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11h15 to 12h45

Registration

Opening SpeechCarlos Suplicy de Figueiredo Forbes – President of the CAM/CCBC

Panel 1 - A diagnosis of the current crisis in Brazil. Rising opportunity to resort to arbitration as a means of reduction of transaction costs in times of crisis • Luciano Coutinho (President of the BNDES - Brazil) • José María-Alonso (Arbitrator and Lawyer – Spain) confirmed• Diana Droulers (Lawyer - Venezuela) confirmed• Cláudio Finkelstein (Lawyer and Arbitrator – Brazil) confirmed• Rodrigo Garcia Fonseca (Arbitrator and Lawyer - Brazil) confirmed• Gilberto Giusti – moderator (Vice-President of the CAM/CCBC -

Brazil) confirmed

9h15 to 10h45

Coffee Break

Panel 2 - Conflicts in cases of bankruptcy and court-supervised reorganization In times of crisis, the number of cases of bankruptcy and court-supervised reorganization increases. The panel shall discuss arbitration as an effective mechanism for the solution of bankruptcy and court-supervised reorganization conflicts. Requirements, injunctions and advantages. • Manoel Pereira Calças – (Superior Court Judge of the Tribunal of

Justice of the State of Sao Paulo – Corporate Law Office and Private Law Office - Brazil) confirmed

• Paula Forgioni – moderator - (Arbitrator and Professor USP- Brazil) confirmed

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12h45 to 14h45

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16h45 to 18h15

Lunch Break

Panel 3 - Challenges of commercial arbitration involving public entities, direct or indirect.

The State increasingly requires more partnerships with private entities in order to perform its activities, especially in times of crisis. The panel shall discuss objective arbitrability, enforcement immunity, among other subjects.

•John Fellas (Arbitrator and Lawyer – USA)•Álvaro Galindo (International Counsel, Dechert LLP – USA) confirmedAlejandro Ponce ( Arbitrator and Lawyer – Ecuador) confirmed•Guido Tawill (Arbitrator and Lawyer – Argentina) confirmed•Pedro Batista Martins (Member of the Advisory Committee- of the CAM/CCBC- Brazil) confirmed

14h45 to 16h15

Coffee Break

Panel 4

Crisis and non-performance: limitation of liability and penalty clause.In times of crisis, more difficulties are presented in fulfilling the contract. The panel shall discuss both recurring subjects.

•José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez ( Lawyer – Paraguay)•Víctor Ruiz (Lawyer – Mexico) confirmed•José Carlos de Magalhães – moderator (Member of the Advisory Committee of the CAM/CCBC - Brazil) confirmed

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11h00 to 12h30

Registration

Panel 5 - Hardship and force majeure. The duty to mitigate the loss.

In times of crisis, there is also an increase in the number of cases of hardship and force majeure. Its outlines and obstacles shall be discussed by this panel.

• Giovanni Nanni (Arbitrator and Lawyer – Brazil) confirmed• Yves Derains (Vice-President of the CAM/CCBC - France) confirmed• Horacio Grigera Naón (Arbitrator e Lawyer - Argentina) confirmed• Maurício Almeida Prado (Arbitrator and Lawyer - Brazil) confirmed• Álvaro Rodrigo Castellanos Howell (Arbitrator and Lawyer – Guatemala)• Mauricio Gomm – moderator (“Vice-President of CAM/CCBC - Brazil”) confirmed

9h00 to 10h30

Coffee Break

Panel 6 - Third party funding in arbitration

In times of crisis, there in an increasing demand for third party funding in arbitration. The panel shall discuss: the phenomenon of the increase use of this instrument, how the funding is structured, the power of the third party in the arbitration proceeding and arbitrator disclosure.

• Narghis Torres (Lex Finance – Peru) • Felipe Ossa (Lawyer – Chile)• Luciano Timm (Arbitrator and Lawyer – Brazil) confirmed• Dyalá Jimenez (Arbitrator and Lawyer – Costa Rica) confirmed • Selma Ferreira Lemes – moderator (Member of the Advisory Committee of the CAM/CCBC – Brazil) confirmed

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12h30 to 14h30

16h00 to 16h30

16h30 to 18h00

Lunch Break

Panel 7 - The future and arbitration practices

What can we expect from the future? Which developments can be projected for countries in America? The panel shall discuss the need of new soft law instruments (for instance, regarding ethical matters for lawyers) and which improvements can still be made in all of America. • Eduardo Zuleta (President of the IBA) confirmed• Julie Bedard (Lawyer – USA) confirmed• José Astigarraga (Lawyer and Arbitrator – USA) confirmed• Adriana Braghetta (Arbitrator and Lawyer – Brazil) confirmed• Carlos Soto – moderator (Lawyer and Arbitrator – Peru) conformed

14h30 to 16h00

Coffee Break

Panel 8 - The new Arbitration Act in Brazil and its application

What can be expected from the revision of the arbitration act?

• Carlos Alberto Carmona (Arbitrator and Lawyer – member of the Senate’s commission for revision of the arbitration act - Brazil) confirmed• Claudia Benavides (Arbitrator and Lawyer – Colombia) confirmed• Eleonora Coelho (General Secretary of the CAM-CCBC - member of the Senate’s commission for revision of the arbitration act - Brazil) confirmed• Minister Luis Felipe Salomão (STJ Minister and president of the Senate’s commission for revision of the arbitration act - Brazil)• Ricardo Aprigliano (Lawyer and Arbitrator – Brazil) confirmed• Luiz Périssé – moderator (Vice-President of the CAM/CCBC - Brazil) confirmed

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