ICC and the International Bar Association (IBA) will hold their first joint conference in India in December on the topic “Arbitration in the 21st century: making it work.”
The conference, to be held 4-6 December in New Delhi, will feature a line-up of top speakers including The Hon Justice K G Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India, who will deliver the opening address; Supreme Court of India Justice S H Kapadia; R F Nariman, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and President of the Indian Bar Association; John Beechey, Chair of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; and Jason Fry, Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.
“Indian parties have always featured significantly in ICC arbitration. Our decision to host jointly this event with the IBA in India is recognition of how important India is not only to ICC arbitration but to dispute resolution in the region generally,” Mr Fry said.
“It is our hope that by bringing a discussion of modern transnational dispute resolution practices to India we can encourage the development of a new dispute resolution culture in the region, which is so vital for sustained economic development,” he added.
The programme should be of particular interest to arbitrators, private practitioners, litigators, judges, government officials and in-house counsel.
Established in 1947, IBA is the world’s leading organization of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. It influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world. With a membership of more than 35,000 individual lawyers and 197 bar associations and law societies spanning all continents, it has considerable expertise in providing assistance to the global legal community.
The fundamental mission of ICC is to promote trade and investment across frontiers and help business corporations meet the challenges and opportunities of globalization. ICC also provides essential services, foremost among them the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the world’s leading arbitral institution.
With the practice of international commercial arbitration growing exponentially over the years, a number of instruments and techniques have been developed to assist parties in resolving their disputes. These will be discussed in a workshop on the basic concepts, instruments, and techniques in international commercial arbitration in the 21st century. ICC techniques on controlling time and costs in international arbitration will also be reviewed.
A second session will discuss how to achieve the best results in the international commercial arbitration process. The optimal way of getting the best out of the process begins with a well-crafted arbitration agreement, and some of the pitfalls associated with drafting such agreements will be explored. The relevance of a transnational approach to the arbitration process, including the selection of arbitrators and counsel and the choice of procedural and evidentiary rules will also be highlighted.
A third panel will discuss the role of the judiciary in international arbitration, emphasizing how the judiciary can assist in international arbitration. The seminar will review how state courts can make international arbitration work by upholding agreements, issuing relief in aid of arbitration, and recognizing and enforcing arbitral awards made under the New York Convention.
A session entitled “Transnational Issues: From Theory to Practice” will provide practical insight into the application of international arbitration instruments and techniques, including IBA Rules on the taking of evidence and the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest. Participants will take part in the simulation of a mock case on the second day of the seminar.
The conference will be preceded by a meeting for Young Arbitrators on Friday, 4 December.
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ICC/IBA conference "Arbitration in the 21st century: Making it work"