Singapore International Commercial Court Conference 2025 | Programme

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PROGRAMME DAY 1

Programme is subject to change without notice. Timings are reflected according to GMT + 8 hrs.

TIME	DAY 1 \| 14 JAN 2025 GARDEN BALLROOM, ParkRoyal Collection Marina Bay Singapore 6 Raffles Blvd, Singapore 039594
09:15 AM	REGISTRATION
09:45 AM	WELCOME REMARKS Justice Philip Jeyaretnam, President, Singapore International Commercial Court
10:00 AM	OPENING ADDRESS: THE EMERGING ARCHITECTURE OF TRANSNATIONAL COMMERCIAL JUSTICE The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon
10:45 AM	MORNING TEA
11:15 AM	PANEL SESSION 1: SEISMIC EVENTS: SURVIVING (AND THRIVING) This panel session will focus on how internationally-oriented commercial courts have an important role to play in underpinning transnational commercial justice, especially in an age of anti-globalisation This will consider how evolving global dynamics may lead to an increase in commercial disputes and how international commercial courts such as the SICC may complement other dispute resolution options such as international commercial arbitration and play a role as neutral arbiter Moderator: Justice Philip Jeyaretnam, President, Singapore International Commercial Court Panellists: Justice Robert French, International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court Mr Ashok Mirpuri, Head, International Policy and Governance, Temasek International Mr Ali Malek KC, 3 Verulam Buildings Mr Gourab Banerji SA, President, Arbitration Bar of India and Overseas Associate of Essex Court Chambers Mr Salim Moollan KC, Brick Court Chambers Mr Kevin Kim, Founding Partner, Peter & Kim
12:30PM	LUNCH
13:30 PM	SPECIAL ADDRESS Mr Toby Landau KC, Duxton Hill Chambers
14:00 PM	PANEL SESSION 2: FALLOUT: TOOLING UP (AND TEAMING UP) TO MANAGE COMPLEX TECHNICAL DISPUTES This panel session will consider new tools and methods for active case management coupled with collaborations between dispute resolution institutions to manage the increasing complexification of commercial disputes and to keep cross-border dispute resolution fit for this purpose This will allow parties to discuss innovations pioneered by the Singapore courts to facilitate cross-border dispute resolution (such as the Technology, Infrastructure and Construction List, the SICC's collaboration with other dispute resolution institutions etc.) Moderator: Justice Vivian Ramsey, International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court Panellists: Justice Douglas Jones AO, International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court Ms Marion Smith KC, 39 Essex Chambers Professor Jan Paulsson, Judge, Bahrain Court of Cassation Ms Koh Swee Yen SC, Partner, WongPartnership LLP Mr Duncan Watson KC, Managing Partner (Singapore), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
15:15 PM	AFTERNOON TEA
15:45 PM	PANEL SESSION 3: RESTRUCTURING: CROSS-BORDER CORPORATE INSOLVENCY This panel session will discuss how nodal jurisdictions undergird the successful restructuring of cross-border enterprises and in the course of this, illustrate the balanced and holistic approach of the Singapore ecosystem to corporate restructuring, and how the SICC both benefits from and reinforces this ecosystem. Moderator: Justice Kannan Ramesh, Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court Panellists: Justice Christopher Sontchi, International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court Justice James Michael Peck, International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court Mr Sushil Nair, Deputy Chief Executive, Drew and Napier LLC Mr Stephen Hessler, Global Practice Leader, Restructuring Group, Sidley Austin LLP Mr James Sprayregen, Vice Chairman, Hilco Global
17:00 PM	FIRESIDE CHAT: THE WORLD COMES TO SINGAPORE - FIRESIDE CHAT WITH MINISTER K SHANMUGAM SC Moderator: Mr Cavinder Bull SC, Chief Executive Officer, Drew & Napier LLC Speaker: Minister K Shanmugam SC, Minister of Law & Minister of Home Affairs
19:00 PM	CONFERENCE DINNER Guest of Honour: Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong

PROGRAMME DAY 2

Programme is subject to change without notice. Timings are reflected according to GMT + 8 hrs.

TIME	DAY 2 \| 15 JAN 2025
09:30 AM	REGISTRATION
10:00 AM	KEYNOTE ADDRESS: COLLISION COURSE: AI AND THE LAW Speaker: Mr Dirk Hartung, Assistant Professor of Law (ABD), SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
10:45 AM	MORNING TEA
11:15 AM	PANEL SESSION 4: TSUNAMI: NEW TECHNOLOGIES This panel session will look at how the borderless nature of many new technologies requires a transnational approach. This will highlight the approach which the SICC has taken to resolving complex private law issues emerging alongside technological developments. Moderator: Justice Anselmo Reyes, International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court Panellists: Justice James Allsop, International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court Justice Nallini Pathmanathan, Federal Court of Malaysia Mr Paul Tan, One Essex Court Ms Eleanor Hughes, General Counsel, Binance Mr Daniel Chia, Head of Litigation, Herbert Smith Freehills Prolegis
12:30 PM	END OF CONFERENCE