Meeting

Vancouver, Thursday, 11 April 2019 - Sunday, 14 April 2019

Business Meeting

Vancouver, Thursday, 11 April 2019 - Sunday, 14 April 2019

Schedule

Vancouver, Thursday, 11 April 2019 - Sunday, 14 April 2019

Business Meeting Registration Form

Thursday, 11 April 2019

General Attire: Business Casual

Welcome Cocktail at SHK Offices

Opening dinner @ Joeys Restaurant

Friday, 12 April 2019

General Attire: Business Casual; Guests during outing: Casual

Professional Program at Delta Suites Vancouver Hotel with Coffee Breaks and Networking Lunch

1) Risk Mitigation in Construction
Moderator: Sophie Lagayette, Triplet and Associés, Paris, France
Speakers: • Seema Lal, SHK Law Corporation, Vancouver, BC; • Marc MacEwing, SHK Law Corporation, Vancouver, BC; • Dan Gardenschwartz, Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith LLP, San Diego, CA; • Paulina Durango, APREC Abogados, Quito, Ecuador

2) BC Civil Resolution Tribunal
Moderator: Seema Lal, SHK Law Corporation, Vancouver, BC
Speaker: • Shannon Salter, Chair of the BC Resolution Tribunal

3) Reports on Hot Issues
Moderator: Fernando Rivadeneyra, Rivadeneyra, Treviño y De Campo S.C., Puebla, Mexico
• Paul Hopkins, Geldards, Cardiff, Wales on Brexit; • Mattias Larsson, Fylgia Law Firm, Stockholm, Sweden commenting onn Brexit from the EU27 perspective • Peter Pang, IPO Pang, Shanghai, China on US/China Trade Deal

4) International Commercial Arbitration
Moderator: Katherine Toomey, Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss pllc, Washington DC
• Barry Penner QC, Managing Director of the BC International Commercial Arbitration Centre, • Mel Simburg, Simburg, Ketter, Sheppard & Purdy, LLP; • John Pinney, IBLC Emeritus Representative from Cincinnati, OH

5) Blockchain and Smart Contracts
Moderator: Roderick McCloy, SHK Law Corporation, Vancouver, BC
• Rick Holzer, Holzer Patel Drennan, Denver, CO; • Chirag Patel, Holzer Patel Drennan, Denver, CO; • Rob McFarlane, Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco, CA

Guest Program

Tour through Kitsilano to the University of British Columbia Campus with visit of Museum of Anthropology; lunch and visit of Granville Island

Dinner @ Joe Fortes Restaurant

Saturday, 13 April 2019

General Attire: Business Casual; During Outing: Casual

IBLC Morning Program with Coffee Break and Lunch at Delta Suites Vancouver Hotel

Afternoon Tour

Gastown, Chinatown, Vancouver Harbour & the Olympic Cauldron, Stanley Park, Capilano Suspension Bridge

Concluding Dinner @ Terminal City Club

Sunday, 14 April 2019

Individual Departure - or depature to Seattle for Post-Meeting Program

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