participant to jklee@kcab.or.kr.

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