Programme
9:00 – 10:00 – Welcome at the Foyer
10:00 – 10:30 – Opening
- 10:00 – 10:10 – Welcome by the University of Groningen
- 10:10 – 10:30 – Opening Speech by Secretary General Hugo Siblesz / Permanent Court of Arbitration
Panel 1 : Developments in Investor-State Dispute Settlement (10:30 – 12:00)
- Investment Mediation and the Model Instrument on Management of Investment Disputes (Dr. Alejandro Carballo Leyda / Energy Charter Secretariat)
- UNCITRAL and ISDS reform (Prof. Hans van Houtte / KU Leuven)
- Future Investor-State Dispute Settlement under the ECT (Thomas Nauta / Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch
Panel 2 : Modernizing the Substantive Provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty (13:00 – 15:00)
- Investment: liberalization and protection of FDI in the energy sector (Dr. Richard Happ / Luther)
- Renewable Energy Sources (Cees Verburg / University of Groningen)
- Transit: Challenges in the Energy Charter Context (Dr. Yulia Selivanova / Independent Consultant)
- Intra-EU Applicability of the ECT (Petra Nemeckova / Legal Service European Commission)
- Modernization of the ECT and the Russian Federation (Dr. Sergey Seliverstov / Sokolov, Maslov and Partners)
15:00 – 15:30 – Coffee Break
Key Note Speech (15:30 – 16:15)
- 15:30 – 16:15 – Key Note Speech by Graham Coop / Volterra Fietta: The Contribution of the Energy Charter Treaty to the development of International Investment Law - Past and Future
- 16:15 – 16:30 Official Closure
16:30 – 18:00 Drinks Reception
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