The Arab Union for International Arbitration

In Cooperation with

The CairoRegionalCenter for International Commercial Arbitration

and

Some Universities, Arbitral and Scientific

Institutions in the Arab World

Announce the organization of an International Conference on

The Active Role of State Courts in Arbitration

Under the patronage of the Lebanese Prime Minister

Mr. Omar Karameh

28 February- 3 March 2005

UNESCOPalace-Beirut-Lebanon

Reputed First Presidents of Arab and occidental judiciary will participate in the Conference. The followings are the confirmed in alphabetical order:

Judge / President of Civil Judiciary / Kuwait
Minister
Dr. / Adnan Omar Jaafari / Minister of Justice / Yemen
Judge / Dominique Hascher / President of the Court of Appeal of Paris / France
Counselor
Dr. / Fathi Khalifa / President of the Egyptian Court of Cassation and President of the Supreme Judiciary Council / Egypt
Judge / Guy Canivet / President of the Supreme Judiciary Council / France
Counselor
Dr. / Idriss Al Dahak / President of the Court of Cassation and President of the Supreme Judiciary Council / Morocco
Judge / Jean-Pierre Ancel / President of the French Court of Cassation / France
Judge / Mabrouk Ben Moussa / First President of the Judiciary / Tunis
Counselor / Mohamad Mahmoud Rassem / President of the Court of Cassation / Dubai
Judge / Mohamad Samed Al Rakkad / First President of the Judiciary / Jordan
Counselor / Sayed Abdel Baki Seif / President of the Court of Appeal of Dubai / Dubai
Judge / Tanios Khoury / First President of the Judiciary / Lebanon

Furthermore, heads of major international arbitration institutions and international commercial law associations shall speak in the Conference. The followings are the confirmed name of the speakers in alphabetical order:

Dr. / Abdel-Hamid El-Ahdab / President of the Arab Association for International Arbitration- Assistant Secretary of the Arab Union for International Arbitration for European Area / Paris
Lebanon
Attorney / Abdel Wahab Al Bahi / President of the Tunisian Conciliation and ArbitrationCenter- Assistant Secretary of the Arab Union for International Arbitration for Arab Maghreb Area / Tunisia
H.H. Prince
Dr. / Bandar Ben Salman
Al Saud / President of the Saudi Arbitration Group - Assistant Secretary of the Arab Union for International Arbitration for Gulf Area / Saudi Arabia
Professor / Bernardo Cremades / The President of the Spanish Court of Arbitration and the President of the Global Centre for Dispute Resolution Research / Spain
Dr. / Hamzeh Haddad / President of the Jordanian law and Arbitration Center- Former Minister of Justice- Assistant Secretary of the Arab Union for International Arbitration for the Eastern Area / Jordan
Professor / Jean- Louis Delvolvé / President of the French Committee for Arbitration / France
Professor / Jernej Sekolec / Secretary of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) / United Nations
Professor / Julian D.M. Lew
(Subject to Confirmation) / Chairman, School of International Arbitration - QueenMaryLawSchool - University of London / U.K.
Counselor
Dr. / Mohamad Aboul Einein / Director of the CairoRegionalCenter for International Commercial Arbitration- Secretary General of the Arab Union for International Arbitration / Egypt
Professor / Ulf Franke / President of IFCAI- Secretary General of Stockholm Institute of Arbitration / Sweden
Professor / Robert Briner / President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration / Paris
Professor / William Slate / President of the American Arbitration Association / USA

The topics that will be discussed include:

-The role of the judiciary in the development of the Arbitration Rules in different legal cultures (USA- UK- France- Spain- The Arab World- China- Japan)

-The Supporting Role of the Judiciary to Arbitration.

-The role of the Judiciary parallel to Arbitration.

-The controlling role of the judiciary over arbitration.

The detailed program Shall be forwarded upon request.

Registration Fees and Application Forms

Participation: Three hundred US Dollars (US $300) for every participants, including the attendance, documents, coffee-breaks.

Applications will be sent to the CairoRegionalCenter for International Commercial Arbitration.

The fees shall be paid in cash or by certified cheque in favor of "The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration".

Address: 1, Al Saleh Ayoub Street-Zamalek11211- Cairo-Egypt

Tel: 7351333- 7351335- 7351337- 7373691- 7373693

Fax: 7351336

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International Seminar on

The active role of state courts in arbitration

28 February to3 March 2005

The Arab Union For International Arbitration

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