Conference Programme

Day One: Monday 6th October 2008

Conference Opening: 09.00 President of UK Society of Construction Law, The Right Honourable Lord Justice Anthony May, Court of Appeal - London
Welcome by the Chairman of Day 1 Tomas Kennedy Grant QC - Arbitrator and Mediator - New Zealand
Session (1) New Contractual Relationships
Chairman Anthony Morgan - Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, programming and delay expert witness - London
Trends in new contract forms

Professor Phillip Capper - Professor of Engineering law, King’s College London; Partner, White & Case - London

Contractual innovation and challenges in emerging economies

Chris Dering - Principal Counsel, Bechtel UK - London
New World Bank Contract Peter Caldwell - Arbitrator, Consulting Engineer - Hong Kong
Session (2) Building Information Modelling
Chairman Christopher Noble - Partner, Noble & Wickersham Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
How it works Howard Ashcraft - Partner, Hanson Bridgett California/Nevada, USA
The Legal Perspective Patrick O’Connor - Partner, Faegre & Benson Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
|The UK Perspective The UK Perspective Professor Roger Flanagan, Professor School of Construction and Management Engineering, Reading University - Reading, UK
Session (3) How Should Delay be Analysed?
Chairman His Honour Humphrey LLoyd QC - retired Judge in the Technology and Construction Court and former President SCL, now Arbitrator - London
Dominant Cause Jeremy Winter - Partner, Baker & McKenzie - London

Methods of analysis and how they are viewed by the US Courts

John Tieder - Partner, Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald - USA

The problems with reliance on technology

David Barry - Programming Specialist, expert witness - UK
Session (4) Big projects, big issues: Managing Major Infrastructure Projects (Part 1)
Chairman

Niels Kraunsoe – former Director Hong Kong Airport Authority, now Mediator - Hong Kong

An alternative approach -The Northern Gateway Alliance, New Zealand

Robert Jones - Operations Director, Leighton Contactors - New Zealand
Dubai Peter Shaw – Consultant, Taylor Wessing (Middle East) LLP - Dubai
The San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Robert Smith – Shareholder, Akerman Senterfitt Wickwire Gavin; Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA
Close of Day 1 Sir Philip Otton – retired Court of Appeal Judge, former President SCL, now Arbitrator – London

Day Two: Tuesday 7th October 2008

Opening of Day 2: 09.00 The Honourable Mr Justice Ramsey, Technology & Construction Court - London
Welcome by the Chairman of Day 2 Richard Harding - Barrister, Keating Chambers - London
Session (5) Big projects, Big issues: Managing Major Infrastructure Projects (Part 2)
Chairman Victoria Russell - Partner, Fenwick Elliott - London
Singapore Airport Chow Kok Fong - CEO Changi Airport International - Singapore
Terminal 5

John Boultwood - Turner & Townsend, seconded to BAA T5 Commercial Director

Beijing Olympics Susan Ning - Partner, King & Wood, adviser to the Chinese government for the Beijing Olympic Games - Beijing
Session (6) Debate: ADR - Dispute Review Boards, Mediation and Conciliation
Chairman Pierre M. Genton - founder PGM Engineers & Economists, Chairman ICC Dispute Board Task Force - Lausanne, Switzerland
in favour of Dispute Review Boards Peter HJ Chapman - Past President DRBF, Arbitrator - UK
in opposition to Dispute Review Boards Doug Oles - Partner, Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker Seattle and Anchorage, USA
in favour of Mediation David Cornes - Commercial Mediator - London
in opposition to Mediation John Riches - Arbitrator and Adjudicator, - London
in favour of Conciliation Sundra Rajoo - President of the KL & Selangor SCL, Arbitrator - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
in opposition to Conciliation

Anthony Speaight QC - Barrister, 4 Pump Court - London

Session (7) Debate: Adjudication - should it be encouraged?
Chairman Tony Bingham - Barrister, 3 Paper Buildings - London
in favour of Adjudication

Caroline Cummins - Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna Solicitors - London

in favour of Adjudication Professor Doug Jones AM - Partner Clayton Utz - Sydney
in opposition to Adjudication Dr Colin Ong -Managing Partner, Colin Ong Legal Services - Brunei
in opposition to Adjudication Paul Starr - Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques - Hong Kong
Session (8) Debate: Arbitration - is it the best form of dispute resolution?
Chairman Mr Justice Jackson, Queen's Bench Division, formerly Judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court
in favour of Arbitration Vera Van Houtte - Partner, Stibbe - Brussels
in favour of Arbitration Dominic Helps - Partner, Shadbolt & Co - London
in favour of Arbitration Professor Antonio Crivellaro - Arbitrator and Professor of International Trade Law, University of Padua - Padua, Italy
in opposition to Arbitration Philip Jeyaretnam SC - Senior Counsel, former chairman Singapore SCL - Singapore
in opposition to Arbitration Paul Darling QC - Barrister, Keating Chambers - London
in opposition to Arbitration Teresa Cheng SC - Senior Counsel and President Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Hong Kong
Close of Conference John Tackaberry QC - Barrister and Arbitrator, 39 Essex Street Chambers - London