There can be minor changes in the program
Day Chair
Gamze Büyükkorkmaz Enginar
Legal Counsel, ISTAC
Registration & Welcome Coffee
08:30 - 09:15
Welcome Remarks
09:15 - 09:30
Nazlı Pişkin
General Counsel, ISTAC
Opening Speech
09:15 - 09:30
Prof. Dr. Ziya Akıncı
President, Istanbul Arbitration Centre; Founding Partner, Akıncı
Year in Review, Year Ahead: International Arbitration in 2026
09:30 - 10:30
Josh D. Rievman
Partner, RO Law PLLC – Moderator
Prof. Dr. H. Ercüment Erdem
Founder and Senior Partner, Erdem & Erdem
Ceyda Akbal Schwimann
Partner, IAS Partners
Dominic Spenser Underhill
International Arbitrator & Solicitor, Spenser Underhill Newmark LLP (London)
Thomas Francis
Partner, Curtis-Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
A World Redrawn: How Geopolitical Realignment is Reshaping Disputes and What Clients Now Need From Counsel
11:00 - 12:00
Prof. Khawar Qureshi KC
Head of McNair International, McNair International – Moderator
Caroline Croft
Partner, Enyo Law LLP
Heiko Heppner
Partner, Bird & Bird
Dr. Wolfgang Peter
Founding Partner, Peter&Kim Ltd
Evgeniya Neverova
Counsel, Asari Legal
Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:30
Keynote Address
13:30 - 14:00
Andrew Mackenzie
Chief Executive, Scottish Arbitration Centre; Global Co-Chair, Campaign for Greener Arbitrations
The Campaign for Greener Arbitrations: Remarks from the Global Co-Chair
Same Defendant, Different Game: Commercial Arbitration and Investment Treaty Claims Against the State
14:00 - 15:00
Hafsa Zayyan
Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan UK LLP – Moderator
Marisa Planells Valero
Senior Legal Counsel, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Eda Manav Özdemir
Head of International Arbitration and Alternative Solutions Department, Directorate General of Law and Legislation, Secretariat General of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
Dr. Mehmet Karlı
Partner, Kabine Law Office
Ece Akıncıbay
Senior Associate, White & Case Paris
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
When the Programme Slips: Concurrent Delay, Quantum and the Squeeze on Mega-Project Margins
15:30 - 16:30
Koray Söğüt
Head of Dispute Resolution / Partner, Kinstellar Istanbul (KST Hukuk / Law) – Moderator
Çağrı Cem
Partner, Tahan | Cem Attorney Partnership
Scott Payne
Senior Contracts and Claims Consultant, Promontory Consult
Dr. Roxana Vornicu
Managing Partner, Sîrbu & Vornicu Law; Senior Lecturer, King’s College London, Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution; Founding Partner, NDSV Construction Arbitration Hub
Selin Küçükkayıkcı
General Counsel, Limak
Constructing Connections in East Garden with Mona, supported by Gateley & Gedikbaş
17:30 - 20:30
Law Rocks!
19:00 - 23:59