International Arbitration and its Contribution to the Development of International Law

4th ILA Italy Biennial Conference

Naples, Federico II University Law School,

40, Corso Umberto I, Ground Floor, Room E. Pessina

10.00 - Welcome Addresses
Prof. Sandro Staiano – Dean of the Department of Law, Federico II University of Naples
Prof. Massimo Iovane – Professor of International Law, Federico II University of Naples
Prof. Gabriella Venturini – Emerita Professor, University of Milan; President of ILA Italy

10.20 – Introductory Remarks
Prof. Fulvio Maria Palombino – Professor of International Law, Federico II University of Naples

10.30 - Keynote Speech
An Aristotelian Approach to Investment Arbitration as Justice
Prof. Loukas Mistelis – Clive M Schmitthoff Professor of Transnational Commercial Law and Arbitration, Queen Mary University, London

11.00 –Panel Discussion
Chair: Prof. Massimo Iovane
Human Rights and International Investment Arbitration
Prof. Nico Schrijver –Professor of Public International Law, Leiden University
The New Italian Model BIT
Prof. Maria Chiara Malaguti – Professor of International Law, Catholic University, Rome
Soft Law and International Arbitration
Prof. Giovanna Adinolfi – Professor of International Law, University of Milan
Iura Novit Curia in International Arbitration
Dr. Michele Potestà – Counsel, Levy – Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva

12.30 - Conclusions
Prof. Catherine Kessedjian – Emerita Professor, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, President of ILA France

13.00 – LUNCH

14.30 - Meeting of the Members of ILA Italy