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SCHEDULE
23 October
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8:30 - 12:30
12:30 - 13:30
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OPTIONAL: DRBF Intermediate Workshop: Dispute Avoidance, Ethics, and the Use of AI (additional fee applies)
Prerequisite: DRB Administration & Practice
Lunch for all workshop and conference delegates
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| 13:30 - 14:00 |
START OF CONFERENCE DAY 1: Welcome Address
Basar Sahin, MENA Regional Conference Chair
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| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Introduction to Dispute Boards and Appointment Issues
Ogün H. Çiçek, Deputy President, Turkish Engineer's Association
Nigel Grout, Independent Practitioner as Dispute Board Member
Jeremy Glover, Partner, Fenwick Elliott
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| 14:45 - 15:30 |
DB use in the MENA Region - what is expected and what is delivered?
Moderator: Waleed El Nemr, Member, DRBF Region 2 Board Representing MENA and DRBF Representative for Egypt
Emhemmed Ghula, DRBF Country Representative, Libya
Sam Whitehouse, DRBF Country Representative, UAE
Husni Madi, DRBF Country Representative, Jordan
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Break |
| 16:00 - 16:15 |
FIDIC President's List Assessment
Henry Musonda, Partner, Projects Director, Kiran & Musonda Associates, Consulting Engineers
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| 16:15 - 17:15 |
Mock Dispute Board
Narrator: Levent Irmak, MSc. Civil Eng, LLM, Chairman, MC2 MODERN
Andrew Aglionby, Partner, Aglionby ADR Ltd.
Deniz Artan, Associate Professor and the Graduate Program Coordinator of Construction Management at Istanbul Technical University
John Murphy, Director & Founder, Anzurra
Selcen Özcan, Senior Associate, Cetinel Law Firm
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| 17:15 - 17:30 |
Q&A and Close of the Day |
| 17:30 - 19:30 |
Cocktail Reception sponsored by Quantum Global Solutions |
24 October
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| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Opening of Day 2: DRBF Leadership Address |
| 9:15 - 9:45 |
How to Get the Best from a Dispute Board
Moderator: Volker Jurowich, JuCon International
Speakers:
Bill Barton, Barton Legal
Nicholas Gould, Partner, Fenwick Elliott
Paul Taggart, Construction Dispute Resolution Consultant, Partner of Construction Contract Services, LLP
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| 9:45 - 10:30 |
The Owner's Experience with DBs
Moderator: Erhan Ozturk
Dr. Yalçın Eyigün, Director General of Infrastructure Investments, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
Kazım Gökhan Elgin, Director of Istanbul Governorate Project Coordination Unit
Dr.Tijen İğci, Head of Department for EU Investments & IPA Director in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
The Contractor's Experience with DBs
Moderator: Cigdem Cinar, Deputy Secretary, Turkish Contractor's Association
Burak Arikan, Civil Engineer MSc, Arikan Construction Board Member
Alessandro Tavani, Contract Manager, GCF GCF Generale Costruzioni Ferroviarie S.p.A.
Richard Touroude, Chairman, CICA Multilateral Development Bank Working Group
Marcello Viglino, Area Contract Manager, WeBuild S.p.A
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| 12:00 - 13:15 |
Lunch |
| 13:15 - 14:30 |
Dispute Boards - Adjudication and AI
Session Chair: Dick Appuhn, Partner, AL Contract Services S.n.c
Speakers:
Oskar Ljungqvist, Partner, AL Contract Services S.n.c
Samuele Maria Semi
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Break
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| 15:00 - 16:30 |
Case Studies and Experience with Practitioners
Moderator: Giorgiana Tecuci, President-elect, DRBF Region 2 Board of Directors
Iain Aitchison, Managing Director, Global Construction Practice, Ankura
Çağdaş Evren Bayrak, ProADR
Serdar Hakkaçırmaz, Director for Türkiye, Central & SouthEast Asia at EPTISA
Prof Sarwono Hardjomuljadi, DRBF Region 2 Board Member and DRBF Representative for Indonesia
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16:30 - 17:00
17:45
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Summary of the Day, Open Q&A
Bosphorus Dinner Cruise Registered delegates and their guests should meet in the lobby of the Wyndham hotel at 17:45 for bus transfer to the dock for the dinner cruise. Please inform Ann Russo if you will not travel by bus with the group.
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