Tuesday, January 20, 2009

International Commercial Arbitration

The Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law

and

The Dean Rusk Center

with support from The American Society of International Law

will proudly host

“International Commercial Arbitration:

Fifty Years After the New York Convention

January 30, 2009,

at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia.

Ø Keynote speaker: Gary Born, Partner, Wilmer Hale; Panelists include: Robert B. Davidson, Executive Director of Arbitration, JAMS; Anne Whitesell, Former Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; William K. Slate, II, President, American Arbitration Association.

Ø Welcome reception on the evening of January 29, 2009.

Ø Panels: (1) The New York Convention - the Next 50 Years; (2) Federal Arbitration Act Reform; and (3) Beyond Commercial Arbitration - Lessons from Other Models.

For more information, a complete list of panelists and to RSVP by January 28, please visit: www.uga.edu/ruskcenter/arbitration.html

Contact: Mercedes Ball, Executive Conference Editor, at: mgball@bellsouth.net or (706) 825-4061.