Professional Series: Foreign direct investment & mitigation of sovereign risk through international law
Join the Perth Branch for their Professional Series: Foreign direct investment & mitigation of sovereign risk through international law.
About this event
This 4-hour lecture is designed for those working, or intending to work, in the upstream end of the resources industry who are becoming directly or indirectly involved with the trans-national investment decision-making process.
One of the most characteristic features of trans-boundary resources investment is the dramatic risk/reward relationship associated with exploration and production. Therefore, it is essential that Resource Professionals understand the dynamics of these mitigable risks.
Focus:
The focus is on how companies can identify, characterise, quantify, and mitigate the risks associated with Foreign Direct Investment.
Who should be interested:
Foreign direct investors (mining, oil and gas), national resource companies, government negotiators and regulatory officials, resource managers, bankers, geologists, engineers, lawyers, exploration personnel and academics.
Outline
Program
8.30am - 9.00am: Registration
9.00am - 10.00am: Session One
10.00am - 10.15am: Break
10.15am - 12.00pm: Session Two
12.00pm - 1.00pm: Lunch
1.00pm - 2.00pm: Session Three
Speaker/s
EurIng Professor Colin Roberts
Colin is also a Professor at WASM: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering - Curtin University, a member of Raffles Chambers – London and Director of Natural Resource Geo‐Strategy (NRG), Resource Dispute Resolution (RDR), and the Centre for International Dispute Resolution (CIDR).
After military service, Colin started his resources career as a driller and then as a mining and petroleum engineer. He now specializes in dispute resolution, mitigation of sovereign risk, advising governments in resources law and policy and facilitation of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the resources, energy, and infrastructure sectors.
Colin holds, and has held, numerous public and private directorships, and among others was for eight years, the Honorary Investment Consul for Pakistan in Australia, Authorized Emissary for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) ‐ World Bank Group, Australian Consular Warden – Zambia, Past Chairman of the AusIMM‐WA, Past-Chairman of the Mining Institute of Scotland, Past‐Chairman of the Society of Petroleum Engineers–WA (SPE) and has served or is serving on committees and boards of Energy Resources Law (formerly AMPLA), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), Australian Institute of Energy (AIE), and others.
In his spare time, he serves as Patron of the International Bar Association (IBA), the AusIMM Professional Conduct Committee and the AusIMM Perth Branch Committee.
Professor Colin Roberts practices as an International Natural Resources Geo‐strategist. He is an International Commercial and Investment Arbitrator, Chartered Petroleum Engineer,
Location
Holiday Inn
778-788 Hay St
Perth WA 6000
Thursday, 18 July 2024
8.30am – 2.00pm (UTC+08:00)
Date and Time
8.30am – 2.00pm (UTC+08:00)
Cost
Non Member: $350