2015 Conference Materials

Click here to view the program from the 9th Annual WCCAS Conference held on May 12, 2015 at The Ranchmen’s Club in Calgary.

Panel No. 1: Everything you wanted to know about Arbitration but were afraid to ask

• Speakers’ Bio:
  • Frank R. Foran, Q.C., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Calgary (Chair)
  • Tina Cicchetti, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
  • Harold MacKay, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C., MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP, Regina
  • Gerry W. Ghikas, Q.C., FCIArb., Vancouver Arbitration Chambers, Vancouver

Panel No. 2: Developments in International Arbitration Law

• Speakers’ Bio:
  • Hon. Babak Barin, Superior Court of Quebec, Montréal (Chair)
  • John Lorn McDougall, Q.C., FCIArb., Arbitration Place, Toronto
  • C.J. Mahoney, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.

Panel No. 3: Arbitration Case Law Update

• Speakers’ Bio:
  • Robert J.C. Deane, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
  • Gordon L. Tarnowsky, Q.C., Dentons Canada LLP, Calgary, Vancouver
• Materials:
  • Case Law Update -2015

Panel No. 4: Dispute Resolution in First Nation Impact Benefits Agreements

• Speakers’ Bio:
  • Joe C. McArthur, FCIArb., Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver (Chair)
  • Harvey Sands, CPA, CA, Richter S.E.N.C.R.L./LLP, Montréal
  • Michael J. Flatters, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, Calgary
• Materials:
  • Dispute Resolution Clauses in Impact Benefit Agreements with First Nations – Joe C. McArthur, FCIArb.
  • Dispute Resolution Clauses in Impact Benefit Agreements with First Nations – Michael J. Flatters
  • Dispute Resolution Clauses in Impact Benefit Agreements with First Nations – Harvey Sands, CPA, CA

Panel No. 5: Dispute Resolution in Energy Mega-Projects

• Speakers’ Bio:
  • Michael McCachen, FCIArb., Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Calgary (Chair)
  • David V. Tupper, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Calgary
  • Jody D.M. Johnson, TransCanada, Calgary
  • Gordon McCue, Shell Canada, Calgary
• Materials:
  • Dispute Resolution in Energy Mega-Projects

Panel No. 6: Hot Topics

• Speakers’ Bio:
  • Daniel J. McDonald, Q.C., FCIArb., Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, Calgary (Chair)
  • Murray A. Clemens, Q.C., FCIArb., Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
  • Ludmila B. Herbst, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
• Materials:
  • PwC 2013 International Arbitration Survey
  • Confidentiality and Arbitration