Extended Bureau (EB) meeting
Monday 22 August
09:00-12:00 SGT
Melati Junior Ballroom 4111 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
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- Friday 26 August
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Registration & open welcome desk
Monday 22 August
13:00-20:00 SGT
Lotus + Melati Bayview Foyer – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
National Representatives Committee (NRC) meeting
Monday 22 August
13:30-14:30 SGT
Melati Junior Ballroom 4201AB & 4202 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Human Rights Committee (HRC) meeting
Monday 22 August
13:30-14:30 SGT
Melati Junior Ballroom 4011 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Joint Academic Programme Committee (APC) + Officers of the Commissions Committee (OCC) meeting
Monday 22 August
14:30-16:00 SGT
Melati Junior Ballroom 4201AB & 4202 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
SCILL Public Speaking Crash Course (exclusive for speakers and moderators)
Monday 22 August
16:00-17:45 SGT
Melati Junior Ballroom 4011 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Executive Committee meeting
Monday 22 August
16:15-17:45 SGT
Melati Junior Ballroom 4201AB & 4202 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA REPORT ON SUSTAINABILITY & Speed networking
Monday 22 August
17:45-19:00 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4211-2, 4311-2 – Level 4 /Sands Expo and Convention Centre
Transfer by bus from Marina Bay Sands to Fullerton Bay Hotel
Monday 22 August
19:00-21:00 SGT
Continuous shuttling from Sands Convention Centre Porte Cochère to Fullerton Bay Hotel
Welcome Reception
Monday 22 August
19:15-21:15 SGT
The Lantern rooftop, Fullerton Bay hotel
Registration & open welcome desk
Tuesday 23 August
08:00-18:15 SGT
Lotus + Melati Bayview Foyer – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Antitrust
Tuesday 23 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4211 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Corporate and M&A
Tuesday 23 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4003-4 + 4103-4 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Environment & Energy Law
Tuesday 23 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4212 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: International Arbitration
Tuesday 23 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4311 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Tax Law
Tuesday 23 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4312 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Transport Law
Tuesday 23 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Business Centre – Level 3/Sands Convention Centre
Welcome address & Opening Plenary Session: THE FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION: REUNITE AND EMBRACE THE CHANGE
Tuesday 23 August
10:00 – 11:15 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Academic Coordinators & Human Rights Committee
Networking Coffee Break & Exhibitors’ showcase
Tuesday 23 August
11:15 – 11:45 SGT
Lotus + Melati Bayview Foyer
Session 1 – The future of the M&A deal process and negotiations in 2050
Tuesday 23 August
11:45 – 13:00 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Corporate and M&A Commission
Session 2- Green shipping and sustainable businesses
Tuesday 23 August
11:45 – 13:00 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4003-4 + 4103-4 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Environmental & Energy Law and Transport Law Commissions
Power Networking Lunch
Tuesday 23 August
13:00 – 14:00 SGT
Orchid Main Ballroom 4201 AB-3, 4301 AB-3
Session 3 – Old tricks, new tricks: Corruption in arbitration
Tuesday 23 August
14:00 – 15:15 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the International Arbitration Commission
Session 4 – Digital healthcare services – Can regulatory restrictions be in line with antitrust requirements?
Tuesday 23 August
14:00 – 15:15 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4003-4 + 4103-4 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Antitrust, In-house Counsel and Healthcare and Life Sciences Commissions
Networking Coffee Break & Exhibitors’ showcase
Tuesday 23 August
15:15 – 15:45 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4003-4 + 4103-4 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Session 5 – Legal project management and the potential of automated workflows
Tuesday 23 August
15:45 – 17:00 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Legal Tech Board and the Skills, Career, Innovation, Leadership and Learning (SCILL) and International Business Law Commissions
Collective Members Forum (upon invitation – for collective members & bar associations)
Tuesday 23 August
15:45 – 17:00 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4212 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Roundtable with International Legal Associations
Tuesday 23 August
17:00 – 18:15 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4003-4 + 4103-4 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Bureau
Transfer by bus from Marina Bay Sands to Esplanade
Tuesday 23 August
19:00-19:30 SGT
from Sands Convention Centre Porte Cochère to Esplanade Concert Hall
Opening Ceremony & Walking Dinner
Tuesday, 23 August
19:30-02:00 SGT
Concert Hall, Esplanade
Registration & open welcome desk
Wednesday 24 August
08:00-18:00 SGT
Lotus + Melati Bayview Foyer – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Commercial Fraud
Wednesday 24 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Healthcare & Life Sciences
Wednesday 24 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4211 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Insolvency
Wednesday 24 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4212 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: International Business Law
Wednesday 24 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4003-4 + 4103-4 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Real Estate
Wednesday 24 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4311 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: T.R.A.D.E. (Trade, Retail, Agency, Distribution, E-commerce)
Wednesday 24 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4312 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Session 6 – Combatting money laundering and fraud in Asia: Local success and global challenges
Wednesday 24 August
10:00 – 11:15 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Commercial Fraud Commission
Session 7 – Wealth planning in Asia: In marriage and in death
Wednesday 24 August
10:00 – 11:15 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4003-4 + 4103-4 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the International Private Clients and Family Law and Tax Law Commissions
Networking Coffee Break & Exhibitors’ showcase
Wednesday 24 August
11:15 – 11:45 SGT
Lotus + Melati Bayview Foyer
Session 8 – Digitalisation – The new face of real estate and insolvency
Wednesday 24 August
11:45 – 13:00 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Real Estate and Insolvency Commissions
Session 9 – Virtual dispute resolution in Asia
Wednesday 24 August
11:45 – 13:00 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4003-4 + 4103-4 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Litigation Commission
Power Networking Lunch
Wednesday 24 August
13:00 – 14:00 SGT
Orchid Main Ballroom 4201 AB-4, 4301 AB-4
First-Vice President election interview
Wednesday 24 August
14:00 – 15:00 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Networking Coffee Break & Exhibitors’ showcase
Wednesday 24 August
15:00 – 15:30 SGT
Lotus + Melati Bayview Foyer
Session 10 – The New Normal of Financial Deal Structuring?
Wednesday 24 August
15:30 – 16:30 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets Commission
Session 11 – Unenforceable? Is IP enforcement in Asia really so different to that in Europe or North America?
Wednesday 24 August
15:30 – 16:30 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4003-4 + 4103-4 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Intellectual Property Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (IPTMT) Commission
Networking Coffee Break & Exhibitors’ showcase
Wednesday 24 August
16:30 – 16:45 SGT
Lotus + Melati Bayview Foyer
Session 12 – Can the real employer please stand up? Algorithmic management: Employer’s authority or computer’s responsibility
Wednesday 24 August
16:45 – 17:45 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Labour and Immigration Law Commission
Session 13 – Asia as avant-garde: New distribution forms – The rise of social media as sales channel
Wednesday 24 August
16:45 – 17:45 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4003-4 + 4103-4 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Trade, Retail, Agency, Distribution, E-commerce (T.R.A.D.E.) Commission
Registration & open welcome desk
Thursday 25 August
08:00-14:00 SGT
Lotus + Melati Bayview Foyer – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets (BFCM)
Thursday 25 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4211 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Intellectual Property, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (IPTMT)
Thursday 25 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4212 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: International Private Clients and Family Law
Thursday 25 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4311 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Labour Law incl. Immigration Law
Thursday 25 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Orchid Junior Ballroom 4312 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Commission meeting: Litigation
Thursday 25 August
09:00 – 09:50 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Session 14 – Lawfirms 2.0, how lawyers can stay ahead of their game
Thursday 25 August
10:00 – 11:15 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the Skills, Career, Innovation, Leadership and Learning (SCILL) Commission
Honorary Members meeting
Thursday 25 August
10:30-12:00 SGT
Melati Junior Ballroom 4011,4111
Networking Coffee Break & Exhibitors’ showcase
Thursday 25 August
11:15 – 11:45 SGT
Lotus + Melati Bayview Foyer
Session 15 – Being an ally – Building a successful international business
Thursday 25 August
11:45 – 13:00 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Organised by the AIJAWomen Network
Power Networking Lunch
Thursday 25 August
13:00 – 14:00 SGT
Orchid Main Ballroom 4201 AB-4, 4301 AB-4
Transfer by bus to Tajong Beach Club, Sentosa Island
Thursday 25 August
14:00-15:00 SGT
from Sands Convention Centre Porte Cochère to Tajong Beach Club, Sentosa island
Day out & Get-Together Dinner
Thursday 25 August
15:00-00:00 SGT
Tanjong Beach Club, Sentosa island
Registration & open welcome desk
Friday 26 August
09:00-13:00 SGT
Lotus + Melati Bayview Foyer – Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
AIJA Annual General Assembly meeting (AGM)
Friday 26 August
10:00-13:00 SGT
Melati Main Ballroom 4001AB-2 + 4101AB-2 –Level 4/Sands Convention Centre
Networking Brunch (OPTIONAL)
Saturday 27 August
11:00-14:00 SGT
Chopsuey Café Dempsey Hill