The well planned and executed programme was chaired and presented by well-established practitioners from the region, with the honourable Justice Sir Vivian Ramsey, High Court Judge and Head of the Technology and Construction Court in London as the guest of honour. A wide range of topics were covered, including the new SIAC Rules 2010, an inside view of Experts in Arbitration, aspects of Energy Construction Contracts and finishing the day with a discussion on effective Alternate Dispute Resolution for the construction industry from an international perspective.

 

Sir Vivian Ramsey delivered the keynote address, sharing his personal experience of construction arbitration in Singapore; considering the traditional and new approaches to construction project management and alternate dispute resolution incorporating effective case management; and briefly addressing the role of the Society of Construction Law in continuingly influencing the industry both locally and in the region.

 

The sessions that followed, with the diversity of professions and experiences of the chairs and speakers, kept the participants exposed to many interesting aspects of the construction industry. Appropriately, the last session of the day saw the chair persons of the SCL UK, Australia, Hong Kong and Malaysia sharing their vast collective experience with effective and creative models developing in dispute resolution in their respective jurisdictions.