• Barbara Gnilšak, general secretary of Ljubljana Arbitration Centre
• Prof. dr. Vesna Rijavec – University of Maribor, Faculty of Law; President of Ljubljana Arbitration Centre

• When Certainty Becomes a Strategy: Arbitration in an Age of Risk and Disruption

Charles Chip Brower, Distinguished Service Professor, Wayne State University Law School, USA; Chair of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration

Mgr. Rostislav Pekar, LL.M. - Office Managing Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Prague, Czech Republic; Vice-Chair of the Commission on International Arbitration of ICC Czech Republic

Moderator: Nejc Lahne - Managing Director and Head of EIS Slovenia, E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions, Ltd.

• Delivering Faster and More Predictable Proceedings
  Jure Levovnik, MSc, senior partner, Jadek & Pensa Law Office, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Protect your position early: Court-Ordered Interim Measures vs. Emergency Arbitration
  Luminita Popa – partner, Eversheds Sutherland, Bucharest, Romania
• Finding the Real Added Value of Arbitration
  Bojan Brežan - Co-managing partner, Schoenherr Slovenija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• How arbitration enables effective global enforcement and recovery strategies
  Maja Menard, Ph.D., Senior Partner, Fatur Menard Law Firm, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Moderator: Petja Plauštajner, Attorney at Law, Head of Law Office PlaustajnerVice-President of Ljubljana Arbitration Centre

• Adaptation of Long-Term Contracts by Arbitrators
  Davor Babić, Ph.D., Professor of Law, University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Zagreb, Croatia
• Dispute Resolution in PPP Projects: Bridging Public Law Constraints and Commercial Arbitration
  izr. prof. dr. Aleksij Mužina - partner, Law firm Mužina, Žvipelj and partners, d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Multi-Tier Dispute Resolution in PPP Agreements: The Role of Expert Panels, DAABs and Arbitration
  Victoria Tyson - partner, Howard Kennedy LLP, London, UK
• The Evolving Role and Practical Effect of DAAB Decisions under FIDIC: From Dispute Avoidance to Enforcement in Arbitration
  Aisha Nadar, LL.M., Senior Consultant, Advokatfirman, Runeland AB, Stockholm, Sweden; Vice Chair of ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR

Moderator: Peter Rižnik, independent Arbitrator, Rižnik Disputes, Vienna, Austria

• David Premelč, senior partner, Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partnerji, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Lucia Raimanova, Co-managing partner, AO Shearman, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Katerina Skryjova, Chief Operating Officer of the CEE/CIS Dispute Advisory Centre of Excellence, PwC, Prague, Czech Republic
• Ross Towler, Managing Director, FTI Consulting, London, UK

A round-table discussion followed by a live mock hearing featuring direct and cross-examination of a delay expert and a quantum expert. The session focuses on how cross-examination shapes the tribunal's understanding of technical evidence, how counsel can structure effective questioning, and how arbitrators assess credibility and reliability.