events

California International Arbitration Week 2025
We’re making plans for CIAW 2025 scheduled for March 10-13, 2025 in Los Angeles.
Interested international arbitration institutions and member organizations supporting the field are invited to submit a topic proposal by September 16, 2024:

SIAC Academy: Arbitration 101: International Arbitration Legal Framework (Virtual Edition)
Designed as a primer, this two-day interactive course will provide an introduction and overview of the international arbitration legal framework and procedure and more.

Beyond the Black Box: Gen-AI for Arbitrators
Step into the future of arbitration with this dynamic workshop, with Gen-AI to streamline and enhance your arbitrator work. This live session, organised in collaboration with Lawdify – an AI tool that runs arbitration workflows – will introduce Gen-AI and and provide a hands-on practical and interaction session.

CIArb: The APAC Diploma
🚀 Ready to fast-track your arbitration career? Join us in Singapore for Ciarb’s prestigious APAC Diploma from 1 to 9 March 2025 There is rising demand for accredited arbitrators in the Asia Pacific region. This nine-day intensive course is designed to equip you with the knowledge you need to establish and grow your international arbitration practice.
Highlights:
✨ Practical group workshops tackling real-world international arbitration issues.
✨ Learn from a faculty of globally recognised experts.
✨ Leads to eligibility for Ciarb Fellowship (FCIArb).
✨ Book by 29 November to SAVE SGD 2,000!

ABA 2025 Asia-Pacific Conference
The conference will be a unique opportunity to consider the legal challenges in the rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape in the region. The programs will address (1) rule of law challenges; and (2) regional geopolitical trade and legal factors in the context of Singapore as a trading platform, in program tracks including artificial intelligence, competition law, corporate/transactions, dispute resolution, legal practice/ethics, restructuring/private wealth, technology, and trade/sanctions.

SIArb Annual Seminar 2025 – Developments in Singapore Arbitration
Join leading arbitrators, Professor Lawrence Boo and Delphine Ho of The Arbitration Chambers in a review of significant arbitration-related decisions in the Singapore Courts. The speakers will examine the 2024 decisions relating to the setting aside and enforcement of awards, as well as identify trends that may be discerned from these cases.

GAR Live: Riyadh 2025
The full-day, interactive conference seeks to connect international and local practitioners, to discuss the latest developments centred on Saudi Arabia and the wider region.

Riyadh International Disputes Week
The Riyadh International Disputes Week brings together key players in the dispute resolution market to explore ADR realities and opportunities in the Middle East’s largest economy, share knowledge and expertise, and forge relationships and collaborations.

Fireside Chat: An Evening with Professor Bernard Hanotiau
This fireside chat will be moderated by Samuel Koh (ICDR Singapore Committee member) and Victor David Lau, and will explore (amongst others):
📌 Key issues in multi-party and multi-contract arbitrations
📌 The intersection of criminal law and arbitration

GAR Live: Technology Disputes 2025
The conference will bring together leading practitioners from the US and further afield to discuss the notable developments occurring in the technology sector and the heightened risk of ensuing disputes.

The International Arbitrator, Disclosure and Liability Issues: Is it time for one Single Standard?
In this seminar, Professor Onyema will explore the development of the “office” of the international arbitrator into an identifiable profession and, drawing from some of the arbitrator (and award) challenges, share some thoughts on whether it is now time for the international arbitration community to recognise and accept this independent role of the professional arbitrator in the context of arbitrator liability for professional misconduct, and the implications of such recognition for the community.

Global Dispute Summit 2025 in Singapore
👉 Renewable Energy Disputes: New Frontiers
👉 Sanctions, Embargoes, and Arbitration: Navigating Legal and Practical Issues
👉 Managing Disputes in Mega Infrastructure Projects: Lessons Learned
👉 Fireside Chat with GC: The Summit Spotlight

SIAC Academy: Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: Theory & Practice – Part 7: South Korea
The “Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: Theory & Practice” global series seeks to provide an overview of the arbitration law in different jurisdictions, with a focus on the theory and practice of the enforcement of arbitral awards in those jurisdictions.

13th ICC MENA Conference on International Arbitration
An ICC Institute Advanced Level Training on “Oral Advocacy in International Arbitration: the good, the bad and the in between” will take place on 10 February 2025.
