IAEE UAE - International Arbitrators & Experts in Engineering sector

Steering Committe

Dr. Maged F. Hanna, PfMP, RMP, PMP, CRMA

SELEM DMCC - Managing Director & CEO
Conference Chair

Dr. Alaa K. Ashmawy, P.E.

Dean, School of Engineering
American University in Dubai (AUD)

Dr. Nabil Mohd Ali Abbas

Owner
Abbas Consultants

Eng. Dr. Kamal Adnan Malas

Owner
Dr. Kamal Malas & Associates

Eng. Dr. Kamal Adnan Malas

Owner
Dr. Kamal Malas & Associates
Lebanon

Dr. Kamal Malas & Associates PhD,BA, MS at LAW Prof. Eng., Court Expert, MCIArb Kamal Adnan Malas, owner of Eng. Dr. Kamal Malas and Associates, has 35+ years of practical experience. He has extensive expertise in law and engineering and has two degrees: Civil Engineering, 1976, and Law, 1992. Having two degrees enables him to immediately understand the effects of each case from both sides – juridical and technical – making him distinguished in this field. He is accredited as a structural engineer in Dubai municipality and accredited in many international arbitration centres, and is accredited as an arbitrator and engineering expert in Dubai courts and all United Arab Emirates courts. Dr Malas has participated in more than 75 arbitration cases before the following bodies: UAE courts; Dubai courts; Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC); and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). He has handled 500+ Real Estate and Construction Disputes cases before UAE Courts, and Dubai courts. Dr Malas has deep knowledge in Engineering Contracts Forms, including FIDIC forms of contracts. He has authored many articles on arbitrations, project management, and intellectual property of drawings. He has been invited to speak in many International Conferences about arbitration, engineering contracts and real estate disputes, especially in the FIDIC (International Federation for Civil Engineers), DRBF (Dispute Resolution Board Foundation), IDRI (International Dispute Resolution Institute), C5, and many other conferences and training courses. Dr Malas’ practical experiences include cases handled in both Languages Arabic and English. He is the Author of the Book “Arbitration Award – Dubai Supreme Court Rules”, in Arabic and English. In 2014, Dr Malas invented new mechanisms for resolving construction disputes: M-DAB (Modern-Dispute Adjudication Board) and M-DRB (Modern-Dispute Review Board) which he believes will be widely applied internationally. Dr Malas is a member of Order of Engineers (Syria), Association of Engineers (UAE), Society of Construction Law (UAE), Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (USA). The services of Kamal Malas & associates cover the fields of construction - including claim consulting, dispute resolution, dispute avoidance, S to E system - and Real Estate - including advice about investing, managing of under development projects, representing the owners in dispute resolution, and litigation support. Value of disputes in which Dr. Malas was involved in them are USA $ 1.5 B Types of projects in which Dr. Malas was involved in them are: High Towers, Metro, Normal buildings, Airport, High Volumes Real Estate Developing Projects, Steel Structures Projects, luxuries Villas, Cinemas, Mosques, Hotels, Malls, Real Estate Plots, and Infrastructure Projects. Dr. Malas was the Manager of Engineering Consulting office and has two Professional Ranks (Structural design + Management). Dr Malas believes in high quality services, as such he limited his fields of services to only two fields: real estate and construction.

Robert A. Creo

Arbitrator, Mediator & Educator
Principal, Happy Effective Lawyer, LLC

Robert A. Creo

Arbitrator, Mediator & Educator
Principal, Happy Effective Lawyer, LLC
United States of America

Robert A. Creo has over 40 years of practical experience in the dispute resolution field as an attorney, author, arbitrator, mediator, special master and educator. He is the author of The Effective Lawyer blog www.happyeffectivelawyer.org focused on core competencies and soft skills which result which in both lawyer contentment and peak performance. He has been an Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University School of Law, serving from 1991 – 2003, 2014 to present and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law from 2001 – 2012 teaching international dispute resolution. He has served as a neutral in thousands of cases, (over 5,000 days) since 1979. He is a member of numerous professional organizations including the National Academy of Arbitrators (1986). He is on the roster of many appointing agencies such as the American Arbitration Association, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and the National Mediation Board. He was the founding President of the International Academy of Mediators (1997), and in 2006 was the co-founder with Ken Cloke and of Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI), a non-profit organization which brings together mediators and students to work in communities traumatized by civil war and violence. He has authored numerous publications including Alternative Dispute Resolution: Law Procedure and Commentary for the Pennsylvania Practitioner (George T. Bisel Company, Inc., October 2006). For many years he has authored a monthly column, The Master Mediator, in Alternatives published by the CPR International Institute for Conflict Resolution & Prevention. Since 2014 he has been featured as the author of The Effective Lawyer Department for the Pennsylvania Lawyer bi-monthly publication of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He serves as a mediator for the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS-TAS). He has served as an arbitrator for Major League Baseball and for the National Football League. He has served as an Independent Hearing Officer for the United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics. His hobby is storytelling and he frequents The Moth StorySlams and has won the Pittsburgh chapter event on Love Hurts in February 2018, entitling him to compete in GrandSlam in Pittsburgh in October. He teaches a course, Storytelling to Yes! for lawyers. Mr. Creo graduated from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis in 1977, where he was a senior editor of the law review, and Brandeis University in 1974.

Eng. Remon Akram Maher Farag

Legal Counsel
Etimad Holding

Mrs. Nikhat S Khan, MCIArb, TMC

Partner
Kochhar & Co. Inc. Legal Consultants

Hanna Deir

Managing Director
Consultants House FZ LLC

Keynote Speakers

Eng. Mohamad Said Fatha

Consultant Engineer MCIarb Vice president of the
Arab League of Engineers

Dr. Magdy Ibrahim Kassim

Executive Director
Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation & Arbitration Ce

Dr. Alaa K. Ashmawy, P.E.

Dean, School of Engineering
American University in Dubai (AUD)

Our Speakers

DR. DANIEL BRAWN

Senior Associate Arbitration, Commercial and Const
GALADARI ADVOCATES AND LEGAL CONSULTANTS

Dr. Maged F. Hanna, PfMP, RMP, PMP, CRMA

SELEM DMCC - Managing Director & CEO
Conference Chair

Dr. Nabil Mohd Ali Abbas

Owner
Abbas Consultants

Eng. Dr. Kamal Adnan Malas

Owner
Dr. Kamal Malas & Associates

Eng. Dr. Kamal Adnan Malas

Owner
Dr. Kamal Malas & Associates
Lebanon

Robert A. Creo

Arbitrator, Mediator & Educator
Principal, Happy Effective Lawyer, LLC

Robert A. Creo

Arbitrator, Mediator & Educator
Principal, Happy Effective Lawyer, LLC
United States of America

Victor Leginsky

Chartered Arbitrator
Arbitralis ADR

Ahmed Ibrahim

Partner
Fenwick Elliott LLP

Faisal Ismail

Director
Blair Anderson

Ahmad Ghoneim

Senior Associate
Al Tamimi & Company

Eng. Remon Akram Maher Farag

Legal Counsel
Etimad Holding

Mrs. Nikhat S Khan, MCIArb, TMC

Partner
Kochhar & Co. Inc. Legal Consultants

Asel El Housan

Head of Contracts and Commercial
AEH Consultancy LLC

Suzanna Kalendzhian

Founder
Legal Advice Middle East

Omar K Joudeh

Engineering Expert
Expert

Jamal Chaykhouni

Engineer Expert Arbitrator Adjudicator
Al Marsat Projects Development

Haya S. Saleh

General Manager / Founder
MESC Construction Managamnet

Program Schedule

12 December, 2018

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

Registration & Welcome Coffee & Tea

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

Official Opening & Awards Ceremony

Dr. Maged F. Hanna, PfMP, RMP, PMP, CRMA | SELEM DMCC - Managing Director & CEO | Conference Chair

09:30 AM - 09:50 AM

Keynote Speech

Eng. Mohamad Said Fatha | Consultant Engineer MCIarb Vice president of the | Arab League of Engineers

09:50 AM - 10:10 AM

Keynote Speech

Dr. Magdy Ibrahim Kassim | Executive Director | Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation & Arbitration Ce

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Keynote Speech

Dr. Alaa K. Ashmawy, P.E. | Dean, School of Engineering | American University in Dubai (AUD)

10:50 AM - 11:20 AM

Networking Coffee Break

11:20 AM - 12:00 PM

Impact of choosing a Construction Contract on the Number and Severity of Claims

Dr. Nabil Mohd Ali Abbas | Owner | Abbas Consultants

12:00 PM - 12:40 PM

Modern Dispute Adjudication Boards (M-DB)

Eng. Dr. Kamal Adnan Malas | Owner | Dr. Kamal Malas & Associates

12:40 PM - 01:40 PM

Networking Lunch

01:40 PM - 02:20 PM

How To Succeed With An International Arbitration Claim

DR. DANIEL BRAWN | Senior Associate Arbitration, Commercial and Const | GALADARI ADVOCATES AND LEGAL CONSULTANTS

02:20 PM - 03:00 PM

Storytelling to Win in Negotiation, Mediation & Arbitration

Robert A. Creo | Arbitrator, Mediator & Educator | Principal, Happy Effective Lawyer, LLC

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Networking Coffee Break

03:30 PM - 04:20 PM

Construction Mediation – How Does it work with other ADR procedures?

Victor Leginsky | Chartered Arbitrator | Arbitralis ADR

04:10 PM - 04:50 PM

Preliminary Awards in Arbitration

Ahmed Ibrahim | Partner | Fenwick Elliott LLP

04:50 PM - 05:15 PM

USING MEDIATION TO RESOLVE DISPUTES

Mrs. Nikhat S Khan, MCIArb, TMC | Partner | Kochhar & Co. Inc. Legal Consultants

05:15 PM - 05:30 PM

Closing Remarks, Raffle Draw

13 December, 2018

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM

Welcome Coffee & Tea

09:00 AM - 09:40 AM

How technology is changing the nature of work and altering the practice of law

Suzanna Kalendzhian | Founder | Legal Advice Middle East

09:40 AM - 10:20 AM

Claims & Disputes Management

Ahmad Ghoneim | Senior Associate | Al Tamimi & Company

10:20 AM - 11:00 AM

Keynote : Dispute adjudication Board

Eng. Mohamad Said Fatha | Consultant Engineer MCIarb Vice president of the | Arab League of Engineers

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Networking Coffee Break

11:30 AM - 12:10 PM

Good faith in claims: how to resolve differences in the construction industry before they turn into disputes.

Faisal Ismail | Director | Blair Anderson

12:10 PM - 12:50 PM

FIDIC Contracts

Asel El Housan | Head of Contracts and Commercial | AEH Consultancy LLC

12:50 PM - 01:50 PM

Networking Lunch

01:50 PM - 02:30 PM

Termination For Convenience Between Freedom Of Contract And Good Faith

Eng. Remon Akram Maher Farag | Legal Counsel | Etimad Holding

02:30 PM - 03:10 PM

Forensic Engineering

Omar K Joudeh | Engineering Expert | Expert

03:10 PM - 03:40 PM

Networking Coffee Break

03:40 PM - 04:20 PM

The Role of the Technical Expert witness in Tribunal Decision

Jamal Chaykhouni | Engineer Expert Arbitrator Adjudicator | Al Marsat Projects Development

04:20 PM - 05:00 PM

Killers and Pillars of an Expert Witness Report

Haya S. Saleh | General Manager / Founder | MESC Construction Managamnet

05:00 PM - 05:15 PM

IAEE International Conference 2018 – Dubai, UAE

Steering Committe

Dr. Maged F. Hanna, PfMP, RMP, PMP, CRMA

Dr. Maged F. Hanna, PfMP, RMP, PMP, CRMA

Dr. Alaa K. Ashmawy, P.E.

Dr. Alaa K. Ashmawy, P.E.

Dr. Nabil Mohd Ali Abbas

Dr. Nabil Mohd Ali Abbas

Eng. Dr. Kamal Adnan Malas

Eng. Dr. Kamal Adnan Malas

Robert A. Creo

Robert A. Creo

Eng. Remon Akram Maher Farag

Eng. Remon Akram Maher Farag

Mrs. Nikhat S Khan, MCIArb, TMC

Mrs. Nikhat S Khan, MCIArb, TMC

Hanna Deir

Hanna Deir

Keynote Speakers

Eng. Mohamad Said Fatha

Eng. Mohamad Said Fatha

Dr. Magdy Ibrahim Kassim

Dr. Magdy Ibrahim Kassim

Dr. Alaa K. Ashmawy, P.E.

Dr. Alaa K. Ashmawy, P.E.

Our Speakers

DR. DANIEL BRAWN

DR. DANIEL BRAWN

Dr. Maged F. Hanna, PfMP, RMP, PMP, CRMA

Dr. Maged F. Hanna, PfMP, RMP, PMP, CRMA

Dr. Nabil Mohd Ali Abbas

Dr. Nabil Mohd Ali Abbas

Eng. Dr. Kamal Adnan Malas

Eng. Dr. Kamal Adnan Malas

Robert A. Creo

Robert A. Creo

Victor Leginsky

Victor Leginsky

Ahmed Ibrahim

Ahmed Ibrahim

Faisal Ismail

Faisal Ismail

Ahmad Ghoneim

Ahmad Ghoneim

Eng. Remon Akram Maher Farag

Eng. Remon Akram Maher Farag

Mrs. Nikhat S Khan, MCIArb, TMC

Mrs. Nikhat S Khan, MCIArb, TMC

Asel El Housan

Asel El Housan

Suzanna Kalendzhian

Suzanna Kalendzhian

Omar K Joudeh

Omar K Joudeh

Jamal Chaykhouni

Jamal Chaykhouni

Haya S. Saleh

Haya S. Saleh

Program Schedule

Registration & Welcome Coffee & Tea

Official Opening & Awards Ceremony

Keynote Speech

Keynote Speech

Keynote Speech

Networking Coffee Break

Impact of choosing a Construction Contract on the Number and Severity of Claims

Modern Dispute Adjudication Boards (M-DB)

Networking Lunch

How To Succeed With An International Arbitration Claim

Storytelling to Win in Negotiation, Mediation & Arbitration

Networking Coffee Break

Construction Mediation – How Does it work with other ADR procedures?

Preliminary Awards in Arbitration

USING MEDIATION TO RESOLVE DISPUTES

Closing Remarks, Raffle Draw

Welcome Coffee & Tea

How technology is changing the nature of work and altering the practice of law

Claims & Disputes Management

Keynote : Dispute adjudication Board

Networking Coffee Break