Minister of Justice H E Dr Hassan Lahdan Saqr Al Mohannadi
DOHA: Under the patronage of the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdulla bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Third International Arbitration Conference will kick off today at Ritz-Carlton Doha.
Being organised by the Qatar Chamber’s Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration (QICCA), the two-day event will be held under the theme ‘Qatari Law and International Conventions’.
The opening session will be attended by Minister of Justice H E Dr Hassan Lahdan Saqr Al Mohannadi, Qatar Chamber and QICCA chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani, Board member of International Relations Sheikh Dr Thani bin Ali Al Thani and founder and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Arbitration Dr Abdel.
The conference’s six discussions will highlight several topics relating to the world’s arbitration trends and developments.
The first session will review the Qatari Arbitration Law and its impact on business environment, while the second session will highlight the lessons learned through the application of New York Convention and the third session will discuss the modern trends of world arbitration rules.
The fourth session will highlight mechanisms of disputes settlements in mega projects, while the fifth session will review the arbitration in maritime disputes and the final session will feature the role of expertise in arbitration and its importance in light of the Qatar’s Expertise Law.
The conference will gather prominent experts, senior world arbitration figures, consultants, and lawyers from more than 15 Arab and European countries.
