Schedule

09:30 – 10:00

Registration & Reception

10:00 – 11:00

LAM CHENG, Carrie, GBM GBS
LAM CHENG, Carrie, GBM GBS

Chief Executive, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Welcome Speech

XIE, Feng
XIE, Feng

Commissioner, Commissioner’s Office of the PRC Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR

Opening Remarks

XUE, Hanqin
XUE, Hanqin

Vice-President, International Court of Justice

Opening Remarks

HUANG, Jin
HUANG, Jin

President, Chinese Society of International Law

Opening Remarks

LIU, Zhenmin
LIU, Zhenmin

Under-Secretary-General, United Nations

Keynote Address

11:00 – 11:30

Break

Session I: Go Green

11:30 – 11:35

LIM, Aik Hoe
LIM, Aik Hoe

Director, Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organization

Moderator

11:35 – 12:55

SCHRIJVER, Nico
SCHRIJVER, Nico

Professor, Public International Law, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University

Speaker

The Greening of International Law and its Role in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement

CHAISSE, Julien
CHAISSE, Julien

Advisory Board Member, Asian Academy of International Law

Speaker

Environmental Concerns related to Investment Activities – Investment Treaties Current Trends and Future Needs

BEHARRY, Christina L.
BEHARRY, Christina L.

Counsel, Foley Hoag’s International Litigation and Arbitration Department in Washington, D.C

Speaker

The Treatment of Environmental Issues in International Investment Arbitration Case Law

LI, Yuwen
LI, Yuwen

Professor of Chinese Law and the Director of the Erasmus China Law Centre at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Speaker

Integrating Environmental Concerns in Investor-State Dispute Settlement

12:55 – 13:10

Panel Discussion

13:10 – 13:30

Q & A

13:30 – 15:00

Lunch

Session II: Deal Clean

15:00 – 15:05

KOS, Drago
KOS, Drago

Chairman, Working Group on Bribery, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation & Development (OECD)

Moderator

15:05 – 16:45

WANG, Xiumei
WANG, Xiumei

Professor of Law, Beijing Normal University

Speaker

The Importance of Compliance in Global Business

ELIASSON, Nils
ELIASSON, Nils

Speaker

Illegality in Investment Arbitration

KAUFMANN‐KOHLER, Gabrielle
KAUFMANN‐KOHLER, Gabrielle

Founding Partner of Lévy Kaufmann - Kohler, Geneva

Speaker

Corruption before International Investment Arbitrators

WILLEMS, Jane
WILLEMS, Jane

Advisory Board Member, Asian Academy of International Law

Speaker

Sanctions for corruption and Illegality

PEH, Yun-lu Simon
PEH, Yun-lu Simon

Commissioner, Independent Commission Against Corruption Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Speaker

Deal Clean to Sustain Development: Hong Kong’s Success Story

16:45 – 17:00

Panel Discussion

17:00 – 17:20

Q & A

Session III: Talk Peace

10:00 - 10:20

CHENG, Teresa GBS SC JP
CHENG, Teresa GBS SC JP

Secretary for Justice, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Keynote Address

10:20 – 10:25

LAI, Adrian
LAI, Adrian

Deputy Secretary General

Moderator

10:25 – 12:10

MAURELLET, Jose-Antonio SC
MAURELLET, Jose-Antonio SC

Vice-Chairman, The Hong Kong Bar Association

Speaker

Hong Kong – the Dispute Resolver

CHAN, Nick MH
CHAN, Nick MH

Chairman, eBRAM Centre

Speaker

eBRAM – the Technology-Led Dispute Resolution Platform

FESSAS, Alexander G.
FESSAS, Alexander G.

Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration

Speaker

Arbitration v. Investment Court – Which is the Better Forum for Investor-State Dispute Resolution?

HORRIGAN, Brenda
HORRIGAN, Brenda

Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

Speaker

State-to-State Arbitration from the Asian Perspective

12:10 – 12:25

Panel Discussion

12:25 – 12:45

Q & A

12:45 – 13:00

NEOH, Anthony Francis SC
NEOH, Anthony Francis SC

Chairman, Asian Academy of International Law

Closing Remarks

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