Programme & Agenda — UNBOUNDED™ 2026 Barcelona

Day One Boardroom Sessions · Plenary · Track Sessions · Evening Wrap

Friday, 14 August 2026

Sessions

Parallel Tracks

30+

Speakers

Evening Event

Boardrooms

Closed-Door Institutional Sessions · Private Boardrooms

08:00

30 min

Founding Partners Session — Business & Legal Group

Boardroom A · Closed Door

Private alignment session for founding institutional partners. Partner strategy, cross-referral architecture, and programme continuation planning.

WONE Global · World Law Alliance · ForeMark Global

Dr. John-Paul Monck

WONE Global

Kris Seyen

Consey Legal

Roberto Gilardino

WONE Global

Peter S. Johnson

Advisory

Morning Coffee

08:30

30 min

Morning Coffee · All Arriving Delegates

All Delegates

Welcome coffee as delegates arrive. Boardroom B session commences simultaneously.

Main Foyer · Hyatt Regency Barcelona

Closed-Door — Dispute & Jurisdictions Group

09:00

30 min

Founding Partners Session — Dispute & Jurisdictions Group

Boardroom B · Closed Door

Private alignment session for neutrals, arbitration, and jurisdictions institutions. Panel structuring, role allocation, and dispute infrastructure development.

TheNeutrals.org · UniOne · International Jurisdictions Council

Thomas P. Valenti

Arbitration Counsel

Nancy J. Njuhi Kamau

Arbitrator & Mediator

Michael Quartermain

Dispute Specialist

Andrzej Zacharzewski

Zacharzewski & Partners

Opening Plenary · All Delegates · Main Hall

09:30

60 min

Opening Plenary — Director's Note: Why This Convergence Exists

All Tracks · Plenary Hall

Formal opening of UNBOUNDED™ 2026 Barcelona. Institutional heads address the full room. The founding group is introduced. The three disciplines take their shared stage for the first time.

Main Plenary Hall · Grand Ballroom

Dr. John-Paul Monck

Opening Address

Kris Seyen

Institutional Address

Josep Figueras

WLA Address

Why Cross-Border Professionals Need One Shared Stage — Not Separate Silos

The Six Institutions: What Each Brings and How They Align

The Founding Group: What Barcelona 2026 Formally Constitutes

10:30

30 min

Morning Coffee Break & Structured Networking

All Delegates

Designed cross-track introduction moment. Delegates from all three summits mix. Facilitated by the curatorial team.

Foyer & Terrace · Hyatt Regency

Track I — World Cross-Border Business Summit · 60 min · 4 Speakers

11:00

60 min

Cross-Border Business Decisions: Where Strategy Meets Jurisdictional Reality

Track I · Business & Advisory

How commercial decisions actually function when they cross jurisdictions — the gap between strategy as planned and strategy as executed when regulatory, tax, and advisory realities collide.

Plenary Hall · Business & Advisory Stage

Kevin McSharry

CEO, Circle Advisory — Ireland

Anant Bhatia

Bhatia & Bhatia CA — India

Prijumon Dominic

Dominic & Partners — UAE

George A. Sarpong

Tax & Audit — Ghana

What governance quietly fails before a business breaks — patterns from practice

The India-EU FTA: implications for cross-border advisory and tax structuring

Cross-border accountancy: new structures, new regulatory risks

When strategy and jurisdictional reality collide: practitioner case evidence

Track II — World Cross-Border Legal Reality Summit · 60 min · 4 Speakers

11:00

60 min

The Cross-Border Legal Reality: What Lawyers Are Not Telling Clients About Multi-Jurisdictional Risk

Track II · Legal Reality

Where doctrine ends and practitioner reality begins — the gap between legal advice as given and legal risk as it actually materialises across borders.

Breakout Hall A · Legal Stage

Kris Seyen

Consey Legal — Belgium

Josep Figueras

World Law Alliance

Roberto Gilardino

WONE Global — Italy

Andrzej Zacharzewski

Zacharzewski & Partners — Poland

Enforcement gaps: when a judgment means nothing across a border

Multi-jurisdictional retainer structures — what advisors get wrong

Conflict of laws in commercial contracts: where practitioners lose clients

Regulatory divergence post-Brexit and post-pandemic: updated practitioner view

Track III — World Neutrals Summit · 60 min · 4 Speakers

11:00

60 min

The Neutral in the Room: How Arbitrators and Mediators Actually Navigate Cross-Border Disputes

Track III · Neutrals & Dispute

Behind the formal process — how experienced neutrals manage procedural complexity, cultural distance, and institutional pressure in live cross-border disputes.

Breakout Hall B · Neutrals Stage

Thomas P. Valenti

Arbitration Counsel

Nancy J. Njuhi Kamau

Arbitrator & Mediator

Michael Quartermain

Dispute Specialist

Peter S. Johnson

Advisory & Dispute

Seat selection versus institutional choice — what actually drives the outcome

Emergency arbitration: practitioner experience across ICC, LCIA, and SIAC

Mediation as a pre-litigation tool: converting disputes before they become cases

Enforcing awards in resistant jurisdictions: patterns from the field

12:00

90 min

Lunch & Cross-Track Roundtables

All Delegates

Sit-down lunch with structured cross-track roundtable format. Each table mixes delegates from different disciplines. Facilitated by UNBOUNDED curatorial team.

Restaurant Level · Hyatt Regency Barcelona

Afternoon Sessions · Three Parallel Tracks · 13:30 Onwards

13:30

60 min

Capital Flows, Holding Structures & Asset Protection Across Jurisdictions

Track I · Business & Advisory

How sophisticated advisors and their clients structure cross-border capital deployment — the interaction of holding company design, tax treaty networks, and asset protection mechanics in multi-jurisdictional portfolios.

Plenary Hall · Business & Advisory Stage

Dr. John-Paul Monck

WONE Global

Anant Bhatia

Bhatia & Bhatia CA — India

Prijumon Dominic

Dominic & Partners — UAE

UAE freezone structures for international advisory firms: updated 2026 view

India outbound investment structuring: practical constraints and FDI compliance

EU holding company design post-ATAD: what still works and what doesn't

Digital asset holding and cross-border reporting: emerging advisory obligations

13:30

60 min

Cross-Border Contracts in Practice: Governing Law, Enforcement & Drafting for Real Disputes

Track II · Legal Reality

Contract drafting that actually holds — the practitioner's guide to governing law selection, dispute resolution clauses, and enforcement mechanisms across the jurisdictions where your clients operate.

Breakout Hall A · Legal Stage

Kris Seyen

Consey Legal — Belgium

Andrzej Zacharzewski

Zacharzewski & Partners — Poland

Roberto Gilardino

WONE Global — Italy

Governing law clauses: what courts in different jurisdictions actually do with them

Arbitration versus litigation: the real cost-benefit analysis for cross-border SMEs

Force majeure and hardship clauses post-2020: what practitioners revised

Cross-border IP protection in commercial agreements: the practitioner's checklist

13:30

60 min

Institutional Arbitration vs Ad Hoc: Choosing the Right Framework for Cross-Border Disputes

Track III · Neutrals & Dispute

The structural choice between ICC, LCIA, SIAC, UNCITRAL and ad hoc frameworks — what actually drives outcomes, costs, and enforceability in different dispute types and jurisdictions.

Breakout Hall B · Neutrals Stage

Thomas P. Valenti

Arbitration Counsel

Nancy J. Njuhi Kamau

Arbitrator & Mediator

Michael Quartermain

Dispute Specialist

ICC versus SIAC: cost and timeline comparison from practitioner data

When ad hoc arbitration outperforms institutional: the practitioner's real criteria

Multi-party arbitration: joinder, consolidation, and the problem of consent

Technology disputes and arbitration: emerging framework choices

14:30

30 min

Afternoon Coffee Break

All Delegates

Short refreshment break between afternoon sessions.

Foyer Level · Hyatt Regency

Cross-Track Debate · All Delegates · Plenary Hall

15:00

90 min

Cross-Track Debate — When Business, Legal and Dispute Resolution Collide: A Live Case Study

All Tracks · Main Stage

A constructed cross-border transaction that goes wrong — structured as a live case study with one team of business advisors, one legal team, and one disputes panel. Each track diagnoses the problem through their lens, then the room debates the resolution. Format unique to UNBOUNDED.

Main Plenary Hall · Grand Ballroom

Kevin McSharry

Business Panel

Kris Seyen

Legal Panel

Thomas P. Valenti

Dispute Panel

Dr. John-Paul Monck

Moderator

Nancy J. Njuhi Kamau

Dispute Panel

The case: a cross-border acquisition that fractured across three jurisdictions

Round 1 — Business advisors: what should have been structured differently

Round 2 — Legal team: what the contracts missed and what couldn't be fixed

Round 3 — Disputes panel: how this ends when it reaches arbitration

Open floor: delegate questions and live challenge to each panel

16:30

90 min

Break & Preparation for Honours Evening

All Delegates

Delegates retire to prepare for the formal UNBOUNDED™ Honours & Awards Evening. Smart formal attire recommended.

Hyatt Regency Barcelona — Hotel Rooms & Facilities

Honours & Awards Evening · Formal Dinner · Grand Ballroom

18:00

180 min

UNBOUNDED™ Honours & Awards Evening — Recognising Cross-Border Professional Excellence

Honours · Formal Evening

The formal recognition ceremony for cross-border practitioners. Awards presented across all three tracks. Sit-down dinner. Programme introduced by the Director. Dress code: smart formal.

Grand Ballroom · Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower

Track I

Cross-Border Business Excellence

Track II

Cross-Border Legal Reality Award

Track III

Distinguished Neutral Recognition

Convergence

Founding Group Recognition

Dr. John-Paul Monck

Programme Director

Kris Seyen

Presenting

Josep Figueras

Presenting

Day Two Deep-Dive Sessions · Cross-Track Panels · Closing Plenary · Founding Compact

Saturday, 15 August 2026

Sessions

Parallel Tracks

30+

Speakers

Founding Compact

Closing Plenary

Day Two Opening · All Delegates

08:30

30 min

Morning Coffee & Day Two Briefing

All Delegates

Welcome back coffee. Curatorial team briefs delegates on Day Two structure and deep-dive format. Delegate-led session nominations collected.

Main Foyer · Hyatt Regency Barcelona

Day Two Plenary · All Delegates · Main Hall

09:00

45 min

Day Two Plenary — The Convergence Thesis: One Year Out From Barcelona

All Tracks · Plenary Hall

Director's address opening Day Two. Review of Day One outputs. Forward agenda for the founding compact. Introduction of the afternoon signing ceremony and what it formally establishes for the participating institutions.

Main Plenary Hall · Grand Ballroom

Dr. John-Paul Monck

Director's Address

Roberto Gilardino

WONE Global

Josep Figueras

World Law Alliance

Day One review: what the cross-track debate produced and where disagreement remains

The founding compact: what signing it formally commits institutions to

The UNBOUNDED™ network — how referrals, intelligence and cases flow post-Barcelona

Track I — World Cross-Border Business Summit · Deep-Dive Session · 4 Speakers

09:45

75 min

The Cross-Border Advisory Firm of 2030: Technology, Regulation & the New Competitive Landscape

Track I · Business & Advisory

What advisory practices will look like in four years — AI-enabled compliance, automated reporting, cross-border regulatory coherence, and the human adviser's competitive position in a transformed landscape.

Plenary Hall · Business & Advisory Stage

Kevin McSharry

CEO, Circle Advisory — Ireland

Anant Bhatia

Bhatia & Bhatia CA — India

George A. Sarpong

Tax & Audit — Ghana

Dr. John-Paul Monck

WONE Global

AI in cross-border compliance: what is automatable and what requires human judgment

Global minimum tax (Pillar Two): the advisory opportunity and the compliance burden

Emerging market entry in 2026: Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Gulf — updated practitioner view

The boutique versus Big Four divide: where clients are moving and why

Track II — World Cross-Border Legal Reality Summit · Deep-Dive Session · 4 Speakers

09:45

75 min

Digital Assets, AI Liability & the New Frontiers of Cross-Border Legal Practice

Track II · Legal Reality

The emerging legal territory where digital assets, AI-generated advice, and cross-border liability intersect — how practitioners are currently advising clients in areas where no coherent legal framework yet exists.

Breakout Hall A · Legal Stage

Kris Seyen

Consey Legal — Belgium

Andrzej Zacharzewski

Zacharzewski & Partners — Poland

Josep Figueras

World Law Alliance

Roberto Gilardino

WONE Global — Italy

Digital asset classification: how different jurisdictions are diverging and what it means for clients

AI Act compliance for cross-border law firms: the EU framework and its extraterritorial reach

Liability for AI-assisted legal advice: where professional responsibility sits currently

Smart contracts and cross-border enforceability: the state of play in 2026

Track III — World Neutrals Summit · Deep-Dive Session · 4 Speakers

09:45

75 min

Online Dispute Resolution, AI-Assisted Arbitration & the Neutral's Role in the Digital Era

Track III · Neutrals & Dispute

How ODR platforms, AI-assisted document analysis, and remote arbitration are changing the neutral's practice — the opportunities, the risks, and the ethical constraints practitioners are navigating in 2026.

Breakout Hall B · Neutrals Stage

Thomas P. Valenti

Arbitration Counsel

Nancy J. Njuhi Kamau

Arbitrator & Mediator

Michael Quartermain

Dispute Specialist

Peter S. Johnson

Advisory & Dispute

ODR platforms in cross-border commercial disputes: practitioner assessment of current tools

AI document review in arbitration: what neutrals are permitting and what they're excluding

Remote hearings post-pandemic: what became permanent and what failed

Ethical constraints on the AI-assisted neutral: current guidelines and the gaps

11:00

60 min

Lunch & Final Networking Session

All Delegates

Final structured networking lunch before the Founding Compact signing session. Delegates from all tracks mix at cross-disciplinary tables. Contact exchange facilitated.

Restaurant Level · Hyatt Regency Barcelona

Founding Compact Signing Ceremony · All Delegates · Plenary Hall

12:00

60 min

The UNBOUNDED™ Founding Compact — Institutional Signing Ceremony

All Tracks · Plenary Hall

The formal signing of the UNBOUNDED™ Founding Compact by institutional heads. The compact establishes the architecture for ongoing cross-institutional collaboration, referral infrastructure, and the annual convergence programme. Witnessed by all attending delegates and formally recorded.

Main Plenary Hall · Grand Ballroom

Dr. John-Paul Monck

WONE Global — Signing

Kris Seyen

Consey Legal — Signing

Josep Figueras

World Law Alliance — Signing

Thomas P. Valenti

TheNeutrals.org — Signing

Roberto Gilardino

WONE Global — Signing

Cross-referral architecture: formal terms for inter-institutional client and case referrals

Annual convergence commitment: Barcelona 2026 as the founding edition of an ongoing programme

Shared intelligence protocol: how practitioners across institutions will share market intelligence

Governance structure: how the founding group makes decisions post-Barcelona

Final Track Sessions · Three Parallel Tracks · 13:30 Onwards

13:30

60 min

Building a Cross-Border Referral Practice: How the UNBOUNDED™ Network Actually Functions

Track I · Business & Advisory

The practical mechanics of cross-border professional referral — how WONE Global, ForeMark Global and the UNBOUNDED™ network route clients, share fees, manage conflicts, and build trusted cross-jurisdictional practices over time.

Plenary Hall · Business & Advisory Stage

Dr. John-Paul Monck

WONE Global

Kevin McSharry

Circle Advisory — Ireland

Prijumon Dominic

Dominic & Partners — UAE

Fee-sharing structures in cross-border referral networks: what works and what creates conflicts

Client trust in referral: how to transfer a client relationship across borders without losing it

Network intelligence: how WONE members share market knowledge without breaching confidentiality

Building your referral profile: what UNBOUNDED™ members do in the 90 days after the summit

13:30

60 min

Cross-Border Legal Networks: How the World Law Alliance Operates and What Membership Delivers

Track II · Legal Reality

A practitioner-level view of how the World Law Alliance functions as an international legal network — how members refer, how disputes are handled cross-institutionally, and how the UNBOUNDED™ compact extends this to all three disciplines.

Breakout Hall A · Legal Stage

Josep Figueras

World Law Alliance

Kris Seyen

Consey Legal — Belgium

Andrzej Zacharzewski

Zacharzewski & Partners — Poland

How WLA members source and share cross-border legal mandates in practice

Conflicts of interest in a multi-jurisdictional network: the WLA protocol

UniOne as the dispute and jurisdictions layer: how it integrates with Track III

Post-Barcelona: what UNBOUNDED™ legal delegates do with their new cross-track relationships

13:30

60 min

TheNeutrals.org & the International Jurisdictions Council: Building the Cross-Border Dispute Infrastructure

Track III · Neutrals & Dispute

How TheNeutrals.org and IJC function as the dispute resolution layer within the UNBOUNDED™ convergence — how neutrals access cases through the network, how jurisdictions are mapped to neutrals, and what the post-Barcelona architecture means for practitioners.

Breakout Hall B · Neutrals Stage

Thomas P. Valenti

TheNeutrals.org

Nancy J. Njuhi Kamau

Arbitrator & Mediator

Michael Quartermain

Dispute Specialist

TheNeutrals.org panel roster: how neutrals are listed, vetted and matched to disputes

The IJC's jurisdictional mapping function: what it enables for practitioners in the network

Cross-institutional case flow: how a dispute moves from a WONE or WLA client to a TheNeutrals.org panel

Post-Barcelona dispute infrastructure: what the network looks like in 12 months

14:30

30 min

Afternoon Coffee Break

All Delegates

Final refreshment break before the closing plenary.

Foyer Level · Hyatt Regency

Closing Plenary · All Delegates · Grand Ballroom

15:00

60 min

Closing Plenary — Barcelona Conclusions: What the Founding Group Has Built and What Comes Next

All Tracks · Grand Ballroom

Formal close of UNBOUNDED™ 2026 Barcelona. Summary of outputs across all three tracks. Announcement of UNBOUNDED™ 2027 edition. Closing address by the Director. Delegates formally welcomed into the founding group.

Grand Ballroom · Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower

Dr. John-Paul Monck

Closing Address

Kris Seyen

Institutional Closing

Josep Figueras

WLA Closing

Thomas P. Valenti

Neutrals Closing

Track I outputs: key commitments from Business & Advisory delegates

Track II outputs: key commitments from Legal Reality delegates

Track III outputs: key commitments from Neutrals & Dispute delegates

The Founding Compact: what it means in practice and what delegates do next

UNBOUNDED™ 2027: announcement of the next edition location and dates

16:00

60 min

Farewell Drinks Reception · Founding Group

All Delegates

Informal close of UNBOUNDED™ Barcelona 2026. Founding group drinks on the terrace. Final contact exchanges and programme close.

Rooftop Terrace · Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower