The Vital Role of State Courts in Arbitration

THE ARAB UNION OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION (AUIA) JOINTLY WITH THE CAIRO REGIONAL CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (CRCICA) Announce the organization of an International Conference on The Vital Role of State Courts in Arbitration Under the patronage of the ian Prime Minister H.E. Ahmed Nazif In cooperation with: The Arab League The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) The International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI) A Variety of Regional and International Judicial Authorities and Arbitration Associations 19-21 November 2005 Intercontinental Hotel- Garden Reef Resort Sharm El Sheikh- 1

The opening ceremony will commemorate the late Professor Philippe Fouchard, for his contribution to the world of arbitration. The program will feature comparative analyses and cross-cultural presentations of the different aspects of the role of the courts in arbitration. Agenda Guidelines: - The creative role of state courts in arbitration. - The developmental role of state courts in arbitration. - The supportive role of state courts in arbitration, particularly in respect of pathological arbitration clauses, constitution of tribunal, gathering of evidence, and interim and conservatory measures. - The supervisory role of state courts in arbitration, particularly in respect of challenges to arbitrators, the setting aside of arbitral awards, their recognition and enforcement. - The future role state courts in arbitration - Standards of impartiality and independence: state courts v. arbitral tribunals - Relation between arbitral institutional and state courts - At the margins: roundtable discussion for participating judges. Speakers (in alphabetical order): Abdel Hamid El Ahdab President of the Arab Association for France International Arbitration- Assistant Lebanon Secretary of the Arab Union for International Arbitration (Europe) Counselor Abdel Rahman Azouz President of the ian State Council Mr. Abdel Wahab Al Bahi President of the Tunisian Counciliation Tunisia and Arbitration Center- Assistant Secretary of the Arab Union for International Arbitration (Maghreb) Counselor Adel Qura Former President of the Court of Cassation Judge Ahmad Warfaly Judge, Court of Appeal Tunis Prof. Aktham El Kholy Professor, International Lawyer and Arbitrator Judge. Antowan khear President of the Lebanese Supreme Lebanon H.E. Prince Bandar Ben Salman Al Saud Judicial Council President of the Saudi Arbitration Group; Assistant Secretary of the Arab Union for International Arbitration (Gulf ) Saudi Arabia 2

Professor Bernardo Cremades President of the Spanish Court of Arbitration; President of the Global Center for Dispute Resolution Research Spain Counselor Borhan Amrallah Judge, Cairo Court of Appeal Eugen Salpius President, The Chartered Institute of Austria Arbitrators Counselor Fathi Khalifa President of the ian Court of Cassation, President of the Supreme Judicial Council Fathi Wali Professor of law, Ex- Vice Dean of Faculty of Law, Cairo University Fayez El Hajj Shaheen Dean, St. Joseph Faculty of Law, Lebanon Attorney Prof. Gabrielle Kaufmann- President of the Swiss Association of Switzerland Kohler Arbitration (ASA) Judge Ghaleb Ghanem President, Lebanese Council of State Lebanon Ghaleb Mahmasany Attorney, Member of the International Lebanon Arbitral Tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce Hafiza Haddad Faculty of Law, Beirut Arab University Hamzeh Haddad President of the Jordanian Law and Arbitration Center; Former Minister of Justice; Assistant Secretary of the Arab Jordan Union for International Arbitration (Eastern Area) Prof. Ibrahim Najjar Attorney, Professor of Law, St. Joseph Lebanon University of Law in Beirut Counselor Idriss Al Dahak President, the Court of Cassation Morocco Judge Jean-Paul Beraudo Formerly, Counselor at the French Court of Cassation France Mr. Jernej Sekolec Secretary of the United Nations United Commission on International Trade Law Nations (UNCITRAL) Karim Hafez Lawyer, HAFEZ advocates Judge Mabrouk Ben Moussa First President of the Judiciary Tunisia Mahmoud Samir Professor of Law, Former Dean, Faculty Sharkawi of Law, Cairo University-International Arbitrator and Lawyer Professor Markham Ball Director of the ADR Centre of the International Law Institute, Washington USA Mohamed Abdel Raouf Lawyer; Secretary of the Cairo Regional Counselor Ali Center Mohamed Aboul Enein Director of the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration; 3

Counselor Mohamed Amine Daouk Secretary General of the Arab Union for International Arbitration Attorney; Secretary General of Arab Association for International Arbitration; Vice President of the Lebanese Association for Arbitration President, Dubai Court of Cassation Counselor Mohamed Mahmoud Rassem Mohamed Salah Abdel Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Cairo Wahab University Mohi El-Din Qaissay Attorney, President of the Beirut Arbitration Centre of the Beirut Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lebanon United Arab Emirates Lebanon Counselor Moqbel Shaker Vice-President, Court of Cassation Counselor Mustafa Al Alem Chairman, Benghazi Arbitration Center Libya Mustafa Trary Attorney; Professor of International Algeria Arbitration and Comparative law, Oran University Nasser Ghoneim Zeid Secretary General of the Centre of Commercial arbitration of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC Judge Nassim Farhat First Vice-President, Court of Cassation Nasrawy Counselor Rashed Abdel Mohsen President of the Supreme Judiciary El Hamad Council Counselor Refaat Abdel Maguid President of the First Commercial Circuit, Dr Court of Cassation Counselor Sadir El Khardaji Attorney, member of the National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce Mr. Shaher El-Salhi Secretary General, the Yemeni Center for Conciliation and Arbitration Sherif El Haggan International Arbitrator, Consulting Engineer Partner: Contract Administration & Arbitration Bureau Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London Judge Shokri Sader President of the Legislative and Consulting Matters at the Ministry of Justice Professor Thomas Clay Professor at the Versailles University, Vice Dean of the Law School, Arbitrator Mr. Ulf Franke President of International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI) Secretary General of Stockholm Institute of Arbitration Bahrain Jordan Kuwait Syria Yemen Lebanon France Sweden 4

Mr. William Slate President of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) Yehia El Gamal Professor of Law, the Faculty of Law, Cairo University, International Lawyer and Arbitrator Representative from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) USA France Awaiting for the confirmation of presidents and judges of the judiciary from Algeria, Qatar, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the representatives from Europe. Registration fees 2280 L.E. (participant without companion) 2600 L.E. (Participant with a companion ) 1000 L.E. ( fees without accommodation ) US $ 600 (participant without companion) US $ 640 (Participant with a companion ) ians Conference registration / Coffee breaks One single room at the Intercontinental Hotel for four nights from November Conference registration (one person) / coffee-breaks One double room at the Intercontinental Hotel for four nights from November Conference registration / Coffee breaks. Foreigners Conference registration / Coffee breaks One single room at the Intercontinental Hotel for four nights from November Conference registration (one person) / Coffee-breaks One double room at the Intercontinental Hotel for four nights from November US $ 300 Conference registration / coffee breaks. ( fees without accommodation ) Optional Item Open-Buffet Lunch : 90 L.E. / US $ 17 Open-Buffet Dinner : 110 L.E. /US $ 20 Important Notes : Both meals will be served at the Olive Tree restaurant; prices are per personal / per meal, inclusive of taxes For those interested, payment for lunch and dinner are to be made directly to the Hotel on check-out. For registration and Hotel Booking: please contact the Cairo Center and fill in the attached Application Form indicating arrival and departure dates. Confirmations are subject to priority in fulfilling payments according to the relevant fees category as per the above schedule. Payment: by cash or by certified cheque in favor of "The Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration", or by direct transfer to the Center at: Société Générale Zamalek Branch account no. 150010081018 Swift: NSGBEGCX. The Cairo Center is exempted from tax as being an international organization and has all privileges and immunities related thereto by virtue of the Presidential Decree no. 399/1987. Transportation: The participants shall make air reservation directly with the airline company without the intervention of the Center. Alternatively, the Center reserves a round-way bus at 120 ian pounds per person. 5

Application Form International Conference on The vital role of state courts in arbitration 19 to 21 November 2005 at the Intercontinental Hotel Garden Reef Resort Sharm El Sheikh Address: 1, Al Saleh Ayoub Street Zamalek 11211- Cairo- - Tel: 7351333-7351335- 7351337-7373691- 7373693- Fax: 7351336- e-mail: crcica@menanet.net- crcica@idsc.net.eg Name: Nationality:... Occupation/ Place of Business: Address: Tel:..E-mail... Fax:... Signature:.. Date:. Please reserve a single room.. double room at the Intercontinental Hotel Garden Reef Resort from. to.. I shall make payment according to the conditions set forth in the announcement no later than in order to keep the reservation. I would like to use the bus and pay the extra ( 120 L.E.).. Signature:.. Date:.. For more information contact The Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration 1, Al Saleh Ayoub Street Zamalek 6 th floor Cairo Tel: 7351333-7351335- 7351337-7373691- 7373693- Fax: 7351336 6