2022 WCCAS Conference
Our 15th WCCAS Commercial Arbitration Conference was held on May 3, 2022.
The Conference was a hybrid event with attendances both in person at the Ranchmen’s Club Calgary and virtually via Zoom and Webinar, technically hosted by Encore.
The program and all conference recordings can be found below.
Program
To download a PDF of the conference program, click here.
The agenda for this full day event consisted of the following presentations:
Update on Legal Developments
Julie Hopkins, FCIArb
Western Arbitration Chambers, Calgary
Joanne Luu, FCIArb
Partner, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer, Calgary
Expedited Procedures, Emergency Arbitrators, Dispute Resolution Boards and Referees
Alexandra Mitretodis (Chair),
Partner, Fasken and VanIAC, Vancouver
Steve K. Andersen, Esq.
Vice President, ICDR, Los Angeles
Marek Krasula
Director Arbitration & ADR, North America, ICC, New York
Deborah Bovarnick Mastin
CPR Institute, New York
Hot Topics #1
Mary Comeau, Sr. Counsel (Chair)
Western Arbitration Chambers, Vancouver
Olivia Dixon
Partner, Osler, Calgary
Allison Kuntz
Partner, Stikeman Elliott, Calgary
Kelly Moffet-Burima
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, Calgary
GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. Stanford Blade, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Topic: Exciting Developments across the AgTech Spectrum
Dispute Resolution in the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond
Laura Cundari, FCIArb (Chair)
Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Karen O’Keeffe
Sr. Litigation Counsel, Coastal GasLink, Calgary
Ramneek Padda
Associate General Counsel, TELUS Legal Services, Vancouver
Rachel Howie
Partner, Dentons, Calgary
Intellectual Property and Technology Disputes
Nikolas Purcell, (Chair)
Associate, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Calgary
Hon. Roger T. Hughes, QC
JAMS, Toronto
Doak Horne
Partner, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Calgary
Timothy St. J. Ellam, QC, FCIArb
Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Calgary
Michael Erdle, FCIArb, C.Arb, C.Med
Practical Resolutions, Toronto
Robert Deane
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Hot Topics #2
Bryan C. Duguid, QC, FCIArb (Chair)
Partner, JSS Barristers, Calgary
David E. Gruber, FCIArb
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Tina Cicchetti, Independent Arbitrator
Vancouver Arbitration Chambers & Arbitration Place, Dallas
Concluding Remarks
Dan McDonald, QC, FCIArb
Western Arbitration Chambers, Calgary
Jack Marshall, QC
Western Arbitration Chambers, Calgary
Recordings
The entire conference can be watched below. The recordings are divided into four parts.
