German Galushchenko, Minister of Justice of Ukraine
Representatives of the UBA and the Organising Committee

Moderator:
Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz, President of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre,
Founding Partner and head of dispute resolution at Pitkowitz & Partners (Vienna, Austria)

Тopics and Experts:

1. AI regulation and UNCITRAL Secretariat’s Exploratory work on AI
Judith Knieper, Secretary of UNCITRAL Working Group II (Vienna, Austria)

2. What is the liability for AI failures and/or risks of using and misusing AI? How do we allocate contractual risk for liability from AI error? What about causation or fault?
Benjamin Malek, FCIArb (New York City, United States)

3. Ethics and Disclousure, what can be outsoursed to AI by AT and counsel?
Kateryna Honcharenko, Senior Consultant – Hearings (EMEA) at Opus2 (London, United Kingdom)

4. Special presentation: AI and Decision-Making: insights from the psychologist
Dr. Larysa Didkovska, Well-known Psychologist, Professor, Rector of the Ukrainian Free University (Munich, Germany), President of the Ukrainian Gestalt Therapy Association

15:45 – 15:50

Keynote Speaker: Gary Born, Honorary Professor of Law, leading authority on international arbitration and litigation, Chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

16:25 – 16:30

Moderator:
Dr. Markian Malskyy, Managing Partner at Arzinger (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Тopics and Experts :

1. What lessons have been learned from the Ukraine-Russia conflict?
Ukraine has filed a number of arbitrations against Russia relating to investments affected by the conflict. What is the overall result of these arbitrations? What effect have they had on the conflict and exerting financial pressure?
Kostiantyn Likarchuk, Senior Partner at AVELLUM and a Co-Head of the Dispute Resolution practice (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Tetiana Bersheda, Independent arbitrator and legal counsel (Switzerland and UK)

2. Force Majeure in Wartime: Constitutional Doctrine on Emergency and Necessity
Oleksandr Vodyannikov, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)

3. Navigating arbitration in a Sanctioned Environment
Speaker TBD

17:20 – 17:25

Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, Executive Director of the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine

17:45 – 17:50

Moderator:
Ena Cefo, Counsel at McDermott Will & Shulte (Washington D.C., USA)

Тopics and Experts:

1. We saw the disputes that came out of the transition away from coal fuel but are now seeing the next wave of transitions
Expert TBD

2. What is happening in disputes?
• Renewable incentive scaling back? Reduced subsidies by governments?
• Decommissioning fossil?
• Permitting issues?
• Public opposing or environmental law triggers?
• Cross-border issues where large infrastructure is required?

Sophia Von Dewall, Partner at Vanguard International Dispute Resolution (Paris, France)

3. What about nuclear energy and its resurgence? What is going on in disputes relating to nuclear energy?
Expert TBD
4. Disputes in the Offshore Wind Projescts: what is happening?
Expert TBD