Maxwell Lectures
Launched in 2014, Maxwell Lectures brings to the arbitration community opportunities to hear from and interact with leading arbitrators, practitioners and academics from around the world.
26 August 2026, Wednesday
Maxwell Lectures by Martina Polasek
This year, we have the pleasure to host Martina Polasek, Secretary-General of ICSID, at our Maxwell Lectures during Singapore Convention Week 2026.
Don’t miss the chance to gain insights from Martina, as she shares perspectives from the forefront of global investment law and the evolving international dispute resolution landscape. Seats are limited — so register early to be part of the conversation!
Maxwell Lectures: Impartiality and the Construction of Trust in Investor State Dispute Settlement
Maxwell Lectures Webinar: Awards and Rewards: Back to the Future?
Maxwell Lectures Webinar: Perpetual motion: the rewarding life of a career at the Bar
Maxwell Lectures Webinar: Musings of a Mediation Practitioner
Maxwell Lectures Webinar: Res judicata and the ‘could have been‘ claims
Maxwell Lectures Webinar: Harmonising Judicial Approaches to Choice of Law in Arbitration Agreement
Maxwell Lectures Webinar: Understanding Domain Name Arbitration in Asia
Maxwell Lectures Webinar: Lex Constructionis – or My Country’s Rules?
Here are the speakers who have spoken at Maxwell Lectures from 2014 – 2019.
2014
- Ms Lucy Reed – After ICCA Singapore, After ICCA Miami: The Next Questions
- Ms Penelope Nevill – The Interface between Public International Law and Commercial Practice: Current Issues
- Ms Sara Masters QC, Mr Michael Collett QC – Keeping the Train on the Track: How to make sure that your arbitration does not fail
- Sir David A.R. Williams – Notable Recent Developments with respect to the “Soft Law” of International Arbitration: IBA Guidelines on Party Representation
- Ms Meg Kinnear – Current Issues and Trends in Investment Arbitration
2015
- Prof Bernard Hanotiau – Who are the parties to the arbitration? An Asian perspective
- Mr Andrew Moran QC – An arbitrator’s approach to resolving conflicts of evidence and the reasoning required to sustain the award
- Mr Benjamin Hughes – So, you want to be an arbitrator?
- Mr Alexis Mourre – An Evening Dialogue with the President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration
- Mr Denys Hickey – Recent and Likely Future Developments in International Arbitration
2016
- Mr Rodney Dixon QC – The Permanent Court of Arbitration & Asia: Two Intra-Asian Investment & Maritime Arbitration Disputes
- Mr Chan Leng Sun SC – Justiciability and the Act of State Doctrine
2017
- Mr Paul Randolph – The Practical Application of Psychology to Conflict Resolution
- Mr Mark Kelly – Mediating Post-Disaster Insurance Dispute
2018
- Prof Benjamin Hughes – International Arbitration: The Rube Goldberg Dispute Resolution Machine?
- Prof Steve Ngo – Why You are Not Yet an Arbitrator: Revisiting Dezalay & Garth After Two Decades
- Prof Steve Ngo, Ms Shae Teo, Mr Aloysius Wee – Industrial Revolution – Impact of Technology on Dispute Resolution and Lawyering
2019
- Sir Jeremy Cooke – Damages for Deliberate Breach of Tortious Duty
- Dr Ann Tan, Ms Halijah Mohamad, Ms Jolene Tan – Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 101

