Professor Constantin Calavros, President of the Greek Association for Arbitration, Managing Partner, Calavros Law Firm-Filios-Kloukinas

• Is refusing to enforce an award on the basis of EU law a breach of a State’s international law commitments under the Washington Convention and the New York Convention?
• Will EU courts refuse enforcement of commercial arbitration awards against States if the dispute arises out of a contract which can be classified as "investment contract"?
• Which law applies to review enfocement of an award against a State in these cases? What is the relationship between EU and public international law?
• Are national courts sitting outside EU obliged to take account of CJEU's jurisprudence?
• Can national courts in EU refuse enforcement of awards against non-EU States which many rely on CJEU jurisprudence?

Chair: Professor Stavros Brekoulakis, National University of Singapore, Arbitrator, 3 Verulam Buildings, London

Panel members:

• Dr. Christopher Boog, Partner, Schellenberg & Wittmer, Singapore & Zurich
• Dr. Tariq Baloch, Barrister, Essex Court Chambers, London
• Paschalis Paschalidis, Counsel, Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg
• Dr. Katia Yannaca Small, Lecturer in Law, USC Gould School of Law, Senior International Arbitration Advisor, Arnold & Porter
• Dr. Sotiris Dempegiotis, Dr. jur., Partner, Lambadarios Law Firm

• Public policy, mandatory rules and extent of review of arbitral awards.
• Extent of review of awards by national courts: a retrial or an appeal? I.e. can you bring new claims and arguments at enforcement stage? Can you bring new evidence at enforcement stage? Is the enforcement court bound by the factual findings of the tribunal?
• Review of reasoning of awards? How far can a national court review coherence and adequacy of reasoning?
• How far can enforcement courts review awards which have been already confirmed by courts of the seat of arbitration?

Chair: Epaminontas Triantafilou, Partner, Quinn Emanuel, London

Panel members:

• Constantine Partasides KC, Partner, 3C, London
• Maarten Draye, Partner, Hanotiau & van den Berg, Brussels
• Emily Monastiriotis, Partner, Simmons & Simmons, London
• Dimitrios Babiniotis, Associate Professor, Democritus University of Thrace Law School, Partner, Zepos & Yannopoulos
• Theodora Souma, Senior Associate, POTAMITISVEKRIS

• Legal principles relevant to enforcement against non-signatories
• Common law and Civil law approaches
• Boundaries of arbitration agremeents and enforcement of awards against non-singatories

Chair: Yves Derains, Partner, Derains & Gharavi International

Panel members:

• Dr. Stefan Riegler, Partner, Wolf Theiss, Vienna
• Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou, Independent Arbitrator, Paris
• Professor Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Cairo University, Partner, Zuflicar & Partners, Cairo
• Professor Anastassios Valtoudis, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Anastassios Valtoudis & Partners
• Ioanna Vergeti, Partner, Calavros Law Firm-Filios-Kloukinas

• Impact of economic sanctions on counsel, arbitrators, arbitration institutions and the constitution of arbitral tribunals
• Impact of economic sanctions on the jurisdiction of tribunals and the arbitration proceedings
• Impact of economic sanctions on the enforcement of the awards

Chair: Dr. Anna Mantakou, Arbitrator, Mantakou-Dougka Law Firm

Panel members:

• Gregory Logothetis, Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution, Koutalidis Law Firm
• Claire Sergaki, Senior Associate, Dryllerakis Law Firm
• Professor Spyridon Tsantinis, Democritus University of Thrace Law School, Managing Partner, Tsantinis Law Firm
• Panayiotis Yiannopoulos, Associate Professor, Democritus University of Thrace Law School, Managing Partner, Yiannopoulos & Kozi LLP

Chair: Professor Haris Pamboukis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Managing Partner, Pamboukis-Maravelis-Nikolaidis & Associates Law Firm

Panel members:

• Petros Selekos, Associate Professor, Democritus University of Thrace Law School, Chief Legal Officer, Metlen, Energy and Metals
• Eugenia Papathanasopoulou, Director, Legal Affairs & Corporate Governance, Secretary to the BoD, AIA
• Thorsten Schröter, Head of Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Hochtief

Professor Stavros Brekoulakis, National University of Singapore, Arbitrator, 3 Verulam Buildings, London