AFTERAFTERNOON PROGRAMME – HOSTED BY LINKLATERS

Moderated by Guillaume Croisant, Linklaters 

1:30 – 2:00 pm |Registration

2:00 – 2:15 pm | Opening by Marco Schoups, SCHOUPS
Official Welcome by National Committee Chairs

• Yves Herinckx – Chair, ICC Belgium committee on Arbitration & ADR
• Marnix Leijten – Chair, ICC Netherlands committee on Arbitration & ADR
• Clément Fouchard, Chair ICC France committee on Arbitration & ADR
• Glenn Baumgarten – Chair ICC Germany Arbitration Commission

2:15 – 2:45 pm
Insights in case statistics & Keynote Address

• Alexander Fessas, Secretary General, ICC Court

2:45 – 3:45 pm
Panel Discussion – Inside the ICC Court
Perspectives from Court Members and Vice-Presidents
Moderated by Françoise Lefèvre

Panelists:

• Rolf Trittmann – Vice-President, ICC Court (DE)
• Dirk De Meulemeester – Court Member (BE)
• Marieke van Hooijdonk – Vice-President, ICC Court (NL)
• Julien Fouret, French Alternate member of the Court (FR)

3:45 – 4:15 pm
Coffee Break & Networking

4:15 – 5:00 pm
Keynote – Arbitration in International Trade
“Arbitration in a Changing World”
Speaker: Ms Stephanie Leupold, “Head of Unit for Legal Affairs and Dispute Settlement, DG TRADE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION

5:00 – 6:00 pm
Panel Discussion – In-House Counsel Perspectives
“The Future of International Arbitration in a Multipolar World”

Moderated by Julie Otjacques,Legal Manager at TotalEnergies Marketing Belgium S.A  (BE)
Panelists:

• Glenn Baumgarten – Senior Counsel, Deutsche Telekom & Chair of the ICC Germany Arbitration Commission (DE)
• Cyril Dumoulin – Senior Legal Counsel, Global Litigation Europe & MENA, SHELL (NL)
• Julie Fléchet – Head litigation Counsel, SERVIER (FR)

6:00 – 6:15 pm
Audience Q&A

6:15 – 6:30 pm
Closing Remarks by Arnaud Nuyts, LIEDEKERKE

Evening Programme

7:00 – 8:30 pm
Networking Cocktail

8:30 – 10:30 pm
Walking Dinner

10:30 pm– 12:30 am
Dancing and cash bar
Celebrate and unwind with colleagues and friends from across the ICC arbitration community.

When & Where? 
Thursday 11 December 2025

2:00 – 6:30 pm | LINKLATERS: Rue Brederode 13, 1000 Brussels
6:30– 12:00 am | THE MERODE: Place Poelaert 6, 1000 Brussels

Fee?
EUR 250,00 excl. VAT (21 %)

Members of ICC Belgium are entitled to a 50% discount on the original price. The discount is applied automatically upon registration.

Cancellation policy?
Upon registering for the seminar, you will receive an invoice after the event has concluded. Please note that if you cancel your participation later than Friday 5 December 2025 at 6:00 pm , you will be charged the full amount of the fee. Cancellations made prior to this deadline will not incur any charges. Thank you for your understanding and adherence to this policy.

Registrations are now closed.
In case you would still want to register, please reach out to we@iccwbo.be