Border Skirmishes: The Intersection Between Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration
Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, Symposium 2011, October 21, 2011

In cooperation with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) North American Branch,
the University of Missouri International Center and the University of Missouri Transatlantic Center,
with additional media support from the American Bar Association Section of International Law, the American Society of International Law (ASIL), the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and Transnational Dispute Management (TDM).

Special Early-Bird Session - October 20, 2011

4:45 - 5:45

International Commercial Arbitration under the New ICC Rules Victoria Shannon, Deputy Director, Arbitration and ADR, ICC North America
CLE credits will be sought for this session


Main Program - October 21, 2011

8:45 – 9:00

Welcome

Dean R. Lawrence Dessem, Dean Robert G. Bailey and Professor S.I. Strong

9:00 – 10:15

Panel – Tension Between Courts and Tribunals

Frιdιric Bachand – The Transnationalisation of International Arbitration and Its Implications for National Courts
Professor of Law McGill University Faculty of Law, Montreal, Canada

Christopher R. Drahozal – State Law and International Arbitration
John M. Rounds Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and
Faculty Development
University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas

Louise Reilly – Role of National Courts in International Sports Disputes: Help or Hindrance?
Legal Counsel
Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland

Rafael Gely – Moderator
James E. Campbell Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution
University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, Missouri

10:15 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 11:20

Keynote Address

Gary Born
Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London, United Kingdom

11:20 – 11:30

Break

11:30 – 12:45

Panel – Procedural Pressure Points

Alejandro Garro – The Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration: Comparative Perspectives in Search of an International Standard
Professor of Comparative Law, Columbia University School of Law
Senior Research Scholar, Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia University, New York, New York

Marianne Roth – Interim Measures in International Commercial Arbitration
Professor of Law and Chair of the Academic Senate
University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Peter B. Rutledge – Convergence and Divergence in International Dispute Resolution
Professor of Law
University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia

Carli N. Conklin – Moderator
Associate Professor of Law and Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution
University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, Missouri
CIArb North American Branch
ABA Section of International Law American Society of International Law Canadian Bar Assocation Transnational Dispute Management