LIDW Main Conference

Registration

Registration is open - coffee/tea available in the Pickwick room

Session 1

• Keynote speech by The Rt Hon. the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales
• Risk & reputation in a values-driven world 
  • This session will explore the challenges faced by organisations balancing the need to advance their sustainability and ESG objectives, and meet associated reporting and due diligence obligations, while also protecting their position in the resolution of related disputes. 
    • Moira Thompson Oliver - Head of Business and Human Rights, Slaughter and May (chair) 
    • Nicola Cobb - Senior Managing Director, Forensic & Litigation Consulting, FTI Consulting
    • Shaheed Fatima KC – Barrister, Blackstone Chambers 
    • Simon Mundy - Moral Money Editor, Financial Times

Coffee break

Coffee/tea and networking break in the Pickwick room.  An opportunity to meet LIDW's Platinum and Gold sponsors

Session 2

• How to think about Artificial Intelligence in law 

  • Delegates will hear an exclusive recorded address from world-renowned legal technology expert Professor Richard Susskind OBE KC (Hon) on how AI is transforming dispute resolution. This will raise probing questions which will be debated by a panel of experts.
    • Richard Susskind OBE KC (Hon) (recorded address)
    • Minesh Tanna - Partner, Disputes & Investigations, and Global AI Lead, Simmons & Simmons LLP (chair)
    • Stephen Dowling - Director, TrialView
    • Racheal Muldoon - Barrister, Maitland Chambers

• 'The view from business' - given by Josh Bayliss, CEO of Virgin Group  

Lunch

Lunch and networking break in the Pickwick room with the opportunity to meet LIDW's Platnium and Gold sponsors

Session 3

• Exploring the global landscape for enforcement of judgments and awards
  • A panel of litigation and arbitration experts from around the world will navigate current cross-border judgment and award enforcement issues, trends and obstacles.
    • Mr Justice Henshaw - Judge of the English Commercial Court (chair)
    • James E. Berger - Partner, DLA Piper
    • Jennifer Craven - Legal Director, Pinsent Masons LLP
    • Ali Al Hashimi - Managing Partner, Global Advocacy and Legal Counsel
• Resolving disputes involving States and State entities
  • A 'fireside chat' between Julia Gillard and Lord Peter Goldsmith KC 
    • Julia Gillard AC - Former Prime Minister of Australia and Partner, Datrys Mediation +
    • Lord Peter Goldsmith KC, PC - Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, and former UK Attorney General

Coffee break

Coffee and tea will be served in the Pickwick room. An opportunity to network as well as meet LIDW's Platinum and Gold sponsors

Session 4

• Disputes funding: predictions for the future
  • This panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the funding market in the UK, EU and beyond, and what these mean for organisations seeking disputes finance or facing funded claims. 
    • Julian Chamberlayne - Risk and Funding Partner and Head of the Cost and Funding team at Stewarts (chair)
    • Mrs Justice Cockerill - Judge of the English Commercial Court 
    • Tom Goodhead - Chief Executive Officer and Global Managing Partner, Pogust Goodhead

• “Dispute resolution cannot be about paying lawyers.  Dispute resolution has to be about helping parties sort their problems” – Sir Geoffrey Vos during the hearing in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil (Court of Appeal of England & Wales, November 2023) 

  Do current dispute resolution methods achieve this? A client perspective. 

  • Senior in-house lawyers will discuss whether available dispute resolution tools and practices achieve what clients need in today’s challenging, international business environment.
    • Campbell Jackson - Partner, Global Claims & Disputes Leader, Forensic & Integrity Services, EY 
    • Suber Akther - Principal Litigation Counsel, Siemens Energy Limited
    • David Connolly - Head of Legal, Compliance and Litigation, Europe & IMEA, IHG Hotels & Resorts
• Keynote speech by Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General of ICSID and Vice-President, World Bank

Networking Drinks reception

Drinks and canapes reception offering the chance to network with fellow delegates