Conference Program


1 Day

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

Registration & Welcome Coffee & Tea

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

Official Opening & Awards Ceremony

Dr. Maged F. Hanna, PfMP, RMP, PMP, CRMA

SELEM DMCC - Managing Director & CEO

Conference Chair

09:30 AM - 09:50 AM

Keynote Speech

Eng. Mohamad Said Fatha

Consultant Engineer MCIarb Vice president of the

Arab League of Engineers

09:50 AM - 10:10 AM

Keynote Speech

Dr. Magdy Ibrahim Kassim

Executive Director

Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation & Arbitration Ce

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Keynote Speech

Dr. Alaa K. Ashmawy, P.E.

Dean, School of Engineering

American University in Dubai (AUD)

10:50 AM - 11:20 AM

Networking Coffee Break

11:20 AM - 12:00 PM

Impact of choosing a Construction Contract on the Number and Severity of Claims

Dr. Nabil Mohd Ali Abbas

Owner

Abbas Consultants

12:00 PM - 12:40 PM

Modern Dispute Adjudication Boards (M-DB)

Eng. Dr. Kamal Adnan Malas

Owner

Dr. Kamal Malas & Associates

12:40 PM - 01:40 PM

Networking Lunch

01:40 PM - 02:20 PM

How To Succeed With An International Arbitration Claim

DR. DANIEL BRAWN

Senior Associate Arbitration, Commercial and Const

GALADARI ADVOCATES AND LEGAL CONSULTANTS

02:20 PM - 03:00 PM

Storytelling to Win in Negotiation, Mediation & Arbitration

Robert A. Creo

Arbitrator, Mediator & Educator

Principal, Happy Effective Lawyer, LLC

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Networking Coffee Break

03:30 PM - 04:20 PM

Construction Mediation – How Does it work with other ADR procedures?

Victor Leginsky

Chartered Arbitrator

Arbitralis ADR

04:10 PM - 04:50 PM

Preliminary Awards in Arbitration

Ahmed Ibrahim

Partner

Fenwick Elliott LLP

04:50 PM - 05:15 PM

USING MEDIATION TO RESOLVE DISPUTES

Mrs. Nikhat S Khan, MCIArb, TMC

Partner

Kochhar & Co. Inc. Legal Consultants

05:15 PM - 05:30 PM

Closing Remarks, Raffle Draw

2 Day

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM

Welcome Coffee & Tea

09:00 AM - 09:40 AM

How technology is changing the nature of work and altering the practice of law

Suzanna Kalendzhian

Founder

Legal Advice Middle East

09:40 AM - 10:20 AM

Claims & Disputes Management

Ahmad Ghoneim

Senior Associate

Al Tamimi & Company

10:20 AM - 11:00 AM

Keynote : Dispute adjudication Board

Eng. Mohamad Said Fatha

Consultant Engineer MCIarb Vice president of the

Arab League of Engineers

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Networking Coffee Break

11:30 AM - 12:10 PM

Good faith in claims: how to resolve differences in the construction industry before they turn into disputes.

Faisal Ismail

Director

Blair Anderson

12:10 PM - 12:50 PM

FIDIC Contracts

Asel El Housan

Head of Contracts and Commercial

AEH Consultancy LLC

12:50 PM - 01:50 PM

Networking Lunch

01:50 PM - 02:30 PM

Termination For Convenience Between Freedom Of Contract And Good Faith

Eng. Remon Akram Maher Farag

Legal Counsel

Etimad Holding

02:30 PM - 03:10 PM

Forensic Engineering

Omar K Joudeh

Engineering Expert

Expert

03:10 PM - 03:40 PM

Networking Coffee Break

03:40 PM - 04:20 PM

The Role of the Technical Expert witness in Tribunal Decision

Jamal Chaykhouni

Engineer Expert Arbitrator Adjudicator

Al Marsat Projects Development

04:20 PM - 05:00 PM

Killers and Pillars of an Expert Witness Report

Haya S. Saleh

General Manager / Founder

MESC Construction Managamnet

05:00 PM - 05:15 PM

Closing Remarks, Raffle Draw & Certificates