The topic of the workshop is “Efficiency and Costs in International Arbitration.” The workshop will follow the Croatian Arbitration Days, an event co-organized by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Croatian Chamber of Economy and the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

The faculty of the Young ICCA workshop is composed as follows:

• Ivana Blagojević, Deputy Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris
• Filip Boras, Partner, Baker McKenzie, Vienna
• Ioana Knoll-Tudor, Partner, Jeantet, Budapest and Paris
• Veronika Korom, Associate, Bredin Prat, Paris
• Helmut Ortner, Counsel, WilmerHale, London
• Peter Riznik, Associate, Konrad & Partners, Vienna
• Professor Pierre Tercier, Emeritus Professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and Honorary President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris (Guest of Honour Speaker)
• Dalibor Valinčić, Partner, Wolf Theiss, Zagreb
• Elisabeth Vanas-Metzler, Deputy Secretary General, Vienna International Arbitral Centre, Vienna

Mr. Ortner will speak on the topic “Innovative Suggestions for Increasing Efficiency” and participate in a panel discussion on lowering costs in international arbitration.