Dear Members,
The 24th VIS Moot will be held in Vienna from
7 to 13 April 2017.
Around 350 teams and numerous arbitrators from all over the world will come to Vienna. Like in the last years lectures, conferences and social activities will be held held during the Moot week.
This year's
Bergsten Lecture will be given by
Cherie Blair, CBE, QC on
Sunday, 9 April 2017 from 15.00 to 18.00 hrs at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (AFEC),
Wiedner Hauptstraße 63, 1040 Vienna, Austria.
To view the program, please
click here.
Currently the Lecture and the following Sky Lounge Cocktail are fully booked. You may revert to
arbaut@arbitration-austria.at to check on last-minute cancellations shortly before the event.
There are a number of other events where registration is still possible:
1. Joint Arb|Aut - RAA Conference
Arb|Aut kindly invites you to the conference on
"Dispute Resolution in Russia -
legislature, trends and implications for doing business"
jointly organized with the
Russian Arbitration Association (RAA).
The conference takes place on
7 April 2017, 9:00 - 14:00 at
VIAC (Wiedner Hauptstraße 63, 1045 Vienna).
This year, the conference will focus on
Russia's recently effected arbitration law and it's impact on international arbitration, including the arbitrability of corporate disputes involving Russian parties.
For more information and a detailed program, please
click here.
To RSVP for the event, please send an email to Nina Anigbogu
nina.anigbogu@arbitrations.ru.
2. Dinner with Rubino-Sammartano
Rubino-Sammartano, the president of the
European Court of Arbitration and renowned arbitrator hosts a dinner on
07 April 2017 at
Gustl Kocht www.gustl-kocht.at (pay your own dinner – basis).
Besides conviviality, the purpose of the dinner for Rubino-Sammartano is to present the European Court of Arbitration to interested practitioners and to discuss the topic:
Is the witness statement always a positive tool?
A few seats are still available. For reservation please contact Christoph Liebscher (
liebscher@disputemanagement.at) until
03 April 2017.
3. ICC YAF/YAAP Conference "Young Approaches to Arbitration"
The ICC YAF / YAAP Conference takes place on
8 April 2017 from 9:30 to 15:00 at the Faculty of Law (Lecture Hall U10), Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna.
The conference aims to connect young arbitration practitioners of approximately 40 years and under: counsel, arbitrators, corporate counsel and academics.
For more information on this event see the
conference flyer or contact
iccyaf@iccwbo.org.
The conference is free of charge, but requires prior
online registration.
4. Thirteenth Annual Leading Arbitrators’ Symposium on the Conduct of International Arbitration
Arb|Aut is a non-financial sponsor of the Thirteenth Annual Leading Arbitrators' Symposium which takes place on
10 April 2017 at the Grand Hotel Wien
(Kärntner Ring 9, 1010 Wien).
Arb|Aut members are entitled to a 20% discount on the registration fee. Please use the promotion code
AA410 upon
registration.
To view the program, please
click here.
5. Save the Date
In the
event sections of our website you will find information on other interesting events taking place in the near future:
– Joint Seminar by VIAC / CAM / DIS / SCC (2 May 2017)
– Arb|Aut Forum (22 May 2017)
– Dreiländerkonferenz, Zurich (1 September 2017)
– GAR live Vienna (20 October 2017)
– Vienna Arbitration Days (19-20 January 2017)
We hope to see many of you at our next events!
Kind regards,
Christian Klausegger
(Arb|Aut President)