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Anurov, Vasily N.
Autonomy of the Arbitration Agreement: Danger of Broad Interpretation

Vasily N. Anurov is a candidate of jurisprudence, lecturer at the Faculty of Private International Law, Moscow State Law Academy, Arbitrator of the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration. Also, he holds LL.M. in Mineral Law and Policy with distinction (Dundee, Scotland).

e-mail: vasily.anurov@googlemail.com

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Bán, Dániel
Changing Aspects of Unsigned Arbitration Agreement

Dániel Bán, Attorney-at-law; Perényi & Bán Law Firm (Budapest) External lecturer; Civil Law Department, Faculty of Law, Pécs University of Sciences Founding member of “Magánjogot Oktatók Egyesülete (Society of Civil Law Teachers) Scope of his research: contract law, private international law, arbitration.

e-mail: bandaniel@ajk.pte.hu

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Bělohlávek, Alexander J.
Autonomy in B2C Arbitration: Is the European Model of Consumer Protection Really Adequate?

Univ. Professor, Dr.iur., Mgr., Dipl. Ing. oec/MB, Dr.h.c. Lawyer admitted and practising in Prague/CZE (Branch N.J./US), Senior Partner of the Law Offices Bělohlávek, Dept. of Law, Faculty of Economics, Ostrava, CZE, Dept. of Int. and European Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, CZE (visiting), Chairman of the Commission on Arbitration ICC National Committee CZE, Arbitrator in Prague, Vienna, Kiev etc. Member of ASA, DIS, Austrian Arb. Association. The President of the WJA – the World Jurist Association, Washington D.C./USA.

e-mail: office@ablegal.cz

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Cornel, Marian
Restrictive Absolutes: Using Party Autonomy to Reconcile Absolute Immunity with the Liberal Standard for Restrictive Immunity Adopted by the Swedish Supreme Court in the Sedelmayer Decision

Cornel Marian is an associate with the Stockholm Arbitration & Litigation Center (SALC) Advokatbyrå. He is a US-trained attorney, admitted before the courts of the State of New York. He received his LLM in international commercial arbitration from Stockholm University.

e-mail: cornel.marian@salc.se

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Ehle, Bernd
Effective Use of Demonstrative Exhibits in International Arbitration

Dr. Bernd Ehle, LL.M. (Northwestern), MCIArb, Avocat (Geneva), Rechtsanwalt (Germany), is a Partner at LALIVE (Geneva/Zurich). The author specializes in international disputes and has acted as counsel and arbitrator in numerous international arbitral proceedings governed by various procedural and substantive laws. He acts as co-chair of the Geneva Group of ASA, the Swiss Arbitration Association, and is a committee member of the European Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).

e-mail: behle@lalive.ch

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Engström, Dan
Restrictive Absolutes: Using Party Autonomy to Reconcile Absolute Immunity with the Liberal Standard for Restrictive Immunity Adopted by the Swedish Supreme Court in the Sedelmayer Decision

Dan Engström is the managing partner of Stockholm Arbitration & Litigation Center (SALC) Advokatbyrå, which is the first law firm in Sweden with a practice exclusively limited to litigation and dispute resolution. SALC’s members serve as counsels and arbitrators in Sweden and abroad.

e-mail: dan.engstrom@salc.se

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Guglya, Leonila
Waiver of Annulment Action in Arbitration: Progressive Development Globally, Realities in and Perspectives for the Russian Federation (Different Beds - Similar Dreams?)

Leonila Guglya is a Research Associate in the Multidisciplinary International Investment Arbitration Project, conducted by the Department of International Private Law of the University of Geneva Law School. She holds an S.J.D. (Doctor of Juridical Science) degree from Central European University (Budapest, Hungary); a MIS degree in International Dispute Settlement from the Geneve Master in International Dispute Settlement Program (Geneva, Switzerland); an LL.M. degree in International Business Law from Central European University; as well as degrees of Specialist in Law and Bachelor in Law from the University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (Kyiv, Ukraine).

e-mail: leonila.guglya.alumni@mids.ch

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Hučková, Regina
Autonomy of Arbitrators - Decision-making on the Basis of Ex Aequo et Bono

JUDr. Regina Palková, PhD. is research associate at the Chair of Commercial Law and Economic Law of the Faculty of Law of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice. She completed her post-graduate studies in 2009 by successfully defending her dissertation on the topic: 'Arbitration procedures in commercial matters – the current state and proposals for future legal development'. Her research work continues to address issues in the realm of arbitration as well as out-of-court dispute resolution in a more general context. She manages the grant project "Out-of-court (alternative) dispute resolution in Slovakia".

e-mail: regina.palkova@upjs.sk

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Kecskés, László
Changing Aspects of Unsigned Arbitration Agreement

László Kecskés, Professor and Head of the Civil Law Department, Faculty of Law, Pécs University of Sciences; Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; President of the Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Budapest) Scope of his research: civil law, private international law, arbitration, EU law and
approximation of laws.

e-mail: kecskeslaszlo@ajk.pte

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Knief, Inken
Liability of Arbitrators - Judicial Immunity versus Contractual Liability

Dr. Inken Knief is a senior associate within the arbitration group of Hogan Lovells in Munich. Her practise comprises the area of international arbitration, under various institutional rules and national arbitration regimes.

e-mail: inken.knief@hoganlovells.com

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Leaua, Crenguta
The Applicability of Party Autonomy in the Appointment of Arbitrators

Crenguta Leaua Dr. iur.; university lecturer in Business Law at the University of Economics in Bucharest and visiting lecturer in International Commercial Arbitration at “Petru Maior” University in Tg, Mures, Romania; vice-president of the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania; member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration as a representative of the Romanian national ICC Committee; managing partner of “ Leaua & Asociatii” law firm in Bucharest, Romania.

e-mail: crenguta.leaua@leaua.ro

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Maisner, Martin
Liability and Independence of the Arbitrator

JUDr. Martin Maisner, PhD. is a partner at ROWAN LEGAL. He is a renowned expert in the area of ICT Law, Outsourcing, ICT dispute resolution and CyberSecurity. He has written many publications and articles, has given lectures and presentations at international conferences; regularly lectures at several universities including Prague University of Economics, Masaryk University in Brno and Pan-European University in Bratislava. He is also an active arbitrator in both domestic and international arbitration disputes including specialised ICT and intellectual property cases and has represented clients in arbitrations in Prague, Geneva, Zurich, Hague and London.

e-mail: maisner@rowanlegal.com

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Natov, Nikolay
The Autonomy of Arbitrators in Determining the Law Applicable to the Merits of a Case

Nikolay Natov, Professor of PIL at the Faculty of Law, The St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria; Arbitrator and conciliator for Bulgaria at the ICSID; from 1993 to 2007 – arbitrator at CA/BCCI; since 2008 – Head International Arbitration Court of Legal Interaction Alliance (Sofia, Bulgaria); ICC ad hoc arbitrator – 3 cases; author of 4 books, over 100 articles on various aspects of private international law (in Bulgarian and English).

e-mail: natov.nikolay@gmail.com

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Pilich, Mateusz
Law Applicable to the Merits of the Dispute Submitted to Arbitration in the Absence of the Choice of Law by the Parties (Remarks on Polish Law)

Mateusz Pilich, Dr. iur., Assistant Professor – Chair in International Private and Trade Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Warsaw, Poland; Member of the Office for Studies and Analyses at the Supreme Court of Republic of Poland.

e-mail: m.pilich@wpia.uw.edu.pl

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Pörnbacher, Karl
Liability of Arbitrators - Judicial Immunity versus Contractual Liability

Karl Pörnbacher is a partner at Hogan Lovells’ Munich office and head of the firm’s German arbitration practice. The focus of his work is on national and international arbitration and litigation and alternative dispute resolution. His practice comprises disputes resulting from projects, energy, M&A, insurance and reinsurance and general commercial relationships. Mr. Pörnbacher is president of the arbitration court of the German-Polish Chamber of Commerce. Due to his specific experience he is frequently involved in cross-border disputes involving Poland and other Central and Eastern European Countries, both as arbitrator and counsel.

e-mail: karl.poernbacher@hoganlovells.com

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Steindl, Barbara Helene
Party Autonomy under the 2012 ICC Arbitration Rules

RA Mag. Barbara Helene Steindl, LL.M. (Columbia) MCIArb acts as counsel and arbitrator in international arbitrations under all major arbitration rules. Most of her work involves construction, investment protection, cross-border trade, distribution and sports arbitration. Mrs. Steindl is admitted to the Vienna bar and has passed the New York Bar exam. She is a former deputy counsel of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and acts as the LCIA’s YIAG representative for Central Europe. She works in English, French and German.

e-mail: b.steindl@bkp.at

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Suchoža, Josef
Autonomy of Arbitrators - Decision-making on the Basis of Ex Aequo et Bono

Prof. JUDr. Jozef Suchoža, DrSc. is a recognized authority in the field of commercial law. He is the author of several scholarly monographs and of a wealth of specialist articles and studies, and the co-author of the first comprehensive Slovak textbook on commercial law. He is a member of the Scientific Council at the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, and an international arbiter entered in the lists of arbiters of the Arbitration Court attached to the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry and of the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic. He is currently acting as the project manager in charge for a project funded by the Slovak Research And Development Agency (APVV) which focuses on the issue of out-of-court dispute resolution in Slovakia (LPP-0076-09 – Out-of-court/alternative dispute resolution in Slovakia).

e-mail: regina.palkova@upjs.sk

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