Agenda

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25 June 2026

9:00 am-9:30 am

Welcome coffee and registration

9:30 am-9:35 am

GAR welcome remarks

9:35 am-9:45 am

Co-chairs’ opening remarks

Utku Coşar
Utku Coşar Independent Arbitrator, Arbitration Chambers
Steven Finizio
Steven Finizio Partner, WilmerHale
9:45 am-10:45 am

The fundamentals: How best to address key procedural issues involving Memorials and Pleadings

This panel will discuss how to pick the winning approach in drafting PO1, the Timetable, Document Requests, Witness Statements and Expert Reports, as well as Memorial and Pleading styles.

Ercüment Erdem
Ercüment Erdem Senior Partner, Erdem&Erdem
Baran Alptürk
Baran Alptürk Senior Consultant, Hergüner Bilgen Üçer
Nadja Jaisli Kull
Nadja Jaisli Kull Partner, Bär & Karrer
Mehmet Karlı
Mehmet Karlı Partner, Kabine Law Office
Ayşe Yazıcı Adanır
Ayşe Yazıcı Adanır Partner, Yazıcı Attorney Partnership
10:45 am-11:15 am

Coffee break

11:15 am-12:15 pm

The arbitral institution roundtable

This interactive session will bring together leading figures from some of the world’s most important arbitral institutions to discuss their institutional rules, their practices, new developments and future projects.

Jocelyn Heng
Jocelyn Heng Managing Counsel, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
James Hosking
James Hosking Vice-President, Founding Partner, Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration, Chaffetz Lindsey
Robin Oldenstam
Robin Oldenstam Chair, Partner, SCC Arbitration Institute, Mannheimer Swartling
Malgorzata Surdek-Janicka
Malgorzata Surdek-Janicka Independent Arbitrator, Vice-President, Surdek Arbitration, International Court of Arbitration (ICC)
12:15 pm-1:00 pm

Fireside chat with arbitrators

A discussion with leading arbitrators on how to choose the most suitable arbitrator, arbitrator interviews, chair selection, and how to be most effective in drafting key submissions and at procedural and merits hearings.

Egemen Egemenoğlu
Egemen Egemenoğlu Managing Partner, Egemenoglu
Rekha Rangachari
Rekha Rangachari Executive Director, New York International Arbitration Centre (NYIAC)
Paula Hodges KC
Paula Hodges KC Independent Arbitrator
Brian King
Brian King Independent Arbitrator, King Arbitration
1:00 pm-2:15 pm

Networking lunch with roundtable discussions focusing on AI

This year’s lunch will be organized around discussing recent key developments in roundtables with sub-group leaders and reporting the results at the end of the conference. 

2:15 pm-3:15 pm

Sector focus: energy disputes

This panel will discuss key developments in the oil and gas, nuclear and renewable sectors with a focus on disputes involving supply and price revisions, operating agreements, construction, and legislative and administrative changes.

Turgut Aycan Özcan
Turgut Aycan Özcan Managing Partner, Fırat Gültekin & Partners
Bernd Ehle
Bernd Ehle Partner, LALIVE
Mustafa Mert Dicle
Mustafa Mert Dicle Vice Secretary General, Energy Disputes Arbitration Center (EDAC)
Ergin Mizrahi
Ergin Mizrahi Partner, Pekin Bayar Mizrahi Law Firm
Dietmar Prager
Dietmar Prager Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
3:15 pm-3:45 pm

Coffee break

3:45 pm-4:45 pm

Recent developments: how new trends and geopolitics are affecting the way arbitration is being conducted

This panel will discuss a number of developments that are affecting how arbitration cases are conducted in 2026 and beyond, including the impact of shifting geopolitics, to renewed focus on how damages claims are calculated and presented, as well as how industries like pharma, tech and construction are adopting arbitration to resolve their disputes.

Hamish Lal
Hamish Lal Partner, Hamish Lal Partners
Gokhan Altun
Gokhan Altun Partner, Deloitte
Pelin Baysal
Pelin Baysal Partner, Baysal & Demir
Ceyda Akbal Schwimann
Ceyda Akbal Schwimann Partner, IAS Partners
4:45 pm-5:15 pm

Report on roundtable discussions and co-chairs’ closing remarks

Utku Coşar
Utku Coşar Independent Arbitrator, Arbitration Chambers
Steven Finizio
Steven Finizio Partner, WilmerHale
5:15 pm-5:20 pm

GAR closing remarks