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1 College of Commercial Arbitrators . 18th Annual Meeting For the Adult in the Room A Few Tools to Help . October 18-20, 2018. The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta Atlanta, GA. Thursday, October 18th 7:15 8:30 New CCA Fellows' Orientation Breakfast *All Thursday programs, except the Evening Reception, are at For New Fellows and Select Committee Chairs The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta. New Fellows Committee Co-Chairs: Paul B. Klaas & Gilda R. Turitz New Fellows Welcome by Richard H. Silberberg, Immediate Past 10:00 6:00 President, New York, NY. Registration Desk Open at The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta 8:30 9:45 12:30 Dealing With Damages in Arbitration Plenary Session Lunch What should an arbitral tribunal do to try to ensure that by the end of 1:30 3:15 the hearing it has what it needs to make a principled determination CCA Board of Directors Meeting - Part 1 of the quantum of damages?

2 What should the tribunal ask counsel to President Richard H. Silberberg will preside over the nal Board provide as soon as possible? What should the tribunal ask damages experts to put in their reports? During this session, a panel of damages Meeting of his term. All Fellows welcome and encouraged to attend. experts, an experienced litigator, one of our own Fellows who handles Advance RSVP required during registration. complex construction cases, and the moderator (another of our 3:15 3:30 Fellows) will make some suggestions. Break Moderator: Stephen P. Gilbert, Larchmont, NY.

3 M. Jerome (Jay) Elmore, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, 3:30 4:15 Atlanta, GA. CCA Board of Directors Meeting - Part 2 Deborah B. Mastin, Miami, FL. New CCA President Herbert H. (Hal) Gray, III, will preside over the Sam Hadley, CPA, Cotton & Company, Alexandria, VA. initial Board Meeting of his term, introduce the incoming Directors, Mark L. Zyla, Acuitas, Inc., Atlanta, GA. and announce the new members of the Executive Committee and the Standing Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs. All Fellows welcome and 9:45 10:00 encouraged to attend. Advance RSVP required during registration. Break 10:00 11:00 5:45 6:00 The Carter Center Plenary Session Fellows, Registered Spouses and Guests to assemble in the lobby of Founded in 1982 by former President Jimmy Carter and former First The Ritz-Carlton Hotel for a short walk to The Commerce Club for Lady Rosalynn Carter, The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory the Welcome Cocktail Reception.

4 University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights 6:00 7:30 and the alleviation of human su ering. It seeks to prevent and resolve Welcome Cocktail Reception at The Commerce Club con icts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health. (191 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, GA 30303) Program sta and interns monitor world events and armed con icts Fellows, Registered Spouses and Guests will have a great opportunity to better understand the histories, underlying causes, primary actors, to reconnect with colleagues and friends in a relaxed, cordial con ict drivers, and dynamics on the ground, as well as e orts being atmosphere as we kick o the Annual Meeting .

5 Made to resolve these disputes. The Center intervenes when no current avenues for mediation exist or if value can be added to existing e orts. 7:30 Con ict Resolution Program sta pave the way through ground-level Dinner and/or Entertainment On Your Own contacts. In addition to high-level interventions, The Carter Center (A list of downtown area restaurants will be provided.) may work with local communities on speci c con ict issues. Hrair Balian, The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA. Jason J. Carter, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, GA. Friday, October 19th 11:00 11:15 *All Friday programs, including the Friday evening Reception Break and Dinner, are at The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta.

6 11:15 12:30 7:00 5:30 Equality of Arms: An Issue for International and Domestic Registration Desk Open Arbitration? Plenary Session 7:15 8:30 Like the Constitutional right to a fair trial, the international Fellows' Breakfast & Committee Meetings principal of Equality of Arms involves setting a baseline and procedural All Fellows and their registered Spouse/Guest are invited to protections that prevents distortions in the administration of justice, breakfast. Space will be reserved for the Committees that wish ensuring fairness and good-faith during the arbitration process, to meet over breakfast.

7 (Committees holding meetings will be and giving each party has a reasonable possibility to present its case in conditions that do not improperly disadvantage others. While announced onsite.). more classically associated with the right to counsel and the right to pursue a claim or defense, Equality of Arms has implications for arbitration, presented by experts in construction cases, or permeating both international and domestic arbitration, particularly in terms of breach of contract disputes involving scienti c and engineering party access to arbitration, the sea change of using third-party funding products or services.

8 Our presenters will pose questions drawn from to nance arbitration, the economic inequities that can distort the real cases in this interactive program. Join in the fun and test your arbitration process, and guerrilla tactics used by counsel. This panel Tech Arbitration IQ - Everybody Wins! will explore the issues from both a domestic and international Gary L. Benton, Palo Alto, CA. perspective to address what can or should be done when parties are Michael H. Diamant, Cleveland, OH. not represented equally or are economically unable to participate in Dana Welch, Berkeley, CA. an equivalent manner during the arbitration process.

9 6:00 7:00 Moderator: Susan D. Franck, American University, Networking Cocktail Reception Washington College of Law, Washington, DC. All Fellows and their registered Spouse/Guest are welcome to attend. C. Mark Baker, Houston, TX. Deborah A. Coleman, Cleveland, OH 7:00 9:30 Jennifer Kirby, Paris, France Dinner at The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta Hon. Joshua W. Martin III, Wilmington, DE All Fellows and their registered Spouse/Guest are welcome to attend. 12:45 2:00 Introduction and Induction of New CCA Fellows Luncheon For Fellows Richard H. Silberberg, Immediate Past President, New York, NY.

10 Guest Speaker: Dean Peter B. Bo Rutledge, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, GA Saturday, October 20th 2:00 3:15 *All Saturday programs, except the Evening Reception and 2018 in Arbitration Law: Greatest Hits and Hypotheticals Dinner, are at The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta. Plenary Session This program will have two components. The rst 45 minutes will 7:15 1:00 entail a fast-paced review of the most important arbitration law Registration Desk Open developments in 2018. The second part of the program will present 7:15 8:15 a series of real-life fact patterns taken from arbitration cases, where Fellows' Breakfast the audience will be invited to share their thoughts on the outcome All Fellows and their registered Spouse/Guest are invited to breakfast.