8th International Arbitration Conference

Thursday, 25 June 2026

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Wyndham Grand Athens

Friday, 26 June 2026

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CEO ClubHouse

In person

Conference Profile

NOMIKI BIBLIOTHIKI and the Athens Mediation & Arbitration Organization (EODID) organized the 8th International Arbitration Conference on Thursday, 25 June 2026, at Wyndham Grand Athens.
Distinguished lawyers from Greece and abroad, with proven experience in the field of arbitration, met to discuss recent developments and critical issues.

The day after the 8th International Arbitration Conference, a unique experiential event took place at CEO ClubHouse

With the participation of more than 35 distinguished speakers and attracting over 220 attendees, the 8th International Arbitration Conference became a landmark forum for dialogue on the latest developments, emerging challenges, and key trends shaping the field of international arbitration.

Topics

Debate Session: Has Arbitration Become Too Adversarial? Counsel’s Role in Setting the Stage for Battle or Dispute Resolution
Gaming the Record: Evidence, Witnesses and Experts
Can Arbitration Defend Itself? Tribunal Powers, Institutional Responses and Procedural Integrity
Guerilla Tactics in Practice: Stories from the Trenches
Mock Session

Program

10:00 – 10:30 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Registration & Welcome Coffee
10:30 – 10:50 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Welcome Speeches and Opening Remarks Olympia Anastasopoulou, Special Secretary for ADR, Ministry of Justice Constantin Calavros, Professor at Democritus University of Thrace (School of Law), President of the Hellenic Arbitration Association
10:50 – 11:00 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Introduction Stella Merti, LL.M (Athens, Berlin) - Of Counsel, EODID Athens, Independent Tribunal Secretary, Mediator
11:00 – 11:30 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Opening Keynote Address Filip De Ly, Professor of Law, Independent Arbitrator
11:30 – 12:15 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Debate Session: Has Arbitration Become Too Adversarial? Counsel’s Role in Setting the Stage for Battle or Dispute Resolution Moderator Alexander Marcopoulos, Partner, Hughes Hubbard Mohamed Shelbaya, Founding Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Philippe Pinsolle, Head of International Arbitration for Europe, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
12:15 – 12:40	Coffee Break
12:40 - 14:00 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Gaming the Record: Evidence, Witnesses and Experts Moderator Christian P. Filios, Professor at Democritus University of Thrace, Deputy Managing Partner, Calavros Law Firm - Filios - Kloukinas Spyridon K. Tsantinis, Professor of Civil Procedural law at Democritus University of Thrace, Managing Partner TSANTINIS LAW FIRM Dr. Panayiotis Yiannopoulos, Professor at Democritus University of Thrace (Faculty of Law), Vice Chairman of Thessaloniki Bar & Chairman of Thessaloniki Bar Arbitration Committee, Managing Partner Yiannopoulos & Kozi LLP Alexander Metallinos, Partner, POTAMITISVEKRIS
14:00 - 15:00	Lunch Break
15:15 – 15:45 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Keynote Address Valentine Chessa Partner, MCL Arbitration
15:45 – 16:45 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Can Arbitration Defend Itself? Tribunal Powers, Institutional Responses and Procedural Integrity Moderator Marily Paralika, Partner, International Arbitrator, Fieldfisher Prof. Dr. Mohamed Sameh Amr, Dean-Faculty of Law, Cairo University; Prof. of International Law; Managing Partner-Amr & Partners, Independent Consultant (Paris), Arbitrator (FCIArb), ICSID Arbitrator & Conciliator Dania Fahs, PhD, International Arbitrator and Mediator, Visiting University Lecturer, Insead EMBA Sevag Panossian, General Counsel, Consolidated Contractors Company, FCIArb Claire Sergaki, Partner, DRYLLERAKIS LAW FIRM Dr. Antonios Tsavdaridis, Partner, ROKAS, International Arbitrator
16:45 - 17:00	COFFEE BREAK
17:00 – 18:00 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Guerilla Tactics in Practice: Stories from the Trenches Moderator Dr. Georgios Panopoulos, Partner, Lambadarios Law Firm, ICC Court Member Antonios Antoniou, Legal Council of the State (Hellenic Republic) Dimitris Babiniotis, Asc. Professor, Head of Litigation & Arbitration, Zepos & Yannopoulos Gregory Logothetis, Head of the Arbitration, Litigation and Mediation Department, Koutalidis Law Firm Spyridoula Megalokonomou, Legal Affairs Director & BU Partner at MYTILINEOS S.A Periklis Stroumpos, Head of Legal, Fraport Greece
18:00 – 18:15 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Concluding Remarks Haris Meidanis, , Ph.D, FCIArb, Managing partner, Meidanis, Seremetakis & Associates, Certified Mediator (CIArb, MoJ), Director of EODID, Member of ICC Institute of World Business Law
18:15 – 19:30 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Closing Mock Session Moderator Epaminontas Triantafillou, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Anastasios Valtoudis, Prof. Dr., School of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Alexandra Dellis, General Counsel, Nea Odos & Odos Kentrikis Elladas (GEK TERNA Group of Companies) Georgios Kontis, Assistant Professor, Law School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Counsels Haris Meidanis, Ph.D, FCIArb, Managing partner, Meidanis, Seremetakis & Associates, Certified Mediator (CIArb, MoJ), Director of EODID, Member of ICC Institute of World Business Law Dr. Faidon Varesis, Assistant Professor, Private International Law & Dispute Resolution, University of Cambridge, Faculty Board Member & Deputy Director of the LLM, Fellow & Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge Martha Alexiou, Senior Associate, Fieldfisher Xenia G. Dimopoulou, Associate, Meidanis, Seremetakis & Associates
20:00 – 22.30	Post-conference chill: rooftop, drinks & live music

18:30 – 19:00 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	Registration & Welcome Coffee
19:00 – 19:15 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Welcome Speech Haris Meidanis, Ph.D, FCIArb, Managing partner, Meidanis, Seremetakis & Associates, Certified Mediator (CIArb, MoJ), Director of EODID, Member of ICC Institute of World Business Law
19:15 – 19:30 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	Dimitris Kyriazis, Assistant Professor of EU Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
19:30 – 20:15 Google Calendar Microsoft Calendar	The New Age of Economic Nationalism: What Future for International Arbitration? Stavros Brekoulakis, Professor, National University of Singapore, Arbitrator
20:15 – 22.30	Networking Cocktail

Distinguished Speaker

Stavros Brekoulakis

Professor, National University of Singapore, Arbitrator

Keynote Speakers

Valentine Chessa

Partner, MCL Arbitration

Filip De Ly

Professor of Law, Independent Arbitrator

Moderators

Christian Filios

Deputy Managing Partner at Calavros Law Firm, Professor of Civil Law at Democritus University of Thrace

Alexander Marcopoulos

Partner, Hughes Hubbard

Dr. Georgios Panopoulos

Partner, Lambadarios Law Firm, ICC Court Member

Marily Paralika

Partner, International Arbitrator, Fieldfisher

Epaminontas Triantafillou

Partner, Quinn Emanuel

Speakers

Olympia Anastasopoulou

Special Secretary for ADR, Ministry of Justice

Martha Alexiou

Senior Associate, Fieldfisher

Mohamed Sameh Amr

Dean-Faculty of Law, Cairo University; Prof. of International Law; Managing Partner-Amr & Partners, Independent Consultant (Paris), Arbitrator (FCIArb), ICSID Arbitrator & Conciliator

Antonios Antoniou

Legal Council of the State (Hellenic Republic)

Dimitris Babiniotis

Asc. Professor, Head of Litigation & Arbitration, Zepos & Yannopoulos

Constantin Calavros

Professor at Democritus University of Thrace (School of Law), President of the Hellenic Arbitration Association

Xenia G. Dimopoulou

Associate, Meidanis, Seremetakis & Associates

Alexandra Dellis

General Counsel, Nea Odos & Odos Kentrikis Elladas (GEK TERNA Group of Companies)

Dania Fahs

PhD, International Arbitrator and Mediator, Visiting University Lecturer, Insead EMBA

Georgios Kontis

Assistant Professor, Law School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Dimitris Kyriazis

Assistant Professor of EU Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Gregory Logothetis

Head of the Arbitration, Litigation and Mediation Department, Koutalidis Law Firm

Spyridoula Megalokonomou

Legal Affairs Director & BU Partner at MYTILINEOS S.A

Haris Meidanis

Ph.D, FCIArb, Managing partner, Meidanis, Seremetakis & Associates, Certified Mediator (CIArb, MoJ), Director of EODID, Member of ICC Institute of World Business Law

Stella Merti

LL.M (UoA – HU Berlin), Certified Mediator, Of Counsel, EODID Athens

Alexander Metallinos

Partner, POTAMITISVEKRIS

Sevag Panossian

General Counsel, Consolidated Contractors Company, FCIArb

Philippe Pinsolle

Head of International Arbitration for Europe, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Claire Sergaki

Partner, DRYLLERAKIS LAW FIRM

Mohamed Shelbaya

Founding Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya

Periklis Stroumpos

Head of Legal, Fraport Greece

Spyridon K. Tsantinis

Professor of Civil Procedural law at Democritus University of Thrace Law School, Managing Partner TSANTINIS LAW FIRM

Dr. Antonios Tsavdaridis

Partner, ROKAS, International Arbitrator

Anastasios Valtoudis

Prof. Dr., School of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Dr. Faidon Varesis

Assistant Professor in Private International Law and Dispute Resolution (Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge) Faculty Board Member and Deputy Director of the LLM (Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge) Fellow and Lecturer in Law (St John's College, University of Cambridge)

Panayiotis S. Yiannopoulos

Professor at Democritus University of Thrace (Faculty of Law), Vice Chairman of Thessaloniki Bar & Chairman of Thessaloniki Bar Arbitration Committee, Managing Partner Yiannopoulos & Kozi LLP