OPENING CEREMONY

DATE

  16TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2019

VENUE

 THE LAGOS COURT OF ARBITRATION

1A Remi Olowude Street, 2nd Roundabout Lekki-Epe Expressway, Okunde

Bluewater Scheme, Lekki Peninsula Phase 1, Lagos Nigeria.

TIME

 4:00pm.

Duration: 4hrs

WELCOME REMARKS

  Mr. Charles Adeyemi Candide-Johnson, SAN FCIArb.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

 The Faith and Philosophy of Modern Dispute Resolution Architecture

Speaker:

The Justice Reform Project

PANEL DISCUSSION

 Examining the Role of Arbitral Institutions in the Promotion & Development of Arbitration in Africa

Speakers:

  1. Mrs Shola Oshodi-John, Registrar/CEO, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators
  2. Mrs. Funmi Iyayi, Managing Director, Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre
  3. Mrs Laura Alakija, ICC Nigeria Young Arbitrators’ Forum
  4. Dr. Mohamed Hafez, Counsel and Legal Advisor to the Director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
  5. Ms. Oluwatosin Lewis, Executive Secretary, Lagos Court of Arbitration.

SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

  The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) and the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA)

COCKTAILS

  Networking Session