ARBITRATION SESSIONS
*Ces sessions ne seront présentées qu’en anglais*
Confirmed Sessions (click on the session title for more information):
Session 1: July 30, 4 – 5:30 pm ET
Peer to Peer Arbitration Symposium
Chair: Jim McCartney, C.Med, C.Arb, McCartney ADR;
Panel: Bryan C. Duguid, QC, FCIArb, JSS Barristers; Annie Lespérance, FCIArb, Omni Bridgeway
Session 2: August 6, 4 – 5:30 pm ET
Remote Proceedings: Strategies and Pitfalls
Chair: Tina Cicchetti, BBA, LLB, Independent Arbitrator, Vancouver Arbitration Chambers
Panel: Stephanie Cohen, BA, JD, FCIArb, Independent Arbitrator; Jonathan Lisus, LLB, Partner, Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP; Sarah Mohamed, BA, JD, Director of Legal Innovation at Arbitration Place
Session 3: August 14, 12:30 – 2 pm ET
Uses and Abuses of Arbitration: Uber and Beyond
Chair: Michael Schafler, BA, LL.B, Q.Arb, Dentons Canada LLP
Panel: Jonathan Eades Legal Counsel, Civil Litigation, Government of BC; Alyssa King AB, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Queen’s University; Myriam Seers, LL.B., Torys LLP; Margaret L. Waddell, LL.B, LLM, Partner, Waddell Phillips PC
Session 4: August 20, 4 – 5:30 pm ET
Cross Canada Arbitration Checkup
Chair: Megan Keenberg, C.S, B.A, LL.B, LL.M (ADR), Van Kralingen & Keenberg LLP
Panel: Alison FitzGerald, BA, BCL, LL.B Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP; David Gruber BSc, JD, LLM, Bennett Jones LLP; John B. Martens, BA, LL.B, MLT Aikins; Daniel J. McDonald, QC, B.Sc, LL.B, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP – Calgary ; Gregory M. Smith, QC, BA, B.Ed, M.Ed, LL.B, Curtis Dawe Lawyers; Laurence Ste-Marie BA, LL.B, JD, Woods Litigation LLP
Session 5: September 3, 4 – 5:30 pm
The Arbitration Award: Getting it Written, Getting it Right
Chair: Louise Barrington, JD, LLM, FCIArb, Chartered Independent Arbitrator, Arbitration Place
Panel: Joel Richler BA, BCL, LL.B, FCIArb, Bay Street Chambers and Arbitration Place; Daniel Urbas BA, LLB, BCL, FCIArb, Urbas Arbitral
Session 6: September 10, 4 – 5:30 pm ET
Crossing the Border: Canada/US Commercial Arbitration
Joint program with New York International Commercial Arbitration Center
Panel: Andrea Bjorklund BA, JD, MA, Full Professor/L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law, McGill University; Stephanie Cohen, BA, JD, FCIArb, Independent Arbitrator; William G. Horton, C.Arb, FCIArb, William G. Horton Corporation; Benno Kimmelman BA, JD, Partner Sidney Austin LLP
Session 7: October 16, 2020 1:30 – 3:00 pm ET
Arbitration Appeals: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Chair: William G. Horton, C.Arb, FCIArb, William G. Horton Corporation
Panel: Hon. Clément Gascon BCL, DEC, Woods s.e.n.c.r.l.; Alexander Gay, Justice Canada; Ludmila B. Herbst, QC, Farris LLP; Sabri Shawa, QC, FCIArb, JSS Barristers
Final Session: October 6, 12:30 – 2 pm ET * POSTPONED *
Due to a family emergency of a key presenter the webinar is being postponed and we will advise of the new date in the hear future.
Any registrations will be automatically applied to the new date.
Arbitration Act Reform in Ontario
Panel: Brian Casey, FCIArb, Bay Street Chambers; Bill Horton, C.Arb, FCIArb, William G. Horton Corporation; Cynthia Kuehl, C.S., Q.Arb, Lerners LLP; Barry Leon FCIArb, IMI, Arbitration Place; Joel Richler, FCIArb, Bay Street Chambers and Arbitration Place