IBA 2020 – Virtually Together open access session overview

Open Access Sessions

2-27 November 2020

As part of the IBA 2020 – Virtually Together Conference, the IBA will be running a number of Open Access Sessions, which are FREE to attend. Full conference registration is not required.

A list of all the free to attend sessions is below. We ask that you please register for these sessions via the registration link next to the relevant session.

Monday 02	Tuesday 03	Wednesday 04	Thursday 05	Friday 06
Monday 2 Opening ceremony – opening address with Ban Ki-Moon 1200-1300 GMT Watch recording	Monday 2 A conversation with... John Kerry 1200-1300 GMT Watch recording	Monday 2 Young lawyers' introductory session 1400-1500 GMT Watch recording	Monday 2 The Abraham Accords: the genesis of a new economic chapter? 1400-1500 GMT Watch recording	Monday 2 Women’s rights: beyond the prism of law and men 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording	Tuesday 3 IBA Showcase: attorney wellbeing – what it is and why it matters to the legal profession 1200-1315 GMT Watch recording	Tuesday 3 The use of technology in pro bono – advantages, pitfalls and lessons learned 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording Keeping yourself mentally fit in your professional life during uncertain times1600-1700 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 4 The practice of law in the 'gig' economy: the ‘Uberisation’ of legal services and what it means for lawyers, law firms and the regulation of the profession 1400-1500 GMT Watch recording	Thursday 5 Cyber-crime under the Rome Statute 1400-1500 GMT Watch recording	Thursday 5 The automotive and energy industry outlook for Mexico, USCMA Compliance and Investor State Dispute Settlement 1800-1900 GMT Watch recording	Thursday 5 Immigration, employment, and business solutions for border closures and global pandemonium 1800-1900 GMT Available soon	Thursday 5 A conversation with... John B Bellinger III 1800-1915 GMT Watch recording	Friday 6 Open for justice in the Covid age – how courts have responded to the pandemic 1000-1100 GMT Watch recording	Friday 6 Driving respect using mandatory human rights due diligence 1200-1300 GMT Watch recording

Monday 09	Tuesday 10	Wednesday 11	Thursday 12	Friday 13
Monday 9 Managing your international legal career 0830-0930 GMT	Monday 9 Arab countries intensify regulatory reform and liberalisation efforts to weather the economic storm 0830-0930 GMT	Monday 9 Considerations for lawyers when accepting a board or officer position with a client 1000-1100 GMT Watch recording	Monday 9 SPPI Awards ceremony 1330-1400 GMT Watch recording	Monday 9 5 negotiation strategies that will get you more and change your life 1800-1900 GMT Register	Tuesday 10 A conversation with... The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li, GBM 0800-0915 GMT Watch recording	Tuesday 10 Global commercial dispute resolution 1400-1500 GMT Watch recording	Tuesday 10 Technology-driven marketing strategy is the key to riding out the economic storm 1800-1900 GMT Register	Tuesday 10 A conversation with... Vera Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency 1800-1915 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 11 Ending modern slavery: how the legal profession can meet the challenge 1000-1115 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 11 The future of litigation: global trends 0830-0930 GMT	Wednesday 11 Come to the fair — the future of the art market or the end of galleries? 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 11 International attorney-client privilege and ethics 1800-1900 GMT	Wednesday 11 Midshore or Midtown? Changing trends in wealth structuring for Latin American clients 1930-2030 GMT	Thursday 12 Practical advice to navigating European enforcement and investigation: a focus on Norway, France and technology 0815-0915 GMT	Thursday 12 LGBTI discrimination and migration: does rule of law or lack thereof have anything to do with displacement of LGBTI people? 1000-1100 GMT Register	Thursday 12 Stamp out poverty and profit by practicing law and doing business in accordance with the Rule of Law 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording	Thursday 12 Disentangling the expert kaleidoscope: efficient and effective use of multiple experts in complex disputes 1800-1900 GMT	Thursday 12 A conversation with... Rt Hon David Miliband 1800-1915 GMT Watch recording	Friday 13 Women, millennials and the partnership track: is it the ultimate goal? 1400-1500 GMT Watch recording Privilege and confidentiality: resetting the conversation 1400-1515 GMT Watch recording	Friday 13 Scotland as a dispute resolution jurisdiction 1700-1800 GMT	Friday 13 A conversation with... Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland 1800-1845 GMT Watch recording

Monday 16	Tuesday 17	Wednesday 18	Thursday 19	Friday 20
Monday 16 The unique role of Hong Kong as an arbitration and mediation venue to China and the belt and road 0800-0900 GMT Watch recording	Monday 16 The Belt and Road Initiative – impact and implications for the legal services market worldwide after COVID-19 1200-1300 GMT Watch recording	Monday 16 The impact of government sanctions on international human rights 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording	Tuesday 17 Human space flights/Space Tourism: Business and Pleasure (?) – Legal issues and beyond 1400-1500 GMT Watch recording Artificial intelligence and access to justice 1400-1515 GMT Watch recording	Tuesday 17 Walking the tightrope: just because it's legal, does that make it right? 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording	Tuesday 17 A conversation with... David W Rivkin 1800-1915 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 18 Asset recovery and worldwide enforcement 0800-0900 GMT	Wednesday 18 Update on belt and road development and foreign investment law of PRC 0800-0900 GMT	Wednesday 18 Litigation in the international commercial courts - in recognition of the Qatar International Court’s 10 Year Anniversary 0830-0930 GMT	Wednesday 18 The future of agriculture in Africa: from cutlasses to drones 0830-0930 GMT	Wednesday 18 The situation in Afghanistan before the International Criminal Court 1200-1300 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 18 Artificial intelligence and human rights: challenges and opportunities 1400-1515 GMT Register	Wednesday 18 Value and handling of information in corporate transactions 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording Using digital evidence in human rights cases: lessons learned from capture to courtroom 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 18 Construction Interrupted: Managing Contracts and Disputes in the Age of COVID 1800-1900 GMT	Wednesday 18 A conversation with... Mary Robinson 1800-1915 GMT >Watch recording	Thursday 19 BIC Showcase: the impact of climate change - what every bar association needs to know 1200-1315 GMT Watch recording	Thursday 19 UN guiding principles on business and human rights: the next decade of action 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording	Thursday 19 Impacts of criminalisation (and other types of institutionalised violence) on LGBTIQ+ people in the Caribbean and Latin America 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording	Thursday 19 A conversation with... Sternford Moyo 1800-1915 GMT Watch recording	Friday 20 “Welcome to the Wild West” - professional and ethical obligations associated with contingency fees, litigation funding and similar arrangements 1000-1100 GMT Watch recording	Friday 20 Sustainable lawyering - adding value to your client’s business 1200-1300 GMT Watch recording	Friday 20 Best practices and challenges in the adoption of LGBTI-inclusive policies in law firms 1400-1500 GMT Register	Friday 20 Gender and violence: a challenge to the law 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording	Friday 20 A conversation with... Prof Dr Malik R Dahlan 1800-1915 GMT Register

Monday 23	Tuesday 24	Wednesday 25	Thursday 26	Friday 27
Monday 23 Succession planning for law firms 1200-1300 GMT Watch recording	Monday 23 IBAHRI Showcase: the attack on media freedom - a growing phenomenon 1800-1900 GMT Watch recording	Monday 23 Launch of the high-level panel of legal experts on media freedom enforcement report on providing safe refuge to journalists at risk 1900-2000 GMT Watch recording	Tuesday 24 The in-house legal departments of the future 1400-1500 GMT Watch recording Bullying and sexual harassment in the legal profession - can we change the culture? 1400-1515 GMT Watch recording	Tuesday 24 A conversation with... Justice Richard Goldstone 1800-1915 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 25 A conversation with... Congressman Tae Yong Ho 0800-0900 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 25 Recent developments about dispute management in Turkey and comparison with selected jurisdictions 0830-0930 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 25 A global comparative analysis of beneficial ownership approaches: how burdensome; how effective? 1000-1100 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 25 BIC Covid-19 session: global problems with international solutions: how have bars and law societies been coping during the coronavirus crisis? 1200-1315 GMT Watch recording Fighting bias in the age of machine learning and artificial intelligence 1200-1300 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 25 A conversation with... Fatou Bensouda, ICC Prosecutor 1800-1915 GMT Watch recording	Wednesday 25 Launch of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts in Media Freedom Report on Advice on Promoting More Effective Investigations into Abuses Against Journalists 1915-2045 GMT Watch recording	Thursday 26 A conversation with... HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal 1600-1700 GMT Watch recording	Thursday 26 A conversation with... Baroness Valerie Amos 1800-1915 GMT Watch recording	Friday 27 The judiciary at risk - a case study 1000-1100 GMT Watch recording	Friday 27 Rule of Law Symposium: Rule of Law in the time of Covid-19 1200-1330 GMT Watch recording

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