| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Registration and Welcome Tea |
| 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM | Opening Address / Setting the Scene |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Opening Ceremony |
| 9:10 AM - 9:25 AM | AFC | ALSF Partnership Agreement |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Group Photo |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Opening Panel: The Anatomy of International Disputes - How administrative and regulatory decisions can trigger billion-dollar investment and commercial disputes. |
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM | Global Best Practices in Dispute Prevention: What Works |
| 12:45 PM - 1:15 PM | Fireside Chat: Confessions from the Front Line | Lessons learned |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Roundtable I: ISDS REFORM: Exploring Options and Opportunities for Africa |
| 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Roundtable II: From BITs to the AfCFTA Investment Protocol: What Changes for the AG’s Office? |
| 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Welcome Cocktail Reception |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Welcome Dinner |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Preparing the State to Win: Risk Management When Disputes Cannot Be Avoided |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Roundtable III: “Reclaiming Regulatory Space: The AfCFTA Investment Protocol as an African Model for ISDS Reform” |
| 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Model BIT |
| 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | ALSF Knowledge Products & AFC Capacity Building |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Crisis Simulation: The Mining Licence – Can You Prevent Arbitration? |
| 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM | Institutional Membership & Capacity Building Support - AFC & ALSF |
| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Drinks Reception & Gala Dinner |
| 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | International Investment Protection: CurrentStandards and Potential Evolution under the AfCFTA Protocol on Investment - A Case Study |
| 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | “The Abuja Principles & Framework” - Towards an African Framework of Principles for Investor-State Dispute Management |
| 11:30 AM - 11:40 AM | Vote of thanks |
| 12:30 PM - 12:40 PM | Building a viable and sustainable AG network |
| 12:50 PM - 1:00 PM | Closing Address |
