Keynote speaker: Nicola Giudice, Milan Chamber of Arbitration (Italy)

Panelists:

• Catrice Gayer, Herbert Smith Freehills (Germany)
• Ricardo Gama, Veirano (Brazil)
• Franz X. Stirnimann Fuentes, Froriep (Switzerland)

Moderator: Benjamin Leventhal, SGL (Israel)

The panel discussion will focus on the following topics:

• Protecting the environment today: The role of the private sector and the ICSID convention
• Environmental disputes: Public interest in investment arbitration – are public interests adequately protected in arbitral decisions rendered in environmental disputes?
• Arbitration of environmental disputes that cross national boundaries: Exploring procedural issues in international arbitration

Keynote speaker: Koos Van den Berg, Höcker Advocaten (Netherlands)

Panelists:

• Hendrick Puschmann, Farrer & Co (UK)
• Natalia Kobylarz, ECHR (Germany)
• Giovanni Angles, Shook, Hardy & Bacon (US)

Moderators:

• Daria Capotorto, MGM – Studio Legale (Italy)
• Evelyne Mbula Nzuki, MN Legal (Kenya)

The panel discussion will focus on the following topics:

• Citizens suing to save the planet: State courts as an efficient tool for resolving environmental disputes
• The use of tort law in the era of climate change: Lessons from the Urgenda case

• International arbitration versus state court verdict for climate change: Pro’s and con’s
• Brief statement and presentation by one representative of each commission, International Arbitration and Environmental and Energy Law