There can be minor changes in the program
Day Chair
Gamze Büyükkorkmaz Enginar
Legal Counsel, ISTAC
Registration & Welcome Coffee
08:30 - 09:15
Opening Remarks by Prof. Dr. Ziya Akıncı
09:15 - 09:30
Crossroads of Change: Key Developments Shaping the Future of Arbitration
09:30 - 10:30
Adam Tahsin
Partner, White & Case LLP (Singapore) - Moderator
Prof. Dr. H. Ercüment Erdem
Founder and Senior Partner, Erdem & Erdem
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Berk Demirkol
Partner, Potestas Partners
Şule Uluç
Partner, Hergüner
Rajat Singla
Associate Partner, Masin
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Balancing the Scales: Contractual Disputes with States
11:00 - 12:00
Claire Stockford
Barrister & Arbitrator, Quadrant Chambers – Moderator
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eda Manav Özdemir
Head of International Arbitration and Alternative Solutions Department, Directorate General for Law and Legislation of the Secretariat General of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
Dr. Murat Erbilen
Partner, Lexist
Bernard Hanotiau
Partner, Hanotiau Tossens Goldman and ISTAC International Board Member
Mahnaz Malik
Barrister and Arbitrator, Twenty Essex, London, Fellow Hughes Hall, Cambridge University, and Member, World Bank Sanctions Board
Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:30
Keynote Address: The fléau of arbitrator bias and plea for standing tribunals
13:30 - 14:00
Dr. Hamid Gharavi
Founding Partner, Derains & Gharavi and ISTAC International Board Member
The Sanctions Puzzle in Cross-Border Disputes
14:00 - 15:00
Ashley Pratt
Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers, London – Moderator
Esen İrtem Karagöz
Deputy Chief Legal Counsel, Tüpraş-Turkish Petroleum Refinery
Anna Zeitlinger
Global Partner, Head of Russia and CIS-Desk
Lansky, Ganzger, Goeth & Partner
(LGP Group)
Bradley Henry
Partner, White Collar Defense and Investigations, Blank Rome LLP
Anna Ivanova
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
Blueprint for Change: Rethinking Dispute Resolution in Global Construction
15:30 - 16:30
Charles Blamire-Brown
Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP - Moderator
Dr. Doğan Gültutan
Partner - Disputes (Litigation and Arbitration), Greymore (UK)
Ekrem Kaya
Partner / Delay and Quantum Expert, HKA
Çağrı Cem
Partner, Tahan | Cem Attorney Partnership
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George Vlavianos
Qatar Managing Partner, Riyadh Co-Managing Partner, Greece Country Group Co-Head and Co-Head of International Arbitration Africa, DLA Piper
Constructing Connections in Secret Garden with Mona and K&L Gates
16:30 - 19:00
An Unforgettable Evening hosted by Kılınç Law & Consulting, Al Sulaiti Law Firm, Al-Yaqout & Al-Fouzan Legal Group, Feras Alshawaf Law Firm, LexisNexis and LGP Lawyers
19:00 - 23:59