Program & Speakers
AGENDA
* Note: Updated as of April 11, 2024. This is a tentative schedule. Times are subject to change.
Tuesday, April 23
- 09:00 - 10:001 hour
Nominating Committee Meeting
(Nominating Committee Members Only)
- 10:00 - 13:003 hours
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Officers' Meeting / New Officers' Orientation
(IPBA Officers only)
- 13:00 - 14:301 hour 30 minutes
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Council Lunch
(IPBA Council only)
- 14:30 - 16:001 hour 30 minutes
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Open Discussion Meeting
(IPBA Council only)
- 16:00 - 18:002 hours
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Council Meeting
(IPBA Council only)
- 18:30 - 21:002 hours 30 minutes
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Council Dinner sponsored by McDermott Will & Emery
(IPBA Council only)
- 19:00 - 21:302 hours 30 minutes
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Maritime Law Committee
Tokyo Bay Boat Cruise Tour
Bus pick-up: 18:00 at Hotel Okura
Not included in conference participation fees. Separate registration required.
Wednesday, April 24
- 07:30 -
Morning Jog
The Okura Tokyo Prestige Tower
Meet-up:Floor 5, Lobby
- 08:00 - 16:008 hours
Pre-Conference Golf (Venue: Kasumigaseki Country Club)
* Not included in conference participation fees.
Optional Registration Required.
- 16:00 - 17:001 hour
Women Business Lawyers Reception
- 17:00 - 18:001 hour
IPBA New Members, IPBA Scholars Reception
- 18:00 - 20:002 hours
Welcome Reception
Thursday, April 25
- 07:30 -
Morning Jog
The Okura Tokyo Prestige Tower
Meet-up:Floor 5, Lobby
- 10:00 - 10:3030 minutes
Opening Ceremony
- 10:30 - 12:302 hours
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Plenary Session
Topic: Generative AI from ethical and legal perspective
Location (Room): Heian Room (1F)
Moderator Mr. Riccardo G. Cajola
Keynote Speaker Mr. Shoji Watanabe
Director General for Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Secretariat of the Cabinet Office of Japan
insights from institutional perspectiveKeynote Speaker Mr. Antony Cook
Corporate VP and Deputy GC Customer & Partner Solutions Microsoft Corporation
industry perspectiveRoundtable Discussion:
Mr. Shoji Watanabe
Director General for Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Secretariat of the Cabinet Office of Japan
Mr. Takayuki Matsuo
Partner, Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba lawyer
Mr. Antony Cook
Corporate VP and Deputy GC Customer & Partner Solutions Microsoft Corporation
- 12:30 - 14:001 hour 30 minutes
Lunch
- 14:00 - 15:301 hour 30 minutes
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Concurrent Committee Sessions 1Click on each panel for more information
Banking, Finance and Securities
Green Finance: How to prevent greenwashing
Employment & Immigration Law
Employee International Assignments: Contractual & Legal Issues in a Mobile and Remote World
Cross-Border Investment
Intercultural Negotiations
International Construction Projects
Sustainable construction – tools to achieve environmental objectives in the climate change crisis
Tax Law + International Trade
Transfer Pricing & Customs Duties in the Post COVID-19 World : Is it “Business as Usual” or is New Wisdom Required?
ESG (Ad Hoc) + Environmental Law
Is climate change the actual driving force behind ESG?
Technology, Media and Telecommunications + Competition Law
Convergence of Antitrust and TMT/Data Privacy Issues
- 15:30 - 16:0030 minutes
Coffee Break
- 16:00 - 17:301 hour 30 minutes
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Concurrent Committee Sessions 2
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
A new angle on well-trodden ground: revisiting issue conflicts in investment arbitration
Cross-Border Investment
FDI – ODI – economic security – trade wars
International Construction Projects + Insolvency
Where Restructuring Meets the Road: the Intersection of Construction Law and Insolvency
Technology, Media and Telecommunications
Pioneering Space: Commercial Opportunities and Legal Challenges
Employment & Immigration + Women Business LawyersThis is a Roundtable Session.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion – how this concept intersects with national law and custom
Next Generation
Legal Minds Matter: Prioritizing Mental Health in the Legal Profession
Maritime LawThis is a Roundtable Session.
Case Study under Maritime Law – Collision & Mis-Delivery
- 17:30 - 18:0030 minutes
Break
- 18:00 - 21:003 hours
Gala Dinner
Friday, April 26
- 07:30 -
Morning Jog
The Okura Tokyo Prestige Tower
Meet-up:Floor 5, Lobby
- 9:00 - 10:301 hour 30 minutes
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Concurrent Committee Sessions 3
Corporate Counsel
What signs will indicate when an organisation may be involvent and how to address the inevitable?
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
"ADR" Re-defined – Amicable Dispute Resolution
Cross-Border Investment
EU - One Year into Foreign Subsidies Regulation
International Trade
Navigating the Maze of Global Sanctions: A Business Perspective
Intellectual Property
International IP Protection-Challenges in New Era
Women Business Lawyers
Success Stories in Cross-Cultural Legal Practice - Building bridges for the profession and businesses
Legal Practice
Evolving strategies and trends to attract and retain legal talent
- 10:30 - 11:0030 minutes
Coffee Break
- 11:00 - 12:301 hour 30 minutes
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Concurrent Committee Sessions 4
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration + Three Tokyo Bar Associations
Efficiency and Effectiveness of International Arbitration
Banking, Finance and Securities
Consolidated Supervision: How financial regulators cooperate in a global world
Cross-Border Investment + Corporate Counsel
Choosing your camp in an increasingly multipolar world
Competition Law
Overview of the Competition Law in various jurisdictions with special reference to hot topics
Cross-Border Investment
Are SPAs converging to an international standard? Or do local differences remain?
Anti-Corruption & Rule of Law + Corporate Counsel
How should companies react to allegations of corruption? A look at practical measure to protect the company and its employees with the aim of reaching a successful outcome
APEC
Transforming the Digital Landscape for Small Business Owners
- 12:30 - 14:001 hour 30 minutes
Lunch
- 14:00 - 15:301 hour 30 minutes
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Concurrent Committee Sessions 5
Cross-Border Investment
How to enforce SPA remedies?
Energy & Natural Resources
Global Energy Development and Cooperation Under the New Geopolitical Situation
Next Generation + Scholarship + Intellectual Property
Navigating the Pixels and Pitfalls: Gaming Law in Cross-Border Operations
Anti-Corruption & Rule of Law + Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
A tainted Arbitration: Allegations of fraud and corruption
Employment & Immigration
LLaMA2, Bard, ChatGPT and Co. – just tech talk acronyms or serious drivers for (positive) change in HR?
Cross-Border Investment
ESG and sustainability considerations in the investment lifecycle
Insurance + ESG (Ad Hoc)
The rise of ESG: Directors' Liability and Directors' & Officers' Liability Cover
- 15:30 - 16:0030 minutes
Coffee Break
- 16:00 - 17:301 hour 30 minutes
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Concurrent Committee Sessions 6
Anti-Corruption & Rule of Law
Bribery and Corruption in the digital age. How are bribery and corruption perpetrators adapting to and exploiting new technologies?
Cross-Border Investment
What do transactions lawyers need to know about ChatGPT
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
Is AI propelling Dispute Resolution into a New World?
Banking, Finance and Securities
CBDC and digitial assets: Digitalization is happening
Cross-Border Investment + ABA
Mock kick-off meeting to structure a multi-jurisdictional sale
Tax Law
Dispute Resolutions in Tax Matters
ESG (Ad Hoc)
The ESG Dilemma: Balancing Ambition and Feasibility
- 17:30 - 19:001 hour 30 minutes
Break & Transportation
- 19:00 - 21:302 hours 30 minutes
Farewell Dinner (Venue: HAPPO-EN 八芳園)
Saturday, 27 April
- 07:30 -
Morning Jog
The Okura Tokyo Prestige Tower
Meet-up:Floor 5, Lobby
- 09:00 - 10:301 hour 30 minutes
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Concurrent Committee Sessions 7
Insolvency
Challenges and Opportunities of Out-of-Court Restructurings
Corporate Counsel
Resolving cross border disputes under social-economic conditions
Cross-Border Investment
Green Horizons: Navigating the Global Energy Transition through Clean Technologies and Strategic Mineral Resources
International Trade
Key Developments in Decarbonisation: CBAM, Carbon Tax and Trading – Impact on Businesses and Supply Chains
Tax Law
Anti-Abuse & Global Minimum Taxes - Recent Developments
Cross-Border Investment + In-house Counsel in Tokyo *Simultaneous Translation
The Roles and Expectations of Corporate Counsel in the New Era
International Construction Projects + Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
The Psychology of Decision Making and Rethinking the Art of Advocacy in International Construction Disputes
- 10:30 - 11:0030 minutes
Coffee Break
- 11:00 - 12:301 hour 30 minutes
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Concurrent Committee Sessions 8
APEC
Trade Agreements and Free Trade in East Asia
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
Minority Report: Corporate governance, directors and the state of the shareholder litigation playbook
Employment & Immigration Law
Cross-border Business Protections in the New World - global strategies to protect proprietary information from leaking to competitors when employees wander
TBA
Insurance
Artificial Intelligence - Governance and Risk management exposures and Insurance+ ESG Coverage for Artificial Intelligence related Claims)
Legal Development and Training
Empowering Tomorrow's Cross-Border Transactional Lawyers: A Panel Discussion on Training Lawyers for Transactional Practice
Maritime LawThis is a Roundtable Session.
Panel Discussion under Maritime law – Lien, Arrest, Hague-Visby Rules, Subrogation, Ship Finance and others
- 12:30 - 15:303 hours
AGM with Lunch
- 15:30 - 17:001 hour 30 minutes
Officers' Wrap Up Meeting
(IPBA Officers only)
Sunday, April 28
- 8:00 - 16:008 hours
Post Conference Golf (Venue: Narita Fairfield Golf Club)
* Not included in conference participation fees.
Optional Registration Required.