Norwegian Arbitration Day February 5th 2026

Program

15:00 Opening 

15:10 Part I 

Challenging arbitral awards - from the court’s perspective

Keynote speaker: partner and research fellow Jonas Rosengren, WERKS and Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, UiO

Panel:

• Supreme Court justice Are Stenvik (NO)
• Independent Arbitrator and former Supreme Court Justice Johnny Herre (SE)
• Partner René Offersen, Offersen:Christoffersen advokatfirma (DK)

16:30 Coffee break (Domus Media West Wing, Aulakjelleren)

17:15 Part II 

Arbitration, sanctions and ordre public

Keynote speaker: professor Giuditta Cordero Moss, Department of Private Law, UiO

Panel:

• Partner Aadne Haga, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• Partner Hanne Aarsheim, Mannheimer Swartling, Gøteborg
• Partner Shirin Saif, Roschier, Stockholm

• Partner Petri Taivalkoski, Taivalkoski Attorneys Ltd, Helsinki

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Organisers

Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law

Oslo Centre for Commercial Law

Norwegian Arbitration Association (NAA)

Registration to the main event 

2:30 PM – 7:00 PM in the University of Oslo Old Festive Hall (Gamle Festsal) 

Side events

• Separate registration to Pre-event at YAPN (Young Arbitration Practitioners Norway) at Thommessen Law Firm                           Wednesday 4th of February // from 18.00: "Is Norwegian arbitration too collegial?"

• Separate registration to Pre-event at BAHR Law Firm 
  Thursday 5th of February // 9AM-12:30PM: "Modernisation of Arbitration Legislation in Norway"

• Separate registration to Pre-event at Wiersholm Law Firm 
  Thursday 5th of February// 11:30AM-14:30PM: "Confirmation Bias in Arbitration: Hidden danger and strategic opportunity"

• Separate registration to POST-event/reception at Schjødt Law Firm, 
  starting immediately after the main event

• Separate registration to POST-event with ADRI/DIS/NOMA/SIML (German-Norwegian Arbitration Group) at Wikborg Rein Law Firm  

  Friday 6th of February 08:30 - 10:30