This page highlights key upcoming events and conferences in the international arbitration world, as well as the past conferences organized under the auspices of the iai.

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This page highlights key upcoming events and conferences in the international arbitration world, including those organized by the IAI. It also references past conferences organized under the auspices of the IAI. 

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LCIA International Arbitration Symposium 

On Sunday, 27 August 2023, the most prominent figures of international law gathered in Angers (France), under the High Patronage of Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Institut de Droit International (IDI). 

The International Arbitration Institute (IAI) had the honour of acting as sponsor for the Opening cocktail in memoriam of IAI's former President, the late Professor Emmanuel Gaillard. 

Opening cocktail in memoriam of IAI's former President, the late Professor Emmanuel Gaillard

150th Anniversary of the Institut de Droit International (IDI) 

The 2022 IAI Conference in honour of the Institute's former President, Professor Emmanuel Gaillard, which was held on 9 December 2022 on "Transparency in International Arbitration" at the Eiffel Tower (Salon Gustave Eiffel) was met with great success. 

The IAI warmly thanks the 14 internationally renowned speakers for their brilliant contributions and all those who joined us for this unique event.

The proceedings of the 2022 IAI Conference will be published in the next IAI Series on International Arbitration.


A tribute to Professor Emmanuel Gaillard | Transparency in International Arbitration

The sudden passing of Professor Emmanuel Gaillard on 1 April 2021 came as a shock for the legal world. One year later, five learned societies (the Comité français de l’arbitrage, the Comité français de droit international privé, the International Arbitration Institute, the International Law Association - French Branch, and the Société de législation comparée) of which he had been an active member, on whose governing board he had served or which he had founded, paid tribute to his manifold contributions to the world of law as well as the depth of his thinking, in arbitration law and beyond. 

Journée d’hommage des sociétés savantes | Une pensée en action

A tribute by Learned Societes to Professor Gaillard | Theory in Action | Paris, Institut Catholique  | 15 April 2022

A tribute by Learned Societes to Professor Gaillard | Theory in Action 

The influence of French legal thinking on the development of arbitration law | Paris | 4 April 2019

The influence of French legal thinking on the development of arbitration law 

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Liu Jingdong, Elie Kleiman, Robert Volterra, Hakim Boularbah,- François Alabrune, Peter R. Griffin, Deborah Ruff, Laurent Jaeger, Guy Lepage, Gilbert Guillaume, Douglas F. Harrison, Ali Malek QC, Jean-Yves Garaud, Alexandra Meise, Dominique Hascher, Nicolas Angelet, Natalie Reid, Thomas K. Sprange QC, Jacques-Alexandre Genet, Liu Jingdong.


Speakers included: Paschalis Paschalidis, Vassilios Skouris, Martins Paparinskis.  Emmanuel Gaillard and Hélène Ruiz Fabri acted as chair during the discussions. 

Roundtable jointly organized by IAI and Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law 

EU law and international arbitration: a dialogue between legal orders

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Mahnoush H. Arsanjani, Carlos Vejar Borrego, Christophe Bondy, Jeremy Sharpe, Alejandro Carballo Leyda, Colin Brown, Eloïse Obadia, Corinne Montineri, W. Michael Reisman.

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Mahnoush H. Arsanjani, Jeremy Sharpe, Alejandro Carballo Leyda, Damien Levie, José Antonio Rivas, Christophe Bondy, Eloïse Obadia, Corinne Montineri, Harold Honju Koh.

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Renaud Sorieul, Dan Price, Zachary Douglas, Mark Clodfelter, Salim Moollan, Hervé Ascensio, Dan Sarooshi.

Concurring Proceedings in Investment Disputes - Treaty Arbitrations Brought by Shareholders

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Dominique Hascher, Jean‐Yves Garaud, Frédéric Bachand, The RT Hon. Lord Justice Rix, Bernardo Cremades, Christophe Seraglini, Louis Degos, Hamid Gharavi. 

The Role of National Courts in Support of the Arbitral Process 

Discussion leaders included: Paul Friedland , Emmanuel Gaillard, Laurent Jaeger, Salim Moollan, Eric Schwartz, Pierre Tercier, Peter Turner, Georg von Segesser. 

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Laurent Lévy, Charles Brower, Vicky Pryce, Stanimir Alexandrov, Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Stephen M. Schwebel, Michael Polkinghorne, Peter Turner, Christophe Douaire de Bondy, Robert Echandi-Gurdián, Jae-Hoon Kim, Doak Bishop, Yas Banifatemi, Geneviève Bastid-Burdeau,Veijo Heiskanen, Zachary Douglas.

Cercle de l’Union Interalliée, Paris | 14 October 2010

Jurisdiction in Investment Treaty Arbitration 

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Thomas E. Carbonneau, Meg Kinnear, William W. Park, William S. Dodge, Armand de Mestral C.M., Henri Alvarez, the Hon. Marc Lalonde, Gabrielle Kaufmann‐Kohler, Andrea Bjorklund, Luis González García, Frédéric Bachand, Sylvie Tabet, Mark Feldman, Mariano Gomezperalta Casali.

Fifteen Years of NAFTA Chapter 11 Arbitration 

Moderators included: Michael Schneider, Simon Greenberg, Pierre Mayer, Sophie Lamb ; Speakers included: Jan Schäfer, Melanie van Leeuwen, Eduardo Silva Romero, Olivier Caprasse.

7th European Colloquium hosted by Young Arbitration Practitioners

The New Challenges of International Arbitration

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Bernard Hanotiau, Olivier Caprasse, Dominique Hascher, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Lord Jonathan Mance, Roland Halvorsen, V.V. Veeder, Michael Reisman, Sir Franklin Berman, Ahmed El Kosheri, Gilbert Guillaume, Andreas Bucher.

The Review of International Arbitral Awards | Château du Clos de Vougeot (Burgundy, France)  | 12-14 September 2008

The Review of International Arbitral Awards 

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Barton Legum, Karl-Heinz Bockstiegel, François Perret, Alexis Mourre, Christopher Seppälä, Prosper Weil, James Crawford, Gilbert Guillaume, Thomas Wälde, Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler.

The Precedent in International Arbitration 

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Paul Friedland, Eric Loquin, Antonio Parra, John Beechey, Horacio Grigera-Naón, Michael Mcllwrath, Matthieu de Boisséson, Philippe Pinsolle.

Dispositive Motions in International Arbitration 

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Peter Tomka, Ibrahim Fadlallah, Eduardo Silva-Romero, Barton Legum, Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Charles Poncet, Eric Teynier,Judith Gill, Eugene Gulland, Sigvard Jarvin.

State Entities in International Arbitration 

Young Arbitration Practitioners (YAP) Second European Colloquium

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Stephen M. Schwebel, Axel H. Baum, Julian D.M. Lew, Michael E. Schneider, Matthieu de Boisséson,José Carlos Fernández Rozas, Laurent Levy, Konstantinos D. Kerameus,  Christopher J. Greenwood, Philippe Fouchard.

The Use of Anti-Suit Injunctions in International Arbitration 

Speakers included: Laurent Levy, Philippe Pinsolle, Daniel Hochstrasser, Marc Henry, Stephen Jagusch, Matthias Scherer, Matthieu de Boisseson, Anne-Veronique Schlaepfer, Alexandre Hory, Pierre-Yves Gunter, Constantine Partasides, Fernando Mantilla-Serrano, Louis Degos.

Current Issues Regarding Transnational Rules

Young Arbitration Practitioners (YAP) First European Colloquium 

Speakers included: Charles Brower, Emmanuel Gaillard, Hans Van Houtte, Christoph Schreuer, Eric Schwartz, Bernardo Cremades, Stanimir A. Alexandrov, Carlos Ignacio Suarez Anzorena, Paul Friedland,Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Pierre Mayer, Peter D. Trooboff, Henri C. Alvarez, Barton Legum, Pierre Lalive.

Joint IAI–ASIL Conference: Annulment of ICSID Awards | Washington, D.C. | 1 April 2003 

Speakers included: Emmanuel Gaillard, Stephen Bond, Philippe Pinsolle, Christian Camboulive, Jean-Yves Garaud, Bernard Hanotiau, Pierre Tercier, Denis Bensaude, Andrea Giardina, Andreas Reiner.

First Applications of the ICC Rules for a Pre-arbitral Referee Procedure (Les premières applications du Règlement de référé préarbitral de la CCI | Comment prendre des mesures conservatoires efficaces dans le commerce international ?)

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