Globalaw 2023 Annual Members Meeting (GLAMM)
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WEDNESDAY 25.10.2023
9:00 – 12:00: Board of Directors Meeting
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 14:10: Official Welcome
- Globalaw President Oliver Förster, Managing Partner, Huth Dietrich Hahn
- GLAMM Host Firm João Caiado Guerreiro, Managing Partner, Caiado Guerreiro
14.10 – 15:30: Roundtable Discussions: Globalaw Initiatives
15:30 – 16:00: Networking Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:45: Fireside Chat: FundBox
- Rui Alpalhão, Funder FundBox
- João Caiado Guerreiro, Managing Partner, Caiado Guerreiro
16:45 – 17:45: Panel Discussion: Virtues of Lisbon/Portugal as a Seat for International Arbitration
- Sandra Jesus, Litigation and Arbitration Team, Caiado Guerreiro
- Prof. A. Barreto Menezes, Associate Professor, University of Lisbon
- Prof. Diogo Costa Gonçalves, Arbitrator, Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
18:00 – 20:30: Welcome Reception & Dinner
THURSDAY 26.10.2023
08:30 – 09:00: Welcome Coffee
09:00 – 10:00: How to Leverage your Firm’s Business Development within Globalaw
- Michael Heron, Founder, Avanlight
10:00 – 11:00: Increase Your Chambers Ranking: Dos and Don’ts from Alex Holtum
- Alex Holtum, Founder, International Law Firm Solutions
11:00 – 11:30: Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00: Panel discussion: Lawyers' Leap into the Metaverse: Understanding the Uncharted (Room Alfama)
- Moderator: Sharin Pablo, Head Corporate & IP – regulatory, JJ Roca Law, Dominican Republic
- Marc J Beckman, NYU Metaverse Senior Fellow, United States
- Eliseo Roques-Arroyo, Managing Partner, EDGE Legal, Puerto Rico
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:00: Tuk Tuk Tour of Lisbon
17:00 – 18:00: Port of Honour
18:00 – 00:00: Free Evening in Lisbon with Recommendations from the local host firm
FRIDAY 27.10.2023
09:00 – 09:30: Welcome Coffee
09:30 – 11:00: Decision Science: How to Improve Your Decision-Making Process
- Dr. Wayne Borchardt, Director, Management Research Insights and Operations, PwC, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Nova SBE
11:00– 11:15: Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00: Strategic Partners’ Session AESIS
- David Rodriguez, President, AESIS,
- João Almeida-Santos, Board member, AESIS
12:00 – 12:45: Panel Discussion: A Multi-Jurisdictional Success Story: PVO International
- Moderator: Ayolt Zoer
- Gideon Overwater, CEO of PVO International B.V.
- Marco Bollognini, Maio Legal SLP
- Thierry D'Ornano, Ornano Avocats
- Bob Lee, Front Advokater
- Oliver Förster, Managing Partner, Huth Dietrich Hahn
- David DeBenedetti, DeBenedetti Majewski Szcześniak
12:45 – 14:00: Networking Lunch
14:00 – 14:45: Panel Discussion with New Members and Observers
- Moderator: Kenneth M. Silverman, Olshan Frome Wolowsky LLP
- Eamon Harrington, CKT, Ireland
- Gordon Hearn, Gardiner Roberts, Canada
- Wilfred Mutubwa, Mutubwa Law, Kenya
- Gaspar Bagamery, LFB Legal, Hungary
- Michael Hatchwell, Gunnercooke, England
14:45– 15:15: Strategic Partners’ Session
- Ozgur Demirdoven, Executive Vice President, Allinial Global
15:15 – 15:30 : 2024 upcoming destinations
- GLEMEA, 4-6 April 2024, La Thuile, Italy
- GLARM, 6-8 June 2024, Vancouver, Canada
- GLAMM, 25-28 September 2024, Sao Paolo, Brazil
15:30 – 16:00 : Coffee Break (Foyer)
16:00– 17:45: Annual Members’ Meeting
- Reporting by Globalaw Officers
- Approval Annual Financial Statement
- Election New Directors
17:45 – 18:00: Board of Directors Meeting
19:30 – 23:00: Gala Dinner
Dress code: "A touch of green"
SATURDAY 28.10.2023
11:00 – 12:00: Departure for Day Trip in Sintra
12:00 – 13:30: Networking Lunch
13:30 – 16:30: Sightseeing
16:30 – 17:30: Return to Lisbon