AIJA 60th International Young Lawyers’ Congress, Singapore

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

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 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 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

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

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 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 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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Academic Programme

by tracks

Welcome address & Opening Plenary Session: THE FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION: REUNITE AND EMBRACE THE CHANGE

Session 1 – The future of the M&A deal process and negotiations in 2050

Session 3 – Old tricks, new tricks: Corruption in arbitration

Session 5 – Legal project management and the potential of automated workflows

Roundtable with International Legal Associations

Session 6 – Combatting money laundering and fraud in Asia: Local success and global challenges

Session 8 – Digitalisation – The new face of real estate and insolvency

Session 10 – The New Normal of Financial Deal Structuring?

Session 12 – Can the real employer please stand up? Algorithmic management: Employer’s authority or computer’s responsibility

Session 14 – Lawfirms 2.0, how lawyers can stay ahead of their game

Welcome address & Opening Plenary Session: THE FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION: REUNITE AND EMBRACE THE CHANGE

Session 2- Green shipping and sustainable businesses

Session 4 – Digital healthcare services – Can regulatory restrictions be in line with antitrust requirements?

Roundtable with International Legal Associations

Session 7 – Wealth planning in Asia: In marriage and in death

Session 9 – Virtual dispute resolution in Asia

Session 11 – Unenforceable? Is IP enforcement in Asia really so different to that in Europe or North America?

Session 13 – Asia as avant-garde: New distribution forms – The rise of social media as sales channel

Session 15 – Being an ally – Building a successful international business

Academic Programme

by tracks

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