Please note that you will have to make two registrations if you will attend the subsequent social event: One for the Norwegian Arbitration Day, and one for the subsequent social event at 6:30PM on Jan 26th, together with Nordic Arbitration Day
1:30-1:40PM WELCOME
Professor Dr. Amund Bjøranger Tørum, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law
1:40-2:40PM OPENIING OF THE SEMINAR
TRENDS AND CHALLENGES
Moderator: Nina Lauber-Thommesen, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva
Trends in Norwegian Arbitration Professor Dr. Ola Mestad, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law
Mikal Brøndmo, Haavind Challenges – from the perspective of the Norwegian Supreme Court
Introduction by Ingvald Falch, Justice, Norwegian Supreme Court
Panel discussion: Mestad, Brøndmo and Falch
3-4:30PM PART I
PO1 AS A VEHICLE TO ENSURE EFFECTIVITY, PREDICTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY – BEST PRACTICE
Moderator: Kristine Hyldmo Bjørnvik, Thommessen, Oslo
Introduction by Kristoffer Löf, Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm
Commentator 1: Lotte Eskesen, Gorrissen Federspiel, Copenhagen
Commentator 2: Harald Kobbe, Independent Arbitrator and Mediator, Oslo
4:50-6:20PM PART II
EXPERT WITNESSES – BEST PRACTICE
Moderator: Knut Kaasen, professor, Scandinavian Institute for Maritime Law Introduction: Karsten Kristoffersen, Bruun Hjejle, Copenhagen
Commentator 1: Bodil Høstmælingen, CLP, Oslo
Commentator 2: Reza Mohtashami KC, Three Crowns LLP, London
6:30 PM MINGLE AND DRINKS
with Nordic Arbitration Day, at Hotel Clarion