The document announces an event called the Cambridge Arbitration Day on international investment and commercial arbitration to be held on March 7th and 8th, 2014 in Cambridge, UK. It includes an agenda with sessions on salient issues in both investment and commercial arbitration, including discussions on the backlash against investment arbitration, enforcement of arbitral awards, and corruption in international arbitration. The event aims to provide networking opportunities for practitioners through a young arbitration practitioners meeting and drinks reception on the 7th, and various panel discussions on key topics led by arbitration experts on the 8th.

1. Cambridge Arbitration Day
International Investment and Commercial Arbitration
7th and 8th March 2014
Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ
Sessions on the 7th
March 18:00-
20:30:
Young Arbitration Practitioners
Meeting
Drinks reception and networking
event
Registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1N2i7d6T5HCRDQbWbQ6PXAt9P9DOdRP2Tg4SoHxwTO7U/viewform
Free event. Registration subject to availability. Event and programme subject to modifications and cancellation. Contact hag25@cam.ac.uk
Sessions on the 8th
March 9:00-17:30:
The Backlash against Investment
Arbitration
Do we need a New York Convention
2.0?
Salient Issues on Investment Arbitration
Salient Issues on Commercial
Arbitration

4. Sessions on the 7th
March
17:30-18:00: Registration
18:00-19:30: Young Arbitration Practitioners Meeting
Cross cultural litigation on international arbitration:
Taking of evidence
Paul Coates, Senior Associate, Clifford Chance, London
Jiries Saadeh, Senior Associate, Volterra Fietta, London
Peter Nikitin, Associate, Arnold and Porter, London
Wesley H. Pang, Associate, Shearman Sterling, London
Ruth Byrne, Senior Associate, King Spalding, London
Moderator: Matthew Davie, LL.M. Candidate, University of
Cambridge
19:30-20:30- Drinks reception and networking event
Programme
Sessions on the 8th
March
9:00-9:20: Registration
9:20-9:30: Inauguration
9:30-11:00: The backlash against investment
arbitration
Eduardo Silva Romero, Partner, Dechert LLP,
Paris: Does a moral hazard exist in investment
arbitration?
Kenneth Fleuriet, Partner, King Spalding,
London and Paris: Effectiveness of the system to
protect investors: what to do when the state does
not comply with an award?
Martins Paparinskis, Lecturer, University College
of London: Is there an inconsistency or need for
certainty in the system?
Dmitri Evseev, Partner, Arnold Porter, London:
Public interest: is there a need for transparency in
the system?
Moderator: Hugo García Larriva, LL.M.
Candidate, University of Cambridge