CIArb Canada Annual Symposium and Award Presentation

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CIArb Canada 10th Annual Symposium on Commercial Arbitration and Award Presentation
Hear Professor Joshua Karton discuss “Everyone Agrees that Arbitration Agreements are Contracts, But No One Does Anything About It”.

Learn from a panel on what law governs arbitration agreements? and Arbitrations: how confidential are they?

Stay for a toast to the 2022 winner of the CIArb Canada Award for Distinguished Service.

Program Schedule
2:00 pm : Welcome from Christina Doria, Partner, Baker McKenzie

2:05 pm: Remarks by Catherine Dixon, Director General, CIArb

2:15 pm: Food for Thought Panel: (1) What law governs arbitration agreements? (2) Arbitrations: how confidential are they? 

Panelists: 
Craig Chiasson, Partner, BLG
Anthony Daimsis, University of Ottawa
Joanne Luu, Partner, BD&P

Moderator:
Christina Doria, Partner, Baker McKenzie

3:15 pm: Networking Break

3:50 pm: CIArb Canada New Arbitration Program – An Update Chidinma Thompson, Partner, BLG

4:00 pm: Introduction to keynote speech from Lisa Munro, Arbitrator, Lerners LLP, Arbitration Place

4:05 pm: Keynote speech by Professor Joshua Karton, Queen’s University: “Everyone Agrees that Arbitration Agreements are Contracts, But No One Does Anything About It”.

4:55 pm: Presentation of CIArb Canada Award for Distinguished Service by Julie Hopkins, Independent Arbitrator, Chair of the CIArb Canada Branch and toast to the winner.

5:15 pm: Close of Symposium