The mission of the International Arbitration Institute ("IAI") is to bring together experienced specialists of international arbitration on a worldwide basis, and to promote the furtherance of international arbitration as the normal means of resolving international disputes and the rule of law. The website iaiparis.com was created for the IAI in 2002 at the initiative of late Professor Emmanuel Gaillard, the former President of the Institute.

President's Message - iaiparis.com

I am honoured to take on my role as the new President of the IAI. I look forward to building on the exceptional work and legacy of my predecessors, the late Emmanuel Gaillard and Yas Banifatemi.

I particularly wish to thank Yas Banifatemi for her vision and dedication in delivering the new IAI website. Its refreshed look, functionalities and state-of-the-art directory, designed and curated to provide objective and qualitative information about our Members, ensure that the IAI remains an authority on the international arbitration community worldwide. This gives us a strong foundation on which to pursue the IAI’s core missions of community, transparency and thought leadership.

For more than two decades, the IAI has played an important role in promoting critical thinking and scientific contribution to the international arbitration field. I look forward to engaging with practitioners, users and stakeholders to foster knowledge sharing, debate and innovation, through a range of existing and new IAI initiatives. The strength of our IAI community gives us the perfect platform to reflect on and address the systemic developments and challenges impacting international arbitration.

I look forward to bringing my energy and commitment to serving you, and the IAI’s missions.

MESSAGE OF YAS BANIFATEMI, FORMER IAI PRESIDENT, ON THE LAUNCHING OF THE NEW IAI WEBSITE IN 2024

Welcome to the website of the International Arbitration Institute (IAI).

It is an honour to walk in the footsteps of Professor Emmanuel Gaillard as President of the IAI, carry on his vision for the IAI, and build on his legacy under this mandate.

The message addressed by Professor Gaillard in 2002 (which can be found below), at the launching of the IAI website, reflects his vision for the IAI: transparency, sharing of knowledge, inclusion, and innovation. That vision is still very much alive, and I look forward to building on his formidable contribution to the IAI’s success and to advocating for transparency, reflection, and dialogue.

The IAI continues to promote direct access to the leading specialists of international arbitration around the world by providing independent and free-to-access information in an easily accessible and searchable database available to all.

In addition to updating and modernizing the original database of arbitration experts at a time of change in the world of international arbitration, the IAI is renewing its commitment to thought leadership and innovation within the arbitration community through the creation of various working groups, the organization of academic conferences and the publication of scholarly works.  

I look forward to your contributions to these efforts and to seeing the IAI community continue to grow. 

MESSAGE OF EMMANUEL GAILLARD, FORMER IAI PRESIDENT, ON THE LAUNCHING OF THE IAI WEBSITE IN 2002

Welcome to www.iaiparis.com, the website of the International Arbitration Institute. The site is designed as your point of access to the international arbitration community.

One of the most important objectives of the IAI is to promote transparency in the international arbitration community. In the past, access to academic literature and other more practical information was not complemented by access to the international arbitration community itself.

We intend iaiparis.com to redress that imbalance. We want to focus our energies on giving you access to the experts of the arbitration world in their various capacities: arbitrators, counsel, institutions, reporters, translators etc. The website is designed to be easily searchable so you can find the expert you need without any difficulty.

We have also designed iaiparis.com to promote communication among all the various players in the field of international arbitration. We are delighted that you can now contact other members directly by clicking on their e-mail links in their personal profiles. For those of you who prefer the more “traditional” modes of communication, we have provided you with all the contact details you require. You can also communicate through your participation in on-line discussion groups on various topics of interest. Finally, members can have references to their new publications posted on a specially created message board.

I am confident that you will appreciate how powerful a tool iaiparis.com can be as a gateway to the world of international arbitration. Clearly, the true potential of the site will only be realized if you make use of the site to the full, both as a tool for gathering information and as a platform of communication. I am confident that you will do so.

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