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SUMMARY:International Commercial Mediation and Arbitration for Belgian Companies
DESCRIPTION:ABOUTPROGRAMMEPRACTICALITIESREGISTRATIONABOUT\nICC Belgium is organising an event during national Mediation Week\, starting 12 October\, on international dispute resolution for Belgian companies. When a cross-border deal goes wrong\, litigation abroad is rarely the fastest or cheapest way out. We’ll show how ICC Mediation helps companies resolve international disputes on their own terms preserving the commercial relationship\, controlling cost and timing\, and keeping matters confidential. We’ll explain how the procedure works in practice\, share the experience of companies that have already used it\, and show how mediation connects seamlessly to ICC arbitration when a negotiated outcome is out of reach\, with a look at the revised ICC rules in force since 1 June 2026. \nPROGRAMME\nPROGRAMME \n2:00 pm – 2:10 pm | Welcome and opening\nBy Yves Herinckx\, Chair BE commiteee on Arbitration & ADR \n2:10 pm – 2:50 pm | ICC Mediation: why opt for amicable resolution\, and how does it work in practice?\nBy Alya Ladjimi\, ADR counsel\, ICC Centre for ADR\, and Dirk De Meulemeester (DMDB law) \nWhy parties choose amicable dispute resolution\, and how the procedure works in practice. A key point: under international rules\, you can designate an institution’s rules in your contract. Explanation of the procedure under the ICC Mediation Rules: \n\nThe costs: filing fee\, administrative expenses and the mediator’s fees;\nThe choice and appointment of the mediator (proposal by the parties versus appointment by the Centre);\nThe credit mechanism towards a subsequent ICC arbitration\, etc.\n\n2:50 – 3:30 pm |  Panel 1: the mediators’ perspective\nA panel of experienced mediators on what makes mediation work in international disputes.\nModerator: Marco Schoups\, lawyer and meditor \nPanellists: \n\nMichel Gonda\, GONDA\nHelga Van Peer\, HELGA VAN PEER\nGuillaume Croisant\, lawyer at Linklaters\n\n3:30 pm – 3:45 |  Networking break \n3:45 – 4:15 pm | Panel 2: the business perspective\nIn-house counsel and companies with experience in amicable dispute resolution\nModerator: Sofie Verlinden\, Chief Legal Officer at DEME\n \nPanellists:  \n\nFrederic Van Hoorebeke\, CFO at Lantis\nStéphanie Van der Mersch\, Legal Counsel at CML Construction Services SRL (Service company of STRABAG SE)\nTbc\n\n4:15 pm – 4:40 pm | From mediation to arbitration\nWhat happens when mediation does not lead to an agreement\, and how ICC mediation and arbitration connect as one offer. Brief outline of ICC arbitration + the amended rules in force since 1 June 2026. Hybrid procedures and mediation windows (a one-month window to mediate); risks and costs.\nSpeaker: Maarten Draye (Draye law) \n4:40 pm – 4:45 pm | Closing remarks (tbc) \n4:45 pm | End  \nPRACTICALITIES\nWhen? \nMonday 12 October from 2:00 pm until 5:00 pm \nWhere? \nICC Belgium c/o VBO-FEB\nRue Ravenstein 4\n1000 Brussels \nFee? \nFree of charge but registration is mandatory \nCancellation policy?  \nPlease note that if you cancel your participation later than Friday 9 October at 3 pm\, you will be charged a fee of €50. Cancellations made prior to this deadline will not incur any charges. \nRegistration deadline: Friday 9 October at 3 pm. \nREGISTRATION\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nFirst name\n\n\n \nLast name\n\n\n \nEmail\n\n\n \nFunction\n\n\n \nCompany\n\n\n \nStreet and number\n\n\n \nPost code\n\n\n \nCity\n\n\n \nCountry\n\n\n \nVAT number\n\n\n \nMember of ICC Belgium\n \nYesNo\n \n\n ×
URL:https://iccwbo.be/event/international-commercial-mediation-and-arbitration-for-belgian-companies/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261020T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261020T160000
DTSTAMP:20261008T134637Z
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SUMMARY:Roundtable: Tackling Illicit Trade Through Public-Private Partnership
DESCRIPTION:ABOUTPROGRAMMEPRACTICALITIESREGISTRATIONABOUT\nIllicit trade is an evolving cross-sector challenge\, affecting businesses\, consumers\, governments and legitimate global trade. Criminal networks are increasingly exploiting global supply chains\, e-commerce\, digital marketplaces and cross-border trade\, while emerging risks such as sanctions evasion\, organised crime and new technologies add further complexity. \nThis ICC United Kingdom roundtable will bring together senior representatives from business\, government\, enforcement authorities and international organisations to examine the changing illicit trade landscape and share perspectives on the challenges facing different sectors. \nThe discussion will focus on strengthening public-private collaboration\, including intelligence and data sharing\, supply chain transparency\, risk-based enforcement\, digital technologies and greater cooperation between UK and EU authorities. The roundtable will provide an opportunity to identify practical solutions\, share examples of effective partnerships and consider how business and policymakers can work together to strengthen prevention\, disruption and enforcement. \nPROGRAMME\n13:30-14:00 Networking Lunch \n14:00-14:10 Welcome remarks\nICC United Kingdom\nWillkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP \n14:10-14:25 The Evolving Illicit Trade Landscape\nA short scene-setting by the OECD \n14:25-15:00 Sector Perspectives\nBrief interventions\, followed by a moderated discussion with industry representatives from:\n• Tobacco\n• Spirits and alcohol\n• Pharmaceuticals\n• Food and beverages\n• Consumer electronics\n• Fashion and luxury goods \n15:00-15:15 Coffee Break \n15:15-16:50 Strengthening Public-Private Collaboration\nAn interactive discussion bringing together industry\, government and enforcement agencies from the UK and EU to explore practical opportunities for enhanced cooperation and stronger enforcement. \n16:50–17:00 Next Steps \nPRACTICALITIES\nWhen? \nTuesday 20 October from 13:30 to 16:00 GMT \nWhere?  \nWillkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP\, London \nWho? \nFor members only \nREGISTRATION\nIf you are interested in participating\, please send an email to we@iccwbo.be
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SUMMARY:11th Brussels Seminar on Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
DESCRIPTION:ABOUTPROGRAMMEPRACTICALITIESREGISTRATIONABOUT\nICC Belgium and the FEB are proud to present the 11th edition of the Brussels Seminar on Export Controls & Economic Sanctions. \nFor more than a decade\, this seminar has been the meeting point for Belgium’s export control and sanctions community. \nWhat was once a niche compliance concern has become one of the defining challenges of doing business internationally. Across eleven editions we have followed the field through the annexation of Crimea\, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine\, an unprecedented expansion of restrictive measures\, and the steady rise of economic statecraft as an instrument of geopolitical competition. \nThe pressure points\, however\, keep shifting. While measures against Russia remain a constant backdrop\, attention is turning to new fronts from Iran\, where EU and US measures increasingly diverge and where the indirect impact on Russia is coming into focus\, to the fast-moving world of export controls on AI\, semiconductors and advanced computing\, much of it US-driven and reaching deep into European operations. For companies caught in the middle\, the compliance burden has never been heavier  and the financial\, criminal and reputational cost of getting it wrong has never been higher. \nThe programme opens with a keynote by David O’Sullivan on circumvention and what a credible compliance programme really needs to look like — the question at the heart of enforcement today. And\, as always\, the seminar keeps its transatlantic perspective: with speakers from both the EU and the US\, it offers a rare opportunity to see how Brussels and Washington each approach these measures where they converge\, and where they pull apart. \nBringing together leading experts from EU and US authorities\, industry and the legal profession\, this year’s edition will explore: \n\nCircumvention and compliance:  David O’Sullivan on what a credible compliance programme really needs to look like today;\nIran in focus: diverging EU and US measures\, and the indirect impact on Russia;\nEnforcement and dispute resolution:  penalties\, criminal liability\, and how sanctions play out in arbitration and litigation;\nThe new technology frontier : due diligence on AI\, semiconductors and advanced computing controls\, and the practical challenge of navigating US rules\n\nJoin leading practitioners and policymakers on 10 November 2026 in Brussels to gain practical insight into a fast-moving regulatory landscape\, exchange experiences with peers\, and prepare your organisation for what comes next. \nWe look forward to welcoming you to the 11th edition! \nPROGRAMME\nDRAFT PROGRAMME\nModerated by: Julie Deré\, Secretary General\, ICC Belgium \n\n10:00 am – 10:10 am | Welcome & Opening\nIntroduction and scene-setting for the day\nOlivier Joris\,  Executive Manager – EU & International Department \, VBO-FEB \n10:10 am – 10:25 am | The Year in Review: Headlines That Shaped the Landscape\nA fast-paced run through the past twelve months\nThe key developments that set the scene\, from both an EU and US perspective.\nBert Gevers\, Loyens & Loeff  (EU) &  Susan Kovarovics\, Akin (US) \n10:25 am – 10:55 am | Opening Keynote\nDavid O’Sullivan\, EU Sanctions Envoy\, EU Commission \n10:55 am – 11:50 pm | Beyond the FAQs: The Questions That Really Matter\nMoving past the standard guidance to the hard\, practical questions companies are actually grappling with.\nAlasdair Kan\, Counsel at Akin (UK)  & Bernard Claessens\, Attorney at law\, Loyens & Loeff (EU) \n11:50 pm – 12:30 pm | Iran in Focus: Diverging EU and US Measures\nWhy the two regimes are pulling apart\, with the EU expanding measures while the most recent changes are US-driven and what it means for banks and business.\nSusan Kovarovics (US perspective) & Marta González\, Head of Sanctions & AML Regulatory Advisory – Compliance & Ethics at Euroclear \n12:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch \n2:00 pm – 2:35 pm | When Sanctions Reach the Tribunal: Arbitration & Litigation\nHow sanctions play out in dispute resolution\, built around a real-life case (EuroChem v. Tecnimont) and the points of attention it raises.\nBert Gevers\, Loyens & Loeff (BE) & James McLaughlin\, McDermott Will & Schulte (UK) & Mariafiore Miniussi\,  McDermott Will & Schulte (IT) \n2:35 pm – 3:10 pm | Due Diligence at the New Frontier\nWhere due diligence stands today beyond Russia with an eye on challenges posed by Chinese law\, navigating different lists\, reliance on certifications\, potential reinstatement of the Affiliates Rule\, resolution of restricted party screening potential matches\, and how all of this is impacted by the context of the transaction (AI-related\, sanctioned parties\, other industries\, etc.).\nMarco Zinzani\, Studio Legale Padovan (Italy) & Susan Kovarovics\, Akin (US) & Simge Kilic\, HERDEM (TUR) \n3:10 – 3:40 pm | Policy View from Brussels and Washington\nA policy-level scene-setter on where EU and US export controls and enforcement are heading.\nMatthew Borman\, Akin (US) × Stéphane Chardon\, EU Commission (tbc) \n3:40 pm – 4:00 pm | Coffee Break \n4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Industry Panel: AI and Advanced Computing Controls in Practice\nPractitioners on the real-world implications: understanding regulatory requirements\, operating in accordance with license conditions\, internal compliance measures\,  know your customer/vendors challenges\,  the question of trust and the European approach\, and the additional risks that come with it.\nModerator: Susan Kovarovics\, Akin (US) \nPanellists:  \n\nJohan Evers\, IMEC\nKevin Verbelen\, AGORIA\nCarolyn Krampitz\, Global Legal Director Export Controls at Accenture\nKim De Maeseneer\, Chief AI Officer at Cegeka\n\n5:00 pm – 5:10 pm | Closing Remarks\nBert Gevers\, Loyens & Loeff (EU) \nPRACTICALITIES\nWhen? \nTuesday 10 November from 10:00 am until 5:10 pm \nWhere?\nICC Belgium c/o VBO-FEB\nRue Ravenstein 4\n1000 Brussels \nFee?\nEUR 160\,00 excl. VAT (21 %) for members of ICC Belgium\, VBO-FEB\, AGORIA\, ESSENSCIA\, FEBELFIN\, CREDENDO & LOYENS & LOEFF\nEUR 225\,00 excl. VAT (21 %) for non-members \nCancellation policy?\nUpon registering for the seminar\, you will receive an invoice after the event has concluded. Please note that if you cancel your participation later than Wednesday 4 November at 12:00 pm\, you will be charged the full amount of the seminar fee. Cancellations made prior to this deadline will not incur any charges. \nREGISTRATION\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nFirst name\n\n\n \nLast name\n\n\n \nEmail\n\n\n \nFunction\n\n\n \nCompany\n\n\n \nStreet and number\n\n\n \nPost code\n\n\n \nCity\n\n\n \nCountry\n\n\n \nVAT number\n\n\n \nMember of\n \nICC Belgium\, VBO-FEB\, AGORIA\, ESSENSCIA\, FEBELFIN\, CREDENDO & LOYENS & LOEFFNone of these\n \nCancellation policy\nUpon registering for the seminar\, you will receive an invoice after the event has concluded. Please note that if you cancel your participation later than Wednesday 4 November at 12:00 pm\, you will be charged the full amount of the seminar fee. Cancellations made prior to this deadline will not incur any charges. Thank you for your understanding and adherence to this policy.\n\n I agree with the cancellation policy\n\n \n\n ×
URL:https://iccwbo.be/event/seminar-on-export-controls-sanctions/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261123T131500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261123T180000
DTSTAMP:20261008T134220Z
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SUMMARY:The Cost of The Conflict: strategies to prevent disputes and reduce costs
DESCRIPTION:ABOUTPROGRAMMEPRACTICALITIESREGISTRATIONABOUT\nA lawyer’s invoice tells you the legal cost but It doesn’t tell you the cost of the conflict. What about the weeks your management team spent dealing with the dispute? The project that was put on hold? The client who never came back? Or the two employees who left in the meantime? \nThose costs never appear in a single report. They are scattered across HR budgets\, operational delays\, lost business opportunities and financial results that fall just short of expectations. \nOn 23 November\, we bring those hidden costs together. \nBusiness leaders\, judges and legal experts will explore what a conflict really costs an organisation\, which dispute resolution approach works best for different types of conflict\, and—most importantly—how businesses can prevent these costs in the first place. \nBecause the real cost of conflict goes far beyond legal fees. \nPROGRAMME\nDRAFT PROGRAMME \n1:15 pm – 1:50 pm | Registration \n1:50 pm – 2:00 pm | Welcome and introduction by Julie Deré\, Secretary General of ICC Belgium \n2:00 pm – 2:15 pm | Minister of Justice and North Sea\, Annelies Verlinden \n2:15 pm – 2:35 pm | The real bill \nDominique Valcke\, CEO Stadsbader & Chair ADEB-VBA \n2:35 pm – 3:15 pm | The overall cost of The Conflict (HR\, Commercial\, Operational) \n\n2:35 pm – 2:45 pm: Cyril Dumoulin (Senior Legal Counsel Upstream\, Conventional Oil and Gas Shell)\n2:45 pm – 2:55 pm : dr. ir. Didier De Buyst (ie-net Society of Engineers\, Country Representative for Belgium at the DRBF)\n2:55 pm – 3:05 pm: Testimonial representative Fedustria\n3:05 pm – 3:15 pm : Testimonial representative Essenscia\n\n3:20 pm – 3:35 pm | Sylvie Frankignoul\, Judge at the French-speaking Enterprise Court of Brussels and President of the Chamber for Amicable Settlement (CAS-CRA – KMS) \n3:35 pm – 3:50 pm | Coffee break \n3:50 pm – 4:40 pm | Which Conflict and Which way forward? \nDiscussion of 3 or 5 conflict scenarios with the speakers (e.g. a labour dispute\, a conflict between directors\, possibly one contractual dispute within Europe and one international contractual dispute). \n\nModerator: Marco Schoups\, lawyer – mediator\nPanellists:\n\nDirk De Meulemeester\, DMBD Law\nJacob Henriquez\, FCIArb (Ploum)\nLuc Imbrechts\, Judge at the Brussels Enterprise Court\, Dutch-speaking Division\, Chamber for Amicable Settlement (CAS-CRA-KMS)\nTestimonial representative Agoria\n\n\n\n4:40 pm – 5:10 pm | Conflict Prevention as Part of the Corporate DNA\nJef Feyaerts (Feyaerts Law) & Elke Van Overwaele (Executive Manager Law and Business VBO-FEB) \n 4:50 pm – 5:15 pm | Prevention and Amicable Dispute Resolution \n\n4:50 pm – 5:00 pm: Peter Callens\, Past President of the OVB – ADR\n5:00 pm – 5:10 pm: Prof. Dr Alain Verbeke – ADR\n5:10 pm – 5:20 pm: Peter Coene\, Chair Federal Mediation Commission on ADR Charter\n\n5:20 pm – 5:50 pm | Testimonials: What Have We Learned and What Do We Do Differently Today? \n\nModerator: Sofie Verlinden\, Chief Legal Officer DEME GROUP\nPanellists: representatives Agoria\, Embuild\, Essescia & Fedustria\n\n5:50 pm – 6:00 pm | Key Takeaways and Conclusion by Julie Deré\, Secretary General of ICC Belgium \n6:00 pm onwards | Reception \nPRACTICALITIES\nWhen? \nMonday\, 23 November 2026 from 1:15 pm to 6:00 pm \nWhere? \nICC Belgium c/o VBO-FEB\nRue Ravenstein 4\n1000 Brussels \nLanguage? \nDutch\, French and English (no simultaneous interpretation) \nFee? \n€115 excl. VAT (21 %) \nREGISTRATION\nRegister via the FEB website.
URL:https://iccwbo.be/event/de-kost-van-het-conflict-de-verborgen-factuur-en-hoe-u-die-vermijdt/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261204
DTSTAMP:20260916T125234Z
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SUMMARY:Joint Arbitration Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:ABOUTPROGRAMMEPRACTICALITIESREGISTRATIONABOUT\nJoint Arbitration Day – Second Edition\n \nICC Belgium\, together with ICC Netherlands\, ICC France and ICC Germany\, is pleased to host the second edition of the Joint Arbitration Day. \nA full afternoon of practical\, cross-border discussion on the issues actually shaping international commercial arbitration in Europe right now: from the European Union’s evolving relationship with arbitration\, to the new 2026 ICC Rules\, to the disclosure questions raised by the use of AI. The day brings together arbitrators\, in-house counsel\, external counsel and the bench from different jurisdictions\, with the user voice deliberately built into every session. \n\nPROGRAMME\nProgramme\n12:00 – Networking lunch \n13:00 – Welcome \n13:15 – Keynote: Geopolitics – Europe’s uncomfortable position \n14:00 –Panel 1: How is EU law shaping commercial arbitration? \n14:45 – Coffee break \n15:15 – Parallel break-out sessions \n16:30 – Panel 2: View from the bench \n17:00 – Networking drinks \n19:00 – Dinner (central Amsterdam) \n \nSessions \nKeynote: Geopolitics – Europe’s uncomfortable position\nA non-legal opening on the geopolitical reshaping that is squeezing European business between US technological leverage\, Chinese economic dominance and Russian military pressure. Paul Verhagen\, Senior Fellow at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies\, Strategic Liaison at the UvA Civic AI Lab and lecturer at the University of Amsterdam  examines how the global technology landscape is fracturing into competing US\, Chinese and European blocs\, and what this strategic shift means for European business across AI\, critical infrastructure and trade. Drawing on the thesis of his forthcoming book\, The Techtonic Shift: Power\, Tech and the End of Nations.  \nPanel 1: How is EU law shaping commercial arbitration? \nEU law has moved from the background to the foreground of commercial arbitration. Following the CJEU’s Achmea and Komstroy line of case law\, alongside state aid issues and the responses of national courts across jurisdictions\, tribunals\, users and counsel are increasingly required to grapple with questions that would have seemed remote only a few years ago. \nParallel break-out sessions\nSmall-format sessions running in parallel\, designed for substantive engagement rather than passive listening.  \n1. AI in Arbitration: Disclosure\, the ICC Task Force and the EU AI Act\nArtificial intelligence is reshaping how arbitrators work – but the rules governing its use are still being written. This session focuses on two concrete pressure points: the disclosure obligations arbitrators face when using AI tools\, including the ongoing work of the ICC AI Task Force; and the implications of the EU AI Act for arbitrators seated in EU jurisdictions. Both issues are live now and affect practitioners across Belgium\, France\, Germany and the Netherlands. Less a survey of AI in arbitration\, more a practical reckoning with obligations that already apply.  \n2. Drafting Arbitration Clauses for 2026: EPP and Highly Expedited Arbitration\nThe 2026 ICC Rules introduce the Highly Expedited Arbitration procedure – but opting in (or out) requires deliberate drafting choices that many standard clauses do not yet reflect. This session is designed for in-house counsel: what does the new procedure actually offer\, where does it create risk\, and how should arbitration clauses be drafted or revised to reflect it? Workshop format\, with clause language under the microscope.  \n3. The 2026 ICC Rules: New Disclosure Obligations and What They Mean in Practice\nThe 2026 ICC Rules impose a new obligation on parties to identify and explain relevant entities – a change with real consequences for group structures\, joint ventures and supply chains common in industrial and infrastructure projects. This session unpacks what the new obligation requires\, how the updated Note to Parties interacts with it\, and what in-house and external counsel should be doing now to prepare.  \n4. Preventing Disputes: Is the Mediation Window Friend or Foe?\nMulti-tiered dispute resolution clauses are standard in complex projects – but does the mediation window actually prevent disputes\, or does it merely delay and complicate them? This session examines the question from the perspective of industrial and infrastructure projects\, where the stakes are high and relationships long. We will look at what works\, what does not\, and how the clause is drafted in practice across our partnering jurisdictions.  \n\nPanel 2: View from the bench\nA panel of senior judges from different jurisdictions on enforcement\, set-aside and the EU-law interface. A genuinely “joint” closing that ties back to Panel 1 and brings the day full circle. \nPRACTICALITIES\nWhen?  \nThursday\, 3 December 2026. \nWhere?  \n\nDay venue & Networking drinks: De Brauw\, Amsterdam Zuid.\nDinner: central Amsterdam – exact venue to be confirmed.\nAccommodation: as the evening programme takes place in the city centre\, we suggest booking accommodation there.\n\nFee? \n\nEUR 125\,00 excl. VAT (21 %) for members of ICC Belgium\nEUR 350\,00 excl. VAT (21 %) for non-members\n\nCancellation policy? \nRegistration is required. \nPlease note that cancellations must be received in writing no later than Thursday\, 26 November 2026. Registrants\, including ICC members\, who do not cancel by this deadline and do not attend will be charged the full registration fee of €350. \nREGISTRATION\n REGISTER HERE : Registration Form | ICC WBO Netherlands
URL:https://iccwbo.be/event/joint-arbitration-day-2026/
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