Conference coverage
Mining disputes the focus at ITA event in Toronto
The Institute for Transnational Arbitration’s second annual conference on international arbitration in the mining sector took place in Toronto last month. Tom Villalón of Three Crowns in Washington DC reports.
02 April 2024
Kinnear to speak at LIDW24
London International Disputes Week 2024 will feature a closing keynote speech from departing ICSID secretary-general Meg Kinnear – as well as an international arbitration day focusing on key jurisdictions such as Saudi Arabia.
14 March 2024
Embrace AI to reduce bias in arbitral decision-making, says Astigarraga
Using references to Star Trek and 2001: A Space Odyssey, José Astigarraga called on the arbitration community to recognise the inconsistencies of human judgement and embrace the power of computer-aided decision-making in arbitration and mediation.
13 March 2024
Crisis talks at Harvard
At the largest arbitration event ever held at Harvard, 10 panels with speakers from every continent discussed the crises the field is facing.
11 March 2024
Riyadh’s giga arbitration gig
The first-ever Riyadh International Disputes Week has heard how the Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration aims to be the “preferred choice” for ADR users in the Middle East and North Africa by 2030 and is likely to see a surge in cases arising from investment in mega and giga projects in the kingdom.
07 March 2024
Energy arbitration trends in transition
The latest ITA-IEL-ICC joint annual conference considered the future of international energy disputes amid global conflict, energy transition initiatives and heightened criticism of ISDS, while King & Spalding’s Doak Bishop was interviewed about his career. Sophia Sepulveda Harms of King & Spalding in Houston reports.
06 March 2024
San Francisco prepares for disputes week and GAR Live
The city of San Francisco will next week play host to the latest edition of California International Arbitration Week, featuring a packed programme of conferences and networking events including the inaugural GAR Live Technology Disputes.
05 March 2024
The colour of money
The Milan Chamber of Arbitration's latest annual conference looked at economics-related issues in international commercial arbitration, including causation, the quantification of damages and interest, the taxation of awards and enforcement and asset tracing.
04 March 2024
Ten years of Le Café des Arbitres
Le Café des Arbitres, or LCDA, a series of Paris-based conferences hosted by Queen Mary University of London’s School of International Arbitration, marked its 10th anniversary with an event discussing the impact of technology and artificial intelligence and whether international arbitration as an industry will survive.
26 February 2024
Should tribunals use “consultant” experts?
During a session at GAR Live Damages, panellists and delegates debated whether an independent consultant appointed by the tribunal could help arbitrators to “umpire” disagreements between the experts.
23 February 2024