DOHA: Under the patronage of the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdulla bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, the 3rd International Arbitration Conference will kick off on March 20 under the theme ‘Arbitration between Qatari Law & International Conventions’.
The two-day event is organised by the Qatar Chamber’s Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration (QICCA). QICCA’s Board Member, Dr H E Sheikh Thani bin Ali bin Saud Al Thani (pictured) said that Qatar is the first country that hosts an extensive conference that marks the 60th anniversary of the issuance of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958), noting that this convention is the centrepiece of treaties on arbitration in the world.
This convention enables arbitration awards issued in any country to be executed in another country.
He noted that the conference comes after a year of issuing the Qatar Arbitration Law, pointing out that it will gather 30 prominent speakers, senior world arbitration figures, directors of arbitration centres, consultants, and lawyers. The conference provides a unique forum that brings together prominent international speakers.
The conference’s discussions will highlight many topics including the Qatari Arbitration Law and its impact of business environment, as well as the new trends in rules of national and international arbitration centers and mechanisms of disputes settlement in mega projects’ contracts. It also will discuss arbitration in maritime disputes and role of expertise in arbitration.
He noted the conference sessions will review key arbitration issues. He hopes that the recommendations announced at the conclusion of the event would uphold arbitration worldwide. It places Qatar in the vanguard of countries encouraging arbitration through establishing flexible rules which meet the needs of all arbitration parties and manage the arbitration process in effective and neutral manner.
Arbitration is on the top of the alternatives means to the ordinary judiciary, Sheikh Thani said, noting that the conference will enable arbitrators to have full knowledge of investment, trade, real estate, construction, energy, finance, industry, marine transport and any other field.
