This conference will, inter alia: • Review investment treaties & fora as well as national laws implementing and sometimes contradicting those investment treaties;  • Learn about oil & gas disputes in the CIS and Central Europe, as well as in Latin America; • Present valuation methods and compensation standards applied in oil & gas and how damages are assessed in energy transactions.  • Discuss sovereign boundary disputes involving oil and gas fields;• Find out about commercial disputes amongst companies, arising from joint operating or confidentiality agreements, service contracts, gas pricing and acquisition of oil & gas properties;