Master of the Ceremony
Kashaf Fatima
Treasurer, Ciarb Pakistan Branch
Recitation
Noor Siddiqi
Director, Towerbridge Legal, London
Opening Speech
Barrister Mian Sheraz Javaid
No5. Barristers Chambers, United Kingdom
Opening Speech
Xavier Leynaud
BOD, DRBF, France
Opening Speech
Waseem Nazir
Chairman, PEC
Opening Speech
Kevin Nash
Director General, London Court of International Arbitration
Kevin is recognised by Who’s Who Legal as a Global Leader and a National Leader for Singapore and the United Kingdom. He is qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor with the Law Society of Ontario.
Speaker
Mansoor Awan
Attorney General of Pakistan
Speaker
Zulifqar Ahmed Khan
Rtd. Justice of Sindh High Court
Speaker
Aliaksei Korachkin
Deputy Chairman Chamber of Arbitrators, Chairman of the Sports Arbitration Court at Belarusian Republican Union of Lawyers, UNCITRAL, Belarus
Speaker
Matthew Hodgson
Partner, Linklaters, London
Speaker
Stephen Hibbert
Independent Arbitrator & Mediator, ArbDB Chambers, New York
Speaker
Rafey A Siddiqui
COO, Osmani & Company, Islamabad
Speaker
Hussnain Shahid
Director, Grayway Ltd, Islamabad
Speaker
Jullia Sulliven
Arbitrator, ArbDB Chambers, New York
Moderator
Virginie Colauta
Partner, LMS Legal, London
Speaker
Thara Ghoplan
Vice President, AAA, Singapore
Speaker
Waseem Raza
Vice President, SCL Pakistan
Speaker
Zubair Ijaz
CEO, Astral Constructors
Speaker
Mian Zafar Iqbal Kalanauri
Partner, Zafar Kalaunari and Associates
Speaker
Asim Amin
Islamabad Chair Chapter, Ciarb Pakistan Branch
Moderator
Anil Changaroth
SCL (International) Liaison Committee, SCL (Singapore)
Speaker
Brig. Sherjeel Ashraf
Ex Country Head Engineering & Infrastructure, NLC
Speaker
Adv Henk Louw
Advocate at Rivonia Group of Advocates, Ciarb SA Branch
Speaker
Olusola Adegbonmire
Legal Practitioner, Arbitrator and Mediator, Nigeria
Speaker
Muhammad Sohail Khan
Additional Registrar, Pakistan Engineering Council
Speaker
Hammad Yousaf Gillani
Secretary, Ciarb Pakistan Branch, Pakistan
Moderator
Michael Tonkin
President CIArb, 2026-2027
Speaker
Muhammad Amjad Pervaiz
Advocate General Punjab
Speaker
Masako Miyatake
Professor-Keio University Law school and Special Counsel of Blakemore & Mitsuki, Japan
Speaker
Brandon Malone
Advocate, Barrister, Arbitrator at Arbitra International and FIDIC Adjudicator, London
Speaker
Salwa Saad Khairallah
International Mediator and Negotiator - ADR trainer
Speaker
Linda Heng
Founder & CEO, ResoX
Moderator
Sarah Tarar DDRS
Founder & Director, ICDRL
Opening Speech
Mohammed Zaman KC
Head of Business & Property, No.5 Barristers Chambers
Opening Speech
Umar Ghazanzfar Malik
Remote Project Management Expert
Opening Speech
Raja Naeem
Federal Law Secretary
Speaker
Shanza Baig
CLO, Pakistan Petroleum Limited
Speaker
Ishtiaq Nawaz Chichi
Partner, Spencer West, United Kingdom
Speaker
Rashid Mureed
Partner, Cepal & Co, Pakistan
Speaker
Paul Tan
Independent counsel, One Essex Court, London
Moderator
Robert Sliwinski
Chartered Arbitrator, UAE
Speaker
Qasim Wadud
Partner, Legal Oracles, Pakistan
Speaker
Alessa Pang
Partner, Wong Partnership LLP, Singapore
Speaker
Huma Ijaz
Partner, Mandviwalla & Zafar
Speaker
Colin Rule
President and CEO, Mediate.com, San Francisco
Speaker
Mr. Gu Yan
Vice President, CIETAC
Speaker
Uzair Shafie
Partner, Haidermota & Co, Pakistan
Speaker
Shozab Majeed
Co-founder - Global Peace Summit (GPS)
Speaker
Kamran Rehman
Partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper, London
Speaker
Dr. Konstantin Pavlidis
Founder Orassy
Speaker
Joanne Lau
Secretary General, HKIAC, Hong Kong
Speaker
Vakhtangi Giorgadze
Deputy Counsel, SIAC, Singapore
Speaker
Rajendra Prasad
Chairman, NEPCA, Nepal
Speaker
Katherine Pavlidis
President, ADRA, Australia
Speaker
Lilit Petrosyan
Director, AMCA, Armenia
Speaker
Rana Sajjad
President, CIICA
Speaker
Aisha Rasool
Advisor & Senior Consultant to Ministry of Law & Justice
Keynote Speech
Barrister Aqeel Malik
Minister of State for Law and Justice
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- Islamabad Marriott Hotel
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