Monthly Luncheons
2019 - 2020 Luncheon Schedule
Weds, 9/11
Members Only
*TUESDAY, 10/8
Open Speaker Luncheon
Weds, 11/13
Open Speaker Luncheon
Weds, 12/11
Holiday Luncheon
Weds, 1/8
Open Speaker Luncheon
Weds, 2/12
Open Speaker Luncheon
Weds, 3/18
Open Speaker Luncheon - NEW DATE
Weds, 4/8
Open Speaker Luncheon
Tues, 5/12
Annual General Meeting - Members Only
Special Events
March 8 - 13, 2020
ICMA XXI
Rio de Janeiro
SAVE THE DATE
June 10, 2019
Presentations from the Houston April 11 seminar
"Arbitration: A Better Resolution" now available
Fourteen presentations from the SMA Houston seminar are now available. They focus on how arbitration differs from court proceedings, the advantages of incorporating arbitration rules into your contracts, how arbitration awards are enforced, pre-award security, shortened arbitration procedures and many other topics. The presentations are listed by title and presenter - just click on any one of them for the powerpoint slides.
Click Here to acces Presentation page
February 20, 2019
The Arbitrator
The newest issue, Volume 49, Issue No 1 of The Arbitrator - February 2019
February 13, 2019
February 2019 Luncheon Presentation Now Available
At the SMA's February luncheon, Ian Duthie, Director of North of England Insurance Services, provided a summary of charter party concerns ahead of IMO 2020 low sulphur requirements. His presentation is attached.
Presentation (PDF Format)
January 14, 2019
January 2019 Luncheon Presentation Now Available
Below is the presentation made by distinguished independent arbitrator Stephanie Cohen [www.cohenarbitration.com] as our SMA Luncheon speaker on January 9, 2019 on the all important and timely issue of "Cybersecurity and the Maritime Arbitrator"
Presentation (PDF Format)
Presentation (Video)
December 20, 2018
Arbitration Award Interest Calculator
UPDATED FOR DECEMBER 20, 2018 RATE CHANGE - 5.50%
As a service to our friends and Members we are pleased to provide, herein, a quick and accurate method for calculating interest at the prime lending rate, over a specified time-period as published by the Federal Reserve Bank. Click HERE to access the Interest Calculator.
September 27, 2018
Arbitration Award Interest Calculator
UPDATED FOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 RATE CHANGE - 5.25%
As a service to our friends and Members we are pleased to provide, herein, a quick and accurate method for calculating interest at the prime lending rate, over a specified time-period as published by the Federal Reserve Bank. Click HERE to access the Interest Calculator.
September 20, 2018
September 2018 Luncheon Presentation Now Available
André Pereira da Fonseca, a lawyer from Abreu Advogados in Lisbon, Portugal and the author of a chapter entitled "SMA Arbitration" in the book "International Arbitration in the United States" (Edited by Laurence Shore, Tai-Heng Cheng, Janella La Chiusa, Lawrence Schaner, Mara V. J. Senn) recently published by Kluwer Law International, discussed his chapter with our members at our luncheon on September 20, 2018. We thank Dr. Pereira for his presentation which he has kindly made available for general viewing.
Presentation (PDF Format)
Presentation (Video)
April 11, 2018
April 2018 Luncheon Presentation Now Available
Blythe Daly from Holland & Knight New York discussed the basics of Blockchain and its potential impact on the shipping and logistics industry at the April lunch. The SMA thanks Blythe for the presentation and for allowing it to be included on the SMA website.
SMA Blockchain Presentation (PDF Format)
SMA Blockchain Presentation (Video)
April 10, 2018
The Arbitrator
The newest issue, Volume 48, Issue No 1 of The Arbitrator - April 2018
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