A Cameo Gathering: Voices on the Singapore Convention Two Years On

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This event, in coordination with Singapore Convention Week 2021, will be an engaging 90-minute session held in lightning rounds, featuring global leading mediation practitioners. Each distinguished speaker will present for no more than 5 minutes on perspectives from their own jurisdictions on topics of critical importance to the cross-border dispute resolution community, including globalization, investor-state disputes, mediation standards, and new paradigms in mediation: current status and prospects for the future.

Please join hosts Mary Walker, Lim Tat, and Gary Birnberg for this collaborative program of the Global Mediation Alliance, the Society of Mediation Professionals (Singapore), and JAMS, featuring members of these institutions, as well as leadership of the IBA Mediation Committee.

Co-Moderators:

• Gary Birnberg, International Arbitrator & Mediator, JAMS – Miami, USA
• Ranse Howell, Director of International Operations, JAMS – London, UK
• Tat Lim, International Mediator, Maxwell Mediators – Singapore
• Mary Walker, Barrister, 9 Wentworth Chambers – Sydney, Australia

Featured Speakers:

• Federico Antich, Founder, Studio dell'Avvocato Antich – Florence, Italy
• Ximena Bustamante, Arbitrator and Mediator, Pactum Dispute Resolution Consulting – Quito, Ecuador
• James Claxton, Independent Arbitrator and Mediator, Associate Professor, Waseda University – Tokyo, Japan
• Tomasz Cyrol, Advocate, Tomasz Cyrol Kancelaria Adwokacka – Krakow, Poland
• Martin Hauser, International Commercial Mediator, Martin Hauser Mediation – Munich, Germany
• Shaun Henriques, Director, Neutral Dynamics – Dubai, UAE
• Shreyas Jayasimha, Founding Partner, Aarna Law – Bangalore, India
• Michel Kallipetis QC, Commercial Mediator, Independent Mediators – London, UK
• Michael McIlwrath, Founder & CEO, MDisputes – Florence, Italy
• Diana Paraguacuto-Maheo, Partner, Foley Hoag – Paris, France
• Jawad Sarwana, Partner and Advocate Supreme Court, Abraham & Sarwana – Karachi, Pakistan
• Carlos Roberto Siqueira Castro, Partner, Siqueira Castro Advogados – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Joan Stearns Johnsen, Director Institute for Dispute Resolution, University of Florida – Gainesville, USA
• Thomas J. Stipanowich, International Arbitrator and Mediator, JAMS – Los Angeles, USA
• Joe Tirado, International Arbitrator and Mediator, JAMS – London, UK