October 24, 1997, Geneva, Switzerland
List of Participants
José María ABASCAL ZAMORA,
External Assessor,
Secretariat for External Relations,
Mexico
Ariyo ADEBAYO,
Legal Practitioner,
Ariyo Adebayo & Co.,
Lagos,
Nigeria
Bruce AITKEN,
Managing Partner,
Aitken Irvin Kewin Berlin Vrooman & Cohn,
Washington,
United States of America
Bola A. AJIBOLA,
Judge,
The Hague,
Netherlands
Franco ANCHINI,
Camera Arbitrale di Pescara Presso Camera di Commercio,
Pescara,
Italy
Homayoon ARFAZADEH,
Lawyer,
Pirenne Python Schifferli Peter & Partners,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Stefano ARTUSO,
Litigation Manager,
Benetton Group Spa,
Treviso,
Italy
Stefano AZZALI,
General Manager,
Chamber of National and International Arbitration of Milan,
Italy
Bernard BALLANSAT,
Lawyer,
Lenz & Staehelin,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Dan BALLY,
Lawyer,
Bally, Bagi & Benoît,
Lausanne,
Switzerland
Miklós BAUER,
Attorney-at-Law,
Eörsi & Partners,
Budapest,
Hungary
Jacques BEGLINGER,
Legal Counsel,
Asea Brown Boveri AG,
Baden,
Switzerland
Ali Salah BEN HADID,
Lawyer,
A.S. Ben Hadid & Associates,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Abdellah BEN MELLOUK,
First Secretary,
Permanent Mission of Morocco to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva,
Switzerland
Jordi J. BERGOS,
Secretary,
Tribunal Arbitral de Barcelona,
Barcelona,
Spain
Claude L. BESSARD,
President,
Chambre honoraire au Tribunal de commerce de Paris,
Expert près la Cour dappel de Paris Arbitre,
Paris,
France
Jean-François BOURQUE,
Principal Counselor, (aspects juridiques du commerce extérieur)
Section des services consultatifs spécialisés,
Division des services dappui au commerce,
Centre du commerce international (CNUCED/OMC),
Geneva,
Switzerland
Jens BREDOW,
Secretary General,
German Institution of Arbitration,
Bonn,
Germany
Robert BRINER,
Chairman,
International Court of Arbitration,
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC),
Paris,
France
Jürg BURGER,
Attorney-at-Law,
Stauffacher & Partner,
Zurich,
Switzerland
William BUYSE,
European Arbitration Organization,
Bocholt,
Belgium
Roberto CECCON,
Secretary General,
Corte Arbitrale Nazionale Ed Internazionale Di Venezia,
Padova,
Italy
Jack J. COE, Jr.,
Professor of Law,
Pepperdine University,
California,
United States of America
William L. CRAIG,
Partner,
Coudert Frères,
Paris,
France
Benjamin DAVIS,
Director, Conference Program Manager,
Institute of International Business Law and Practice,
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC),
Paris,
France
Santiago DE NADAL,
Partner,
Gomez Acebo & Pombo,
Barcelona,
Spain
Thomas DILLIER,
Legal Counsel,
Swisscom,
Bern,
Switzerland
Daniel DUTHIL,
President,
Agence pour la protection des programmes,
Paris,
France
Deborah ENIX-ROSS (Ms.),
Director of International Litigation,
Price Waterhouse,
New York,
United States of America
Antonio de P. ESCURA,
President,
Tribunal Arbitral de Barcelona,
Barcelona,
Spain
Wayne I. FAGAN,
Director,
Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration,
St. Marys University School of Law,
Texas,
United States of America
Joachim FELDGES,
Secretary,
International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI),
Pünder, Vollhard, Weber & Axster,
Munich,
Germany
Sebastiano FLORIS,
Legal Adviser,
Floris & Littà Modignani,
Bern,
Switzerland
Bertrand FONJALLAZ,
Trainee,
Legal Department,
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC),
Geneva,
Switzerland
Peter FORD,
Judge,
Patents County Court,
London,
United Kingdom
Anghelos C. FOUSTOUCOS,
Attorney-at-Law, Secretary General,
Greek Arbitration Association,
Athens,
Greece
Judy FREEDBERG (Mrs.),
Managing Editor,
International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Publications,
International Bureau, Permanent Court of Arbitration,
The Hague,
Netherlands
Georges FRICK,
Attorney-at-Law,
Frick & Frick,
Zurich,
Switzerland
Pierre Michel GENTON,
Engineer, PMG,
Lausanne-Pully,
Switzerland
Heribert GOLSONG,
Advisor,
Fulbright & Jaworski,
London,
United Kingdom
Michel GONDA,
Lawyer,
Gonda & Goblet,
Verviers,
Belgium
Klaus GÜNTHER,
Partner,
Oppenhoff & Rädler,
Cologne,
Germany
Paul B. HANNON,
International Arbitrator,
London,
United Kingdom
Kerry R.K. HARDING,
Secretary General,
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,
London,
United Kingdom
Hiroshi HATTORI,
Counselor,
Japan Commercial Arbitration Association,
Tokyo,
Japan
Michel HAYMANN,
Senior Partner,
Haymann & Baldi,
Zurich,
Switzerland
Richard HILL,
Partner,
Hill & Associates,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Alain HIRSCH,
Professor,
University of Geneva,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Éva HORVÁTH (Ms.),
President,
Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Budapest,
Hungary
Md. Zakir HOSSAIN PATWARY,
Copyright Attorney,
Muhiuddin & Colleagues,
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Martin J. HUNTER,
Essex Court Chambers,
London,
United Kingdom
Hans JOSEFSON,
Attorney-at-Law,
Cicero AB,
Göteborg,
Sweden
KANG Ming,
Deputy Secretary General,
China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC),
Beijing,
China
Pierre A. KARRER,
Partner,
Pestalozzi Gmuer & Patry,
Zurich,
Switzerland
Azzedine Moncef KATEB,
Director General,
National Copyright Office,
Alger,
Algeria
Mojtaba KAZAZI,
Chief,
Governing Council Secretariat,
United Nations Compensation Commission,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Catherine KESSEDJIAN (Ms.),
Professor, Deputy Secretary General,
Hague Conference on Private International Law,
Paris,
France
Guy KEUTGEN,
Secretary General,
Centre belge pour létude et la pratique de larbitrage national et international (CEPANI),
Brussels,
Belgium
Takeshi KIKUCHI,
Attorney-at-Law,
Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA),
Shinbashi International Law Office,
Tokyo,
Japan
Julie KING (Ms.),
Student,
Queen Mary and Westfield College,
University of London,
United Kingdom
Zentaro KITAGAWA,
Professor of Law and Director,
Kyoto Comparative Law Center,
Kyoto,
Japan
Thomas KLEIN,
Partner,
Rinderknecht Glaus & Stadelhofer,
Zurich,
Switzerland
Christopher KOCH,
Counsel,
International Court of Arbitration,
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC),
Paris,
France
Alexander KOMAROV,
President,
International Commercial Arbitration Court,
Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Moscow,
Russian Federation
Niels KRAUNSOE,
Chief Executive,
H.K. Convention & Exhibition Centre,
Hong Kong Trade Development Council,
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
Moses KWABENA MENSAH,
Legal Research Assistant,
Commercial Arbitration Chambers,
Ministry Branch Office,
Accra,
Ghana
Robert LAYTON,
Partner,
Layton Brooks & Hecht,
New York,
United States of America
Serguei LEBEDEV,
President,
Maritime Arbitration Commission,
Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Moscow,
Russian Federation
Alain LÉVY,
Lawyer,
Hornung & Lévy,
Geneva,
Switzerland
David M. LINDSEY,
Partner,
Steel Hector & Davis,
London,
United Kingdom
Gino LÖRCHER,
Attorney-at-Law,
Lörcher & Lörcher,
Cologne,
Germany
Yemisi Kikelomo MARCUS (Mrs.),
Counselor,
Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva,
Switzerland
Jean MARITON,
expert comptable judiciaire,
Sodarex,
Romans,
France
Jürgen MARUHN,
Richter am OLG,
Frankfurt,
Germany
Mauro MATHIS,
Lawyer,
Bortolotti, Mathis & Associati,
Torino,
Italy
Toshio MATSUMOTO,
Director,
The Japan Shipping Exchange, Inc.,
Tokyo,
Japan
Werner MELIS,
Chairman,
International Arbitral Centre,
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber,
Vienna,
Austria
Norbert MENGES,
Adviser on European Affairs,
Institute for European Communication (IEC),
Brussels,
Belgium
Ghulam Mujaddid MIRZA,
Chief Ehtesab Commissioner,
Lahore,
Pakistan
Constanta MORARU (Mme),
Legal Counsel,
State Office for Inventions and Trademarks,
Bucharest,
Romania
Muhammad MUHIUDDIN,
Advocate Supreme Court,
Muhiuddin & Colleagues,
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Dimitris OEKONOMIDIS,
Senior Partner,
Dr. D.S. Oekonomidis & Partners,
Athens,
Greece
Smadar OTTOLENGHI,
President,
Israeli Institute of Commercial Arbitration,
Tel Aviv,
Israel
Matteo PEDRAZZINI,
Lawyer,
Lachat Harari Martin-Achard & Pedrazzini,
Geneva,
Switzerland
M. Clara PICO (Ms.),
Associate,
Ute Bugnion,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Stéphane PILETTA-ZANIN,
Lawyer,
Piletta-Zanin,
Geneva,
Switzerland
François PINCHON,
President,
Compagnie des experts agrées par la Cour de Cassation,
Paris,
France
Dalila PITU (Mme),
Head, Trademark Department,
State Office for Inventions and Trademarks,
Bucharest,
Romania
David W. PLANT,
Fish & Neave,
New York,
United States of America
Jürg PLATTNER,
Senior Partner,
Wenger Plattner,
Rechtsanwälte,
Zurich,
Switzerland
Igor G. POBIRCHENKO,
President,
International Commercial Arbitration Court,
Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Kiev,
Ukraine
Milo POHNEK,
Vice-President,
Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber and Agricultural Chamber,
Prague,
Czech Republic
Tudo Radu POPESCU,
Court of International Commercial Arbitration,
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania,
Bucharest,
Romania
Philippe PRETI,
Lawyer,
Baker & McKenzie,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Hilmar RAESCHKE-KESSLER,
Rechtsanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof,
Ettlingen,
Germany
Matthieu REEB,
Counsel,
Court of Arbitration for Sport,
Lausanne,
Switzerland
Douglas REICHERT,
Attorney-at-Law,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Claude REYMOND,
advocat-conseil, Honorary Professor at the University of Lausanne,
Cabinet Ramelet, Reymond, Bonnard, Maire, Freymond, Tschumy, Bénédict,
Lausanne,
Switzerland
Urs ROHNER,
Partner,
Lenz & Staehelin,
Zurich,
Switzerland
Michel ROSSINELLI,
avocat au Barreau vaudois,
Lausanne,
Switzerland
Blandine ROUSSEL (Mlle),
Juriste,
Framatome,
Paris,
France
Sébastien ROY,
Aavocat - collaborateur,
Tavernier Gillioz Dorsaz Tschanz,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Guy-Philippe RUBELI,
Attorney-at-Law,
Pestalozzi Gmuer & Patry,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Mauro RUBINO-SAMMARTANO,
President,
European Court of Arbitration,
Milan,
Italy
Pieter SANDERS,
Honorary Chairman,
International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA),
Schiedam,
Netherlands
Otto SANDROCK,
Professor of Law, University of Münster,
Attorney at the Court of Appeals at Düsseldorf, Hölters & Elsing,
Düsseldorf,
Germany
Y. Selim SARIIBRAHIMOGLU,
Attorney-at-Law,
Sariibrahimoglu Law Office,
Ankara,
Turkey
Abdulhay SAYED,
Attorney-at-Law,
Dr. Moustafa Al-Sayed,
Damascus,
Syria
Jane SCHURTZ-TAYLOR (Mrs.),
Legal Research Assistant,
Library of the Faculty of Law,
University of Geneva,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Habib SLIM,
President,
Centre de conciliation et darbitrage de Tunis,
Tunisia
Steffi SPITZNAGEL (Ms.),
Lawyer,
Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Spitznagel,
Konstanz,
Germany
Karol STOME,
Vice-President,
Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber and Agricultural Chamber,
Prague,
Czech Republic
Thanes SUCHARIKUL,
Minister Counsellor,
Permanent Mission of Thailand to the World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva,
Switzerland
Tadeusz SZURSKI,
President,
Court of Arbitration,
Polish Chamber of Commerce,
Warsaw,
Poland
VojtN ch TRAPL,
Rechtsanwalt,
Trapl & Partner,
Prague,
Czech Republic
Johannes TRAPPE,
Partner,
Wessing Berenberg-Gossler Zimmermann Lange,
Hamburg,
Germany
Pierre-Yves TSCHANZ,
Partner,
Tavernier Gillioz Dorsaz Tschanz,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Janine UZAN-SPIRA (Mme),
secrétaire-juriste, Membre du Comité darbitrage,
Chambre de commerce et dindustrie de Genève,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Valeri G. VASILIEV,
Patent Attorney,
Minsk,
Belarus
Nina M. VASILIEVA (Ms.),
Patent and Trademark Attorney, Director,
INTELS-Belarus,
Minsk,
Belarus
François VERMEILLE,
Associate,
PMG,
Lausanne-Pully,
Switzerland
Claudette VIEULES (Mme),
Expert près des tribunaux,
Vieules-conseil,
Paris,
France
Antoine VIRENQUE,
Secretary General,
Arbitrage et conciliation pour le cinéma et laudiovisuel (ACPCA),
Paris,
France
Cynthia C. WEBER (Ms.),
Partner,
Sughrue Mion Zinn Macpeak & Seas,
Washington,
United States of America
Thomas H. WEBSTER,
Attorney-at-Law,
Hughes Hubbard & Reed,
Paris,
France
Norbert WÜHLER,
Chief,
Legal Service,
United Nations Compensation Commission,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Yousif ZAINAL,
Secretary General,
GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre,
Bahrain
Marie Ange ZELLWEGER (Mme),
Lawyer,
Etude Zellweger & Associates,
Bern,
Switzerland
WIPO ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION CENTER
Francis GURRY, Director
Christopher GIBSON, Senior Legal Officer
David MULS, Senior Legal Officer
Catherine REGNIER (Ms.), Consultant
Erik WILBERS, Senior Legal Officer
Ola ZAHRAN (Ms.), Consultant