05 Mar AFSA announces Justice Dikgang Moseneke as Keynote Speaker at JAW 2024 co-hosted by 12 leading international and local firms
5 March 2024: The inaugural Johannesburg Arbitration Week (JAW 2024) taking place from the 9th to 11th April 2024, is being hosted by the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) and co-hosted by 12 leading international as well as local solicitor firms, bars and other stakeholders who are all founding members of AFSA bringing together a wealth of knowledge and influence to the event.
Announcing the Keynote Speaker at the event, Michael Kuper SC, Chairperson of AFSA states, “We are honoured to have Justice Dikgang Moseneke as our Keynote Speaker at JAW 2024. He played a key role in South Africa’s transition to democracy and in the shaping of our constitutional jurisprudence. Following his retirement Justice Moseneke has become a leading arbitrator and is a Vice President of the AFSA International Court as well as a Chairperson of the AFSA-SADC Panel of Arbitrators. Justice Moseneke is the holder of 14 honorary doctorates and has served as Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand. He was recently appointed as an ad hoc Justice at the ICJ in the proceedings between South Africa and Israel.”
Joining Justice Moseneke as prominent speakers at the event are Professor David Butler and Lise Bosman. Bosman will be one of the speakers on the first day in the session ‘A Regional Game Changer: The AFSA-SADC Alliance,’ while Professor Butler will be dealing with the CAJAC Rules on the third day in the session ‘The Silk Road and the BRICS Road: where does it lead?’
Bosman is based at the Peace Palace in The Hague, as Executive Director of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and Senior Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). She is Adjunct Professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT); Co-director of the UCT Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Unit launched in 2023; and PCA Counsellor to the Secretary-General for South Africa. She has published and spoken widely in the field of international arbitration. Professor Butler played a pivotal role in drafting the China-Africa Joint Arbitration Centre (CAJAC) Rules in cooperation with the CAJAC partners in Johannesburg, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Nairobi and OHADA. The CAJAC Rules have been accepted by all the CAJAC partners as the rules in terms of which China-Africa disputes are to be resolved.
JAW 2024 is co-hosted by the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA); Advocates for Transformation (AFT); Allen & Overy; Bowmans; China-Africa Joint Arbitration Centre (CAJAC); CDH; General Council of the Bar of South Africa; Herbert Smith Freehills; KPMG, Pinsent Masons, Webber Wentzel, 39 Essex Chambers and Group 621.
JAW not only focuses on senior arbitration practitioners but also includes topics to enhance the knowledge and professional growth of future industry leaders. One of the highlights of the event, hosted by Young AFSA, is the Human vs Artificial Intelligence (AI) Moot Court, where humans will be pitted against Artificial Intelligence (AI) and delegates at the conference will be the judge of who, or what, delivers the best judgement.
JAW 2024 aims to set the benchmark for knowledge-sharing and collaboration within the arbitration fraternity, leading the standard for arbitration across the African continent and beyond.
For more information and to register: https://johannesburgarbitrationweek.co.za/
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About JAW
Johannesburg Arbitration Week (JAW) is hosted by the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) and co-hosted by leading solicitor firms, bars and other stakeholders who are all founding members of AFSA. AFSA, rated by SOAS as Africa’s top arbitration centre, is proud to host this inaugural event taking place during April this year in Sandton, close to Johannesburg, South Africa.
JAW brings together arbitration professionals, to unpack issues and challenges in the ever-changing world of international commercial arbitration; while paying special attention to significant initiatives that contribute and transform dispute resolution in Africa. This year’s event is being hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre, from 9-11 April 2024 and features a multitude of both local and international speakers focusing on 9 insightful and topical themes over the three-day conference.
About AFSA
AFSA is a private dispute resolution authority that manages and administers the confidential resolution of a wide-range of local and international disputes by way of mediation, adjudication, arbitration and related processes. AFSA is a non-profit organisation that counts among its founding members many of the leading firms and institutions in the attorney, accounting and advocate professions as well as organised business and affiliated bodies.
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