Organizing Committee:
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Irina Paliashvili
President and Senior Counsel
RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A.
Mr. John Whittaker
Partner
Clyde & Co LLP
Mr. Dimitry Afanasiev
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
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10th ECA (EUROPE-CAUCASUS-ASIA) LEGAL FORUM
Wednesday, 17 June 2015 |
| Arrival |
All day |
Delegate Registration
as of 2 PM |
Delegate Registration at the Ballroom of Radisson Blu Iveria |
| 3:00 - 6:00 PM |
Keynote Address: The Energy Community - Bringing the Energy Sectors under the Rule of European Law. Dr. Dirk Buschle, Deputy Director and Head of Legal, Energy Community - Vienna
Panel: One Year Later - EU Association Agreements Signed a Year Ago: Progress and Prospects (Harmonization of National Legal Systems with EU Legislation and Practice)
Moderator: Mr. Tomasz Wardynski, Founding Partner, Wardynski & Partners - Warsaw
Dr. Dirk Buschle, Deputy Director and Head of Legal, Energy Community - Vienna
Mr. Nick Gvinadze, Managing Partner, Gvinadze & Partners - Tbilisi
Mr. Gocha Lordkipanidze, Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia - Tbilisi
Mr. Vladislav Rosca, Partner, Efrim Rosca & Associates - Chisinau
Ms. Lana Sinichkina, Partner, Arzinger - Kiev
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| 7:30 - 9:30 PM |
Welcome Cocktail Reception for Delegates and Guests: Showcasing Georgian Contemporary Artists in Support of the 2015 ECA Forum's Social Responsibility Initiative
Venue: Iveria Café
Rose Revolution Square 1
Tbilisi 0108 Georgia
(Next to Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel, a one-story glass building between the Hotel and the Bicycle sculpture)
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Thursday, 18 June 2015 |
| 8:30 AM |
Delegate Registration at the Ballroom of Radisson Blu Iveria
Welcome morning coffee
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| 9:30 AM |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Mr. Alexander Bolkvadze, Partner, BLC Law Office - Tbilisi
Dr. Irina Paliashvili, Managing Partner, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group - Kiev
Mr. Martin Solc, Vice President of the IBA, Partner, Kocian Solc Balastik - Prague
Mr. John Whittaker, Partner, Clyde & Co - London
Panel: Showcase of the Host Country Georgia
Moderator: Mr. Alexander Bolkvadze, Partner, BLC Law Office - Tbilisi
Ms. Keti Bochorishvili, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia - Tbilisi
Dr. Giorgi Jugeli, Law Professor, Free University - Tbilisi
Mr. Zaza Khatiashvili, Chairman of the Georgian Bar Association - Tbilisi
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| 11:00 AM |
Coffee break |
| 11:30 AM |
Panel: Regional Updates from the ECA Region Countries
Moderator: Ms. Olga Chentsova, Managing Partner, Aequitas - Almaty
Mr. Nariman Ramazanov, Managing Partner, FINA - Baku
Mr. Sergey Pepeliaev, Managing Partner, Pepeliaev Group - Moscow
Mr. David Sargsyan, Partner, Head of Legal Practice, Ameria CJSC
Dr. Liliya Vlasova, Senior Partner, Vlasova, Mikhel & Partners - Minsk
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| 12:15 PM |
Panel: Law Firm Management Session
(Best Practices in Local and Foreign Law Firms Cooperating in International Investment Projects in the ECA Region)
Moderator: Dr. Hermann J. Knott, Co-Chair of IBA's Law Firm Management Committee, Partner, Luther - Cologne
Mr. Armando Ambrosio, Partner, De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani- Milan/Moscow
Mr. Stephen Denyer, Head of City and International, The Law Society and Co-Chair, IBA Law Firm Management Committee - London
Mr. Ilgar Mehti, Managing Partner, Ekvita - Baku
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| 1:00 PM |
Lunch |
| 2:00 PM |
Interactive Audience Panel jointly with IBA and IBA's European Forum Leadership: ECA Forum Goes Global - Joining the IBA Family!
(discussing the new life of the ECA Forum)
Co-Moderators:
Prof. Dr. Jörg K. Menzer, Managing Partner CEE, Noerr - Bucharest
Dr. Irina Paliashvili, Managing Partner, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group - Kiev
Mr. Dennis Turovets, Managing Partner, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners - Minsk
Mr. John Whittaker, Partner, Clyde & Co LLP - London
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| 2:50 PM |
Introducing Forum's Social Responsibility Initiative: supporting Georgian contemporary artists to finance their participation in the upcoming Vienna Contemporary Art Fair
http://www.windowproject.ge/
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| 3:00 PM |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30 PM |
Panel: New Age Partnership between Corporate and External Counsel
Moderator: Mr. Yuri Pustovit, Managing Partner, Advocates Bureau Yug - Krasnodar
Ms. Olga Korneeva, Legal Director Russia and CIS, The Walt Disney Company - Moscow
Ms. Irina Chernenko, Legal Affairs Director, Johnson & Johnson Russia - Moscow
Ms. Natalya Thotahewage, Regional Legal Counsel Russia&CIS, Abbott Laboratories LLC - Moscow
Ms. Alena Zolotarevskaya, CIS Legal Counsel, Hewlett-Packard Ukraine - Kiev
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| 4:15 PM |
Panel: The Legal Infrastructure Industry (Professional Media, Public Relations, Consulting, Legal Directories, Human Resources, Marketing)
Moderator: Mr. Nick Eastwell, Kinstellar, London Consultant - London
Mr. Johan Lambers, Partner, IUSTICA.BE - Brussels
Ms. Olga Usenko, Editor-in-Chief, The Ukrainian Journal of Business Law - Kiev
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| 5:00 PM |
Closing |
6:30 PM
6:45 PM |
Buses leave Radisson Blu Iveria for the Gala Dinner
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| 7:00 PM |
Gala Dinner: Celebrating the ECA Forum Veterans and the Organizing Committee; Toast to the New Life of the ECA Forum and "Passing the Torch" to IBA and the New Organizing Committee
Venue: Funicular Restaurant
Mtatsminda Plateau
Tbilisi 0114 Georgia
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Friday, 19 June 2015 |
| 9:30 AM |
Welcome morning coffee, Ballroom of Radisson Blu Iveria
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| 10:00 AM |
Panel: Dispute Resolution - the most popular panel of the Forum in 10 years!
Moderator: Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Partner, Graf & Pitkowitz - Vienna
Ms. Mariam Gotsiridze, Head of the Department of State Representation in Arbitration and Foreign Courts, Ministry of Justice of Georgia - Tbilisi
Beka Injia, Secretary General, Georgian International Arbitration Centre (GIAC) - Tbilisi
Mr. Valikhan Shaikenov, Partner, Aequitas Law Firm - Almaty
Jennifer Younan, Partner, Shearman & Sterling - Paris
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| 11:00 AM |
Coffee break
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| 11:15 AM |
BGI Legal Workshop: Legal and Governance Reforms Go Hand in Hand with Anticorruption Reforms in the ECA Region
Moderator: Mr. Zaza Bibilashvili, Partner, BGI Advisory Services Georgia - Tbilisi
Ms. Helen Khoshtaria, Co-Founder, Georgian Reforms Association (GRASS) - Tbilisi
Mr. Vato Lejava, Chancellor, Free University - Tbilisi
Mr. Eric Livny, Director, ISET Policy Institute - Tbilisi
Dr. Willibald Plesser, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Vienna
Mr. Giorgi Vashadze, Member, Parliament of Georgia - Kutaisi
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| 12:30 PM |
Closing Remarks
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1:00 PM
2:00 PM |
Lunch
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| 2:30 PM |
Buses Leave Radisson Blu Iveria for the Afternoon Tour
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2:30 PM
5:30 PM |
Afternoon Tour: Visiting Mtskheta - the Ancient Capital of Georgia (including Jvari Church and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral)
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| 7:30 PM |
Buses Leave Radisson Blu Iveria for the Folk Dinner
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8:00 PM
11:30 PM |
Folk Dinner: showcasing ancient traditions, local crafts and artists
Venue: Dzveli Sakhli Restaurant
#3 Right Embankment of Mktvari River
Tbilisi, Georgia
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Saturday, 20 June 2015 |
10:15 AM
10:30 AM |
Buses Leave Radisson Blu Iveria for the Grand Cultural Tour of Kakheti
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10:30 AM
9:00 PM |
All-day Grand Cultural Tour of Kakheti - the beautiful and historic wine region, including lunch and wine tasting
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| 9:00 PM |
Return to Tbilisi and direct transfer to the dinner
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| 9:00 PM |
Farewell Dinner Co-Sponsored by BLC Law Office
Performance by the Georgian super-star Folk Band "BANI"
(courtesy of BLC Law Office)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hyWIBQv1P4&list=RD1hyWIBQv1P4#t=4
Venue: Puris Sakhli Restaurant
7, Gorgasali Str.
Tbilisi, Georgia
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