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08:30
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Registration Opens
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Day 1
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Wednesday, 3 April 2019
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10:00
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General Assembly Meeting
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12:30
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LUNCH
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14:00
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Welcome Remarks by Chief Bayo Ojo, SAN, President, African Arbitration Association
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14:15
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Presentation of the African Arbitration Survey by Dr Emilia Onyema, Associate Professor, SOAS, London
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14:45
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Responses to the Survey by African States
Moderator: Isaiah Bozimo, Partner, Broderick Bozimo & Company
Panellists
Dr Didas Kayihura, Rector of The Institute of Legal Practice and Development
Justice Nasiru Ajanah, Hon. Justice, Kogi State Judiciary of Nigeria
Justice Babatunde Adejumo OFR, Hon. Justice, President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria
Emmanuel Bitta, Principal State Counsel, Office of the Attorney-General and Department of Justice, Kenya
Prof. Mohammed Sameh Amr, Chair of Public International Law, University of Cairo, Board Member of General Authority for Investment, Egypt
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16:00
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Opening Ceremony and Official Launch of the African Arbitration Association in the Host State
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16:30
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Concluding Remarks by Prof. Githu Muigai, Private Practitioner and Associate Professor, Public Law, University of Nairobi, Former Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya
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16:45
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GROUP PHOTO
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18:00
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Welcome Drinks Reception
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Day 2
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Thursday, 4 April 2019
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08:30
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Registration (tea and coffee served)
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09:30
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Welcome by Dr Rukia Baruti, Secretary General, African Arbitration Association
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09.35
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Address by Chief Bayo Ojo, SAN, President, African Arbitration Association
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09.45
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Address by Attorney General of Rwanda
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10:15
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GROUP PHOTO/COFFEE BREAK
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10.45
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The African Arbitration Association is here: Now What? [This panel will discuss the significance of the establishment of the AfAA and what needs to be done by stakeholders to ensure that the AfAA’s objectives are met]
Moderator: Duncan Bagshaw, Partner, Howard Kennedy
Panellists
Julius Nkafu, Barrister, Great James Street Chambers, London
Bwalya Lumbwe, Arbitrator, Zambia
Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, Partner Foley Hoag LLP, Washington DC
Lise Bosman, Senior Legal Counsel, PCA & Executive Director, ICCA
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12.00
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The Africanization of International Disputes: Rethinking Our Approach to International Dispute Practitioners [This panel will discuss ways to encourage disputing parties to select African arbitration practitioners in international arbitrations]
Moderator: John Ohaga, Managing Partner, TripleOKLaw
Panellists
Dr Emilia Onyema, Associate Professor, SOAS, London
Diane Okoko, Principal Partner, Marcus-Okoko & Co.
Adebayo Adenipekun, SAN, Managing Partner, Afe Babalola & Co.
Professor Nelson Enonchong, Barrister, No 5 Chambers and Barber Professor of Law, Birmingham Law School
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13.15
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LUNCH
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14.30
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Keynote Address by His Excellency Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President, International Court of Justice
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14.45
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The Use of African Arbitral Institutions: The Pan African Investment Code Paves the Way [This panel will discuss whether and to what extent African States should play a role in increasing the use of African arbitral institutions in Africa-related arbitrations. Reference will be made to the approach adopted by the Pan African Investment Code]
Moderator: Babajide Ogundipe, Partner Sofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe & Belgore
Panellists
Dr Ismail Selim, Director, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial arbitration
Oluwatosin Lewis, Executive Secretary, Lagos Court of Arbitration
Dr Fidele Masengo, Secretary General, Kigali International Arbitration Centre
Lawrence Muiruri Ngugi, Registrar/CEO, Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration
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16.00
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Investment Arbitration Developments in Africa: We Are Awake But Are We Smelling the Coffee? [This panel will discuss recent changes in legislation by African States in their attempt to curb the adverse effects of investment arbitration and the wider implications of such changes]
Moderator: Shan Greer, Consultant, Floissac Fleming & Associates
Panellists
Naomi Tarawali, Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Tarek Badawy, Partner, Shahid Law Firm
Vlad Movshovich, Partner, Webber Wentzel
Madeline Kimei, Founder & CEO, iResolveTM Tanzania
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17:15
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ICSID Rule Amendment Proposals and Their Relevance to African States
Speaker: Paul-Jean Le Cannu, Team Leader and Senior Counsel, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”)
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17:30
17:45
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Concluding Remarks by Dr Gaston Kenfack Douajni, Magistrate, Director of Legislation, Ministry of Justice, Cameroon President, APAA
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19:00
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DINNER
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