Presentations and Speeches

Our recent presentations include:

  • Ceu Alumni. Working lunch on European NextGeneration Funds. Private event, Madrid. 14 March 2023. Javier F. Samaniego – chairman.
  • ICAM (Madrid Bar). Session Evolution and integration in the legal market of alternative firms. Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker. 16 January 2023. More information here.
  • The Florida Bar International Law Section / JAMS. Conference on International Arbitration Battle Royale: Civil v Common Law. Javier F. Samaniego - speaker. 28 Oct. 2022, Miami. More information here.
  • IBA Annual Conference. Fundamentals of International Legal Business Practice: IBA Young Lawyers’ Training Course. Session Law and Technology. Javier F. Samaniego - speaker. 28 Oct. 2022, Miami. More information here.
  • CPR. Mediation Committee Meeting. Presentation Mediating across borders and the Singapore Convention. Javier F. Samaniego - speaker. 22 Sep. 2022. More information here.
  • Association of Lawyers (UIA). 30th World Forum of Mediation Centres. Session The new world order: best practices when conducting mediation online Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker. 17 Sep 2022, Malaga, Spain. More information here.
  • Fundación Mutualidad Abogacía.. Autumn Campus "Connected by law". Round table Organization of Law firms and in-house legal departments and new ways of management. Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker. 15 Sep 2022. More information here.
  • Privacy Law & Business. 35 International Conference. Session 5G: Friend or foe to privacy? Javier F. Samaniego - speaker. 4 July 2022, Cambridge. More information here, watch video here.
  • CPR European Advisory Board. Annual meeting. Presentation on the Singapore Convention. 29 June 2022, Paris. More information here
  • FIDE. Session Regulatory, geostrategic and economic keys of RD-Law 7/2022 on 5G cybersecurity. Javier F. Samaniego - chair. 22 June 2022. More information here.
  • Leaders League. Thought Leaders Roundtable Data Protection and IT Law. Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker. 22 June 2022.
  • ICAM (Madrid Bar). Celebration of 425 Aniversary. Session The international lawyer of the future: skills, abilities and capacities. Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker. 17 June 2022. More information here.
  • Aranda Mediation. 2022 Aranda Mediation Conference (Singapore). Sessions Legal tech and the ongoing transformation of Mediation Advocacy (Javier F. Samaniego - speaker) and The Singapore Convention on Mediation in the EU and the UK (Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker). 26 May 2022. More information here.
  • ICC Guatemala and Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala. Webinar Data Protection: a business competitive advantage. 26 May 2022. Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker. More information here.
  • ICC Panama. International Conference. Session The need for ADR in the new ways of doing business. 17 May 2022. Javier F Samaniego – co-speaker. More information here.
  • UFM University. Conference Property Rights, Economic Growth and the Environment.. Guatemala, 10 March 2018. Javier Fernández-Samaniego - participant. More info here and here.
  • Illustre Collegi de l'Advocacia de Barcelona. Webinar Mediate in commercial conflicts. What is left unsaid about mediation that we should know? 8 March 2022. Javier F Samaniego – speaker. More information here.
  • General Council of Spanish Lawyers, ICC Spanish Committee and Madrid International Arbitration Center (MIAC). III Executive Program on International Arbitration (January-February 2022). Class "Soft Law" Rules in Arbitration. 11 Feb 2022. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – lecturer. More info here.
  • CPR. 2021 CPR International Conference on Business Dispute Management. Panel Effects on Cross-Border Disputes After the Singapore Convention. 6 Oct 2021. Javier F. Samaniego - panel chairman. More info here.
  • CEA (Spanish Arbitration Club). XV Congress. Panel New opportunities for arbitration in the digital economy. 12-14 Sep 2021. Javier F. Samaniego - panel chairman. More info here.
  • FIDE. Legal Management Summer Program. Round table Analysis of the different business models, their value for customers and their specific structure and governance. 28 June 2021. Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker. More info here.
  • Santander Legal Academy. Executive in-house training: Informative session and case study on mediating complex business disputes. 15 and 17 June 2021. Javier F. Samaniego - lecturer. More info here.
  • FIDE. Webinar Future regulation of the 5G cybersecurity. 21 April 2021. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – moderator. More info here.
  • ENATIC. Webinar Challenges of Digitalization of Justice. 9 March 2021. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – co-speaker. More info here.
  • Wolters Kluwer. Presentation of the Innovation and Trends in Legal Sector 2021 Report. 11 Feb. 2021. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – co-speaker. More info here.
  • ICAM / Madrid Bar. Master in Digital Law, Innovation and Emerging Technologies. Practical course. 23 Jan. 2021. Javier F. Samaniego - lecturer. More info here.
  • ICC. 18th ICC Miami Conference on International Arbitration. Advanced online training Data Protection and Cybersecurity in Virtual Proceedings. 9-10 Nov 2020. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – co-speaker. More info here.
  • CESCON / CNA / CEA Digital Law. Center of Conflict Resolution of Panama, Commission on Mediation and Arbitration at the Panama Bar and Euro-American Committee of Digital Law. Online session Digital evidence and Data Protection in Arbitration proceedings. 1 October 2020. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – co-speaker. More info here.
  • IPA. Peruvian Institute of Arbitration. Online session Arbitration and Mediation. 19 August 2020. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – moderator. More info here.
  • CESCON / CNA. Center of Conflict Resolution of Panama and Commission on Mediation and Arbitration at the Panama Bar. Online session Cybersecurity and International Arbitration in the times of the pandemic. 4 August 2020. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – co-speaker. More info here.
  • WLW / WStartupC. Online session Labour law and the Pandemics. 16 July 2020. Maria Meshcherskaya - moderator. More info here.
  • FIDE. Online session 5G as a key piece for the digital transformation of Spain. 2 July 2020. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – moderator. More info here.
  • Gericó Associates. Online session ALSPs revolutionize Spanish law: talent & technology. 2 July 2020. Manuel Esteban – co-speaker. More info here and here.
  • FIDE. Legal Management Summer Program. Sessión Coffee at FIDE with Javier F. Samaniego. 25 June 2020. Javier F. Samaniego - speaker. More info here.
  • FIDE. Online sessión Online mediation: current experiences for a post covid-19 world. 22 June 2020. Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker. More info here.
  • WLW / WStartupC. Online session How to successfully pass through a due diligence process. 18 June 2020. Maria Meshcherskaya - moderator. More info here.
  • Leaders League. Thought Leaders Virtual Roundtable Technology in Spain. 4 June 2020. Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker. More info here.
  • Spanish Arbitration Club (CEA). Online session ADR vs Covid-19 in the construction sector. 26 May 2020. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – moderator. More info here.
  • FIDE. Online session “Rapid-fire discussion” with Eduardo Ruiz Montoya - Hewlett Packard Entreprise. 12 May 2020. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – moderator. More info here.
  • CPR. Task Force on Remote Video Arbitration Proceedings. Webinar Beyond the Basics: Thorny Issues in Conducting Real Arbitration Proceedings in a Virtual Hearing Room. Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker. 4 May 2020. More info here. Read here about CPR’s Annotated Model Procedural Order for Remote Video Arbitration Proceedings.
  • CMEM / CAM. Webinars on current arbitration and mediation issues. Meeting with the ICSID mediators. Javier F. Samaniego - co-speaker. 30 April 2020.
  • JAMS. Virtual Roundtable Series Debate on conflict resolution in Latin America in the context of Covid-19. Javier F. Samaniego – participant. 23 April 2020.
  • ESADE / Wolters Kluwer. Online roundtable Litigation Funding, another perspective of litigation. Javier F. Samaniego – co-speaker. 22 April 2020. More info here.
  • Javier F. Samaniego was member of the delegation appointed by Madrid Court of Arbitration in the UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Working Group II (Dispute Settlement) 71st session on UNCITRAL Draft provisions on expedited arbitration. New York, 3–7 February 2020.
  • ICEX - Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade. International Arbitration Direct Mission Spain – Americas Arbitration Forum. Session Mediation and Arbitration: hot topics. Javier Fernández-Samaniego - moderator. Miami, 24 June 2019. More info here.
  • Privacy Perfect. Working breakfast The DPO’s day-to-day: challenges and solutions. Session The Future DPO. Manuel Esteban - speaker. Madrid, 20 June 2019.
  • Customer & Partner Day (annual conference organized by Liberto Group, IMSolutions and Gemini). Trend Talk GDPR & PSD2 – impact on Financial Services. Javier F. Samaniego – speaker. Madrid, 13 June 2019. More info here.
  • ICC 1st Iberian Arbitration Day 2019. Session Data protection, privacy, transparency and cybersecurity in international arbitration. Lisbon, 20 May 2019. Javier F. Samaniego – panel speaker. More information here.
  • 2019 CPR European Conference. Panel Preparing for the Robo-Revolution. London, 15 May 2019. Javier F. Samaniego – moderator. More information here.
  • XII International Law Congress 2019. Session International Law and Conflict Management. Valladolid, 11 May 2019. Javier F. Samaniego – panel speaker. More information here.
  • Privacy + Security Academy. Second annual International Privacy + Security Forum. Session Privacy in Latin America: Where is it headed. 3-5 April 2019, Washington DC. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – moderator. More information here.
  • ICC YAF and CEA-40. Conference Ten shots on confidentiality in commercial arbitration: interview with the institution, the lawyer and the client. Madrid, 14 March 2019. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – panelist.
  • CPR, Samaniego Law and Hendel IDR in collaboration with Arbitral Women, Alma Womens Club and Women in a Legal World. Working breakfast and roundtable Future of ADR through the eyes of users. Madrid, 14 March 2019. Samaniego Law - sponsor and organizer, Javier Fernández-Samaniego – moderator.
  • Datacentric. Annual conference. Legal round table Impact of the GDPR 300 days after its application. Madrid, 14 Feb 2019. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – speaker. More info here.
  • ESADE Business & Law School. Seminar Innovation as a useful advantage in the legal sector. Madrid, 13 June 2018 Javier Fernández-Samaniego - Speaker. More info here.
  • Latham & Watkins. Seminar Cybersecurity in International Arbitration. London, 1 June 2018. Javier Fernández-Samaniego - speaker. More info here.
  • UFM University. Conference Adams Smith on Ethics and Economy. Guatemala, 17-19 May 2018. Javier Fernández-Samaniego - co-speaker. More info here and here
  • FIDE Foundation. Seminar Data Protection after Brexit. 12 April 2018. Javier Fernández-Samaniego - co-speaker. More info here.
  • CPR. Seminar Cybersecurity in International Arbitration. Paris, 10 April 2018. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – speaker. More info here.
  • CMS. 1st CMS Telco Finance Forum. Panel on Open Data legal framework and Telecoms. Madrid, 21 March 2018. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – moderator. More info here.
  • Datacentric. Annual conference. Panel on Adapting to the new privacy regime. Madrid, 14 Feb 2018. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – speaker. More info here.
  • Professional Union of Cantabria. Seminar on Future of Professions. Santander, 17 November 2017. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – speaker. More info here.
  • Privacy Laws & Business. 30th International Conference. Panel on Fintech online identification: Solutions and challenges. Cambridge, 3-7 July 2017. Javier Fernández-Samaniego - panel speaker. More info here.
  • College of Economists of Cantabria. Seminar on Future of Professions. Santander, 28 June 2017. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – speaker. More info here.
  • Peruvian Arbitration Association. XI Latin American Arbitration Congress. Panel on Good & bad practices of precautionary measures. Lima, 24-26 April 2017 Javier Fernández-Samaniego - panel speaker.
  • CPR. Annual meeting. Seminar on Settlement Facilitation. Miami, March 2017. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – co-speaker.
  • Datacentric. Annual conference. Panel on The Big Data: challenges and opportunities. Madrid, 14 Feb 2017. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – speaker. More info here.
  • ITechLaw. Annual European Conference. Round table on Cybersecurity. Madrid, 9-11 November 2016. Javier Fernández-Samaniego – moderator. More info here.
  • Global Pound. Conference series. Panel How can the dispute resolution system be improved? Obstacles and challenges to overcome. Shaping the Future of Dispute Resolution & Improving access to Justice. Madrid, 20 October 2016. Javier Fernández-Samaniego - co-speaker. More info here.